Exam SnowPro Core topic 1 question 1235 discussion

For securely sharing data with multiple external partners—especially if they may not already have Snowflake accounts—the Reader Account feature is the preferred approach. Reader accounts let you provision and manage Snowflake accounts on behalf of external consumers. Those consumers connect to a fully managed account that exists under your control, but they only incur compute costs when they query the shared data. Unlike a Direct Share, which requires each partner to have their own Snowflake account in the same region, Reader Accounts remove that prerequisite and simplify onboarding. Using Reader Accounts also centralizes billing and governance: you control compute warehouses, roles, and access, while partners get read‑only visibility into your sales data.