This comparison is based on a BI tool usage scenario that is common in small companies: cloud BI, one power-user setups data sources / data models / canned reports ("publisher") and 10 users that consume reports with GUI and do some self-service data exploration ("viewers").
| Product | Notes | Min price for 1 publisher + 10 viewers |
|---|---|---|
| SeekTable | Only basic charts (and no maps - but anything may be added as custom visuals in dashboards). Advanced pivot tables, exports to Excel (and even to Excel PivotTable).
Dashboards are developer-oriented (HTML templates) and available only in on-premise installations. Free self-hosted version + paid features (white label mode, SSO etc). |
$25 / month = $25 (team sharing) + $0*10 (viewers are free users) |
| Microsoft PowerBI | Self-hosted / unlimited viewers plan is expensive (PBI Premium = $4990/month). No version control / deployments strategy. Live connection (direct query mode) is not available for many data sources / features are limited for this kind of connectivity. No expland/collapse for pivot table columns. Pro users have only max refreshes 8/day. | $109.89 / month = $9.99 (publisher) + $9.99*10 (viewers) |
| Metabase | No PDF exports. No custom visuals (ability to use own JS code). No version control for reports. | $110 / month = $85 Starter (includes 5 users) + $5*5 (5 viewers) |
| bipp | Very limited embedding capabilities (single visual cannot be embedded at all), no API for reports automation. | $110 / month = $10*11 (Premium subscription) |
| Zoho Analytics (Reporting) | Suitable only for small datasets. No live connections to DB (only data import). | €112 / month = Premium subscription plan (15 users) |
| Oracle Analytics Cloud | (help us with drawbacks/limitations!) | $176 / month = $16*11 (Professional plan) |
| Slemma | No self-hosted version. MDX syntax for calculations. | $189 / month = Standard subscription plan (includes 30 users) |
| GoodData | No live connections (no SQL), pricing per GB. | $200 / month = $20*10 (unlimited users, max 1GB/workspace) |
| Preset.io Apache Superset in cloud |
Not suitable for secure embedding. No drill-downs. | $220 / month = $20*11 |
| Holistics.io | Pivot tables are basic (no expand/collapse and other things). No unlimited viewers. No custom visuals. | $250 / month = (minimal price, options unknown) |
| Cluvio | Pivot tables are (very) basic. | €249 / month = Pro team subscription plan |
| Qlik Sense | Many limitations in the live connection (direct discovery) mode. | $330 / month = $30*11 (minimal price per user/mo) |
| SAP Analytics Cloud | Live connections are supported only for SAP products (HANA) (?). | $396 / month = $36*11 (BI plan) |
| Tableau | Viewer price is $12/mo but min number of viewers is 100. | $420 / month = $70 (creator) + $35*10 (explorers) |
| Chartio | Weak in tabular/pivot table reports. Chartio will be shutting down on March 1, 2022. |
$440 / month = $40*11 (Startup plan) |