Evidence vs Preset
On the evidence we track, Preset 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.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for bi software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Evidence
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.
Preset
LeaderA managed analytics platform offering cloud, on-premises, and embedded deployment options for creating interactive dashboards and charts. Built on Apache Superset with features including SQL editing, semantic layers, row-level security, and AI-driven chatbot capabilities for natural language queries.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Evidence
$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.
- Team$2,500/month, flat rate for unlimited users and projects
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited projects
- Analytics Agent
- Slack bot and MCP support
- Private Slack or Teams support
- +10 more
- CustomContact sales
- Everything in Team plan
- Row-level access rules
- Embedding and white-labelling
- Custom AI credit allocation
- Bring your own AI keys
- +3 more
Preset
LeaderFrom $20/user/month (billed annually). Free tier available. Enterprise custom pricing.
- StarterFree
- Unlimited dashboards & charts
- 40+ visualization types
- No-code chart builder
- Collaborative SQL editor
- Semantic layer
- +1 more
- Professional$20/user/month (billed annually) or $25/user/month (billed monthly). 14-day free trial included
- Unlimited users
- 3 workspaces
- Role-based access controls (RBAC)
- Scheduled email reports & alerts
- Slack integration for alerts
- +3 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Additional workspaces
- dbt integration
- Managed Private Cloud deployment
- Database connection via SSH tunnels
- Single sign-on (SSO) + SCIM integration
- +4 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Slack
- dbt
Evidence
- BigQuery
- Google Sheets
- PostgreSQL
- JavaScript APIs
- ChatGPT
- Claude Desktop
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- Microsoft Fabric
- GitHub Enterprise
- Datadog
- Sentry
- AWS Bedrock
- Vertex AI
- Azure AI Foundry
Preset
Leader- Claude
- Cursor
- MCP-compatible AI tools
- Auth0
- Azure
- Okta
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure (cloud deployment regions)
Evidence or Preset: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.