Comparison

Evidence vs Lightdash

On the evidence we track, Lightdash leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Evidence full profile →Lightdash full profile →

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Evidence49

★Lightdash60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Evidence	LightdashLeader
Vioscale score	49 / 100medium · 65%	60 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✗	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	4	19
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=openvsx&package_name=Evidence%2Fevidence-vscode&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40lightdash%2Fwarehouses&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	14
Github starsadoption.github_stars	6,880	6,084
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	22	100
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU · HQ GB

Score

Vioscale score

Evidence49 / 100medium · 65%

Lightdash60 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

Evidence✗

Lightdash✓

Model

Evidencecommercial

Lightdashfreemium

Price level

Evidencemid

Lightdashhigh

Transparent

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

Integrations

Count

Evidence4

Lightdash19

Security

Disclosure policy

Evidence✓

Lightdash–

Gdpr

Evidence–

Lightdash✓

Hipaa

Evidence–

Lightdash✓

Soc2

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

Vulnerabilities

EvidenceCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=openvsx&package_name=Evidence%2Fevidence-vscode&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

LightdashCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40lightdash%2Fwarehouses&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Evidence–

Lightdash✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Evidence0

Lightdash14

Github stars

Evidence6,880

Lightdash6,084

Activity

Commits last 30d

Evidence22

Lightdash100

Release

History

Evidence20 items

Lightdash20 items

License

Spdx

EvidenceMIT

Lightdash–

Language

Primary

EvidenceTypeScript

LightdashTypeScript

Market

Availability

EvidenceAvailable worldwide

LightdashAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU · HQ GB

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for BI Software
Capability	Evidence	Lightdash
Core
BI paradigm	Governed dashboards	Governed dashboards
Semantic / modelling layer	Built-in	dbt metrics
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	Multiple data sources including BigQuery, Google Sheets, PostgreSQL, APIs	9 data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, Postgres, Trino, C

Core

BI paradigm

EvidenceGoverned dashboards

LightdashGoverned dashboards

Semantic / modelling layer

EvidenceBuilt-in

Lightdashdbt metrics

Engine

Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

Deployment

Self-hostable / OSS core

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

Managed cloud available

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

Intelligence

Natural-language query / AI copilot

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

Delivery

Embedded / white-label analytics

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

Scheduled reports / alerting

Evidence-

Lightdash✓

Governance

Row-level security & SSO/SAML

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

Commercial

Per-seat pricing published

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

Free tier / free desktop

Evidence✗

Lightdash✓

Ecosystem

dbt-native integration

Evidence-

Lightdash✓

Data-source connector breadth

EvidenceMultiple data sources including BigQuery, Google Sheets, PostgreSQL, APIs

Lightdash9 data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, Postgres, Trino, C

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

Lightdash

Leader

A BI platform that anchors analytics in dbt-defined metrics and provides a governed semantic layer for organizations. Teams define metrics, joins, and business logic once, then access the data through dashboards, AI-powered Q&A, embedded analytics, or custom data applications, all with consistent governance and user permissions.

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 2026-08-13verify ↗

Lightdash

Leader

from $3000/moHybridFree tier21-day trial

Open source free tier, Cloud Pro at $3,000/month (unlimited users), Enterprise custom. No per-seat pricing.

Open SourceFree
- Unlimited seats
- Data explorer and report builder
- Native dbt integration
- Scheduled deliveries
- Alerting
- +11 more
Cloud Pro$3,000/month flat rate, unlimited users and visualizations
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited visualizations
- Native dbt integration with open semantic layer
- Scheduled reports and alerting
- Dashboards as code
- +11 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Cloud Pro features, plus:
- Cloud or on-premises deployment
- SAML 2.0 and SCIM 2.0 provisioning
- Advanced user management with custom roles
- SOC 2 Type II compliance
- +9 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Evidence	Lightdash
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

CLI

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

Self-hosted

Evidence✓

Lightdash✓

On-premise

Evidence✗

Lightdash✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

BigQuery
Google Sheets

Evidence

4 total - 2 not shared

PostgreSQL
JavaScript APIs

Independently observed

Lightdash

Leader

19 total - 17 not shared

Snowflake
Redshift
Databricks
Postgres
Trino
ClickHouse
Athena
DuckDB
GitHub
GitLab
Azure DevOps
Bitbucket
Slack
Microsoft Teams
dbt
Rollstack
MotherDuck

Independently observed

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