Deepnote vs Hex vs Julius AI vs Sigma
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Deepnote
Collaborative data notebook with an AI agent and an open file format
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Hex
Collaborative data notebooks and apps with an AI analytics agent
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Julius AI
Chat with your data for charts and reports, in a widening AI workspace
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Sigma
Spreadsheet-style analytics on your cloud data warehouse — no SQL requ...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Paid |
| Free tier | Free forever: up to 3 editors and 5 projects, 5 GB machines, 10 AI completions and 5 agent calls a month, 7-day history | Community: free, up to 5 projects, small compute, Hex agent trial (5 AI credits/editor/month) | Free plan with daily refresh credits, Julius Lite models and Google Drive/OneDrive/SharePoint connectors; limited presentations, images, video and sites | Free trial, no credit card required |
| Paid from | $39/editor/month billed yearly (Team), or $49 billed monthly | Professional $36/editor/mo; Team $75/editor/mo; Enterprise custom | Plus $20/mo; Pro $45/mo; Max $200/mo; Business $450/mo (about 20% less billed yearly) | Custom enterprise quote; no public list pricing |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | — | — | — | Used by thousands of enterprise customers (exact count not publicly disclosed) |
| Founded | 2019 | 2019 | 2023 | 2014 |
| Maker | — | Independent (Hex Technologies Inc.) | Independent (Caesar Labs, Inc.) | Sigma Computing, Inc. (independent) |
| Verdict | Deepnote is Jupyter rebuilt for teams: live co-editing, SQL beside Python, scheduling, publishable apps, and an agent that now carries a task from instruction to finished notebook. Opening the .deepnote format and conver... |
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... |
Julius makes data analysis genuinely accessible: non-coders can get charts and statistics from a spreadsheet or database in minutes, with SOC 2 Type II security behind it. The credit system is the weak point, and it domi... |
Sigma doubled its valuation to $3 billion in an $80 million Series E closed in May 2026 — led by Princeville Capital, with Databricks Ventures, ServiceNow Ventures, and Workday Ventures all riding along, which says somet... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.