Chat2DB vs Hex
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Community edition — full SQL client, 16 DB connections, bring your own AI key | Community: free, up to 5 projects, small compute, Hex agent trial (5 AI credits/editor/month) |
| Paid from | Starter $9/user/month, or $8 a month billed yearly | Professional $36/editor/mo; Team $75/editor/mo; Enterprise custom |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | Over 1 million users (self-reported, as of 2025) | — |
| Founded | 2023 | 2019 |
| Maker | CodePhiliaX (independent; originally incubated under Alibaba open-source) | Independent (Hex Technologies Inc.) |
| Verdict | Chat2DB earns its GitHub crown through breadth: 30+ database engines, 10+ LLM backends including Qwen and DeepSeek, and a functional free Community edition under Apache 2.0. Pro runs $39.80/month ($19.80/month billed ann... |
Hex is one of the most polished modern data workspaces: notebooks, exploration and published apps live together, and the Hex Agent now handles analysis, code and app building from plain-language questions, with connector... |
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