Best BI & dashboards for developers
We list 9 BI & dashboards tools, ranked by community votes and market presence (how often other tools are positioned as alternatives to them). Top picks right now: Metabase, ThoughtSpot, Apache Superset.
| # | Tool | Pricing | Starts at | Best for | Platforms | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metabase Open-source BI anyone can use | Open source | $100/mo | Small businesses, Developers | web | 0 |
| 2 | ThoughtSpot Search and AI agent analytics platform for self-service BI teams | Freemium | $25/mo | Enterprise, Small businesses, Developers | web, ios, android | 0 |
| 3 | Apache Superset Open-source data exploration at scale | Open source | $0 | Developers, Enterprise | web | 0 |
| 4 | Basedash AI-native BI that builds dashboards and reports from plain English | Paid | $1000/mo | Small businesses, Enterprise, Developers | web | 0 |
| 5 | Evidence BI as code: Markdown + SQL to reports | Open source | $2500/mo | Developers | web | 0 |
| 6 | Lightdash BI built on dbt metrics | Open source | $3000/mo | Developers, Small businesses | web | 0 |
| 7 | Looker Google Cloud's enterprise BI platform built on LookML | Paid | — | Enterprise, Developers | web | 0 |
| 8 | Notch Metrics Revenue, MRR and subscriber counts in your MacBook notch | Paid | $9/mo | Small businesses, Developers, Creators | macos | 0 |
| 9 | Sisense Embedded analytics platform for putting dashboards inside your product | Paid | — | Enterprise, Developers, Small businesses | web | 0 |
All 9 tools
1.Metabase
▲ 0Open-source BI anyone can use
Open source · $100Small businesseschecked Oct 20
Search and AI agent analytics platform for self-service BI teams
Freemium · $25Enterprisechecked Oct 20
Open-source data exploration at scale
Open sourceDeveloperschecked Oct 20
4.Basedash
▲ 0AI-native BI that builds dashboards and reports from plain English
Paid · $1000Small businesseschecked Oct 25
5.Evidence
▲ 0BI as code: Markdown + SQL to reports
Open source · $2500Developerschecked Oct 20
6.Lightdash
▲ 0BI built on dbt metrics
Open source · $3000Developerschecked Oct 20
7.Looker
▲ 0Google Cloud's enterprise BI platform built on LookML
PaidEnterprisechecked Oct 20
Revenue, MRR and subscriber counts in your MacBook notch
Paid · $9Small businesseschecked Oct 30
9.Sisense
▲ 0Embedded analytics platform for putting dashboards inside your product
PaidEnterprisechecked Oct 20