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Comparison

Evidence vs Rill

On the evidence we track, Rill leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Evidence full profile →Rill full profile →
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Evidence50
★Rill64
Score
vioscaleAI score
Evidence50 / 100high · 75%
Rill64 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Model
Price level
Evidencefree
Rilllow
Starting price
Evidence$2,500
Rill–
Transparent
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Integrations
Count
Evidence14
Rill20
Security
Certifications
EvidenceSOC 2
Rill–
Disclosure policy
Evidence✓
Rill–
Soc2
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Evidence–
Rill✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Evidence0
Rill0
Github stars
Evidence7,023
Rill2,941
Activity
Commits last 30d
Evidence57
Rill100
Release
Cadence days
Evidence–
Rill4
History
Evidence20 items
Rill20 items
License
Spdx
EvidenceMIT
RillApache-2.0
Language
Primary
EvidenceTypeScript
RillGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Evidence7 items
Rill8 items

Capabilities

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

Core
BI paradigm
EvidenceGoverned dashboards
RillSemantic layer
Semantic / modelling layer
EvidenceBuilt-in
RillBuilt-in
Engine
Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Managed cloud available
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Intelligence
Natural-language query / AI copilot
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Delivery
Embedded / white-label analytics
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Scheduled reports / alerting
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Governance
Row-level security & SSO/SAML
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Commercial
Per-seat pricing published
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Free tier / free desktop
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Ecosystem
dbt-native integration
Evidence✓
Rill-
Data-source connector breadth
EvidenceMultiple data sources including BigQuery, Google Sheets, PostgreSQL, APIs
RillSQL databases, S3, Google Cloud Storage, and 20+ connectors

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.

Independently observed

Rill

Leader

A business intelligence tool designed for both AI agents and human users, built on OLAP engines like ClickHouse and DuckDB. It uses code-driven configuration (YAML and SQL), provides a semantic layer for consistent metric definitions, supports conversational queries in natural language, and includes interactive dashboards with row-level access control.

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 $2500/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

$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
as of verify ↗

Rill

Leader
from $0.10/moHybridFree tier

From $20/seat/month. Free tier with $250 credit. Hybrid seat + usage-based pricing

  • Starter$20/seat/month + $0.15/compute unit-hour
    • Platform access
    • Unlimited dashboards, reports, alerts
    • Embedded analytics (previews only)
    • Agentic analytics (1M tokens/seat/month)
    • API access (2,500 calls/seat/month, $0.01/call overage)
    • +3 more
  • Growth$30/seat/month + $500/month embedded + $0.20/compute unit-hour
    • Platform access
    • Unlimited dashboards, reports, alerts
    • Embedded analytics ($500/month up to 100 active seats)
    • Agentic analytics (2M tokens/seat + 200k/embedded)
    • API access (5,000 calls/seat + 500/embedded, $0.01/call overage)
    • +6 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Platform access (unlimited seats)
    • Unlimited dashboards, reports, alerts
    • Embedded analytics (unlimited active seats)
    • Agentic analytics (custom quota)
    • API access (custom quota)
    • +3 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✓
Rill✓
CLI
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Evidence✓
Rill✓
Self-hosted
Evidence✓
Rill✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • ChatGPT

Evidence

17 total - 16 not shared
  • BigQuery
  • Google Sheets
  • PostgreSQL
  • JavaScript APIs
  • Slack
  • Claude Desktop
  • Snowflake
  • Databricks
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • dbt
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • Datadog
  • Sentry
  • AWS Bedrock
  • Vertex AI
  • Azure AI Foundry
Independently observed

Rill

Leader
16 total - 15 not shared
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • ClickHouse
  • ClickHouse Cloud
  • DuckDB
  • MotherDuck
  • Druid
  • Pinot
  • Google SSO
  • Microsoft SSO
  • Okta
  • SAML
  • GCS
Independently observed
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