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Best Cloud Analytics Solutions in 2026

Cloud analytics solutions let you store, query, monitor, and visualize data using hosted or self-managed services. This list is for readers comparing analytics tools before choosing one for a project or organization.

29 apps
Research read 28 Sept 2026
How the order is worked out

1

Metabase
by Metabase
Free plan Open source Self-hosted

Metabase combines data exploration, dashboarding, and sharing, with both self-hosted and cloud deployment options.

8.5 Free plan · paid from $6/user/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
2

ClickHouse Cloud
by ClickHouse Cloud
Free trial Open source APILinuxMac+3

ClickHouse Cloud provides managed analytics infrastructure with cloud flexibility, ingestion tools, SQL access, and automated operations.

8.1 From $50/mo · 30-day trial Visit site
3

Amazon Q

Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+5

Choose Amazon Q if its developer allowances or business response and consumption options match your work.

7.7 Free plan · paid from $3/user/mo · 60-day trial Visit site
4

Firebolt

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Firebolt offers both self-managed and managed deployment paths, plus a free self-hosted plan and a managed service with usage-based compute billing.

7.5 Free plan Visit site
5

Apache Doris

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted

Choose Apache Doris if you need an open-source analytical database for real-time analytics, lakehouse querying, or AI workloads, with SQL, search, and detailed access controls.

7.2 Free plan Visit site
6

Hex
by Hex
Free plan APIWeb

Hex brings notebooks, data connections, app building, and conversational tools into one hosted platform.

7.1 Free plan · paid from $36/user/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
7

SingleStore Helios
by SingleStore Helios
Free plan APILinuxMac+3

Helios brings varied data capabilities and ingestion options to a managed cloud database, with separate Shared, Standard, and Enterprise plans.

7.1 Free plan · paid from $0.99 Visit site
8

Microsoft Fabric Notebooks

Free plan APIWeb

Data engineers and data scientists should consider Fabric Notebooks for interactive Spark and machine learning work with lakehouse integration, collaboration, and scheduling tools.

7.0 Free plan · pricing on request · 60-day trial Visit site
9

Teradata VantageCloud
by Teradata VantageCloud
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

7.0 Free plan · pricing on request Visit site
10

MotherDuck

Free plan APIWeb

Choose MotherDuck if you need a serverless DuckDB warehouse with queryable data sharing, isolated compute, or integrated pipelines and visualizations.

6.9 Free plan · paid from $250/mo · 7-day trial Visit site
11

Starburst Galaxy

Free plan APILinuxWeb

Galaxy brings federated SQL queries, ingestion, and Iceberg maintenance together in a managed cloud service.

6.9 Free plan · paid from $0.50 · 30-day trial Visit site
12

Preset
by Preset
Free plan Web

6.7 Free plan · paid from $20/user/mo (annual) · 14-day trial Visit site
13

Zoho Analytics
by Zoho Analytics
Free plan Self-hosted

Zoho Analytics offers broad data connections, visualization choices and access controls, with cloud and on-premise deployment options.

6.5 Free plan · paid from $24/mo (annual) · 15-day trial Visit site
14

Amazon Redshift

Free trial APIWeb

Choose Amazon Redshift if you need cloud SQL analytics across warehouses and data lakes, with streaming ingestion and a broad set of listed BI and ETL integrations.

6.3 From $0.54 Visit site
15

IBM Cognos Analytics
by IBM Cognos Analytics
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+4

Cognos Analytics combines report production, dashboards, forecasting, and AI-assisted queries, with different report permissions across its two listed plans.

6.3 From $10.60/user/mo Visit site
16

Looker

Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+2

Looker combines semantic modeling, reporting, embedded analytics, and conversational data exploration.

6.3 Pricing on request Visit site
17

Domo
by Domo
Free trial Web

Domo combines several analytics and distribution capabilities in a cloud web product. The free 30-day trial has no credit-card requirement, while continued use moves to custom pricing.

6.0 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Visit site
18

Google BigQuery

Free plan Web

5.9 Free plan Visit site
19

Microsoft Power Automate

Free trial WebWindows

Power Automate covers cloud and desktop automation, with connectors, AI features, and administrative controls.

5.8 Free plan · paid from $15/user/mo (annual) · 30-day trial Visit site
20

GoodData
by GoodData
Paid Web

GoodData brings reporting, query, and embedded analytics capabilities together, with real-time refresh and row-level security.

5.5 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Visit site
21

SAP Extended Enterprise Content Management by OpenText
by SAP Extended Enterprise Content Management by OpenText
Paid AndroidiPhoneLinux+4

5.5 Pricing on request Visit site
22

Sigma Computing
by Sigma Computing
Free trial APIWeb

Sigma brings spreadsheet-style analysis, code, AI features, and warehouse writeback into one cloud platform.

5.4 Pricing on request · 7-day trial Visit site
23

Luzmo
by Luzmo
Paid Web

Luzmo focuses on embedded, cloud-delivered analytics with governed AI conversations and large row capacity. Assess the annual commitment and included allowances against your analytics workload.

5.3 From €1,995/mo (annual) · 10-day trial Visit site
24

Yellowfin BI
by Yellowfin BI
Paid WebWindowsMac+3

Consider Yellowfin BI if its analytics capabilities and hybrid deployment suit your needs, and you want pricing options based on users, CPU cores, or user roles.

5.3 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Visit site
25

ThoughtSpot
by ThoughtSpot
Paid WebiPhoneAndroid

ThoughtSpot offers natural-language querying alongside scheduled and embedded analytics, with real-time refresh and row-level security.

5.2 From $25/user/mo (annual) Visit site

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Check free-plan terms, trial length, and open-source licences before committing. When evaluating them, look at deployment choices, data-warehouse support, dashboards, query languages, included capacity, supported clouds, and post-free-access pricing.

Questions

Do cloud analytics tools have free plans?

Free plans are available in this category. Check the terms and included capacity before relying on free access.

Are free trials available?

Free trials are available in this category. Amazon Q advertises a 60-day trial, so verify the current terms before signing up.

Which deployment options are available?

This category covers web, API, self-hosted, Linux, Windows, and Android options. Check the deployment model for the tool you want.

What should I compare between tools?

Look at each tool's free plan, starting paid price, deployment model, data warehouse, visual dashboards, query languages, included capacity, and supported clouds.

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