What is Mode?
Mode is a collaborative BI platform that unites data teams and business teams around data. It provides SQL-based analysis, self-service reporting, custom data apps, and interactive dashboards in a single platform.
Mode 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.
Free tier available. Premium pricing available on request.
Mode Studio
FreeFree version with limited functionality and user limits per organization
Mode Business
Contact salesMode Enterprise
Contact salesWhat Mode 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
- -
- 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
- Modern data stack integration
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Mode FAQ
Common questions about Mode, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Mode?
Mode is a collaborative BI platform that unites data teams and business teams around data. It provides SQL-based analysis, self-service reporting, custom data apps, and interactive dashboards in a single platform. It is indexed under BI Software.
Source: https://mode.com/
How much does Mode cost?
Mode does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 3 plans (Mode Studio, Mode Business and Mode Enterprise), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://mode.com/
What platforms does Mode support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Mode. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://mode.com/
Can Mode be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Mode, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://mode.com/
Mode alternatives
Other bi software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- CubeAn AI-native analytics platform with a semantic data layer that provides governed, reliable business intelligence to both human users and autonomous agentsmedium · 73%
- PresetCloud-hosted business intelligence platform built on open-source Apache Superset, combining visual dashboards with AI-powered analyticsmedium · 73%
- SisenseData analytics platform for building dashboards and reports from database queriesmedium · 72%
- ThoughtSpotA unified analytics platform providing AI-driven insights with data governance across business applications and workflowslow · 39%
- DomoGoverned Data for AI Agentslow · 33%
- Apache SupersetA self-hosted, open-source platform for building dashboards and exploring SQL datamedium · 63%
Compare Mode
Side by side against other bi software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI 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 Mode, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.06 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.04 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.06 | 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.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 4 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Paradigm: governed_dashboards · Free tier: Yes · Managed cloud: Yes · Self hostable: No · Connector breadth: Modern data stack integration · Embedded analytics: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
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