# Cube vs Evidence

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Cube

| Attribute | Cube | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 75.2 (73% (medium)) | 49.7 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 57 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 7,023 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Cube is a business intelligence platform that unifies how metrics and business logic are defined and used across analytics interfaces. Organizations build a semantic model once, then access it through dashboards, AI chat, embedded surfaces, and APIs — available as a managed cloud service or self-hosted deployment. It is indexed under BI Software.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"What is Cube?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cube offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.15 per hour. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"Is Cube free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cube supports the web, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"What platforms does Cube support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Cube can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"Can Cube be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 21 integrations for Cube, including Notion, Linear, Sentry, Attio, Google Sheets, Excel, dbt and Okta, plus 13 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"What does Cube integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Cube. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Cube not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://cube.dev/security","question":"What security certifications does Cube have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Cube is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://cube.dev/pricing","question":"Where is Cube available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under BI Software.","source":"https://evidence.dev/pricing","question":"What is Evidence?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Evidence is a paid product; published pricing starts at $15 per user per month. It is sold across 3 plans (Team, Pro and Enterprise). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://evidence.dev/pricing","question":"How much does Evidence cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Evidence supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://evidence.dev/pricing","question":"What platforms does Evidence support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Evidence can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://evidence.dev/pricing","question":"Can Evidence be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for Evidence, including BigQuery, Google Sheets, PostgreSQL and JavaScript APIs. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://evidence.dev/pricing","question":"What does Evidence integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Evidence. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Evidence not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://evidence.dev/","question":"What security certifications does Evidence have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. Evidence is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence","question":"Is Evidence open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A modern analytics platform that combines a semantic layer with dashboard, workbook, and conversational AI interfaces to serve teams and autonomous agents. Users query data through dashboards, natural language chat, or APIs, while the semantic layer ensures consistent metric definitions and business logic across all tools and workflows. | An open-source business intelligence platform that lets you build interactive data visualizations using SQL and markdown. Reports can be self-hosted or published on Evidence Studio's managed hosting service. |
| features.capabilities | `{"nlq_ai":true,"hosting":"both","rls_sso":true,"paradigm":"semantic_layer","free_tier":true,"api_access":true,"dbt_native":true,"data_modeling":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"git_versioning":true,"semantic_layer":"built_in","visualizations":true,"warehouse_native":true,"connector_breadth":"50+ data sources plus MCP connectors","scheduled_reports":true,"embedded_analytics":true,"transparent_pricing":true,"self_serve_dashboards":true}` | `{"nlq_ai":true,"hosting":"both","rls_sso":true,"paradigm":"governed_dashboards","free_tier":true,"api_access":true,"dbt_native":true,"sql_editor":true,"data_modeling":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"git_versioning":true,"semantic_layer":"built_in","visualizations":true,"warehouse_native":true,"connector_breadth":"Multiple data sources including BigQuery, Google Sheets, PostgreSQL, APIs","scheduled_reports":true,"embedded_analytics":true,"transparent_pricing":true,"self_serve_dashboards":true}` |
| integrations.count | 16 | 14 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Notion"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"Attio"},{"name":"Google Sheets"},{"name":"Excel"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"Power BI"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Claude","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"ChatGPT","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Cursor","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Snowflake","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Databricks","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"BigQuery","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Presto","native":true,"category":"query_engine","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Amazon Athena","native":true,"category":"query_engine","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Postgres","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"ClickHouse","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Tableau","native":true,"category":"bi","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Google Sheets"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"JavaScript APIs"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"ChatGPT","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Claude Desktop","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Snowflake","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Databricks","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Microsoft Fabric","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"dbt","native":true,"category":"data_transformation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GitHub Enterprise","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Datadog","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Sentry","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Vertex AI","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure AI Foundry","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever","features":["Connect any data source","Model in semantic layer IDE","Explore data in workbooks","Publish workbooks as dashboards","Semantic model agent","Workbooks and dashboards agent","Analytics chat"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For hobbyists completing small projects and showcasing work","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"compute":"10K shared","query_history_retention":"1 day"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$40/developer/month","features":["Everything in Free","Extended limits on agents","Use premium LLMs","Unlimited workbooks","Extended query limit","Production deployment compute","Cube Store caching","Semantic Layer Sync","Observability & high-availability","dbt integration","Custom Roles"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":40,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.6,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Dedicated deployment"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.15,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Additional API instance"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.15,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Cube Store caching (small worker)"}],"description":"For professionals streamlining data workflows","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"compute":"50K dedicated","query_history_retention":"7 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"$80/developer/month + $20/explorer/month","features":["Everything in Starter","Explorer role","Viewer role","Embedded dashboards","Embedded analytics chat","Unlimited queries","99.950% Uptime SLA","Custom Domains","Multi-cluster Deployment","Performance