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Sigma alternatives
4 tools to consider instead of Sigma, shown against it.
| Sigma | Omni | Looker | Microsoft Power BI | Tableau | |||||||||||||||||
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| Vendor | Sigma Computing, Inc. | Omni Analytics, Inc. | Google LLC (Google Cloud) | Microsoft | Tableau Software, LLC (a Salesforce company) | ||||||||||||||||
| Pricing model | Quote only | Quote only | Quote only | Free tier + paid plans | Free tier + paid plans | ||||||||||||||||
| Free tier | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud, Self-hosted | Cloud, Self-hosted | ||||||||||||||||
| Open source | No | No | No | No | No | ||||||||||||||||
| Best for | 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. | Enterprises wanting a governed, centrally modeled semantic layer for BI and embedded analytics. | Organizations standardized on Microsoft 365 that need self-service BI and reporting. | Analysts and BI teams needing rich, governed visual analytics across many data sources. | ||||||||||||||||
| Pricing | 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. | Looker pricing has platform and per-user components; every edition and user license requires contacting Google Cloud sales for a quote. Checked on the vendor's own page on September 19, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted. | Free tier for individual report authoring; Pro and Premium Per User are priced per user per month; Embedded requires contacting sales.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 19, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | Tableau Desktop Free Edition is free for local analysis; Tableau Cloud is priced per user per month; higher tiers require sales.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 19, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | ||||||||||||||||
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