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9 Cheapest Business Intelligence Tools of 2026

By the Rankozo research desk · Updated November 12, 2026

Among the 10 tools in our best business intelligence tools ranking, Amazon Quick Sight has the lowest verified paid starting price at $3 per reader per month (authors $24). Prices below are quoted from each vendor's US pricing page.

1. 01

   Amazon Quick Sight

   AWS customers with many dashboard readers and few authors

   Reader $3 per user per month; Reader Pro $20; Author $24; Author Pro $40; capacity plans from $250 per month

   Full entry, No. 5 overall

   Starts at

   $3

   Score 8.2

2. 02

   Data Studio

   Small teams and marketers who want free dashboards on Google data

   Free for creators and report viewers; Data Studio Pro $9 per user per project per month

   Full entry, No. 2 overall

   Starts at

   $9

   Score 8.7

3. 03

   Microsoft Power BI

   Teams on Microsoft 365 that want the lowest per-user price for shared dashboards

   Free account for building reports; Power BI Pro $14 per user per month and Premium Per User $24 per user per month, both paid yearly

   Full entry, No. 1 overall

   Starts at

   $14

   Score 9.1

4. 04

   Tableau

   Analyst teams that want advanced visual exploration and can pay for it

   Tableau Cloud from $15 per user per month billed annually; Tableau Next from $40 per user per month

   Full entry, No. 7 overall

   Starts at

   $15

   Score 8.1

5. 05

   Preset

   Teams that want Apache Superset without hosting it

   Starter free forever for up to 5 users; Professional $20 per user per month billed annually or $25 billed monthly

   Full entry, No. 4 overall

   Starts at

   $20

   Score 8.4

6. 06

   ThoughtSpot

   Business teams that want to ask questions in plain language

   Essentials from $25 per user per month billed annually for 5 to 50 users; Pro from $50 per user per month; Enterprise custom

   Full entry, No. 8 overall

   Starts at

   $25

   Score 8.0

7. 07

   Metabase

   Startups and engineering-led teams that want open source BI or a flat cloud price

   Open Source edition free with unlimited users; Starter $100 per month including 5 users, then $6 per user per month

   Full entry, No. 3 overall

   Starts at

   $100

   Score 8.4

8. 08

   Qlik Cloud Analytics

   Teams of about 10 users, or larger groups that prefer capacity pricing over seats

   Starter from $300 per month for 10 users billed annually; Standard from $825 per month for 25 GB; Premium from $2,750 per month

   Full entry, No. 9 overall

   Starts at

   $300

   Score 7.7

9. 09

   Holistics

   Data teams that manage analytics as code

   Entry $800 per month billed yearly or $960 monthly, including the first 10 users; extra users $12.50 to $15 per month

   Full entry, No. 10 overall

   Starts at

   $800

   Score 7.3

Scores and prices come from our Best Business Intelligence Tools ranking, which uses one method for every tool. Questions or corrections: editorial@rankozo.com