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Alternatives to Grow
19 business intelligence tools sit alongside Grow in this directory. Below is what separates each from Grow on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 12
- Grow starts at
- $500/month
Why people look past Grow
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Grow entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Grow starts at $500/month. Across the 7 business intelligence tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $49/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Grow carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 19 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.
Subscription analytics platform
- Can be used without paying; Grow cannot.
- Starts $500 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Dashboard and reporting for teams
- Can be used without paying; Grow cannot.
- Starts $481 a month cheaper, at $19/month.
- 3 tiers to Grow's 2.
Subscription analytics for SaaS
- Can be used without paying; Grow cannot.
- Starts $450 a month cheaper, at $50/month.
All-in-one business dashboard
- Can be used without paying; Grow cannot.
- Starts $500 a month cheaper, at Free.
Self-service BI for data teams
- Can be used without paying; Grow cannot.
- Starts $500 a month cheaper, at Free.
KPI dashboards for business performance
- Can be used without paying; Grow cannot.
- Starts $500 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Every Grow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grow (this page) | $500/month | Subscription | 2 | |
| ChartMogul | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Grow |
| Klipfolio | Free, then $19/month | - | 3 | vs Grow |
| Baremetrics | Free, then $50/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Grow |
| Cyfe | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Grow |
| Holistics | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Grow |
| Databox | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Grow |
| Google Data Studio | Free | Free | 1 | vs Grow |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | $15/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Grow |
| Geckoboard | $49/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Grow |
| Hebbia | On request | Quote | - | vs Grow |
| Glean | On request | Quote | - | vs Grow |
| Dundas BI | $500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Grow |
| Glassbox | Free | Subscription | 1 | vs Grow |
| GoodData | On request | - | 2 | vs Grow |
| Domo | $30000/year | - | - | vs Grow |
| Chartio | Free | - | 1 | vs Grow |
| Exa | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Grow |
| Amazon QuickSight | $3/month per user | Subscription | - | vs Grow |
| Celonis | On request | Quote | - | vs Grow |
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 Grow 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.
- ChartMogul , Free
- Klipfolio , Free, then $19/month
- Baremetrics , Free, then $50/month
- Cyfe , Free
- Holistics , Free
- Databox , Free
- Google Data Studio , Free
Cheaper than Grow (12)
Entry price under Grow's $500/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- ChartMogul , Free
- Klipfolio , Free, then $19/month
- Baremetrics , Free, then $50/month
- Cyfe , Free
- Holistics , Free
- Databox , Free
- Google Data Studio , Free
- IBM Cognos Analytics , $15/month
What you would be giving up
Grow is most often brought in for no-code dashboards and business intelligence for teams without analysts, blending data from more than 100 sources including bigquery, postgresql, salesforce and hubspot, etl, warehousing and visualisation in a single platform. 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 Grow is broadly right and the question is cost, the Grow 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.
Grow 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 Grow alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Grow?
- 19 other business intelligence tools are listed in this directory, led by ChartMogul, Klipfolio, Baremetrics, Cyfe. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Grow?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: ChartMogul, Klipfolio, Baremetrics, Cyfe, Holistics.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Grow?
- Yes. 12 of the alternatives below start under Grow's $500/month: ChartMogul at Free, Klipfolio at Free, then $19/month, Baremetrics at Free, then $50/month, Cyfe at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Grow?
- 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 Grow?
- Grow is most often brought in for no-code dashboards and business intelligence for teams without analysts, blending data from more than 100 sources including bigquery, postgresql, salesforce and hubspot, etl, warehousing and visualisation in a single platform. 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 Grow?
- 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 Grow 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 Grow against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Grow 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, 19 tools beside Grow. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.