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Alternatives to Evidence
21 business intelligence tools sit alongside Evidence in this directory. Below is what separates each from Evidence 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
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 12
- Evidence starts at
- $2500/month
Why people look past Evidence
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Evidence entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Evidence starts at $2500/month. Across the 12 business intelligence tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $39.5/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Evidence carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
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.
AI-native analytics platform with semantic layer and governed access
- Can be used without paying; Evidence cannot.
- Starts $2460 a developer/month cheaper, at $40/developer/month.
- Sold on a Per-developer seats with volume pricing model rather than Flat team pricing with no per-user fees.
- 4 tiers to Evidence's 2.
Visual analytics platform for business intelligence
- Starts $2430 a month cheaper, at $70/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Flat team pricing with no per-user fees.
- 3 tiers to Evidence's 2.
Fast analytics with the friendly UX
- Can be used without paying; Evidence cannot.
- Starts $2410 a month cheaper, at $90/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Flat team pricing with no per-user fees.
- 4 tiers to Evidence's 2.
AI notebooks combining SQL, Python and no-code for small data teams
- Can be used without paying; Evidence cannot.
- Starts $2461 a month cheaper, at $39/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Flat team pricing with no per-user fees.
- 4 tiers to Evidence's 2.
IBCS-based charting add-ins that replace native visuals in Power BI, Excel and PowerPoint
- Can be used without paying; Evidence cannot.
- Starts $2450 a month cheaper, at $50/month.
- Sold on a Per year by licensed user count model rather than Flat team pricing with no per-user fees.
- 5 tiers to Evidence's 2.
Cookieless web analytics that also reports the carbon footprint of your website
- Can be used without paying; Evidence cannot.
- Starts $2486 a month cheaper, at $14/month.
- Sold on a Per month by pageview volume model rather than Flat team pricing with no per-user fees.
- 3 tiers to Evidence's 2.
Every Evidence 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evidence (this page) | $2500/month | Flat team pricing with no per-user fees | 2 | |
| CubeSemantic layer platform with per-developer pricing option | Free, then $40/developer/month | Per-developer seats with volume pricing | 4 | vs Evidence |
| TableauEstablished enterprise BI platform | $70/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Evidence |
| MetabaseSimpler self-hosted BI alternative | Free, then $90/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Evidence |
| Fabi | Free, then $39/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Evidence |
| Zebra BI | Free, then $50/month | Per year by licensed user count | 5 | vs Evidence |
| Cabin | Free, then $14/month | Per month by pageview volume | 3 | vs Evidence |
| Hex | Free, then $36/month | Seat-based subscription with credit system | 4 | vs Evidence |
| Deepnote | Free, then $39/month | Subscription with free tier | 3 | vs Evidence |
| Luzmo | €995/month | Per month by monthly active user count | 3 | vs Evidence |
| DashThis | $44/month | Per month by dashboard count | 4 | vs Evidence |
| Jedox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Evidence |
| Pigment | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Evidence |
| Board International | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Evidence |
| Phocas | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Evidence |
| Snowplow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Evidence |
| Anaplan | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Evidence |
| Rill Data | $20/month | Per user per month plus metered compute | 3 | vs Evidence |
| Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Evidence |
| Reportz | $9.9/month | Per month by dashboard count | 3 | vs Evidence |
| NetBase Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Evidence |
| Zenlytic | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Evidence |
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 Evidence 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.
Cheaper than Evidence (12)
Entry price under Evidence's $2500/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
Evidence is most often brought in for building version-controlled analytics infrastructure, enabling ai agents to answer business questions, delivering analytics through multiple channels (web, slack, chatgpt), embedding white-labeled analytics in products. 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 Evidence is broadly right and the question is cost, the Evidence 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.
Evidence runs on cloud, embedded. 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 Evidence alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Evidence?
- 21 other business intelligence tools are listed in this directory, led by Cube, Tableau, Metabase, Fabi. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Evidence?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Cube, Metabase, Fabi, Zebra BI, Cabin.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Evidence?
- Yes. 12 of the alternatives below start under Evidence's $2500/month: Cube at Free, then $40/developer/month, Tableau at $70/month, Metabase at Free, then $90/month, Fabi at Free, then $39/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Evidence?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Evidence?
- Evidence is most often brought in for building version-controlled analytics infrastructure, enabling ai agents to answer business questions, delivering analytics through multiple channels (web, slack, chatgpt), embedding white-labeled analytics in products. 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 Evidence?
- 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 Evidence 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 Evidence against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Evidence 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 Evidence. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.