Data & Analytics

The Cheapest Data & Analytics Software

Ordered by entry price, with a note on where each tool's costs actually escalate.

1
Databricks
Lakehouse platform unifying data engineering, analytics and machine learning on open formats.
4.5(4,300)$0.07 per DBU, consumption-based
Query performance
4.5
Cost predictability
3.5
Governance
4.4
ML workflows
4.9
2
Snowflake
Cloud data warehouse with separated storage and compute and per-second billing.
4.5(6,100)$2 per credit, consumption-based
Query performance
4.6
Cost predictability
3.3
Governance
4.6
Ecosystem
4.7
3
BigQuery
Serverless warehouse with no cluster management and pricing by bytes scanned.
4.4(5,200)$6.25 per TB scanned
Query performance
4.4
Cost predictability
3.6
Governance
4.2
Ecosystem
4.1
4
Looker
Governed BI built on a version-controlled semantic layer.
4.2(3,400)Custom, typically $60k+ per year
Semantic modelling
5.0
Self-serve usability
3.4
Governance
4.9
Embedding
4.6
5
Amplitude
Product analytics for behavioural cohorts, funnels and retention analysis.
4.4(3,900)$0 / $61 per month
Behavioural analysis
4.8
Self-serve usability
4.3
Governance
4.0
Experimentation
4.2
6
Metabase
Open-source BI that non-technical users can actually operate without SQL.
4.5(2,800)$0 self-hosted / $85 per month cloud
Semantic modelling
3.1
Self-serve usability
4.8
Governance
3.6
Embedding
4.0