Insights","Single Sign-On (SSO)","Audit Logging"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":80,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"explorer","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":1.2,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Dedicated deployment per cluster"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.3,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Additional API instance"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.3,"period":"hour","currency":"USD","description":"Cube Store caching (medium worker)"}],"description":"For teams scaling analytics and collaboration","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"compute":"Unlimited","query_history_retention":"7 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Premium","99.990% Uptime SLA","Dedicated single-tenant installation","Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)","Bring Your Own LLM (BYOLLM)","SSO with SAML 2.0","Workspace Access Control","Advanced Networking Security (VPC Peering, AWS PrivateLink)"],"commitment":"annual","description":"For enterprises demanding security and support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $40/developer/month; free tier available","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cube.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-03T22:15:44.664Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"explorer","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$2,500/month, flat rate for unlimited users and projects","features":["Unlimited users","Unlimited projects","Analytics Agent","Slack bot and MCP support","Private Slack or Teams support","20K AI credits","Native warehouse support","Evidence Warehouse","Usage analytics","Data export and PDF export","Scheduled emails","Single Sign On (SSO) with OIDC & SAML","Log in with Google","User groups","Table-level access controls"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":2500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Collaborative analytics with AI agents for teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"Unlimited","projects":"Unlimited","ai_credits":"20K/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Custom","summary":"Custom pricing based on enterprise requirements","features":["Everything in Team plan","Row-level access rules","Embedding and white-labelling","Custom AI credit allocation","Bring your own AI keys","Custom infrastructure deployment","SOC 2 report and DPA","Dedicated training and support"],"description":"Enterprise deployment with advanced security and customization options","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional AI credits","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"$2,500/month for Team plan with unlimited users, 20K AI credits, and optional add-on credits at $0.01 per credit. 30-day free trial. Custom enterprise plans available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://evidence.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-14T13:18:57.724Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":2500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | mid | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":20,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":2500,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/universal-sql%403.0.1","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:13Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/universal-sql@3.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/trino%401.0.11","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:34Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/trino@1.0.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/tailwind%403.1.4","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:10Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/tailwind@3.1.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/sqlite%402.0.9","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:52Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/sqlite@2.0.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/snowflake%401.2.4","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:25Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/snowflake@1.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/sdk%404.0.2","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:31Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/sdk@4.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/redshift%401.0.10","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:28Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/redshift@1.0.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/preprocess%406.0.7","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:49Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/preprocess@6.0.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/postgres%401.0.10","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:01Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/postgres@1.0.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/mysql%401.1.6","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:07Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/mysql@1.1.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/mssql%401.1.4","date":"2026-02-06T16:07:58Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/mssql@1.1.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/motherduck%401.0.6","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:40Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/motherduck@1.0.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/evidence%4040.1.8","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:58Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/evidence@40.1.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/duckdb%402.0.1","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:16Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/duckdb@2.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/db-commons%401.1.1","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:19Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/db-commons@1.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/databricks%401.0.10","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:46Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/databricks@1.0.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/csv%401.0.16","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:55Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/csv@1.0.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/core-components%405.4.2","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:37Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/core-components@5.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/components%403.5.56","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:43Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/components@3.5.56"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/component-utilities%404.0.13","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:22Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/component-utilities@4.0.13"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.95 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fevidence-dev%2Fevidence&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (BI Software)

| Capability | Cube | Evidence |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| BI paradigm | Semantic layer | Governed dashboards |
| Semantic / modelling layer | Built-in | Built-in |
| **Engine** |  |  |
| Warehouse-native (SQL push-down) | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable / OSS core | ✓ | ✓ |
| Managed cloud available | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Intelligence** |  |  |
| Natural-language query / AI copilot | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Embedded / white-label analytics | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduled reports / alerting | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Governance** |  |  |
| Row-level security & SSO/SAML | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Commercial** |  |  |
| Per-seat pricing published | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free tier / free desktop | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| dbt-native integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data-source connector breadth | 50+ data sources plus MCP connectors | Multiple data sources including BigQuery, Google Sheets, PostgreSQL, APIs |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T07:15:13.909Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*