Hex
SQL, Python and AI agents in one collaborative data notebook
Overview
Hex combines SQL, Python, no-code cells and an AI agent layer (Notebook Agent, Threads Agent, Semantic Model Agent) into one workspace for exploring data and shipping it as apps and dashboards. Rated 4.5/5 across 385 G2 reviews.
Pricing
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- Up to 5 notebooks
- Small compute
- Notebook Agent trial
- Notebook Agent
- Unlimited notebooks
- Up to 5 published apps
- 30-day version history
- Threads & Semantic Model agents
- Unlimited published apps
- Unlimited version history
- Scheduled runs & alerts
- Audit logs & OIDC SSO
- Observability API
- HIPAA / single-tenant add-ons
- Dedicated support
Use cases
What you can produce with Hex
- SQL + Python + no-code cells in one notebook
- Notebook Agent (AI query drafting & debugging)
- Threads Agent and Semantic Model Agent
- Publish notebooks as apps or scheduled dashboards
- Scheduled runs and alerts
- GitHub, Airflow and Dagster integrations
- OIDC SSO and audit logs (Enterprise)
Collapsing three separate tools — SQL editor, Python notebook, BI dashboard — into one workspace is Hex's real trick, and its AI layer is good enough that reviewers describe cutting two-to-three-day analyses down to half a day. Rather than one generic assistant, it ships three distinct agents: a Notebook Agent for drafting and debugging queries, a Threads Agent, and a Semantic Model Agent for working against a defined data model. G2 reviewers rate it 4.5/5 across 385 reviews, among the stronger scores in this category.
Pricing moved to $36/editor/month for Professional and $75/editor/month for Team, on top of compute costs for anything beyond the included medium profile — a real commitment next to open-source notebooks, and not aimed at business users learning SQL from scratch. Performance can lag on very large datasets or notebooks with many chained queries. Best fit: data teams that already write SQL and Python and want a faster way to turn exploration into something shareable.
What people say
Series C and $172M in, funded by Redpoint Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, Hex was founded in 2019 by Barry McCardel, Caitlin Colgrove and Glen Takahashi. In January 2025 it acquired EntryLevel, a skills-training company, adding a training layer on top of the core analytics product.
The workspace mixes SQL, Python and no-code cells in a single notebook, then lets teams publish that work as an app or scheduled dashboard without switching tools. The AI layer has three distinct agents rather than one generic assistant: a Notebook Agent for drafting and debugging queries, a Threads Agent, and a Semantic Model Agent for working against a defined data model. Reviewers on G2 specifically call out the AI agent and the SQL/Python integration as what sets Hex apart from plain BI tools.
Hex holds a 4.5/5 rating from 385 G2 reviews. The most-repeated praise is time saved — one reviewer described work that used to take two or three days now taking about half a day — and the unified platform replacing what used to be a SQL editor, a notebook and a dashboarding tool used separately. The main complaint is performance: notebooks with large datasets or many chained queries can lag, which matters more as usage scales past exploratory work.
Pricing runs Community (free, up to 5 notebooks, small compute), Professional at $36 per editor a month, Team at $75 per editor a month, and custom Enterprise pricing with SSO, audit logs, HIPAA and single-tenant add-ons. All paid tiers include medium compute at no extra charge; anything bigger — 16GB+ RAM, GPU — is pay-as-you-go on Team and Enterprise. That compute billing on top of the seat price is worth budgeting for before committing at scale. Hex's own GitHub organization is unusually active for a closed-source SaaS company — 54 public repos, including a CLI, Airflow and Dagster providers, and a set of Hex-specific skills for Claude Code — which fits a company selling primarily to engineers who already live in a terminal.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
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