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Snowflake Reader Accounts The reader accounts let providers share the data securely with the consumers who do not have a Snowflake account. Using the reader account, the consumer can view and query the data enabled by the provider with no additional setup and costs to the consumer. The provider account uses shares to share databases with the reader account. In this case, the provider is responsible for the costs incurred by the consumers using the reader account. Restrictions on reader account: Uploading new data from reader account Modifying existing account in reader account Unloading the existing data Restricted commands on reader accounts Insert Update Delete Merge Copy into Table Create Masking Policy Create Pipe Create Row Access Policy Create Share Create Stage Show Procedures Managing the reader accounts involves two important aspects. Creating the reader account Configuring the reader account Creating the reader account Click on “Private Sharing” Click on “Reader Accounts” Fil...