Rill Data
Rill Data is a BI-as-code dashboard desk: Programmatic Ads Bids opens with spend / bids / win-rate sparklines and Hyundai / Instacart domain tables.
OUR TAKE
Pick Rill Data for data teams who will define dashboards in Git and either self-host or buy Cloud seats. Cloud seats are not the compute bill.
Good fit
Data teams who will define dashboards in Git and either self-host or buy Cloud seats.
Poor fit
People hunting the Mac AI browser (Rill) or a Google report gallery (Looker Studio).
Open source / self-host · Starter (Cloud) $20/hour · Growth $30
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · rilldata.com/pricing
OUR TAKE
Pick Rill Data for data teams who will define dashboards in Git and either self-host or buy Cloud seats. Cloud seats are not the compute bill. Hosted projects add $0.15 / CU-hour on Starter.
Good fit
Data teams who will define dashboards in Git and either self-host or buy Cloud seats.
Poor fit
People hunting the Mac AI browser (Rill) or a Google report gallery (Looker Studio).
Open source / self-host · Starter (Cloud) $20/hour · Growth $30
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · rilldata.com/pricing
What it costs
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · rilldata.com/pricing
Open source / self-host
Apache-2.0. You run the runtime
$0
Starter (Cloud)
/ seat / month. Up to 20 seats and 3 projects. Embedded previews only. 1M AI tokens / seat / month. 2,500 API calls / seat / month. Managed compute / compute-unit / hour. usage credit on every plan
$20/hour
Growth
/ seat / month. Up to 100 seats / 10 projects. Embedded (up to 100 active embedded seats). 2M tokens / seat
Lowest paid
$30
Enterprise
Not published by the vendor
Not published by the vendor
Checked 2026-10-28·rilldata.com/pricing
Before you pay
Good fit
Data teams who will define dashboards in Git and either self-host or buy Cloud seats.
Poor fit
People hunting the Mac AI browser (Rill) or a Google report gallery (Looker Studio).
Watch out
Cloud seats are not the compute bill. Hosted projects add $0.15 / CU-hour on Starter.
Instead, try
Lightdash if dbt-native Explore when the semantic layer already lives in dbt; Metabase if question UI when you do not want YAML dashboards
Compare Rill Data with
Limits, in full
- 01
Cloud seats are not the compute bill. Hosted projects add $0.15 / CU-hour on Starter.
- 02
Starter embed is preview-only. Live embed starts at Growth $500/mo.
- 03
Not the rill.love Mac browser. That listing is Rill.
If Rill Data isn't it
Why: dbt-native Explore when the semantic layer already lives in dbt.
Free· paid from$3/mo
Cloud Pro is $3,000/monthChecked 2026-10-23·lightdash.com/pricing
vs Rill Data
Why: question UI when you do not want YAML dashboards.
Free· paid from$0.01
Starter’s $100 includes 5 usersChecked 2026-10-22·metabase.com/pricing
vs Rill DataLimits & alternatives3 limits · Lightdash, Metabase instead
Limits, in full
- 01
Cloud seats are not the compute bill. Hosted projects add $0.15 / CU-hour on Starter.
- 02
Starter embed is preview-only. Live embed starts at Growth $500/mo.
- 03
Not the rill.love Mac browser. That listing is Rill.
If Rill Data isn't it
Why: dbt-native Explore when the semantic layer already lives in dbt.
Free· paid from$3/mo
Cloud Pro is $3,000/monthChecked 2026-10-23·lightdash.com/pricing
vs Rill DataWhy: question UI when you do not want YAML dashboards.
Free· paid from$0.01
Starter’s $100 includes 5 usersChecked 2026-10-22·metabase.com/pricing
vs Rill Data