Editions

Geo Data Connector is available in two editions on the Snowflake Marketplace: the Free edition and the paid edition. Both editions share the same application — what you see in the interface depends on the edition installed in your Snowflake account.

What Each Edition Includes

Feature	Free edition	Paid edition
Dataset search	Unlimited	Unlimited
Discovery and exploration	Unlimited	Unlimited
Ingestion tasks (active)	Up to 10	Unlimited
Rows ingested per dataset per run	Up to 10,000	Unlimited
Scoped ingestion tasks per dataset	Up to 3	Not limited
Ingestion runs per day	Up to 10 (resets at midnight UTC)	Unlimited
Ingestion schedule	On-demand only	On-demand, Daily, Weekly, Monthly
Authenticated connections	Not available	Included
SQL Procedures API	Not available	Included
AI assistant integration	Not available	Included
Pricing	Free	Usage-based (pay per ingestion)

The free edition provides the full discovery and exploration experience. All search, browsing, and data source inspection features work identically in both editions.

What You See When Limits Apply

Ingestion task limit (10 active tasks)

When the 10-task limit is reached, the Add ingestion task button in the Dataset Information view's Ingestion Tasks tab is disabled, with a message explaining that the limit has been reached. To add a new task, disable or delete one of the existing tasks in the Tasks view first.

Row limit (10,000 rows per dataset per run) and scoped ingestion

On the Free edition the Connector ingests up to 10,000 rows from each dataset per run. Datasets that exceed this limit outright — or whose row count is not known in advance — are flagged in the dataset list. Datasets that cannot be ingested at all show a red indicator in the Ingestible column; datasets that are too large to ingest in full but can still be ingested by limiting the geographic area or resolution show an orange indicator, with a tooltip explaining that scoping is required. Hovering over either indicator shows a tooltip explaining the reason.

For a dataset that requires scoping, open the Dataset Information view and create a scoped ingestion task — limiting the area and/or resolution so the resulting subset fits within the row limit (see Scoped Ingestion for details). Up to 3 scoped ingestion tasks are allowed per dataset on the Free edition; each also counts toward the 10-active-task limit above.

The Ingestion row limit field in Application Settings shows the limit for your installed edition: "10,000 rows" on the Free edition and "Unlimited" on the paid edition.

Daily run limit (10 runs per day, resets at midnight UTC)

The Free edition permits up to 10 ingestion runs per day across all tasks. When this limit is reached:

• Any scheduled run that starts after the limit is hit is skipped. Its status appears as SKIPPED (shown in grey) in both the Tasks view and the Task Details run history.
• Hovering over a SKIPPED status entry shows a tooltip: the daily limit was reached and the counter resets at midnight UTC.
• The counter resets automatically at midnight UTC. Ingestion resumes from the next scheduled or manually triggered run after the reset.

On-demand tasks and manual "Run Now" triggers are subject to the same daily limit. A run that is skipped, for any reason, still counts toward the limit. A run that starts and then fails also counts toward the limit. Deleting an ingestion task does not give its runs back: runs started today count toward the limit even after their task is deleted, and the counter resets only at midnight UTC.

Schedule picker (On-demand only)

On the Free edition, the schedule selector in the Dataset Information view offers only the On-demand option. The Daily, Weekly, and Monthly options are not available. To run ingestion again after the initial run, use the Run Now button in the Tasks view.

Authenticated connections

On the Free edition, the key icon (configure authentication) in the Connections view is not available. Configuring authentication for a saved connection requires the paid edition. Data sources that require credentials cannot be ingested on the Free edition.

SQL Procedures API and AI assistant integration

The four SQL compound procedures (GDC_CONFIG, GDC_CONNECTION, GDC_TASK, GDC_DISCOVER) and the CoCo Skill for AI coding assistants are available on the paid edition only. These features are not installed on the Free edition — calling the procedures returns an error or a "not found" response.

Checking Your Edition

Your current edition is shown in Application Settings. The Ingestion row limit field reads "10,000 rows" on the Free edition and "Unlimited" on the paid edition.

You can also check via SQL (paid edition only):

SELECT PARSE_JSON(GEO_DATA_CONNECTOR.SETUP.GDC_CONFIG('get_setting', PARSE_JSON('{"key": "app-edition"}'))):data:VALUE::STRING AS edition;

Upgrading to the Paid Edition

To upgrade, install the paid edition of Geo Data Connector from the Snowflake Marketplace. The paid and free editions are separate Marketplace listings — upgrading means installing the paid listing.

Visit the Snowflake Marketplace and search for Geo Data Connector, or use the direct listing link available on the Geo Data Connector Marketplace page. After installing the paid edition, you can remove the free edition listing from your account.

Your ingestion tasks, connections, and settings are not transferred automatically between editions — after installing the paid edition, configure the ingestion target database in Settings and recreate any tasks you want to continue.