Hex alternatives

4 tools to consider instead of Hex, shown against it.

Hex Mode Sigma Omni Metabase
Vendor Hex Technologies, Inc. ThoughtSpot Inc. Sigma Computing, Inc. Omni Analytics, Inc. Metabase, Inc.
Pricing model Subscription Quote only Quote only Quote only Open source + paid options
Free tier Yes No No No Yes
Deployment Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud, Self-hosted
Open source No No No No Yes (AGPL-3.0)
Best for Data scientists and analysts who want to move from exploratory notebook analysis straight to a shareable interactive app without rebuilding it in a separate BI tool. Data analysts and data scientists who want to write SQL/Python and publish that analysis directly, rather than rebuild it in a separate BI tool. Analysts and business users who want to explore and edit live warehouse data using spreadsheet formulas without building a separate BI model. Data teams that want one tool spanning governed, modeled BI and business-user self-service exploration instead of running separate products. Data teams wanting a self-hosted or cloud, open-source BI tool with self-service dashboards.
Pricing

Free Community plan for individuals; paid plans are billed per Editor seat per month, plus optional pay-as-you-go compute.

Community Free
Professional $36 per Editor/month
Team $75 per Editor/month
Enterprise Custom (contact sales)

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

Mode's pricing page shows no self-service tiers or figures; it offers a free trial and directs prospective customers to request a demo/quote.

Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted.

Sigma does not publish self-serve prices; plans are quoted per organization based on the View/Act/Analyze/Build license mix, with a 14-day free trial.

Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted.

Omni does not publish self-serve pricing; plans are quoted after a demo, based on user count and deployment needs. A free trial is offered.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

The Open Source edition is free and self-hosted with unlimited users; Starter, Pro, and Enterprise are paid Cloud or self-hosted plans.

Open Source Free
Starter $100/month or $1,080/year (also $6/user/month or $65/user/year)
Pro $575/month or $6,210/year (also $12/user/month or $130/user/year)
Enterprise Custom, starting at $20,000/year

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 19, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

Features
  • Multiplayer SQL + Python/R notebooks
  • One-click publish from notebook to interactive app
  • AI agent for writing and editing notebook cells
  • Scheduled runs and alerts to keep apps fresh
  • Version history and collaborative editing
  • Pay-as-you-go compute add-ons
  • Input parameters and controls for published apps
  • SQL editor with notebook-style workflow
  • Python support for advanced analysis
  • Reusable, explorable datasets shared across analysts
  • Visual Explorer for drag-and-drop chart building on query results
  • Lightweight dashboards and self-serve reporting on top of SQL results
  • AI Assist for query/analysis help
  • Now integrated with ThoughtSpot's Analyst Studio and semantic layer
  • Spreadsheet-style formulas over live warehouse tables
  • No data extraction or separate modeling layer required
  • Write-back via input tables for planning and what-if analysis
  • Four-tier licensing (View, Act, Analyze, Build)
  • Row-level security enforced at the warehouse
  • AI agents for building and querying workbooks
  • Embedded analytics and white-labeling
  • Interactive dashboards and data apps
  • Governed semantic layer shared across users
  • Ad hoc spreadsheet-style exploration on top of modeled data
  • SQL editor for direct querying
  • AI assistant grounded in the semantic layer
  • Live warehouse queries with intelligent caching
  • Promote ad hoc exploration back into the shared model
  • Embedded analytics
  • Interactive dashboards
  • No-code visual query builder
  • SQL editor for advanced queries
  • AI assistant (Metabot) for natural-language querying
  • Interactive, filterable dashboards
  • Embedded Analytics SDK
  • Row- and column-level permissions
  • Single sign-on (SSO)
  • 50+ data source connectors

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