AskYourDatabase
AskYourDatabase is an AI-powered tool that simplifies interaction with databases. It eliminates the need for writing SQL, allowing users to chat with their SQL ...
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What is AskYourDatabase?
AskYourDatabase is an AI-powered desktop application and chatbot that connects directly to SQL and NoSQL databases, allowing users to query, visualize, manage, and analyze data by simply asking questions in natural language without writing any SQL code. The tool works like ChatGPT for SQL databases, automatically reading your database schema and translating natural language questions into executable SQL queries that return results with visualizations or natural language explanations.
Key features include the Desktop App for internal analysis storing credentials locally for better security, the embeddable Chatbot for customer-facing data exploration, a Dashboard Builder for creating real-time interactive dashboards using plain English, automatic schema understanding, support for complex queries with joins and aggregations, conversation context maintenance for follow-up questions, data visualization components like tables and charts, fine-grained access control with row-level policies, and self-learning capabilities that improve the AI over time based on data and user feedback.
AskYourDatabase is designed for non-technical users who need to do ad-hoc data queries without SQL knowledge, including CEOs, customer support teams, sales professionals, and managers. It's also ideal for companies building customer-facing BI solutions where customer needs vary, making traditional dashboards hard to create. The tool supports popular databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, ClickHouse, Snowflake, and BigQuery, and is trusted by over 100 companies worldwide.
AskYourDatabase pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Free tier: No credit card required with free quota of small model for testing. Desktop App Ultimate plan: Unlimited access to Claude 4.6 Sonnet, Claude Haiku 4.5, and GPT-4.1 with price changing to $69/month after one week (currently lower). Website Chatbot Scale plan: $149/month including 1000 questions/month, up to 6 chatbots, Claude 4.6 Sonnet, Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-4.1, cannot use own logo and brand. Website Chatbot Established plan: $329/month including 1500 questions/month, unlimited chatbots, ability to use own logo and brand, remove 'We run on AskYourDatabase' notice. Website Chatbot Enterprise plan: Custom pricing for large teams with unlimited active users, Claude 4.6 Sonnet, GPT-4, and on-premise hosting. All prices in USD, taxes may apply.
AskYourDatabase pros
- Eliminates need for SQL coding knowledge entirely
- Desktop app stores credentials locally for better security
- Automatic schema understanding saves manual entry time
- Handles complex queries with joins and aggregations from simple prompts
- Maintains conversation context for follow-up questions
- Works well with production databases having hundreds of tables
- Self-learning AI improves over time with data and feedback
- Fine-grained user-level access control supports customer-facing deployment
- Embeddable widget can be integrated into any webpage
- Real-time interactive dashboard builder requires no SQL
- Instant data visualization with tables, charts, and forms
- Confirmation requested before executing data modification queries
- SQL queries sanitized to remove dangerous commands like DROP TABLE
- Support for open-source models like Llama 3 and Mistral
- On-premise deployment option including model on own server
- 24/7 customer support available for any issues
- SOC 2 certification in progress for enhanced security
- Live dashboard support for creating real-time accessible dashboards
- Fine-tuning possible with natural language questions and SQL queries
AskYourDatabase cons
- Free tier limited to small model with small query quota
- 60-second timeout may be insufficient for complex queries
- Website chatbot data stored on company servers not locally
- Cannot use own logo and brand on Scale plan
- Scale plan limited to 1000 questions per month
- Established plan limited to 1500 questions per month
- Enterprise plan requires custom pricing discussion
- Desktop app pricing increases to $69 after one week
- No traditional SQL editor for manual query refinement
- May generate incorrect SQL queries requiring confirmation
Frequently asked questions about AskYourDatabase
What's the best use cases for AskYourDatabase?
For internal use, people who need to do ad-hoc data queries but are not technical enough to write SQL queries, like CEO, customer support, or sales. For customer-facing use cases, people who need to explore their own data, but it often requires a lot of work to develop a dashboard that can be capable of doing that. By integrating the chatbot, you can provide a more interactive and user-friendly way for customers to explore their data, especially useful for data management softwares like CRMs, ERPs, or BI tools.
How to use AskYourDatabase?
Currently, AskYourDatabase has Chatbot version and Desktop version. If your use cases are more for customer-facing, you can use the Chatbot version. If it's internal, using Desktop app is a more straightforward and secure way. You connect to your database and then can query, visualize, manage, and analyze data by asking questions with the AI Assistant.
Is it safe to allow AI to access my database?
Although AI can generate wrong SQL queries, AskYourDatabase has developed several features to prevent damage: 1) For any query that will modify data, they ask for confirmation before executing it. 2) They provide fine-grained access control to control which tables and columns are accessible for AI. 3) They sanitize SQL queries before executing them, such as removing DROP TABLE commands and adding LIMIT clauses.
Does it work well with production database with hundreds of tables?
AskYourDatabase works very well for large and production databases, no matter how many tables you have. More importantly, they provide self-learning and custom training features which let you train the model to understand your database better, improving accuracy over time.
How do you keep data secure?
For Desktop app, they connect to your database from your local network and store credentials on your local machine. For cloud version, they store all credentials in encrypted format on their databases, and all data is transferred on TLS 1.2. They are pursuing SOC 2 certification and shipping support for open-source models like Llama 3 and Mistral, making the solution fully on-premise deployable.
What information do we collect?
AskYourDatabase does not collect, store, or transmit any of your request data like your database credentials, queries, or results. They do collect and store your email address, name, and billing information for account and payment purposes.
What's the difference between Chatbot and Desktop App?
Chatbot stores data encrypted on their servers (enterprise supports on-premise), is for customer-facing use cases, connects from their fixed IP server, can be embedded into any webpage, has 60-second timeout, and supports live dashboard creation. Desktop app connects from your local network storing credentials locally, is for internal use, has better data privacy, and is more straightforward and secure for internal operations.
Can I embed the chatbot into my website?
Yes, AskYourDatabase is provided not only as a Desktop app but also as an embeddable widget for your website. The chatbot version can be embedded into any webpage using an iframe, and you create a customer session through their API to get a session URL for rendering.
How does access control work for customer-facing chatbots?
Access control ensures customers only access their own data. You create a customer on their platform via API passing name, email, and properties (like userId), then get a session URL for an iframe. Context variables from properties are accessible within row-level policies which use SELECT statements with filters to ensure users access only their respective data.
What databases does AskYourDatabase support?
AskYourDatabase works with favorite databases including ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Snowflake, and BigQuery. It supports both SQL and NoSQL stores, including PostgreSQL and MySQL among mainstream relational databases, MongoDB for document-oriented workloads, and compatibility with other commonly used database engines via standard connectors.