Comparison

Hex 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.

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Hex53

★Rill64

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Hex	RillLeader
vioscaleAI score	53 / 100medium · 72%	64 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	20
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://hex.tech/blog/trust-used-to-be-implied/	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frilldata%2Frill&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	2,941
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	4
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Hex53 / 100medium · 72%

Rill64 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

Hex✓

Rill✓

Model

Hexfreemium

Rillfreemium

Price level

Hexlow

Rilllow

Transparent

Hex✗

Rill✓

Integrations

Count

Hex7

Rill20

Security

Disclosure policy

Hex✓

Rill–

Gdpr

Hex✓

Rill–

Hipaa

Hex✓

Rill–

Soc2

Hex✓

Rill✓

Trust center

Hexhttps://hex.tech/blog/trust-used-to-be-implied/

Rill–

Vulnerabilities

Hex–

RillCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frilldata%2Frill&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Hex✓

Rill✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Hex–

Rill0

Github stars

Hex–

Rill2,941

Activity

Commits last 30d

Hex–

Rill100

Release

Cadence days

Hex–

Rill4

History

Hex–

Rill20 items

License

Spdx

Hex–

RillApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Hex–

RillGo

Market

Availability

Hex–

RillAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

Hex6 items

Rill8 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for BI Software
Capability	Hex	Rill
Core
BI paradigm	Notebook	Semantic layer
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	Databricks, dbt, Git repos, warehouse tables, Unity Catalog metrics	SQL databases, S3, Google Cloud Storage, and 20+ connectors

Core

BI paradigm

HexNotebook

RillSemantic layer

Semantic / modelling layer

HexBuilt-in

RillBuilt-in

Engine

Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)

Hex✓

Rill✓

Deployment

Self-hostable / OSS core

Hex✗

Rill✓

Managed cloud available

Hex✓

Rill✓

Intelligence

Natural-language query / AI copilot

Hex✓

Rill✓

Delivery

Embedded / white-label analytics

Hex✓

Rill✓

Scheduled reports / alerting

Hex-

Rill✓

Governance

Row-level security & SSO/SAML

Hex-

Rill✓

Commercial

Per-seat pricing published

Hex✗

Rill✓

Free tier / free desktop

Hex✓

Rill✓

Ecosystem

dbt-native integration

Hex✓

Rill-

Data-source connector breadth

HexDatabricks, dbt, Git repos, warehouse tables, Unity Catalog metrics

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.

Hex

An AI analytics platform that combines conversational natural language queries, AI-driven dashboards, and trusted governance. It integrates with Snowflake and Databricks to let teams explore data and self-serve answers without SQL or code expertise.

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.

Hex

SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier, plus Professional, Team, and Enterprise plans. Pricing scales by user type and team size.

FreeFree
Professional-
Team-
Enterprise-

as of 2026-09-18verify ↗

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 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Hex	Rill
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Hex✓

Rill✓

CLI

Hex✗

Rill✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Hex✓

Rill✓

Self-hosted

Hex✗

Rill✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

Cursor
ChatGPT

Hex

14 total - 12 not shared

Databricks
Databricks Unity Catalog
dbt
Slack
Claude
MCP
Git
Snowflake
Cube
GitHub
Notion
Linear

Independently observed

Rill

Leader

16 total - 14 not shared

Claude Code
S3
Google Cloud Storage
ClickHouse
ClickHouse Cloud
DuckDB
MotherDuck
Druid
Pinot
Google SSO
Microsoft SSO
Okta
SAML
GCS

Independently observed

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