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What Evidence is
Evidence is a business intelligence and analytics platform for creating data products with SQL, Markdown, and AI. Its MIT-licensed Core framework turns SQL and Markdown reports into static sites that teams can self-host. Studio is the hosted platform, with a collaborative editor, preview deployments, access rules, scheduled reports, embedded analytics, and an AI agent. Teams can keep reports as code in version control and review changes before publishing. Built-in visualizations support responsive layouts, while reports can be exported to PDF or multi-tabbed XLSX workbooks. Pages can be emailed on daily, weekly, or monthly schedules. Direct connectors include Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, ClickHouse, BigQuery, Databricks, Postgres, Cube, and MotherDuck. The analytics agent is available in Studio, Slack, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, and tools that support MCP. Evidence lists API, self-hosted, and web platforms. It offers a free plan and a 30-day trial; Team costs $2,500 a month. Enterprise pricing is custom under an annual contract. Founded in 2021, Evidence is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Who it suits
Evidence suits teams that build and publish analytics reports from SQL and Markdown, whether they want to self-host static sites or use a hosted collaborative platform. Its Enterprise options may suit organizations needing advanced identity, deployment, or embedding controls.
What it does well
- Core is MIT-licensed and can be self-hosted.
- Reports can be version-controlled and reviewed before publishing.
- Exports include PDF and multi-tabbed XLSX.
- Scheduled delivery supports daily, weekly, or monthly email.
- A free plan and 30-day trial are available.
What to know first
- Team pricing excludes row-level access rules.
- Team pricing excludes SSO and SCIM.
- Team pricing excludes embedding and whitelabelling.
- The Team plan costs $2,500 a month.
Limits
Team pricing excludes row-level access rules, external customers and viewers, SSO, SCIM, SIEM audit logging, the SOC 2 audit report, embedding, and whitelabelling. Team includes 20K AI credits.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Team | Monthly billing · Unlimited users · 20K AI credits · Analytics Agent · page-level access control · Slack bot and MCP · private Slack or Teams support | $2,500 a month |
| Enterprise | Annual contract · Custom pricing · SSO · SCIM · row-level access rules · embedding and whitelabelling · custom AI credits · deploy on your infrastructure · SOC 2 report and DPA · dedicated training and support | On request |
As evidence.dev lists them, read 4 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Visit https://evidence.dev/.
- Choose the free plan or use the 30-day trial.
- Use Evidence Core as a self-hosted framework, or choose hosted Evidence Studio.
- Connect using one of the listed direct connectors.
- Build reports with SQL and Markdown, then review and publish them.
Verdict
Evidence offers both a self-hosted framework and a hosted collaborative platform for report-driven analytics. Review the Team-plan exclusions carefully if you need embedding, row-level access, or enterprise identity features.
Questions
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Evidence lists a free plan and a 30-day trial.
How much does Team cost?
Team costs $2,500 a month, billed monthly.
What platforms does Evidence support?
Evidence lists API, self-hosted, and web platforms.
Is Evidence open source?
Evidence Core is an MIT-licensed framework. Evidence Studio is the hosted platform.
Which integrations are listed?
Direct connectors include Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, ClickHouse, BigQuery, Databricks, Postgres, Cube, and MotherDuck.
What does Enterprise include?
Enterprise includes SSO, SCIM, row-level access rules, embedding and whitelabelling, custom AI credits, infrastructure deployment, a SOC 2 report and DPA, and dedicated training and support. It uses custom pricing under an annual contract.
Facts from Evidence's own pages
- Agent access
- The analytics agent is available in Evidence Studio, Slack, Claude Desktop, and ChatGPT, and can be accessed by tools supporting MCP. · evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Core
- Evidence Core is an MIT-licensed framework that builds SQL and Markdown reports into static sites that can be self-hosted. · docs.evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Enterprise deployments can be hosted by Evidence, run in the customer's AWS, Azure, or GCP account, or run on-premises on the customer's hardware. · evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Embedding
- Embedded analytics use an iframe and API endpoint, with JWE-encrypted single-use URLs and configurable session length. · evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Enterprise identity
- Enterprise features include SSO, SCIM, customer-managed encryption keys, and audit-log streaming to Datadog, Sentry, and other SIEMs. · evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Exports and delivery
- Evidence reports can be exported to PDF or multi-tabbed XLSX workbooks, and pages can be scheduled for daily, weekly, or monthly email delivery. · evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2021 · evidence.dev, 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada · evidence.dev, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation lists direct connectors for Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, ClickHouse, BigQuery, Databricks, Postgres, Cube, and MotherDuck. · docs.evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Limits
- Team pricing excludes row-level access rules, external customers and viewers, SSO, SCIM, SIEM audit logging, SOC 2 audit report, embedding, and whitelabelling. · evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Reports
- Teams can define reports as code using SQL and Markdown, with version control and review before publishing. · evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- Evidence says it is SOC 2 compliant and describes encryption at rest, HTTPS in transit, optional warehouse IP allowlisting, and access controls with activity logging. · evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Studio
- Evidence Studio is a hosted platform with a collaborative editor, publishing with preview deployments, an AI agent, access rules, scheduled reports, and embedded analytics. · docs.evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Team plan includes private Slack or Teams support, while Enterprise includes dedicated training and support. · evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- Visualizations
- Evidence provides built-in visualization components and describes its layouts and interactions as publication-quality and responsive to different device sizes. · evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Evidence is a business intelligence and analytics platform for building data products with SQL, Markdown, and AI. · docs.evidence.dev, 4 Oct 2026
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