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Jedox vs Rill Data

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Jedox

Business Intelligence

Excel-native planning and OLAP modelling for finance teams that refuse to leave spreadsheets

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Rill Data

Business Intelligence

Local-first BI on DuckDB and ClickHouse with dashboards defined as code

From
$20/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Jedox cube modelling is a specialist skill closer to IBM TM1 than to a modern SaaS planning tool, so most customers depend on a partner or a single internal expert whose departure leaves the model unmaintainable.; Rill Data the seat price of 20 dollars is misleading as a budget figure: Rill’s own calculator puts a small two-seat project at around 256 dollars a month, with compute making up the great majority.
  • They diverge on capability: Jedox covers In-memory OLAP cube, Rill Data covers Local development.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Jedox and Rill Data actually diverge.

Attributes where Jedox and Rill Data differ
AttributeJedoxRill Data
Starting priceOn request$20/month
Pricing modelquotePer user per month plus metered compute
PlatformsWeb, Windows, Linux, CloudWeb, Linux, macOS, Windows

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 Jedox

  • In-memory OLAP cube
  • Excel add-in
  • Web spreadsheet
  • Integrator ETL
  • Workflow and approvals
  • AIssisted planning
  • Financial consolidation
  • Report designer

Only in Rill Data

  • Local development
  • Dashboards as code
  • Embedded DuckDB
  • Bring your own database
  • Alerts and scheduled reports
  • Embedded analytics

What people use each for

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

Jedox

  • A manufacturer whose budget process is hundreds of Excel files emailed between plants and needs one governed cube without retraining plant controllersnot Rill Data
  • A mid-market group doing statutory consolidation and management reporting on the same data instead of in two systemsnot Rill Data
  • A finance team that priced IBM Planning Analytics, found it unaffordable, and still wants cube-based modellingnot Rill Data
  • A retailer running driver-based sales and workforce plans that must reconcile to the financial budgetnot Rill Data

Rill Data

  • An analytics team that wants dashboard changes to go through code review rather than being edited in a web UInot Jedox
  • Interactive exploration of event-scale data where a warehouse round trip per filter click is too slownot Jedox
  • Embedding fast slice-and-dice dashboards into a product where the underlying store is already ClickHouse or Druidnot Jedox
  • A data engineer prototyping a metrics layer locally on a laptop before committing to any cloud spendnot Jedox

Where each one falls short

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

Jedox

  • Cube modelling is a specialist skill closer to IBM TM1 than to a modern SaaS planning tool, so most customers depend on a partner or a single internal expert whose departure leaves the model unmaintainable.
  • Almost every deployment carries a partner implementation fee that frequently matches or exceeds the first year of licence, and that cost never appears in the vendor comparison you are shown.
  • The Excel add-in is the strongest client, which means Mac-based and browser-only users get a materially thinner experience than the Windows majority.
  • Dashboards and visual analytics are weaker than dedicated BI tools, so organisations typically keep Power BI or Tableau alongside Jedox and pay for both.
  • Insight Partners took a majority stake in 2021, and the pressure toward a cloud subscription base has meant self-managed customers see new capability later than cloud ones.

Rill Data

  • The seat price of 20 dollars is misleading as a budget figure: Rill’s own calculator puts a small two-seat project at around 256 dollars a month, with compute making up the great majority.
  • Dashboards are defined in YAML and SQL, so business users cannot create or change one without a developer and a Git workflow, which stalls self-service adoption.
  • It is built for the explore-a-metric pattern and does not produce pixel-perfect financial or operational reports, so most organisations still need a second reporting tool.
  • AI tokens and API calls are quota-limited per seat, with API overage at a cent per call, so programmatic consumers can create an unbudgeted line item.
  • As a smaller vendor competing against Looker, Tableau and Power BI, the ecosystem of consultants, templates and trained analysts is thin, which raises the cost of hiring for it.

Pricing, plan by plan

Jedox

On request
  • Jedox$undefined/year
    • Named user subscription, tiered by user count
    • Cloud or self-managed deployment
    • Modules priced separately for consolidation and add-ons

Rill Data

$20/month
  • Starter$20/month
    • Per seat, up to twenty seats
    • Three projects
    • Compute at 0.15 USD per compute unit hour
  • Growth$30/month
    • Per seat, up to one hundred seats
    • Ten projects
    • Compute at 0.20 USD per compute unit hour
  • Enterprise$undefined/year
    • Annual platform licence with negotiated capacity
    • Unlimited seats and projects
    • Dedicated infrastructure

Which should you pick?

Choose Jedox if

  • You need in-memory olap cube.
  • You work on Web, Windows, Linux, Cloud.
  • You also want excel add-in.
Jedox review

Choose Rill Data if

  • You need local development.
  • You work on Web, Linux, macOS, Windows.
  • You also want dashboards as code.
Rill Data review

Questions people ask

Is Jedox or Rill Data better?
Neither clearly leads. Jedox starts at On request and Rill Data at $20/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Jedox or Rill Data?
Jedox starts at On request and Rill Data at $20/month.
Does Jedox or Rill Data run on more platforms?
Jedox runs on Web, Windows, Linux, Cloud. Rill Data runs on Web, Linux, macOS, Windows.
What is Jedox best used for?
Jedox is most often used for a manufacturer whose budget process is hundreds of excel files emailed between plants and needs one governed cube without retraining plant controllers, a mid-market group doing statutory consolidation and management reporting on the same data instead of in two systems, a finance team that priced ibm planning analytics, found it unaffordable, and still wants cube-based modelling, a retailer running driver-based sales and workforce plans that must reconcile to the financial budget. Of those, a manufacturer whose budget process is hundreds of excel files emailed between plants and needs one governed cube without retraining plant controllers and a mid-market group doing statutory consolidation and management reporting on the same data instead of in two systems are not what Rill Data is typically brought in for.
What can Jedox do that Rill Data cannot?
Jedox covers In-memory OLAP cube, Excel add-in, Web spreadsheet, Integrator ETL. Rill Data covers Local development, Dashboards as code, Embedded DuckDB, Bring your own database.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Jedox: Does Jedox publish pricing?

No. It is quoted per named user with tiering by volume, and modules such as consolidation are priced separately.

Rill Data: Is Rill open source?

The Rill developer binary is open source and free to run locally; Rill Cloud is the paid product.

Jedox: Is Jedox a BI tool or a planning tool?

A planning tool with reporting attached. Organisations almost always keep a separate BI tool for visual analysis.

Rill Data: How much does it actually cost?

Seats start at 20 USD per month, but hosted compute at 0.15 USD per compute unit hour typically dominates the bill. Bringing your own database removes the usage fee.

Jedox: Can it run on premises?

Yes, on Windows or Linux, though the vendor pushes cloud and self-managed customers receive features later.

Rill Data: Can business users build dashboards?

Not directly. Dashboards are YAML and SQL under version control.

Jedox: How does it compare to IBM Planning Analytics?

Similar cube architecture at a lower price point, with a friendlier web layer and a smaller partner ecosystem.

Rill Data: Which databases can back a deployed project?

DuckDB, ClickHouse, Druid, Pinot, Snowflake and others.

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