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Grow vs Amazon QuickSight

Grow logo

Grow

Business Intelligence

No-code BI for growing companies

From
$500/month
Rated
-
Amazon QuickSight logo

Amazon QuickSight

Business Intelligence

Scalable, serverless BI by AWS

From
$3/month per user
Rated
-

The short version

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

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Grow and Amazon QuickSight differ
AttributeGrowAmazon QuickSight
Starting price$500/month$3/month per user
PlatformsWeb, Mobile, TvAWS
Founded20142006

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 Grow

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

Only in Amazon QuickSight

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

Both cover

  • Salesforce
  • Web support
  • Mobile support

What people use each for

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

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

Amazon QuickSight

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

Where each one falls short

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

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

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

Grow

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

Amazon QuickSight

$3/month per user

No published plan breakdown. See the Amazon QuickSight review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Grow if

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

Choose Amazon QuickSight if

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

Questions people ask

Is Grow or Amazon QuickSight better?
Neither clearly leads. Grow starts at $500/month 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, Grow or Amazon QuickSight?
Grow starts at $500/month and Amazon QuickSight at $3/month per user.
Does Grow or Amazon QuickSight run on more platforms?
Grow runs on Web, Mobile, Tv. Amazon QuickSight runs on AWS.
What is Grow best used for?
Grow is most often used for no-code dashboards and business intelligence for teams without analysts, blending data from more than 100 sources including bigquery, postgresql, salesforce and hubspot, etl, warehousing and visualisation in a single platform. Of those, no-code dashboards and business intelligence for teams without analysts and blending data from more than 100 sources including bigquery, postgresql, salesforce and hubspot are not what Amazon QuickSight is typically brought in for.
What can Grow do that Amazon QuickSight cannot?
Grow covers No-code Setup, Unlimited Dashboards, Data Blending, Alerts. Amazon QuickSight covers SPICE In-memory Engine, ML Insights, Natural Language Queries, Embedded Analytics. Both handle Salesforce, Web support, Mobile support.

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