Catalog of BI tools
Catalog of BI tools

Catalog of BI tools

By Louise de Leyritz from Castordoc

As data proliferates in modern organizations, it has become crucial to help the data flow into the hands of operational departments (sales, finance, marketing, etc…), allowing them to turn data into business insights.

This explains the recent explosion of Business Intelligence tools. This new trend is not going to stop, and we'd rather bring visibility and structure soon.

At Castor, we believe the first step to structuring the Business Intelligence tools market, is more transparency. For that reason, we put up a list of all the BI tools we heard of.

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This list is still exploratory, may contain errors, or lack information. Please reach out to us, if you notice anything wrong: louise@castordoc.com. Or comment on this Notion.

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In-depth analysis and evolution Read the full breakdown by generation and market analysis of BI here.
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What does each column in the benchmark below mean?

BI tools landscape

NameWebsiteGeneration Optimized forUser focusDeployment supportData modeling No-code interfacePricing Query using DW integrations FeaturesNumber of native connectors
Mode
Generation 2 - Self-service
SMB'smid-market
Analysts
Cloud
free trialFreemium
SQLPythonR
VisualizationPython & R notebooksSQL editorExplorationsCalculated fieldsdrilldowns
Tableau
Generation 2 - Self-service
Enterprise
Business users
On-premCloud
Contact Onlyfree trial
VisualizationData AnalysisData Preparation
Qlik view
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
AnalystsBusiness users
Cloud
free trialContact Only
SQL
discoverycollaborationinteractive dashboardsData Preparation
Power BI
Generation 2 - Self-service
Enterprise
Analysts
On-premCloud
FreemiumContact Only
DAX
Azure SQL
Visualization
Domo
Generation 2 - Self-service
Enterprise
AnalystsBusiness users
Cloud
free trialContact Only
SQL
Self-serviceData SharingEmbedded analyticsData apps
Whaly
Generation 3 - user empowerment
SMB'smid-market
Business usersAnalysts
Cloud
SQL
SnowflakeBigQueryRedshift
Dashboard builderData explorationDrill downVisualizationData SharingEmbedded analytics
150
Alteryx
Generation 2 - Self-service
Enterprise
Analysts
Looker
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
AnalystsBusiness users
CloudOn-prem
Contact Only
LookML
Embedded analyticsVisualizationVersion control
Metabase
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
Business users
CloudOpen-source
Freemium
SQLNo-code
Amazon AthenaRedshiftBigQueryClickhouseCubedruidExasolFireboltMongoDBGoogle analyticsOraclePostgreSQL
SQL editorSelf-service
Sigma
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
Business users
Cloud
free trial
SQLNo-code
SnowflakeBigQueryRedshift
Automatic SQL translationSpreadsheet interfaceEmbedded analytics
Y42
Generation 3 - user empowerment
Enterprisemid-market
Business usersAnalysts
Cloud
N/A
No-codeSQL
Data PreparationVisualizationData SharingWorkflow AutomationData Integration
100
Gaphext
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterpriseSMB's
Business users
On-premCloud
FreemiumContact Only
Text querySQL
ML models creationCreate no-code data modelsData explorationData Preparation
Acho
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterprise
Business users
free trialContact Only
Data warehousingData SharingVisualizationData ModelingWorkflow AutomationData EngineeringBusiness IntelligenceData extractionData workflow automation
Astrato
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
Analysts
Cloud
Usage based
Snowflake
VisualizationIntegrated writebackLive query
Superset
Generation 1 - traditional BI
mid-market
Analysts
Open-source
Freemium
No-codeSQL
SnowflakeBigQueryRedshiftClickhouseDremio25 +
Data explorationVisualization
GoodData
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
Business usersAnalysts
Cloud
Freemium
VisualizationApplication integrationIngestionData IntegrationData PreparationData transformationMetrics management
Lightdash
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketSMB's
Data EngineersAnalysts
Open-source
Freemium
SQLNo-code
Self-serviceDbt poweredData Sharing
Redash
Generation 1 - traditional BI
mid-marketEnterprise
Analysts
On-premCloud
free trial
SQL
SQL editor
Adverity.com
Generation 3 - user empowerment
Enterprisemid-market
Business usersMarketing Analytics
free trialContact Only
Augmented Analytics
Preset
Generation 1 - traditional BI
mid-market
Analysts
Cloud
Contact Only
SQL
VisualizationData explorationSQL IDEEmbedded analytics
Amazon Quick Sight
Generation 1 - traditional BI
mid-marketEnterprise
Cloud
Pay per Session
Embedded analytics
Mprove
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
AnalystsBusiness users
Open-source
free trialContact Only
SQL
Self-serviceVersion control
ToucanToco
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterprise
Business users
CloudSelf-hosted
free trialContact Only
No-code
