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Hebbia vs Zenlytic

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Hebbia

Business Intelligence

AI built for the rigor of finance

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Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Zenlytic

Business Intelligence

Conversational analytics on a governed semantic layer that shows you the SQL it ran

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Hebbia no pricing published on website; prospects must book a demo; Zenlytic answer quality is bounded by the semantic model, so a team without a maintained dbt project and metric definitions must complete a modelling project before the AI is useful at all.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Hebbia and Zenlytic actually diverge.

Attributes where Hebbia and Zenlytic differ
AttributeHebbiaZenlytic

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web), 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 Hebbia

Nothing recorded that Zenlytic does not also cover.

Only in Zenlytic

  • Zoe conversational agent
  • YAML semantic layer
  • LookML import
  • Row and column permissions
  • Dashboards
  • dbt integration
  • Embedded analytics
  • Query transparency

What people use each for

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

Hebbia

  • Enterprise search and AI research platformnot Zenlytic

Zenlytic

  • A data team of three fielding sixty ad hoc requests a week from operators who could answer them in chat insteadnot Hebbia
  • An ecommerce company where merchandisers need cohort and margin questions answered without waiting for an analystnot Hebbia
  • A Looker customer looking for an exit that can import existing LookML rather than remodel from scratchnot Hebbia
  • A finance team that needs every AI-generated number to show its SQL before it goes in a board packnot Hebbia

Where each one falls short

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

Hebbia

  • No pricing published on website; prospects must book a demo

Zenlytic

  • Answer quality is bounded by the semantic model, so a team without a maintained dbt project and metric definitions must complete a modelling project before the AI is useful at all.
  • It is a small venture-funded company in a category that Snowflake, Databricks and Microsoft are all building into natively, which is a real procurement risk on a multi-year contract.
  • Pricing is not published and is negotiated per deal, so small buyers have no benchmark and no leverage.
  • The visualisation and dashboard layer is thinner than established BI tools, so teams wanting pixel control over reporting will find it limiting.
  • It assumes a cloud data warehouse; organisations with data spread across operational databases and spreadsheets have to consolidate first, which is the expensive part of the project.

Pricing, plan by plan

Hebbia

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Hebbia review.

Zenlytic

On request
  • Zenlytic$undefined/year
    • Annual contract quoted by seats and deployment
    • Semantic layer, dashboards and Zoe included
    • Embedded analytics licensed separately

Which should you pick?

Choose Hebbia if

Nothing in the data separates Hebbia from Zenlytic on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Hebbia review

Choose Zenlytic if

  • You need zoe conversational agent.
  • You also want yaml semantic layer.
Zenlytic review

Questions people ask

Is Hebbia or Zenlytic better?
Neither clearly leads. Hebbia starts at On request and Zenlytic at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Hebbia or Zenlytic?
Hebbia starts at On request and Zenlytic at On request.
Does Hebbia or Zenlytic run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Hebbia best used for?
Hebbia is most often used for enterprise search and ai research platform. Of those, enterprise search and ai research platform is not what Zenlytic is typically brought in for.
What can Hebbia do that Zenlytic cannot?
Zenlytic covers Zoe conversational agent, YAML semantic layer, LookML import, Row and column permissions.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Hebbia: How much does Hebbia cost?

Hebbia does not publish pricing on its website. The company directs prospective customers to book a demo to discuss pricing and customization options.

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Zenlytic: Does Zenlytic publish pricing?

No. Contracts are quoted annually based on seats and deployment scope.

Zenlytic: Can it read my Looker model?

Yes, it imports LookML, which is the main reason Looker customers evaluate it.

Zenlytic: Does it write arbitrary SQL against my warehouse?

No. Queries are constrained to the semantic layer, and the generated SQL is shown with every answer.

Zenlytic: Do I need dbt?

Not strictly, but the product is designed around a modelled warehouse and works poorly without one.

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