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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Hex

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AHex is a Full-Stack Business Intelligence platform for querying organizational data, performing analysis in notebooks, creating interactive data applications, and sharing results with technical and business users. The platform combines SQL and Python-based analysis with dashboards, semantic models, and AI-assisted data exploration.

    $36

    per month per editor

    Metabase

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMetabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.

    $85

    per month

    Pricing
    HexMetabase
    Editions & Modules
    Professional
    $36
    per month per editor
    Team
    $75
    per month per editor
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Starter
    $85
    per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
    Starter
    $85
    per month up to 5 users
    Pro
    $500
    per month up to 10 users
    Growth
    $749
    per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
    Enterprise
    15,000
    per year
    Open Source
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HexMetabase
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    HexMetabase
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Hex.tech and Metabase
    Feature
    Hex.tech
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings6.34 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Hex.tech and Metabase
    Feature
    Hex.tech
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Hex.tech and Metabase
    Feature
    Hex.tech
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Hex.tech and Metabase
    Feature
    Hex.tech
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Hex.tech and Metabase
    Feature
    Hex.tech
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Hex.tech and Metabase
    Feature
    Hex.tech
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Hex.tech and Metabase
    Feature
    Hex.tech
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    HexMetabase
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    Cyfe
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HexMetabase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HexMetabase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    Hex.tech is an excellent tool for a product intelligence or product analytics team that wants to enable widespread use of available data for decision-making. It requires some SQL experience in many cases but makes it possible to go far without complex querying skills.
    Incentivized
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    Metabase
    Metabase is an easy tool to use if you are interested in collecting and aggregating data from multiple platforms. It is also easy to set up and start receiving the data results as a report. It is also easy to integrate with other tools that generate visual reports and take the necessary actions based on the data details.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    • Powerful interactive notebook environment
    • Balances the need of code and non-code users
    • Provides free and easy sharing to viewers of analyses across the company
    • Responds promptly to support requests and needs
    • High quality native charting capabilities
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    Metabase
    • We're currently using it to fetch reports for our products, such as daily sales, pipeline, visits, and attendance reports.
    • Data representation from database directly.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    • Limited support for R notebooks
    • Limited sharing outside of the app (e.g., no slack integration)
    • Some Python knowledge needed for highest levels of aggregations
    Incentivized
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    Metabase
    • Report Types
    • Updates
    • Colour/Branding
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Metabase
    Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    Hex.tech is the easiest to use, most enjoyable experience, most powerful environment, and most cost scalable of all the above.
    Incentivized
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    Metabase
    It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Hex Technologies, Inc
    • Increased visibility into analyses with free membership tier across company
    • Increased capacity for self-service analytics among R&D stakeholders (e.g., product managers)
    • Improved productivity of data science team with ease of use
    Incentivized
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    Metabase
    • It is serving us whatever we're looking for, and we've recommended many organizations to implement it if they want better data analytics as it provides better functionality than we will build.
    • As a negative it gets difficult to get control over data to be fetch initially.
    Incentivized
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