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Pigment vs Sourcegraph

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Pigment

Business Intelligence

Enterprise business planning platform for finance, sales and workforce modelling

From
On request
Free plan
No
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Sourcegraph

Developer Tools

Code search and intelligence platform for large codebases with Cody AI assistant

From
$16000/year
Free plan
No
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The short version

  • Pigment is a French-built planning platform; Sourcegraph is an enterprise code intelligence platform.
  • Sourcegraph starts at $16000/yr; Pigment prices on request.
  • Where Sourcegraph falls short: enterprise pricing starting at $16k annually creates significant barrier for small teams.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Pigment and Sourcegraph actually diverge.

Attributes where Pigment and Sourcegraph differ
AttributePigmentSourcegraph
Starting priceOn request$16000/year
Pricing modelQuoteSubscription
PlatformsWebWeb, Self-hosted
CategoryBusiness IntelligenceDeveloper Tools

Identical on both: free tier (No).

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 Pigment

  • Dimensional modelling
  • Scenario planning
  • Data connectors
  • Application blocks
  • Reporting and boards
  • Access control
  • Audit trail
  • AI assistance

Only in Sourcegraph

Nothing recorded that Pigment does not also cover.

What people use each for

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

Pigment

  • A finance team retiring a fragile Excel consolidation that no one can audit and only one person can runnot Sourcegraph
  • Sales operations modelling quota, territory and headcount capacity against a revenue plan in the same system finance usesnot Sourcegraph
  • A company that needs monthly re-forecasting fast enough to run scenarios live in the leadership meetingnot Sourcegraph
  • Replacing an ageing Anaplan estate where the model has become unmaintainable and per-workspace costs have crept upnot Sourcegraph

Sourcegraph

  • Large-scale code migrations across hundreds of repositoriesnot Pigment
  • Enterprise governance and code ownership trackingnot Pigment
  • AI-assisted bug hunting and security pattern detectionnot Pigment
  • Onboarding engineers into large unfamiliar codebasesnot Pigment
  • Regulatory compliance and code audit trailsnot Pigment

Where each one falls short

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

Pigment

  • No pricing is published and the structure has three moving parts, platform fee, use-case fees and tiered seats, so two companies of the same size can pay very different amounts and neither can benchmark the other
  • Cost scales with planning processes rather than with company size, so a successful first deployment creates internal demand that directly increases the bill at renewal
  • It requires a modelling owner. Without a person who understands dimensional design, teams rebuild spreadsheet patterns in Pigment and inherit all the maintenance problems they were trying to escape
  • Implementation is partner-led and measured in months, so the payback horizon is long compared with lighter FP&A tools that a controller can configure alone
  • The connector library covers major systems well but the long tail is thinner than the incumbents, and industry-specific source systems often need a warehouse or a file drop in between

Sourcegraph

  • Enterprise pricing starting at $16k annually creates significant barrier for small teams
  • No free tier or standard plan published; all options require custom sales engagement
  • Complex enterprise-only positioning limits adoption compared to GitHub Copilot's pervasiveness
  • Requires indexing entire codebase; not suitable for small or ephemeral projects

Pricing, plan by plan

Pigment

On request
  • Pigment platformOn request
    • Platform fee plus per use-case fees
    • Licences tiered as editor, contributor and explorer
    • No free tier and no self-service signup

Sourcegraph

$16000/year
  • Enterprise$16,000/yr
    • Scales with team size
    • Credits for AI features per user
    • Deep Search

Which should you pick?

Choose Pigment if

  • You need dimensional modelling.
  • You also want scenario planning.
Pigment review

Choose Sourcegraph if

  • You work on Web, Self-hosted.
Sourcegraph review

Questions people ask

Is Pigment or Sourcegraph better?
Neither clearly leads. Pigment starts at On request and Sourcegraph at $16000/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Pigment or Sourcegraph?
Pigment starts at On request and Sourcegraph at $16000/year.
Does Pigment or Sourcegraph run on more platforms?
Pigment runs on Web. Sourcegraph runs on Web, Self-hosted.
What is Pigment best used for?
Pigment is most often used for a finance team retiring a fragile excel consolidation that no one can audit and only one person can run, sales operations modelling quota, territory and headcount capacity against a revenue plan in the same system finance uses, a company that needs monthly re-forecasting fast enough to run scenarios live in the leadership meeting, replacing an ageing anaplan estate where the model has become unmaintainable and per-workspace costs have crept up. Of those, a finance team retiring a fragile excel consolidation that no one can audit and only one person can run and sales operations modelling quota, territory and headcount capacity against a revenue plan in the same system finance uses are not what Sourcegraph is typically brought in for.
What can Pigment do that Sourcegraph cannot?
Pigment covers Dimensional modelling, Scenario planning, Data connectors, Application blocks.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Pigment: Does Pigment publish prices?

No. Expect a quote combining a platform fee, fees per planning use case, and seat licences split into editor, contributor and explorer tiers.

Pigment: Is Pigment an alternative to Anaplan?

It is positioned directly against Anaplan and much of its customer base is migrating from it, mainly citing modelling readability and recalculation speed.

Pigment: Can we use it without consultants?

In practice most deployments use Pigment or a partner for the initial build. Ongoing model changes can be handled in-house once someone owns the modelling discipline.

Pigment: Where is data hosted?

Pigment is a European vendor with regional hosting options, which is often the deciding factor for EU buyers with data residency requirements.

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