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Alternatives to Preset
23 business intelligence tools sit alongside Preset in this directory. Below is what separates each from Preset on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 5
- Preset starts at
- Free, then $25/user per month
Why people look past Preset
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Preset has a free tier, and starts at $25/user per month against a category median of $39/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.
Business analytics by Microsoft
- Starts $11 a user/month cheaper, at $14/user/month.
Scalable, serverless BI by AWS
- No free tier, where Preset has one.
- Starts $22 a month cheaper, at $3/month.
Business cloud for modern enterprises
- No free tier, where Preset has one.
- Starts $29975 a year dearer, at $30000/year.
AI notebooks combining SQL, Python and no-code for small data teams
- Starts $14 a month dearer, at $39/month.
IBCS-based charting add-ins that replace native visuals in Power BI, Excel and PowerPoint
- Starts $25 a month dearer, at $50/month.
Cookieless web analytics that also reports the carbon footprint of your website
- Starts $11 a month cheaper, at $14/month.
Every Preset 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preset (this page) | Free, then $25/user per month | - | - | |
| Power BIEnterprise BI tool from Microsoft with deep Excel integration and organizational governance features | Free, then $14/user/month | - | 3 | vs Preset |
| Amazon QuickSightAWS-native BI service with strong ML-powered analytics capabilities | $3/month | Per-user | 4 | vs Preset |
| DomoCloud-native BI platform focused on data integration and executive dashboards | $30000/year | - | - | vs Preset |
| Fabi | Free, then $39/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Preset |
| Zebra BI | Free, then $50/month | Per year by licensed user count | 5 | vs Preset |
| Cabin | Free, then $14/month | Per month by pageview volume | 3 | vs Preset |
| Hex | Free, then $36/month | Seat-based subscription with credit system | 4 | vs Preset |
| Deepnote | Free, then $39/month | Subscription with free tier | 3 | vs Preset |
| Cube | Free, then $40/developer/month | Per-developer seats with volume pricing | 4 | vs Preset |
| Luzmo | €995/month | Per month by monthly active user count | 3 | vs Preset |
| DashThis | $44/month | Per month by dashboard count | 4 | vs Preset |
| Jedox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preset |
| Pigment | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preset |
| Board International | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preset |
| Phocas | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preset |
| Snowplow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preset |
| Anaplan | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preset |
| Rill Data | $20/month | Per user per month plus metered compute | 3 | vs Preset |
| Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preset |
| Reportz | $9.9/month | Per month by dashboard count | 3 | vs Preset |
| NetBase Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preset |
| Zenlytic | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preset |
| Evidence | $2500/month | Flat team pricing with no per-user fees | 2 | vs Preset |
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 Preset 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 Preset (5)
Entry price under Preset's $25/user per month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Power BI , Free, then $14/user/month
- Amazon QuickSight , $3/month
- Cabin , Free, then $14/month
- Rill Data , $20/month
- Reportz , $9.9/month
What you would be giving up
Preset is most often brought in for self-service analytics, data exploration, ad-hoc reporting, collaborative analysis, embedded analytics. 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 Preset is broadly right and the question is cost, the Preset 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.
Preset runs on web, cloud. 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 Preset alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Preset?
- 23 other business intelligence tools are listed in this directory, led by Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, Fabi. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Preset?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Power BI, Fabi, Zebra BI, Cabin, Hex.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Preset?
- Yes. 5 of the alternatives below start under Preset's $25/user per month: Power BI at Free, then $14/user/month, Amazon QuickSight at $3/month, Cabin at Free, then $14/month, Rill Data at $20/month.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Preset?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Preset has a free tier, and starts at $25/user per month against a category median of $39/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 Preset?
- Preset is most often brought in for self-service analytics, data exploration, ad-hoc reporting, collaborative analysis, embedded analytics. 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 Preset?
- 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 Preset 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 Preset against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Preset 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, 23 tools beside Preset. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.