SnowflakeBigQueryRedshiftAzure SQLPostgreSQLMongoDB
GlossaryRow permissionsCreate no-code data modelsEmbedded analyticsDashboard builderData PreparationVisualization
Sisense
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterprise
Analysts
On-premCloud
free trial
SQL
Snowflake
VisualizationData Preparation
Holistics.io
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
Business usersData Engineers
Cloud
free trial
No-code
BigQueryDataBricks
VisualizationData IntegrationData warehousing
AnswerRocket
Generation 3 - user empowerment
Enterprisemid-market
Business usersAnalystsData Engineers
Cloud
Contact Only
Create no-code data modelsVisualizationData Integration
Data Pine
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
AnalystsMarketing Analytics
Cloud
free trialContact Only
Data PreparationData SharingDashboard builderVisualizationMetrics management
Atscale
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterprise
Analysts
Cloud
Contact Only
Redshift
Data Movement
Baremetrics
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterpriseSMB's
AnalystsBusiness users
Cloud
Contact OnlyUsage based
Tellery
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-market
Analysts
Open-source
free trial
SQL
Data IntegrationMetrics managementDashboard builderPerformance analysis
Statsbot
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterprise
Analysts
Open-source
FreemiumContact Only
SQL
Cube
Data AnalysisSelf-serviceData Preparation
Polyture
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterprise
Business usersAnalysts
Open-source
FreemiumContact Only
No-codeSQL
SnowflakeShopifyMySQL
VisualizationData SharingData warehousingDashboard builderCreate your own data pipeline
Bipp
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
AnalystsBusiness users
Open-source
Contact Only
No-codeSQL
SnowflakeClickhouse
VisualizationCreate no-code data modelsDashboard builder
Veezoo
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterpriseSMB's
Business users
On-premCloud
free trialContact OnlyFreemium
Text querySQL-based language
SnowflakeBigQuery
VisualizationData PreparationDashboard builderVersion control
Trevor
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-market
Open-source
free trialContact Only
SnowflakeBigQuery
VisualizationDrill downDashboard builderSQL IDE
Zepl
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterpriseSMB's
Data Engineers
Open-source
free trialContact Only
Data warehousingML models creationVisualizationData exploration
Varada
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
AnalystsData Engineers
On-prem
Contact Only
SQL
DataBricks
Incorta
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketEnterprise
Analysts
Open-source
free trial
MySQLRedshiftOracle
Metric insights
Generation 1 - traditional BI
Enterprise
Open-source
Contact Only
Cluvio
Generation 1 - traditional BI
mid-marketEnterprise
Data Engineers
Open-source
Contact OnlyFreemium
SQLR
SnowflakeBigQueryRedshiftOracleMySQL
Dashboard builderData Preparation
Microsoft analytics
mid-marketEnterprise
Open-source
N/A
Macheye
mid-marketSMB's
Business usersMarketing AnalyticsAnalysts
Open-source
Freemium
No-code
SnowflakeDremioMySQL
VisualizationEmbedded analytics
Scuba
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterprise
Business users
Open-source
FreemiumContact Only
No-code
Data PreparationVisualizationWorkflow AutomationDashboard builderCreate no-code data modelsAugmented analytics
Endor
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterprise
Business users
Open-source
Contact Only
No-code
Data PreparationVisualization
Explo
Generation 2 - Self-service
SMB's
Marketing AnalyticsBusiness usersAnalysts
On-premOpen-source
N/A
SnowflakeBigQueryRedshiftMySQLClickhouse
Data PreparationVisualizationDashboard builder
Einblick
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketSMB's
AnalystsBusiness users
Open-source
free trial
PythonNo-code
SnowflakeMySQLOracle
VisualizationData SharingML models creation
DataHero
mid-marketEnterprise
Business users
Open-source
free trial
VisualizationDashboard builderEmbedded analytics
Targit
Generation 1 - traditional BI
Enterprise
Business users
Open-source
Contact Only
Visualization
Verb data
Generation 3 - user empowerment
mid-marketEnterpriseSMB's
Business users
Open-source
free trial
No-code
MySQL
VisualizationDashboard builderCreate no-code data modelsData Modeling
Splashback
mid-marketSMB's
Open-source
free trial
Data Sharing
Glean
Generation 2 - Self-service
mid-marketSMB's
Cloud
Undisclosed
No-code
RedshiftSnowflake
VisualizationDashboard builder

Additional features definition (feel free to add yours) :

Data exploration: Explore the underlying query of every chart without breaking the actual dashboard. Allow non tech user to answer more complex questions.

Dashboard builder: build dashboards that suits our needs: your brand color, etc…

Drill down: Click on a chart to have access to the underlying data of which records are at play to describe your metric.

Metric layer: Define your metric layer so that your users can reuse those metrics in charts or exploration.