Data Analytics Tools

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October 1, 2023

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August 10, 2025

This document provides a structured list of modern dashboard, BI, and data-app tools.

Business Intelligence Platforms

  • Microsoft Power BI: Business analytics suite for modeling, interactive reports, and enterprise dashboards.
  • Microsoft Fabric: Unified SaaS analytics platform spanning ingestion, lakehouse/warehouse, real-time analytics, and Power BI.
  • Looker: Governed BI with semantic modeling via LookML.
  • Looker Studio (formerly Google Data Studio): Free interactive dashboards with broad connector support.
  • Qlik: Associative-engine BI for self-service analytics and application embedding.
  • ThoughtSpot (incl. Mode): Natural-language and AI-assisted analytics; Mode adds SQL/Python/R notebooks.
  • Tableau: Visual analytics platform with robust interactivity and governance.
  • Sigma: Spreadsheet-style BI on the warehouse with SQL and inline Python.
  • Domo: Cloud BI with a marketplace of data apps and embedded analytics.
  • Sisense: End-to-end BI and embedded analytics with semantic modeling.
  • Clicdata: Cloud BI dashboards with automations and data refresh.
  • Cyfe: All-in-one business dashboard for marketing, sales, and web analytics KPIs.
  • Databox: Centralized KPIs with mobile-first scorecards.
  • Metabase: Open-source BI with visual query builder and SQL editor.
  • Preset (Managed Superset): Hosted Apache Superset with enterprise features and governance.

Open-Source BI & Dashboard Frameworks

  • Apache Superset: Open-source BI platform for data exploration and visualization.
  • Redash: SQL + visualization tool for querying and dashboarding.
  • Rill: Real-time BI over DuckDB/Parquet with fast slice-and-dice dashboards.
  • MotherDuck: Serverless DuckDB in the cloud for collaborative analytics.
  • Cube (Semantic Layer): Headless BI semantic layer and APIs.
  • dbt Semantic Layer: Centralized metric definitions exposed to BI tools.

Notebook-Native & Data-App Builders

  • Posit (RStudio IDE, Shiny, Quarto): IDE and frameworks for R/Python dashboards and apps.
  • Streamlit: Python framework for data apps; Snowflake-integrated version available.
  • Plotly Dash: Python framework for production-grade analytic web apps.
  • Panel (HoloViz): Python library for dashboards and apps from notebooks or scripts.
  • Hex: Notebook-native workspace blending SQL, Python, and interactive apps.
  • Deepnote: Collaborative, cloud notebooks with SQL blocks and scheduling.
  • Noteable: Collaborative SQL/Python notebooks with comments and publishing.
  • Observable Framework: Build fast, portable data apps/reports with Markdown + JS.

Lightweight & Specialized Dashboards

  • Analytics Portfolio: Combines multiple Google Analytics accounts for side-by-side comparison.
  • Happy Metrics: Marketing dashboard for tracking digital metrics.
  • DataDeck: Consolidates data streams into a single dashboard.
  • Metricio: Dashboard framework for system and API monitoring.
  • Smashing: Sinatra-based framework for custom dashboards.
  • Flowbite Admin Dashboard: Tailwind CSS + Flowbite admin dashboard template.
  • Datawrapper: Browser-based charts, tables, and maps for quick publishing.

Observability & Log Dashboards

  • Grafana: Open-source observability dashboards for metrics, logs, and traces.
  • Kibana: Visualize and explore Elasticsearch data.
  • OpenSearch Dashboards: Open-source alternative to Kibana.

No-/Low-Code Database & App Platforms

  • Baserow: Open database/app builder; self-host via Pikapods.
  • SeaTable: GDPR-friendly Airtable-style database/app builder.
  • NocoDB: Open-source Airtable-style database builder on existing SQL.
  • Teable: Spreadsheet-like interface for database apps.
  • Heroku: PaaS for deploying apps; supports monitoring add-ons.