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Alternatives to Cyfe
22 business intelligence tools sit alongside Cyfe in this directory. Below is what separates each from Cyfe on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Cyfe starts at
- Free
Why people look past Cyfe
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Cyfe has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $50/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
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
- No free tier, where Cyfe has one.
- Starts $3 a month per user dearer, at $3/month per user.
Enterprise analytics and mobility platform
- No free tier, where Cyfe has one.
- Starts $600 a month dearer, at $600/month.
Business analytics by Microsoft
- Starts $14 a user/month dearer, at $14/user/month.
- 3 tiers to Cyfe's 2.
Infuse analytics everywhere
- No free tier, where Cyfe has one.
- Starts $10000 a year dearer, at $10000/year.
- 3 tiers to Cyfe's 2.
Subscription analytics platform
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Dashboard and reporting for teams
- Starts $19 a month dearer, at $19/month.
- 3 tiers to Cyfe's 2.
Every Cyfe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyfe (this page) | Free | Subscription | 2 | |
| Amazon QuickSightScalable, serverless BI by AWS | $3/month per user | Subscription | - | vs Cyfe |
| MicroStrategyEnterprise analytics and mobility platform | $600/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Cyfe |
| Power BIBusiness analytics by Microsoft | Free, then $14/user/month | - | 3 | vs Cyfe |
| SisenseInfuse analytics everywhere | $10000/year | - | 3 | vs Cyfe |
| ChartMogul | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Cyfe |
| Klipfolio | Free, then $19/month | - | 3 | vs Cyfe |
| Baremetrics | Free, then $50/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Cyfe |
| Holistics | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Cyfe |
| Databox | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Cyfe |
| Google Data Studio | Free | Free | 1 | vs Cyfe |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | $15/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Cyfe |
| Geckoboard | $49/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Cyfe |
| Hebbia | On request | Quote | - | vs Cyfe |
| Glean | On request | Quote | - | vs Cyfe |
| Dundas BI | $500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Cyfe |
| Glassbox | Free | Subscription | 1 | vs Cyfe |
| Grow | $500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Cyfe |
| GoodData | On request | - | 2 | vs Cyfe |
| Domo | $30000/year | - | - | vs Cyfe |
| Chartio | Free | - | 1 | vs Cyfe |
| Exa | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Cyfe |
| Celonis | On request | Quote | - | vs Cyfe |
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 Cyfe 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.
- Power BI , Free, then $14/user/month
- ChartMogul , Free
- Klipfolio , Free, then $19/month
- Baremetrics , Free, then $50/month
- Holistics , Free
- Databox , Free
- Google Data Studio , Free
What you would be giving up
Cyfe is most often brought in for building business dashboards from marketing, sales and finance sources, displaying live metrics on office screens and shared public urls. 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 Cyfe is broadly right and the question is cost, the Cyfe 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.
Cyfe runs on web, mobile, tv. 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 Cyfe alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Cyfe?
- 22 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 Cyfe?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Power BI, ChartMogul, Klipfolio, Baremetrics, Holistics.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Cyfe?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Cyfe has a free tier, and starts at Free against a category median of $50/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Cyfe?
- Cyfe is most often brought in for building business dashboards from marketing, sales and finance sources, displaying live metrics on office screens and shared public urls. 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 Cyfe?
- 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 Cyfe 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 slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Cyfe against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Cyfe 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, 22 tools beside Cyfe. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.





