Business Intelligence · head to head
GoodData vs Amazon QuickSight
GoodData
Business Intelligence
Analytics platform for data products
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Amazon QuickSight
Business Intelligence
Scalable, serverless BI by AWS
- From
- $3/month per user
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: GoodData pricing scales per workspace as customer base grows, increasing costs with scale; Amazon QuickSight reader and Reader Pro roles charged separately at $3 and $20/month
- They diverge on capability: GoodData covers Headless BI, Amazon QuickSight covers SPICE In-memory Engine.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which GoodData and Amazon QuickSight actually diverge.
| Attribute | GoodData | Amazon QuickSight |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | $3/month per user |
| Pricing model | Unknown | subscription |
| Platforms | Web, Cloud AWS, Cloud Azure | AWS |
| Founded | 2007 | 2006 |
Identical on both: 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 GoodData
- Headless BI
- Semantic Layer
- Multi-tenancy
- White-labeling
- Snowflake
- BigQuery
- PostgreSQL
- Databricks
Only in Amazon QuickSight
- SPICE In-memory Engine
- ML Insights
- Natural Language Queries
- Pay-per-session
- S3
- Athena
- Aurora
- RDS
Both cover
- Embedded Analytics
- Redshift
- Web support
- Embedded support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
GoodData
- Self-service analyticsnot Amazon QuickSight
- Data explorationnot Amazon QuickSight
- Ad-hoc reportingnot Amazon QuickSight
- Collaborative analysisnot Amazon QuickSight
- Embedded analyticsnot Amazon QuickSight
Amazon QuickSight
- Business intelligence dashboards and analyticsnot GoodData
- Scalable embedded analytics for applicationsnot GoodData
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
GoodData
- Pricing scales per workspace as customer base grows, increasing costs with scale
- Advanced security features like audit logging and HIPAA compliance only on Enterprise plan
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-$0.50 per 1,000 metrics evaluated
Pricing, plan by plan
GoodData
On request- Professional$undefined/mo
- Core BI and analytics
- Full embedding with whitelabeling
- Multi-tenancy support
- Enterprise$undefined/mo
- All Professional features
- Custom agents and Agent Builder
- 99.5% guaranteed uptime SLA
Amazon QuickSight
$3/month per userNo published plan breakdown. See the Amazon QuickSight review.
Which should you pick?
Choose GoodData if
- You need headless bi.
- You work on Web, Cloud AWS, Cloud Azure.
- You also want semantic layer.
Choose Amazon QuickSight if
- You need spice in-memory engine.
- You work on AWS.
- You also want ml insights.
Questions people ask
- Is GoodData or Amazon QuickSight better?
- Neither clearly leads. GoodData 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, GoodData or Amazon QuickSight?
- GoodData starts at On request and Amazon QuickSight at $3/month per user.
- Does GoodData or Amazon QuickSight run on more platforms?
- GoodData runs on Web, Cloud AWS, Cloud Azure. Amazon QuickSight runs on AWS.
- What is GoodData best used for?
- GoodData is most often used for self-service analytics, data exploration, ad-hoc reporting, collaborative analysis. Of those, self-service analytics and data exploration are not what Amazon QuickSight is typically brought in for.
- What can GoodData do that Amazon QuickSight cannot?
- GoodData covers Headless BI, Semantic Layer, Multi-tenancy, White-labeling. Amazon QuickSight covers SPICE In-memory Engine, ML Insights, Natural Language Queries, Pay-per-session. Both handle Embedded Analytics, Redshift, Web support, Embedded support.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
GoodData: Does GoodData offer a free tier?
No, GoodData does not offer a free tier. The platform has Professional and Enterprise pricing tiers that require sales contact for quotes.
SourceGoodData: What data warehouses can GoodData connect to?
GoodData supports direct connections to Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Azure Databricks, and PostgreSQL through a direct-query-only integration model.
SourceGoodData: Can you self-host GoodData?
Self-hosted deployment is only available on the Enterprise plan. Professional plan customers are limited to the managed SaaS offering.
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