# Cube vs Evidence

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Cube

| Attribute | Cube | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 74.2 (73% (medium)) | 48.5 (65% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 22 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 6,880 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | AI-native analytics platform combining business intelligence and embedded analytics. Grounds all answers in a governed semantic model to ensure consistency and reliability across chat, workbooks, dashboards, and AI agents. | Evidence is a BI platform offering Evidence Studio (a web-based IDE) for building self-serve analytics dashboards and reports with component-generated queries, AI-assisted exploration, and enterprise-grade security controls. |
| features.capabilities | `{"nlq_ai":true,"rls_sso":true,"paradigm":"semantic_layer","free_tier":true,"dbt_native":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"semantic_layer":"built_in","warehouse_native":true,"connector_breadth":"50+ data sources plus MCP connectors","scheduled_reports":true,"embedded_analytics":true,"transparent_pricing":true}` | `{"nlq_ai":true,"rls_sso":true,"paradigm":"governed_dashboards","free_tier":false,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"semantic_layer":"built_in","warehouse_native":true,"connector_breadth":"Multiple data sources including BigQuery, Google Sheets, PostgreSQL, APIs","embedded_analytics":true,"transparent_pricing":true}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Notion"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"Attio"},{"name":"Google Sheets"},{"name":"Excel"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"Power BI"}]` | `[{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Google Sheets"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"JavaScript APIs"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever","features":["Connect any data source","Model in semantic layer IDE","Explore data in workbooks","Publish workbooks as dashboards","Semantic model agent","Workbooks and dashboards agent","Analytics chat"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For hobbyists completing small projects and showcasing work","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"queries_daily":"1,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$40/developer/month","features":["Everything in Free","Extended limits on agents","Use premium LLMs","Unlimited workbooks","Production deployment compute","Cube Store caching","Semantic Layer Sync","Observability & high-availability"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":40,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For professionals streamlining data workflows","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"queries_daily":"10K-Shared or 50K Dedicated"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"$80/developer/month","features":["Everything in Starter","Explorer and Viewer roles","Embedded dashboards","Embedded analytics chat","Unlimited queries","99.950% Uptime SLA","Custom Domains","Multi-cluster Deployment","Performance Insights"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"developer","amount":80,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams scaling analytics and collaboration","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"queries":"Unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Premium","99.990% Uptime SLA","Dedicated single tenant installation","Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)","Bring Your Own LLM (BYOLLM)","SSO with SAML 2.0","Workspace Access Control","DAX API for Power BI"],"description":"For enterprises demanding security and support","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Dedicated Deployment","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.6,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Multi-cluster Deployment","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1.2,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"API Instances","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.15,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Cube Store Caching","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0.15,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $40/developer/month. Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cube.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T20:44:25.685Z","startingPrice":{"amount":40,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$15/user/month","features":["Unlimited users","Page-level access control","Log In With Google","1,000 AI Credits/user/month","Multiple Data Sources","Evidence Query Engine","Self-Service analytics","Data Export","AI Chat","Explore interface","SQL Console"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For small teams getting started","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"ai_credits":"1,000/user/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$25/user/month","features":["Everything in Team plus","Single Sign-On (SSO)","Private Slack support","3,000 AI Credits/user/month","AI Dev Agent"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams delivering reporting across their organization","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"ai_credits":"3,000/user/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Pro plus","White labeling","Embedded reports","Multi-region support","Dedicated support","Custom AI Credit volume","Row-Level Security (RLS)","Directory Sync (SCIM)","BYO Encryption Keys","SIEM Audit Logging","SOC 2 Audit Report"],"description":"For large organizations with custom requirements","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional AI Credits","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $15/user/month (Team) with AI credits included. Enterprise custom pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://evidence.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T20:47:50.556Z","startingPrice":{"amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/universal-sql%403.0.1","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:13Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/universal-sql@3.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/trino%401.0.11","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:34Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/trino@1.0.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/tailwind%403.1.4","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:10Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/tailwind@3.1.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/sqlite%402.0.9","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:52Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/sqlite@2.0.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/snowflake%401.2.4","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:25Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/snowflake@1.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/sdk%404.0.2","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:31Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/sdk@4.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/redshift%401.0.10","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:28Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/redshift@1.0.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/preprocess%406.0.7","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:49Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/preprocess@6.0.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/postgres%401.0.10","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:01Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/postgres@1.0.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/mysql%401.1.6","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:07Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/mysql@1.1.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/mssql%401.1.4","date":"2026-02-06T16:07:58Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/mssql@1.1.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/motherduck%401.0.6","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:40Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/motherduck@1.0.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/evidence%4040.1.8","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:58Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/evidence@40.1.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/duckdb%402.0.1","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:16Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/duckdb@2.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/db-commons%401.1.1","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:19Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/db-commons@1.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/databricks%401.0.10","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:46Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/databricks@1.0.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/csv%401.0.16","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:55Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/csv@1.0.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/core-components%405.4.2","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:37Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/core-components@5.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/components%403.5.56","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:43Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/components@3.5.56"},{"url":"https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence/releases/tag/%40evidence-dev/component-utilities%404.0.13","date":"2026-02-06T16:08:22Z","type":"stable","version":"@evidence-dev/component-utilities@4.0.13"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.95 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=openvsx&package_name=Evidence%2Fevidence-vscode&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (BI Software)

| Capability | Cube | Evidence |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| BI paradigm | Semantic layer | Governed dashboards |
| 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 | 50+ data sources plus MCP connectors | Multiple data sources including BigQuery, Google Sheets, PostgreSQL, APIs |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:13:27.552Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*