nao: Open-source agentic BI builder connecting data warehouses, offering more self-hosting control but less polish than Hex. Hex records 782,737 monthly visits with +10.8% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free Trial, Paid, Contact for Pricing, Free pricing. nao records 9,661 monthly visits with -60.1% growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing.
An agentic analytics platform that turns questions into governed, trusted answers
Open-source agentic BI builder for your whole company
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | hex.tech | getnao.io |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial, Paid, Contact for Pricing, Free | Freemium, Free Trial |
| Monthly Visits | 782.74K (782,737) | 9.66K (9,661) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +76.58K (+10.8%) | -14.54K (-60.1%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (64.1%) | 🇺🇸 United States (47.6%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 621.75K | 3.81K |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
An agentic analytics platform that turns questions into governed, trusted answers
Ask a question in plain language and get a reasoned answer with the SQL, charts and tables behind it, available in the Hex workspace, in Slack and from developer tools.
Write SQL, Python and R side by side in one project, then turn cells into interactive, parameterised data apps and dashboards without a separate BI authoring tool.
Centralise metrics, semantics and corporate definitions so answers stay consistent, and see exactly where the agent lacked grounding so you can fix it.
Run graded, rubric-based test suites against the agent to measure answer quality and catch regressions as your data and context evolve.
Open-source agentic BI builder for your whole company
Sync warehouses, dbt projects, docs and business definitions into a file-based context layer that the data team controls, versions and tests.
Query the agent from the nao app, Slack, Microsoft Teams or Claude, so answers arrive in the tools people already use.
nao test compares key questions against expected SQL and scores every context change before it ships, with online chat replay for debugging.
Turn analyses into live interactive dashboards, data apps and slide-ready outputs that colleagues can build on themselves.
Chat with your data to get analysis, charts, reports, and slides
Chat with your data to get analysis, charts, reports, and slides
SpecialistOffers a spreadsheet-based interface with live data and Python execution, but lacks Hex's structured data app builder.
SpecialistOffers a spreadsheet-based interface with live data and Python execution, but lacks Hex's structured data app builder.
AI-native business intelligence your whole team can actually trust
AI-native business intelligence your whole team can actually trust
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source AI data platform for pipelines, quality, lineage and an AI data analyst
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source AI data platform for pipelines, quality, lineage and an AI data analyst
SpecialistSpecializes in embedded white-label customer dashboards, but less suited for internal data team ad hoc analysis than Hex.
SpecialistSpecializes in embedded white-label customer dashboards, but less suited for internal data team ad hoc analysis than Hex.
Ask your data in plain language, get one trusted answer
Stronger automated business reporting and governed chat analysis, but less flexible for custom Python coding than Hex.
Stronger automated business reporting and governed chat analysis, but less flexible for custom Python coding than Hex.
AI data analyst that turns questions into SQL insights
AI data analyst that turns questions into SQL insights
Git-native analytics your team and your AI agents build together
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source Jupyter spreadsheet extension for Python analysis, but lacks Hex's multi-user web app publishing features.
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source Jupyter spreadsheet extension for Python analysis, but lacks Hex's multi-user web app publishing features.
One AI agent that does the whole analyst job on your own database
One AI agent that does the whole analyst job on your own database
Free / Open-sourceConversational AI data analysis and BI dashboards for your data stack
Free / Open-sourceConversational AI data analysis and BI dashboards for your data stack
