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Comparison

Lightdash vs Rill

No clear leader: Rill (62.2) and Lightdash (60.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Lightdash60
Rill62
Score
Vioscale score
Lightdash60 / 100high · 75%
Rill62 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Model
Lightdashfreemium
Rillfreemium
Price level
Lightdashhigh
Rilllow
Transparent
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Integrations
Count
Lightdash19
Rill15
Security
Gdpr
Lightdash✓
Rill–
Hipaa
Lightdash✓
Rill–
Soc2
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Lightdash14
Rill0
Github stars
Lightdash6,084
Rill2,844
Activity
Commits last 30d
Lightdash100
Rill62
Release
Cadence days
Lightdash–
Rill2
History
Lightdash20 items
Rill20 items
License
Spdx
Lightdash–
RillApache-2.0
Language
Primary
LightdashTypeScript
RillGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
BI paradigm
LightdashGoverned dashboards
RillSemantic layer
Semantic / modelling layer
Lightdashdbt metrics
RillBuilt-in
Engine
Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Managed cloud available
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Intelligence
Natural-language query / AI copilot
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Delivery
Embedded / white-label analytics
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Scheduled reports / alerting
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Governance
Row-level security & SSO/SAML
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Commercial
Per-seat pricing published
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Free tier / free desktop
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Ecosystem
dbt-native integration
Lightdash✓
Rill-
Data-source connector breadth
Lightdash9 data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, Postgres, Trino, C
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.

Lightdash

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

Rill

Platform for building analytics with metrics defined in code, then accessed via dashboards, natural language questions, and APIs. Works with multiple data sources and integrates with AI tools for faster insights.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Lightdash

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 verify ↗

Rill

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
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
CLI
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
Self-hosted
Lightdash✓
Rill✓
On-premise
Lightdash✓
Rill✗
Hybrid
Lightdash✗
Rill✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • ClickHouse
  • DuckDB
  • MotherDuck

Lightdash

19 total - 16 not shared
  • BigQuery
  • Snowflake
  • Redshift
  • Databricks
  • Postgres
  • Trino
  • Athena
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Azure DevOps
  • Bitbucket
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Google Sheets
  • dbt
  • Rollstack
Independently observed

Rill

15 total - 12 not shared
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT
  • S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • ClickHouse Cloud
  • Druid
  • Pinot
  • Google SSO
  • Microsoft SSO
  • Okta
  • SAML
Independently observed

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