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Comparison

Evidence vs Hex

On the evidence we track, Hex leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Evidence full profile →Hex full profile →
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Evidence49
★Hex56
Score
Vioscale score
Evidence49 / 100medium · 65%updating
Hex56 / 100medium · 72%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Evidence✗
Hex✓
Model
Price level
Evidencemid
Hexlow
Transparent
Evidence✓
Hex✗
Integrations
Count
Evidence4
Hex8
Security
Disclosure policy
Evidence✓
Hex✓
Gdpr
Evidence–
Hex✓
Hipaa
Evidence–
Hex✓
Soc2
Evidence✓
Hex✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Evidence–
Hex✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Evidence0
Hex–
Github stars
Evidence6,880
Hex–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Evidence22
Hex–
Release
History
Evidence20 items
Hex–
License
Spdx
EvidenceMIT
Hex–
Language
Primary
EvidenceTypeScript
Hex–
Market
Availability
EvidenceAvailable worldwide
Hex–

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

Hex

Leader

An AI analytics platform for building interactive data products and sharing insights. Features agentic notebooks, natural language query capabilities, and semantic modeling with AI agents.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

Hex

Leader
from $36/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $36/editor/month. Free tier. 14-day free trial on Team plan.

  • CommunityFree
    • Notebook agent trial
    • Connect any data source
    • Up to 5 notebooks
    • Build with all cell types
    • Small compute
  • Professional$36/editor/month
    • Notebook agent
    • Standard credits
    • Unlimited notebooks
    • Up to 5 published apps
    • 30-day version history
    • +1 more
  • Team$75/editor/month, 14-day free trial
    • Threads agent
    • Semantic model agent
    • Extended credits
    • Unlimited published apps
    • Visual exploration and drill down
    • +5 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Explorer seat add-on
    • Audit logs
    • Premium credits
    • OAuth database connections
    • Observability API
    • +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
Evidence✓
Hex✓
CLI
Evidence✓
Hex✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Evidence✓
Hex✓
Self-hosted
Evidence✓
Hex✗

Integrations

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

Evidence

4 total
  • BigQuery
  • Google Sheets
  • PostgreSQL
  • JavaScript APIs
Independently observed

Hex

Leader
8 total
  • Databricks
  • Databricks Unity Catalog
  • dbt
  • Slack
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • MCP
  • Git
Independently observed

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