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Amazon QuickSight vs Grow

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Amazon QuickSight

Business Intelligence

Scalable, serverless BI by AWS

From
$3/month per user
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Grow logo

Grow

Business Intelligence

No-code BI for growing companies

From
$500/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Amazon QuickSight reader and Reader Pro roles charged separately at $3 and $20/month; Grow the pricing URL serves marketing content with no plan, rate, minimum or cost driver published anywhere on it
  • They diverge on capability: Amazon QuickSight covers SPICE In-memory Engine, Grow covers No-code Setup.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Amazon QuickSight and Grow actually diverge.

Attributes where Amazon QuickSight and Grow differ
AttributeAmazon QuickSightGrow
Starting price$3/month per user$500/month
PlatformsAWSWeb, Mobile, Tv
Founded20062014

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Business Intelligence).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Amazon QuickSight

  • SPICE In-memory Engine
  • ML Insights
  • Natural Language Queries
  • Embedded Analytics
  • Pay-per-session
  • Redshift
  • S3
  • Athena

Only in Grow

  • No-code Setup
  • Unlimited Dashboards
  • Data Blending
  • Alerts
  • Embedding
  • HubSpot
  • QuickBooks
  • Google Analytics

Both cover

  • Salesforce
  • Web support
  • Mobile support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Amazon QuickSight

  • Business intelligence dashboards and analyticsnot Grow
  • Scalable embedded analytics for applicationsnot Grow

Grow

  • No-code dashboards and business intelligence for teams without analystsnot Amazon QuickSight
  • Blending data from more than 100 sources including BigQuery, PostgreSQL, Salesforce and HubSpotnot Amazon QuickSight
  • ETL, warehousing and visualisation in a single platformnot Amazon QuickSight

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Amazon QuickSight

  • Reader and Reader Pro roles charged separately at $3 and $20/month
  • Author and Author Pro roles charged at $24 and $40/month
  • $250/month infrastructure fee required if Pro users or Q&A enabled
  • SPICE storage charged at $0.38/GB monthly (10 GB included)
  • Pixel-perfect reports start at $500/month for 500 monthly units
  • Alerts charged at $0.05-$0.50 per 1,000 metrics evaluated

Grow

  • The pricing URL serves marketing content with no plan, rate, minimum or cost driver published anywhere on it
  • The only calls to action are Get Started Now and Watch Demo; there is no self-serve rate card
  • The vendor advertises unlimited users with no per-seat charges, which means the price driver is not disclosed at all

Pricing, plan by plan

Amazon QuickSight

$3/month per user

No published plan breakdown. See the Amazon QuickSight review.

Grow

$500/month
  • Starter$500/month
    • Unlimited Users
    • 75+ Integrations
    • Support
  • Pro$1000/month
    • Advanced Features
    • Custom Integrations
    • Training

Which should you pick?

Choose Amazon QuickSight if

  • You need spice in-memory engine.
  • You work on AWS.
  • You also want ml insights.
Amazon QuickSight review

Choose Grow if

  • You need no-code setup.
  • You work on Web, Mobile, Tv.
  • You also want unlimited dashboards.
Grow review

Questions people ask

Is Amazon QuickSight or Grow better?
Neither clearly leads. Amazon QuickSight starts at $3/month per user and Grow at $500/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Amazon QuickSight or Grow?
Amazon QuickSight starts at $3/month per user and Grow at $500/month.
Does Amazon QuickSight or Grow run on more platforms?
Amazon QuickSight runs on AWS. Grow runs on Web, Mobile, Tv.
What is Amazon QuickSight best used for?
Amazon QuickSight is most often used for business intelligence dashboards and analytics, scalable embedded analytics for applications. Of those, business intelligence dashboards and analytics and scalable embedded analytics for applications are not what Grow is typically brought in for.
What can Amazon QuickSight do that Grow cannot?
Amazon QuickSight covers SPICE In-memory Engine, ML Insights, Natural Language Queries, Embedded Analytics. Grow covers No-code Setup, Unlimited Dashboards, Data Blending, Alerts. Both handle Salesforce, Web support, Mobile support.
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