What is Apache Superset?
Apache Superset is a modern, enterprise-ready business intelligence platform for data exploration and visualization. It provides self-serve analytics through a no-code interface, SQL editor, and 40+ visualization types.
Apache Superset pricing
We don't have Apache Superset's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Apache Superset does
The capabilities that matter for bi software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- BI paradigm
- Governed dashboards
- Semantic / modelling layer
- Built-in
- Warehouse-native (SQL push-down)
- ✓
- Self-hostable / OSS core
- ✓
- Managed cloud available
- ✗
- Natural-language query / AI copilot
- -
- Embedded / white-label analytics
- ✓
- Scheduled reports / alerting
- -
- Row-level security & SSO/SAML
- ✓
- Per-seat pricing published
- ✗
- Free tier / free desktop
- ✓
- dbt-native integration
- -
- Data-source connector breadth
- Any SQL-based databases including modern cloud-native databases and engines at p
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- Presto
- Trino
- Athena
Apache Superset alternatives
Other bi software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Apache Superset, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.19 | 14.0 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 63 | 0.10 | 6.6 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 99 | 0.06 | 5.8 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 92 | 0.03 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.10 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Security Posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 0.15 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 74,088 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"rls_sso":true,"paradigm":"governed_dashboards","free_tier":true,"managed_cloud":false,"self_hostable":true,"semantic_layer":"built_in","warehouse_native":true,"connector_breadth":"Any SQL-based databases including modern cloud-native databases and engines at p","embedded_analytics":true,"transparent_pricing":false} | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70% |