Holistics vs Sigma vs Hex vs Chat2DB
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Holistics
Code-first BI with a programmable semantic layer — self-service analyt...
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Sigma
Spreadsheet-style analytics on your cloud data warehouse — no SQL requ...
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Hex
Collaborative data notebooks and apps with an AI analytics agent
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.1 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Paid | Paid | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | No permanent free tier; free trial available on all plans | Free trial, no credit card required | Community: free, up to 5 projects, small compute, Hex agent trial (5 AI credits/editor/month) | Community edition — full SQL client, 16 DB connections, bring your own AI key |
| Paid from | From $800/month (annual, Entry — 10 users, 100 reports) | Custom enterprise quote; no public list pricing | Professional $36/editor/mo; Team $75/editor/mo; Enterprise custom | Starter $9/user/month, or $8 a month billed yearly |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | Customers across 40 countries; ~65-person team; ~$5M ARR (reported June 2024) | Used by thousands of enterprise customers (exact count not publicly disclosed) | — | Over 1 million users (self-reported, as of 2025) |
| Founded | 2015 | 2014 | 2019 | 2023 |
| Maker | Holistics Software Pte. Ltd. (independent, no parent) | Sigma Computing, Inc. (independent) | Independent (Hex Technologies Inc.) | CodePhiliaX (independent; originally incubated under Alibaba open-source) |
| Verdict | Holistics earns its reputation with analytics engineers who want Looker-grade governance without Looker-grade lock-in or spend. The AML/AQL code-first stack, native Git workflows, dbt integration, and an AI assistant tha... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.