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Comparison

Cube vs Evidence

On the evidence we track, Cube leads this comparison with a composite score of 74/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Cube full profile →Evidence full profile →
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★Cube74
Evidence49
Score
Vioscale score
Cube74 / 100medium · 73%
Evidence49 / 100medium · 65%
Pricing
Free tier
Cube✓
Evidence✗
Model
Cubefreemium
Evidencecommercial
Price level
Cubemid
Evidencemid
Transparent
Cube✓
Evidence✓
Integrations
Count
Cube9
Evidence4
Security
Disclosure policy
Cube–
Evidence✓
Gdpr
Cube✓
Evidence–
Hipaa
Cube✓
Evidence–
Soc2
Cube✓
Evidence✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Cube99.95
Evidence–
Status page
Cube✓
Evidence–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Cube–
Evidence0
Github stars
Cube–
Evidence6,880
Activity
Commits last 30d
Cube–
Evidence22
Release
History
Cube–
Evidence20 items
License
Spdx
Cube–
EvidenceMIT
Language
Primary
Cube–
EvidenceTypeScript
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for bi software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
BI paradigm
CubeSemantic layer
EvidenceGoverned dashboards
Semantic / modelling layer
CubeBuilt-in
EvidenceBuilt-in
Engine
Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)
Cube✓
Evidence✓
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core
Cube✓
Evidence✓
Managed cloud available
Cube✓
Evidence✓
Intelligence
Natural-language query / AI copilot
Cube✓
Evidence✓
Delivery
Embedded / white-label analytics
Cube✓
Evidence✓
Scheduled reports / alerting
Cube✓
Evidence-
Governance
Row-level security & SSO/SAML
Cube✓
Evidence✓
Commercial
Per-seat pricing published
Cube✓
Evidence✓
Free tier / free desktop
Cube✓
Evidence✗
Ecosystem
dbt-native integration
Cube✓
Evidence-
Data-source connector breadth
Cube50+ data sources plus MCP connectors
EvidenceMultiple data sources including BigQuery, Google Sheets, PostgreSQL, APIs

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Cube

Leader

AI-native analytics platform combining business intelligence and embedded analytics. Grounds all answers in a governed semantic model to ensure consistency and reliability across chat, workbooks, dashboards, and AI agents.

Independently observed

Evidence

Evidence is a BI platform offering Evidence Studio (a web-based IDE) for building self-serve analytics dashboards and reports with component-generated queries, AI-assisted exploration, and enterprise-grade security controls.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Cube

Leader
from $40/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $40/developer/month. Free tier available.

  • FreeFree
    • Connect any data source
    • Model in semantic layer IDE
    • Explore data in workbooks
    • Publish workbooks as dashboards
    • Semantic model agent
    • +2 more
  • Starter$40/developer/month
    • Everything in Free
    • Extended limits on agents
    • Use premium LLMs
    • Unlimited workbooks
    • Production deployment compute
    • +3 more
  • Premium$80/developer/month
    • Everything in Starter
    • Explorer and Viewer roles
    • Embedded dashboards
    • Embedded analytics chat
    • Unlimited queries
    • +4 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Premium
    • 99.990% Uptime SLA
    • Dedicated single tenant installation
    • Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
    • Bring Your Own LLM (BYOLLM)
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Evidence

from $15/moSubscription

From $15/user/month (Team) with AI credits included. Enterprise custom pricing.

  • Team$15/user/month
    • Unlimited users
    • Page-level access control
    • Log In With Google
    • 1,000 AI Credits/user/month
    • Multiple Data Sources
    • +6 more
  • Pro$25/user/month
    • Everything in Team plus
    • Single Sign-On (SSO)
    • Private Slack support
    • 3,000 AI Credits/user/month
    • AI Dev Agent
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Pro plus
    • White labeling
    • Embedded reports
    • Multi-region support
    • Dedicated support
    • +6 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Cube✓
Evidence✓
CLI
Cube✗
Evidence✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cube✓
Evidence✓
Self-hosted
Cube✓
Evidence✓
Hybrid
Cube✓
Evidence✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Google Sheets

Cube

Leader
9 total - 8 not shared
  • Notion
  • Linear
  • Sentry
  • Attio
  • Excel
  • dbt
  • Okta
  • Power BI
Independently observed

Evidence

4 total - 3 not shared
  • BigQuery
  • PostgreSQL
  • JavaScript APIs
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.