Our take
Pick Deepnote if data teams who will stay on Free at $0 (3 editors / 5 projects) while they open a first notebook + SQL table, then buy Team at $39 / editor / month (yearly) when they want schedules, premium integrations, and more RAM. Pick Lightdash if analytics teams who already own dbt and will self-host at $0, or buy Cloud Pro at $3,000/month after the 21-day trial — and will not treat embedding as the core
dbt-native BI desk
Best for
Deepnote SQL-plus-Python you start at $0
Lightdash Charts on your dbt semantic layer you start at $0 or $3,000
Free plan
Deepnote $0 · , free forever. Up to 3 editors. Up to 5 projects. Limited Deepnote AI. Unlimited Basic machines (5 GB RAM, 2 vCPU). 7 day revision history
Lightdash $0 · core BI. Unlimited seats. Community Slack only. Access to Lightdash OSS only
Lowest paid
Deepnote Not published by the vendor
Lightdash Cloud Pro $3/mo
Next step up
Deepnote
Lightdash HIPAA BAA $490/mo
Coding agent
Deepnote Agent workspace
Lightdash
Runs where
Deepnote Hosted
Lightdash Local; you host it
Watch out
Deepnote Free is 3 editors and 5 projects
Lightdash Cloud Pro is $3,000/month
Last checked
Deepnote 2026-10-23 · deepnote.com/pricing
Lightdash 2026-10-23 · lightdash.com/pricing
data teams who will stay on Free at $0 (3 editors / 5 projects) while they open a first notebook + SQL table, then buy Team at $39 / editor / month (yearly) when they want schedules, premium integrations, and more RAM.
Read the Deepnote pageanalytics teams who already own dbt and will self-host at $0, or buy Cloud Pro at $3,000/month after the 21-day trial — and will not treat embedding as the core product.
Read the Lightdash page