Business Intelligence · head to head
Jedox vs Snowplow
Jedox
Business Intelligence
Excel-native planning and OLAP modelling for finance teams that refuse to leave spreadsheets
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- On request
- Rated
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Snowplow
Business Intelligence
Behavioural data pipeline you run in your own cloud, relicensed away from Apache 2.0 in 2024
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- On request
- Rated
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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.; Snowplow the core pipeline was relicensed from Apache 2.0 on 8 January 2024 to the Snowplow Limited Use Licence Agreement and a Confluent-derived community licence, so organisations that adopted it as permissively licensed software must now review their entitlement, buy a licence, or migrate.
- They diverge on capability: Jedox covers In-memory OLAP cube, Snowplow covers Own-cloud deployment.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Jedox and Snowplow actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), 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 Snowplow
- Own-cloud deployment
- Schema enforcement
- Warehouse loading
- Enrichment
- Trackers
- Streaming output
- Data models
- Snowplow BDP
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 Snowplow
- A mid-market group doing statutory consolidation and management reporting on the same data instead of in two systemsnot Snowplow
- A finance team that priced IBM Planning Analytics, found it unaffordable, and still wants cube-based modellingnot Snowplow
- A retailer running driver-based sales and workforce plans that must reconcile to the financial budgetnot Snowplow
Snowplow
- A data team that needs full-fidelity event data in its own warehouse to build attribution or machine learning features rather than to populate dashboardsnot Jedox
- A regulated business that cannot send behavioural data to a third-party analytics vendor and must keep collection inside its own cloud accountnot Jedox
- A product organisation tired of silently malformed events, which wants a schema contract enforced at collection timenot Jedox
- A company modelling customer behaviour across web, mobile and server events that needs them in one consistent structurenot 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.
Snowplow
- The core pipeline was relicensed from Apache 2.0 on 8 January 2024 to the Snowplow Limited Use Licence Agreement and a Confluent-derived community licence, so organisations that adopted it as permissively licensed software must now review their entitlement, buy a licence, or migrate.
- You run the pipeline in your own cloud, which means the infrastructure bill, the on-call rota and the upgrade work are yours, and at high event volume that operational cost frequently exceeds what a hosted product would have charged.
- Schema enforcement is the main benefit and the main friction, because every new event requires a schema to be authored and versioned, and teams without discipline around that end up blocked on their own governance process.
- There is no analysis layer: Snowplow delivers data to your warehouse and nothing else, so you still need modelling, a BI tool and the people to run them before anyone sees a number.
- The licence change fractured the community, spawning an Apache 2.0 fork, which means community contributions and third-party tooling are now split across two codebases with uncertain long-term maintenance.
Pricing, plan by plan
Jedox
On request- Jedox$undefined/year
- Named user subscription, tiered by user count
- Cloud or self-managed deployment
- Modules priced separately for consolidation and add-ons
Snowplow
On request- Snowplow BDP$undefined/year
- Commercial pricing quoted by event volume and deployment
- Core pipeline components under the Snowplow Limited Use Licence Agreement, not Apache 2.0
- Trackers, analytics SDKs and Iglu SDKs remain Apache 2.0
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.
Choose Snowplow if
- You need own-cloud deployment.
- You work on Linux, Web, Docker.
- You also want schema enforcement.
Questions people ask
- Is Jedox or Snowplow better?
- Neither clearly leads. Jedox starts at On request and Snowplow at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Jedox or Snowplow?
- Jedox starts at On request and Snowplow at On request.
- Does Jedox or Snowplow run on more platforms?
- Jedox runs on Web, Windows, Linux, Cloud. Snowplow runs on Linux, Web, Docker.
- 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 Snowplow is typically brought in for.
- What can Jedox do that Snowplow cannot?
- Jedox covers In-memory OLAP cube, Excel add-in, Web spreadsheet, Integrator ETL. Snowplow covers Own-cloud deployment, Schema enforcement, Warehouse loading, Enrichment.
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.
Snowplow: Is Snowplow still open source?
Not in the permissive sense. On 8 January 2024 the core pipeline moved from Apache 2.0 to the Snowplow Limited Use Licence Agreement, with version 1.1 following in December 2024, alongside a community licence based on the Confluent Community Licence. Trackers and analytics SDKs remain Apache 2.0.
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.
Snowplow: Can we still run it for free in production?
Free use of the relicensed core components is materially constrained and commercial use generally requires an agreement. Read the current licence text against your intended use rather than relying on older documentation.
Jedox: Can it run on premises?
Yes, on Windows or Linux, though the vendor pushes cloud and self-managed customers receive features later.
Snowplow: Is there an Apache 2.0 alternative?
Yes, a fork called OpenSnowcat was created in response to the relicensing and continues under Apache 2.0.
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.
Snowplow: What does Snowplow BDP cost?
Not published. It is quoted by event volume and deployment, and your own cloud infrastructure costs are separate and additional.
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