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# AI cost templates

> Compare the Sigma templates that monitor AI spend and usage across Claude, OpenAI, and Snowflake Cortex, and choose the one that matches your data.

Sigma provides a set of templates that monitor AI spend, usage, and adoption. Each template targets a specific AI provider or product family, and each one is set up with sample data so you can explore the analysis before you connect your own data.

To use any of these templates, you must be assigned an account type with the **Create, edit, and publish workbooks** permission enabled. To use your own data instead of the sample data, your organization must be connected to a data platform that contains the source tables the template expects.

## Choose a template

| Template                                                               | Monitors                                                                                                                                            | Data source                                                    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Claude spend template](/docs/claude-spend-template)                   | Claude Enterprise (Anthropic) spend, adoption, and skill and connector usage                                                                        | Anthropic Analytics tables exported from the Anthropic Console |
| [OpenAI spend template](/docs/openai-spend-template)                   | OpenAI API spend by line item, project, and user                                                                                                    | Usage and cost data retrieved from the OpenAI API              |
| [Snowflake AI spend template](/docs/snowflake-ai-spend-template)       | Snowflake Cortex AI Functions spend and usage, with per-warehouse, per-user, and per-department attribution                                         | Snowflake `ACCOUNT_USAGE` tables                               |
| [Snowflake Cortex cost template](/docs/snowflake-cortex-cost-template) | Spend and adoption across the full Snowflake Cortex product family, including Agents, AISQL, AI Functions, Analyst, Code (CoCo), CoWork, and Search | Snowflake `ACCOUNT_USAGE` views                                |

If you use Snowflake Cortex, choose between the two Snowflake templates based on scope: the Snowflake AI spend template covers Cortex AI Functions only, and the Snowflake Cortex cost template covers every Cortex product. To analyze general Snowflake warehouse, cost, and performance data rather than AI spend, see [Snowflake usage templates](/docs/snowflake-usage-templates).