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Rill Data vs Userpilot

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Rill Data

Business Intelligence

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

From
$20/month
Free plan
No
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Userpilot

Business Intelligence

Product analytics and in-app onboarding platform.

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
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The short version

  • Userpilot is a product-led growth platform.
  • Userpilot has a free plan, then $299/mo; Rill Data starts at $20/mo.
  • Where Userpilot falls short: starter tier limited to 2,000 monthly active users; even small-to-medium products may require Growth tier.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Rill Data and Userpilot differ
AttributeRill DataUserpilot
Starting price$20/monthFree
Pricing modelPer user per month plus metered computeSubscription
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, Linux, macOS, WindowsWeb, iOS, Android, API

Identical on both: 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 Rill Data

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

Only in Userpilot

Nothing recorded that Rill Data does not also cover.

What people use each for

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

Rill Data

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

Userpilot

  • SaaS companies optimising user onboarding and activationnot Rill Data
  • Product teams collecting user feedback and identifying churn drivers via session replaynot Rill Data
  • Customer success teams using in-app guides and contextual helpnot Rill Data
  • Growth teams orchestrating multi-channel campaigns across email and in-appnot Rill Data
  • Product managers measuring adoption and engagement across user cohortsnot Rill Data

Where each one falls short

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

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

Userpilot

  • Starter tier limited to 2,000 monthly active users; even small-to-medium products may require Growth tier
  • Large price jump from Starter ($299/mo) to Growth ($849/mo), nearly 3x increase
  • Growth tier scales to 100,000 MAU but does not publish pricing for higher volumes, requiring Enterprise negotiation
  • Session replay and mobile engagement are optional add-ons in Growth tier, not included in base pricing
  • Enterprise pricing not published; custom negotiations required for large-scale deployments

Pricing, plan by plan

Rill Data

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

Userpilot

Free
  • Starter$299/mo
    • Up to 2,000 monthly active users
    • In-app engagement
    • User segmentation
  • Growth$849
    • 2,000 to 100,000 monthly active users
    • All Starter features
    • Advanced product analytics
  • EnterpriseOn request
    • Custom monthly active user levels
    • All Growth features
    • Premium integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose Rill Data if

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

Choose Userpilot if

  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, API.
Userpilot review

Questions people ask

Is Rill Data or Userpilot better?
Neither clearly leads. Rill Data starts at $20/month and Userpilot at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Rill Data or Userpilot?
Userpilot has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $20/month for Rill Data and Free for Userpilot.
Does Rill Data or Userpilot run on more platforms?
Rill Data runs on Web, Linux, macOS, Windows. Userpilot runs on Web, iOS, Android, API.
Can I use Userpilot for free?
Yes. Userpilot has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Rill Data starts at $20/month.
What is Rill Data best used for?
Rill Data is most often used for an analytics team that wants dashboard changes to go through code review rather than being edited in a web ui, interactive exploration of event-scale data where a warehouse round trip per filter click is too slow, embedding fast slice-and-dice dashboards into a product where the underlying store is already clickhouse or druid, a data engineer prototyping a metrics layer locally on a laptop before committing to any cloud spend. Of those, an analytics team that wants dashboard changes to go through code review rather than being edited in a web ui and interactive exploration of event-scale data where a warehouse round trip per filter click is too slow are not what Userpilot is typically brought in for.
What can Rill Data do that Userpilot cannot?
Rill Data covers Local development, Dashboards as code, Embedded DuckDB, Bring your own database.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Rill Data: Is Rill open source?

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

Userpilot: What is included in the free trial?

Userpilot offers a free 14-day trial without requiring a credit card, providing full access to the Starter tier features.

Source
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.

Userpilot: Does Userpilot include session replay?

Session replay is available in the Growth tier as an optional add-on for watching real user sessions and identifying friction points.

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Rill Data: Can business users build dashboards?

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

Userpilot: What integrations does Userpilot support?

Userpilot integrates with HubSpot, Salesforce, Segment, Google Analytics, Amplitude, Mixpanel, Heap, Zendesk, Intercom and Google Tag Manager. Additional integrations can be requested.

Source
Rill Data: Which databases can back a deployed project?

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

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