Comparison

Rill vs Spotfire

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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★Rill64

Spotfire37

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	RillLeader	Spotfire
vioscaleAI score	64 / 100high · 75%	37 / 100low · 40%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	unknown
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	20	4
Security
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
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	8 items	4 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Rill64 / 100high · 75%

Spotfire37 / 100low · 40%

Pricing

Free tier

Rill✓

Spotfire✗

Model

Rillfreemium

Spotfirecommercial

Price level

Rilllow

Spotfireunknown

Transparent

Rill✓

Spotfire✗

Integrations

Count

Rill20

Spotfire4

Security

Soc2

Rill✓

Spotfire–

Vulnerabilities

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

Spotfire–

Reliability

Status page

Rill✓

Spotfire✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Rill0

Spotfire–

Github stars

Rill2,941

Spotfire–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Rill100

Spotfire–

Release

Cadence days

Rill4

Spotfire–

History

Rill20 items

Spotfire–

License

Spdx

RillApache-2.0

Spotfire–

Language

Primary

RillGo

Spotfire–

Market

Availability

RillAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Spotfire–

Content

Faq

Rill8 items

Spotfire4 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for BI Software
Capability	Rill	Spotfire
Core
BI paradigm	Semantic layer	Governed dashboards
Semantic / modelling layer	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	SQL databases, S3, Google Cloud Storage, and 20+ connectors	SQL databases, Python, R, real-time data streams, time-series data, and spatial

Core

BI paradigm

RillSemantic layer

SpotfireGoverned dashboards

Semantic / modelling layer

RillBuilt-in

Spotfire-

Engine

Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)

Rill✓

Spotfire-

Deployment

Self-hostable / OSS core

Rill✓

Spotfire✓

Managed cloud available

Rill✓

Spotfire-

Intelligence

Natural-language query / AI copilot

Rill✓

Spotfire✓

Delivery

Embedded / white-label analytics

Rill✓

Spotfire✓

Scheduled reports / alerting

Rill✓

Spotfire✓

Governance

Row-level security & SSO/SAML

Rill✓

Spotfire-

Commercial

Per-seat pricing published

Rill✓

Spotfire-

Free tier / free desktop

Rill✓

Spotfire-

Ecosystem

dbt-native integration

Rill-

Spotfire-

Data-source connector breadth

RillSQL databases, S3, Google Cloud Storage, and 20+ connectors

SpotfireSQL databases, Python, R, real-time data streams, time-series data, and spatial

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

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

Spotfire

A data analysis tool that enables users to create and publish analytical applications using interactive visualizations, advanced analytics, machine learning, and data modeling. Supports integrating data from multiple sources and sharing analyses across organizations.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

Spotfire

Subscription

Subscription-based with annual or multi-year terms. Specific pricing not published on this page.

as of 2026-10-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Platforms

Web

Rill✓

Spotfire✓

CLI

Rill✓

Spotfire✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Rill✓

Spotfire✓

Self-hosted

Rill✓

Spotfire✓

Integrations

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

Rill

Leader

16 total

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

Independently observed

Spotfire

4 total

SQL Server
Python
R
TIBCO Data Virtualization

Independently observed

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