Software · head to head
Chartio vs Amazon QuickSight
Amazon QuickSight
Software
Scalable, serverless BI by AWS
- From
- $3/month per user
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Chartio chartio shut down on March 1, 2022 after the team joined Atlassian, and the site now serves only a shutdown notice and a migration guide; Amazon QuickSight reader and Reader Pro roles charged separately at $3 and $20/month
- They diverge on capability: Chartio covers Visual Query Builder, Amazon QuickSight covers SPICE In-memory Engine.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Chartio and Amazon QuickSight actually diverge.
| Attribute | Chartio | Amazon QuickSight |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | $3/month per user |
| Pricing model | Unknown | subscription |
| Platforms | Web | AWS |
| Founded | 2010 | 2006 |
Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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 Chartio
- Visual Query Builder
- Interactive Dashboards
- Data Blending
- Collaboration
- Embedding
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- BigQuery
Only in Amazon QuickSight
- SPICE In-memory Engine
- ML Insights
- Natural Language Queries
- Embedded Analytics
- Pay-per-session
- S3
- Athena
- Aurora
Both cover
- Redshift
- Salesforce
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Chartio
- Drag and drop chart building over SQL databasesnot Amazon QuickSight
- Shared business dashboards for non-technical teamsnot Amazon QuickSight
- Exploring warehouse data without writing SQLnot Amazon QuickSight
Amazon QuickSight
- Business intelligence dashboards and analyticsnot Chartio
- Scalable embedded analytics for applicationsnot Chartio
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Chartio
- Chartio shut down on March 1, 2022 after the team joined Atlassian, and the site now serves only a shutdown notice and a migration guide
- No pricing, signup or product access remains; the site's copyright notice stops at 2021
- Existing customers were required to migrate their dashboards to another tool rather than being moved to an Atlassian successor product
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
Pricing, plan by plan
Chartio
On request- DiscontinuedFree
- Service ended March 2022
Amazon QuickSight
$3/month per userNo published plan breakdown. See the Amazon QuickSight review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Amazon QuickSight if
- You need spice in-memory engine.
- You work on AWS.
- You also want ml insights.
Questions people ask
- Is Chartio or Amazon QuickSight better?
- Neither clearly leads. Chartio starts at On request and Amazon QuickSight at $3/month per user, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Chartio or Amazon QuickSight?
- Chartio starts at On request and Amazon QuickSight at $3/month per user.
- Does Chartio or Amazon QuickSight run on more platforms?
- Chartio runs on Web. Amazon QuickSight runs on AWS.
- What is Chartio best used for?
- Chartio is most often used for drag and drop chart building over sql databases, shared business dashboards for non-technical teams, exploring warehouse data without writing sql. Of those, drag and drop chart building over sql databases and shared business dashboards for non-technical teams are not what Amazon QuickSight is typically brought in for.
- What can Chartio do that Amazon QuickSight cannot?
- Chartio covers Visual Query Builder, Interactive Dashboards, Data Blending, Collaboration. Amazon QuickSight covers SPICE In-memory Engine, ML Insights, Natural Language Queries, Embedded Analytics. Both handle Redshift, Salesforce, Web support.