Mode
Modern Business Intelligence | Better data, better decisions
- Also known as
- mode
What is Mode?
A modern business intelligence platform that unites data teams and business teams around data, enabling ad hoc analysis, advanced analytics, self-serve reporting, and custom data apps. Built for SQL, Python, and R workflows.
What 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
- Notebook
- 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
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Mode 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 Mode, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 81 | 32.00 | 2596.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 12.00 | 600.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 0 | 10.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing Transparency | 0 | 16.00 | 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.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"nlq_ai":true,"rls_sso":true,"paradigm":"notebook","free_tier":true,"dbt_native":false,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":false,"semantic_layer":"built_in","warehouse_native":true,"scheduled_reports":false,"embedded_analytics":true,"transparent_pricing":false} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |