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Alternatives to Rill Data
22 business intelligence tools sit alongside Rill Data in this directory. Below is what separates each from Rill Data 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
- 9
- Cheaper to start
- 3
- Rill Data starts at
- $20/month
Why people look past Rill Data
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Rill Data entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Rill Data carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 9 of the 22 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.
Fast analytics with the friendly UX
- Can be used without paying; Rill Data cannot.
- Starts $70 a month dearer, at $90/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per user per month plus metered compute.
- 4 tiers to Rill Data's 3.
Open-source BI for dbt users
- Can be used without paying; Rill Data cannot.
- 2 tiers to Rill Data's 3.
Modern data exploration and visualization platform
- Can be used without paying; Rill Data cannot.
- Starts $20 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a open-source model rather than Per user per month plus metered compute.
- 1 tier to Rill Data's 3.
AI notebooks combining SQL, Python and no-code for small data teams
- Can be used without paying; Rill Data cannot.
- Starts $19 a month dearer, at $39/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Per user per month plus metered compute.
- 4 tiers to Rill Data's 3.
IBCS-based charting add-ins that replace native visuals in Power BI, Excel and PowerPoint
- Can be used without paying; Rill Data cannot.
- Starts $30 a month dearer, at $50/month.
- Sold on a Per year by licensed user count model rather than Per user per month plus metered compute.
- 5 tiers to Rill Data's 3.
Cookieless web analytics that also reports the carbon footprint of your website
- Can be used without paying; Rill Data cannot.
- Starts $6 a month cheaper, at $14/month.
- Sold on a Per month by pageview volume model rather than Per user per month plus metered compute.
Every Rill Data 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rill Data (this page) | $20/month | Per user per month plus metered compute | 3 | |
| MetabaseMetabase if business users need to build their own questions without touching a repository. | Free, then $90/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Rill Data |
| LightdashLightdash if you already model in dbt and want the BI layer to read those definitions directly. | Free | - | 2 | vs Rill Data |
| Apache SupersetApache Superset if you want to self-host entirely and avoid metered compute. | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Rill Data |
| Fabi | Free, then $39/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Rill Data |
| Zebra BI | Free, then $50/month | Per year by licensed user count | 5 | vs Rill Data |
| Cabin | Free, then $14/month | Per month by pageview volume | 3 | vs Rill Data |
| Hex | Free, then $36/month | Seat-based subscription with credit system | 4 | vs Rill Data |
| Deepnote | Free, then $39/month | Subscription with free tier | 3 | vs Rill Data |
| Cube | Free, then $40/developer/month | Per-developer seats with volume pricing | 4 | vs Rill Data |
| Luzmo | €995/month | Per month by monthly active user count | 3 | vs Rill Data |
| DashThis | $44/month | Per month by dashboard count | 4 | vs Rill Data |
| Jedox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Rill Data |
| Pigment | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Rill Data |
| Board International | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Rill Data |
| Phocas | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Rill Data |
| Snowplow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Rill Data |
| Anaplan | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Rill Data |
| Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Rill Data |
| Reportz | $9.9/month | Per month by dashboard count | 3 | vs Rill Data |
| NetBase Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Rill Data |
| Zenlytic | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Rill Data |
| Evidence | $2500/month | Flat team pricing with no per-user fees | 2 | vs Rill Data |
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 Rill Data badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (9)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
Cheaper than Rill Data (3)
Entry price under Rill Data's $20/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Apache Superset , Free
- Cabin , Free, then $14/month
- Reportz , $9.9/month
What you would be giving up
Rill Data is most often brought in for an analytics team that wants dashboard changes to go through code review rather than being edited in a web ui, interactive exploration of event-scale data where a warehouse round trip per filter click is too slow, embedding fast slice-and-dice dashboards into a product where the underlying store is already clickhouse or druid, a data engineer prototyping a metrics layer locally on a laptop before committing to any cloud spend. 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 Rill Data is broadly right and the question is cost, the Rill Data 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.
Rill Data runs on web, linux, macos, windows. 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 Rill Data alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Rill Data?
- 22 other business intelligence tools are listed in this directory, led by Metabase, Lightdash, Apache Superset, Fabi. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Rill Data?
- 9 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Metabase, Lightdash, Apache Superset, Fabi, Zebra BI.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Rill Data?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Rill Data's $20/month: Apache Superset at Free, Cabin at Free, then $14/month, Reportz at $9.9/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Rill Data?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Rill Data?
- Rill Data is most often brought in for an analytics team that wants dashboard changes to go through code review rather than being edited in a web ui, interactive exploration of event-scale data where a warehouse round trip per filter click is too slow, embedding fast slice-and-dice dashboards into a product where the underlying store is already clickhouse or druid, a data engineer prototyping a metrics layer locally on a laptop before committing to any cloud spend. 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 Rill Data?
- Apache Superset is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Rill Data 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 Rill Data against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Rill Data 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 Rill Data. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.