Steep
Standalone
Metrics-first BI with a built-in semantic layer, Steep AI and a hosted MCP server, priced per seat from $15 a month.
Transform and orchestrate
Turning raw tables into models, and running the whole pipeline on time.
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Lightdash
Inside BI
Open-core BI that reads metrics and joins from your dbt project; free to self-host, Cloud Pro is a flat $3,000 a month for unlimited users.
Y42
Visual/managed
Git-native platform running ingestion, dbt Core models, orchestration and virtual data builds on BigQuery or Snowflake, from $500 a month.
Prophecy
Visual/managed
AI data prep platform: agents draft visual pipelines that compile to dbt-backed SQL or PySpark in Git, on DuckDB, Databricks, Snowflake or BigQuery.
Alteryx
Data prep
No-code data prep and analytics platform (Alteryx One) with Designer desktop, Designer Cloud, Server and AI agents, sold per seat plus automation runs.
KNIME
Data prep
Free, open-source visual data-prep and analytics desktop with Python, R and LLM nodes; paid Hub plans add scheduling, data apps and team spaces.
Kyvos
Standalone
Semantic layer that pre-builds OLAP aggregates on cloud data and serves Power BI, Excel and Tableau over DAX, MDX and SQL.
Dataform
SQL framework
Google Cloud's free SQL transformation framework inside BigQuery: SQLX models, assertions, incremental tables, unit tests and built-in scheduling.
Coalesce
Modern catalog
Column-aware visual transformation for Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery and Fabric, with Catalog and Quality bundled; free Developer plan, Starter $150 per user per month.
Custom pricing Euno
Standalone
Euno connects metadata, lineage, and business context across data tools to support governance workflows and AI assistants.
Platform fee + per-user pricing Honeydew
Standalone
A semantic layer for shared business metrics, governed BI queries, and AI analysis over warehouse data.
Free open source Malloy
Standalone
Open-source semantic modeling and query language for reusable metrics, nested analytics, and SQL generation across supported databases.