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Best Microsoft Power BI alternatives (2026)
8 alternatives to Microsoft Power BI in bi / analytics, ranked by entry price. Microsoft Power BI starts at $0/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Free alternatives: Metabase, Mode Analytics, ThoughtSpot.
- Closest by price: Metabase ($0/mo), Mode Analytics ($0/mo), ThoughtSpot ($0/mo).
Microsoft Power BI alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metabase | $0/mo | Yes | — | Developer and startup teams wanting open-source BI | metabase.com |
| 2 | Mode Analytics | $0/mo | Yes | — | Data analyst teams comfortable with SQL and Python | mode.com |
| 3 | ThoughtSpot | $0/mo | No | Yes | Self-service analytics for non-technical business users | thoughtspot.com |
| 4 | Tableau | $15/mo | No | — | Large enterprises needing mature self-service BI | tableau.com |
| 5 | Qlik Sense (Qlik Cloud Analytics) STALE · 2026-06-14 | $30/mo | No | — | Enterprises needing associative multi-source data exploration | getapp.com |
| 6 | GoodData | not priced monthly | No | Yes | HIPAA-regulated analytics with requirement for long-standing SOC 2 pedigree | gooddata.ai |
| 7 | Looker | not priced monthly | No | Yes | Google Cloud-native data stacks | cloud.google.com |
| 8 | Sigma Computing | not priced monthly | No | Yes | Snowflake-native data teams | sigmacomputing.com |
Data current through 2026-09-05. STALE marks a row with at least one plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 1 of 8 rows above is marked. Compare any two directly on the BI / Analytics index.