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 product.
Read the Lightdash pageLightdash vs Rill Data
Our take
Pick Lightdash if you're on a analytics team 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. Pick Rill Data if you're on a data team who will define dashboards in Git and either self-host or buy Cloud seats. Skip Rill Data if you're people hunting the Mac AI browser (Rill) or a Google report gallery (Looker
Lightdash
dbt-native BI desk
Best for
Lightdash Charts on your dbt semantic layer you start at $0 or $3,000
Rill Data Fast explore you start at OSS $0 or Cloud $20/seat
Free plan
Lightdash $0 · core BI. Unlimited seats. Community Slack only. Access to Lightdash OSS only
Rill Data $0 · apache-2.0. You run the runtime
Lowest paid
Lightdash Cloud Pro $3/mo
Rill Data Growth $30
Next step up
Lightdash HIPAA BAA $490/mo
Rill Data
Runs where
Lightdash Local; you host it
Rill Data Local or hosted
Watch out
Lightdash Cloud Pro is $3,000/month
Rill Data Cloud seats are not the compute bill
Last checked
Lightdash 2026-10-23 · lightdash.com/pricing
Rill Data 2026-10-28 · rilldata.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Rill Data if
data teams who will define dashboards in Git and either self-host or buy Cloud seats.
Read the Rill Data page