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Alternatives to Cube
21 business intelligence tools sit alongside Cube in this directory. Below is what separates each from Cube on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 5
- Cheaper to start
- 6
- Cube starts at
- Free, then $40/developer/month
Why people look past Cube
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Cube entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Cube publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Cube pricing page breaks each one down.
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.
Business intelligence as code for teams and AI agents
- No free tier, where Cube has one.
- Starts $2460 a month dearer, at $2500/month.
- Sold on a Flat team pricing with no per-user fees model rather than Per-developer seats with volume pricing.
- 2 tiers to Cube's 4.
Visual analytics platform for business intelligence
- No free tier, where Cube has one.
- Starts $30 a month dearer, at $70/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per-developer seats with volume pricing.
- 3 tiers to Cube's 4.
Modern business intelligence platform by Google
- No free tier, where Cube has one.
AI notebooks combining SQL, Python and no-code for small data teams
- Starts $1 a month cheaper, at $39/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Per-developer seats with volume pricing.
IBCS-based charting add-ins that replace native visuals in Power BI, Excel and PowerPoint
- Starts $10 a month dearer, at $50/month.
- Sold on a Per year by licensed user count model rather than Per-developer seats with volume pricing.
- 5 tiers to Cube's 4.
Cookieless web analytics that also reports the carbon footprint of your website
- Starts $26 a month cheaper, at $14/month.
- Sold on a Per month by pageview volume model rather than Per-developer seats with volume pricing.
- 3 tiers to Cube's 4.
Every Cube 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cube (this page) | Free, then $40/developer/month | Per-developer seats with volume pricing | 4 | |
| EvidenceAnalytics-as-code alternative with flat team pricing | $2500/month | Flat team pricing with no per-user fees | 2 | vs Cube |
| TableauEstablished enterprise BI platform | $70/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Cube |
| LookerSemantic layer platform with broader enterprise features | On request | - | - | vs Cube |
| Fabi | Free, then $39/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Cube |
| Zebra BI | Free, then $50/month | Per year by licensed user count | 5 | vs Cube |
| Cabin | Free, then $14/month | Per month by pageview volume | 3 | vs Cube |
| Hex | Free, then $36/month | Seat-based subscription with credit system | 4 | vs Cube |
| Deepnote | Free, then $39/month | Subscription with free tier | 3 | vs Cube |
| Luzmo | €995/month | Per month by monthly active user count | 3 | vs Cube |
| DashThis | $44/month | Per month by dashboard count | 4 | vs Cube |
| Jedox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Cube |
| Pigment | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Cube |
| Board International | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Cube |
| Phocas | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Cube |
| Snowplow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Cube |
| Anaplan | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Cube |
| Rill Data | $20/month | Per user per month plus metered compute | 3 | vs Cube |
| Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Cube |
| Reportz | $9.9/month | Per month by dashboard count | 3 | vs Cube |
| NetBase Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Cube |
| Zenlytic | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Cube |
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 Cube badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Cube (6)
Entry price under Cube's $40/developer/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Cube is most often brought in for building governed semantic data models for analytics, embedding analytics into customer-facing products, enabling natural language data queries for teams, creating conversational dashboards with ai assistance. 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 Cube is broadly right and the question is cost, the Cube 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.
Cube runs on cloud, self-hosted. 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 Cube alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Cube?
- 21 other business intelligence tools are listed in this directory, led by Evidence, Tableau, Looker, Fabi. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Cube?
- 5 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Fabi, Zebra BI, Cabin, Hex, Deepnote.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Cube?
- Yes. 6 of the alternatives below start under Cube's $40/developer/month: Fabi at Free, then $39/month, Cabin at Free, then $14/month, Hex at Free, then $36/month, Deepnote at Free, then $39/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Cube?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Cube?
- Cube is most often brought in for building governed semantic data models for analytics, embedding analytics into customer-facing products, enabling natural language data queries for teams, creating conversational dashboards with ai assistance. 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 Cube?
- 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 Cube 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 Cube against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Cube 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, 21 tools beside Cube. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.