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Alternatives to Chartio
24 business intelligence tools sit alongside Chartio in this directory. Below is what separates each from Chartio on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Chartio starts at
- Free
Why people look past Chartio
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Chartio entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Chartio carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 24 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Chartio publishes a single plan, Discontinued at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Scalable, serverless BI by AWS
- Starts $3 a month dearer, at $3/month.
- 4 tiers to Chartio's 1.
Enterprise analytics and mobility platform
- Starts $600 a month dearer, at $600/month.
- 2 tiers to Chartio's 1.
Business analytics by Microsoft
- Can be used without paying; Chartio cannot.
- Starts $14 a user/month dearer, at $14/user/month.
- 3 tiers to Chartio's 1.
Infuse analytics everywhere
- Starts $10000 a year dearer, at $10000/year.
- 3 tiers to Chartio's 1.
AI notebooks combining SQL, Python and no-code for small data teams
- Can be used without paying; Chartio cannot.
- Starts $39 a month dearer, at $39/month.
- 4 tiers to Chartio's 1.
IBCS-based charting add-ins that replace native visuals in Power BI, Excel and PowerPoint
- Can be used without paying; Chartio cannot.
- Starts $50 a month dearer, at $50/month.
- 5 tiers to Chartio's 1.
Every Chartio alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chartio (this page) | Free | - | 1 | |
| Amazon QuickSightScalable, serverless BI by AWS | $3/month | Per-user | 4 | vs Chartio |
| MicroStrategyEnterprise analytics and mobility platform | $600/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Chartio |
| Power BIBusiness analytics by Microsoft | Free, then $14/user/month | - | 3 | vs Chartio |
| SisenseInfuse analytics everywhere | $10000/year | - | 3 | vs Chartio |
| Fabi | Free, then $39/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Chartio |
| Zebra BI | Free, then $50/month | Per year by licensed user count | 5 | vs Chartio |
| Cabin | Free, then $14/month | Per month by pageview volume | 3 | vs Chartio |
| Hex | Free, then $36/month | Seat-based subscription with credit system | 4 | vs Chartio |
| Deepnote | Free, then $39/month | Subscription with free tier | 3 | vs Chartio |
| Cube | Free, then $40/developer/month | Per-developer seats with volume pricing | 4 | vs Chartio |
| Luzmo | €995/month | Per month by monthly active user count | 3 | vs Chartio |
| DashThis | $44/month | Per month by dashboard count | 4 | vs Chartio |
| Jedox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chartio |
| Pigment | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chartio |
| Board International | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chartio |
| Phocas | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chartio |
| Snowplow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chartio |
| Anaplan | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chartio |
| Rill Data | $20/month | Per user per month plus metered compute | 3 | vs Chartio |
| Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chartio |
| Reportz | $9.9/month | Per month by dashboard count | 3 | vs Chartio |
| NetBase Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chartio |
| Zenlytic | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chartio |
| Evidence | $2500/month | Flat team pricing with no per-user fees | 2 | vs Chartio |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Chartio badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (7)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
What you would be giving up
Chartio is most often brought in for drag and drop chart building over sql databases, shared business dashboards for non-technical teams, exploring warehouse data without writing sql. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Chartio is broadly right and the question is cost, the Chartio pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Business Intelligence category lists everything the directory holds, and best business intelligence tools ranks them.
Chartio runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Chartio alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Chartio?
- 24 other business intelligence tools are listed in this directory, led by Amazon QuickSight, MicroStrategy, Power BI, Sisense. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Chartio?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Power BI, Fabi, Zebra BI, Cabin, Hex.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Chartio?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Chartio?
- Chartio is most often brought in for drag and drop chart building over sql databases, shared business dashboards for non-technical teams, exploring warehouse data without writing sql. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Chartio?
- None of the business intelligence tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Chartio alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Business Intelligence, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Chartio against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Chartio covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every business intelligence tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Business Intelligence category, 24 tools beside Chartio. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.