Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Lightdash?
An AI-native BI platform built on dbt that replaces per-seat pricing with unlimited user access. Offers open-source, self-hosted, and cloud deployment options.
Lightdash pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $3000/month (Cloud Pro). Free open-source with 21-day trial.
Open Source
FreeCore BI features for teams happy to self-host
- Unlimited seats
- Data explorer and report builder UI
- Native dbt integration
- Scheduled deliveries
- Alerting
- Google Sheets sync
- SQL runner
- Private spaces
- Global search
- Version history (3 days)
- Basic usage analytics
- API & webhooks
- Community Slack support
Cloud Pro
Deliver trusted analytics in a powerful AI-native BI platform
- Unlimited users and visualizations
- Native dbt integration with open semantic layer
- Scheduled reports and alerting
- Manage charts and dashboards as code
- Governed self-serve via metrics catalog
- AI agents and MCP support
- Data explorer and report builder UI
- Google Sheets sync
- SQL runner
- Private spaces
- Global search
- Version history (30 days)
- Advanced usage analytics
- API & webhooks
- Smart caching
- Pre-aggregates
- Dedicated human support
- Guided onboarding and training
- Automated migration
- Private Slack channel with live chat (1-day SLA)
Enterprise
Contact salesAdvanced security, support and customization for enterprise-grade organizations
- All Cloud Pro features
- Cloud or On-Prem deployment
- Advanced security (SSO, SAML, SCIM 2.0)
- Custom user roles and management
- SOC 2-compliant with HIPAA and BAA support
- Hands-on migration support with on-site assistance
- Priority support with defined SLAs (8-hour response)
- Dedicated account manager
- Early feature access
- Autopilot and self-improving semantic layer
- Custom Data Apps integration
- Version history (60 days)
Add-ons
- Data Apps
- Embedding$0.05 per load + $790/mo
- HIPAA/BAA Add-on$490/mo
What Lightdash 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
- dbt metrics
- 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
- 9 data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, PostgreSQL, Trino,
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (21)
Independently observed- Amazon Athena
- Amazon Redshift
- Azure DevOps
- BigQuery
- Bitbucket
- ClickHouse
- Databricks
- dbt
- DuckDB/MotherDuck
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Google Cloud Marketplace
- Metaplane
- MS Teams
- PostgreSQL
- Rollstack
- Secoda
- Slack
- Snowflake
- Supabase
- Trino
Lightdash 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 Lightdash, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 100 | 0.19 | 18.7 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 100 | 0.09 | 9.4 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 63 | 0.10 | 6.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 39 | 0.10 | 4.1 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.07 | 3.5 | ✓ |
| Security Posture | 50 | 0.07 | 3.5 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 71 | 0.03 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 25 | 0.06 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 0 | 0.06 | 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 | 6,005 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"nlq_ai":true,"rls_sso":true,"paradigm":"governed_dashboards","free_tier":true,"dbt_native":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"semantic_layer":"dbt","warehouse_native":true,"connector_breadth":"9 data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, PostgreSQL, Trino,","scheduled_reports":true,"embedded_analytics":true,"transparent_pricing":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 21 | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | TypeScript | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | {"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]} | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 50% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |