Sisense
Sisense is an AI-powered analytics platform built to embed intelligence into various products. It offers tools for pro-code, low-code, and ...
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What is Sisense?
Sisense is an AI-powered analytics platform designed to help teams model, visualize, and embed data experiences directly into applications. It bridges the gap between insights and action through Sisense Intelligence, a suite of AI features that enables app creators and developers to deliver smarter, embedded analytics for faster decision-making right where users work. The platform supports pro-code, low-code, and no-code flexibility, making it suitable for product teams, developers, data analysts, and businesses aiming to infuse analytics into their products.
Key features include natural language assistant for building visualizations and dashboards, narrative generation to convert data into understandable stories, forecast and trend analysis for predictive insights, and explanation tools to identify drivers of metrics. Compose SDK allows precise embedding of AI-powered analytics with full customization, supporting dynamic queries, real-time charts, and interactions like drill-downs. It connects to any data source, handles complex modeling without preparation, and offers row-level security, white-labeling, and multi-environment support.
Sisense targets SaaS companies, enterprises from startups to Fortune 500 like Bigtincan, USA Swimming, and Bioforum, who need embedded analytics to accelerate innovation, democratize data access, and turn data into competitive advantages. It's ideal for teams building data-driven apps, optimizing operations, or enhancing user experiences with contextual intelligence.
The platform emphasizes speed, with tools like MCP server for faster creation and reusable SDK components to reduce development time. It goes beyond traditional BI by enabling conversational analytics, anomaly detection, and seamless integration into workflows, ensuring analytics feel native to the application.
Sisense pricing
Pricing model: Free
7-day free trial with full features, guided sample data or bring your own. Launch plan: $399/month - 20GB storage, 20K credits, 2 designer seats, 50 viewer seats; includes data connectivity, dashboards, Sisense Intelligence, basic embedding, row-level security, community support. Grow plan: $1,299/month - 80GB storage, 50K credits, 5 designers, 100 viewers; adds white-labeling, SSO, reports manager, multi-environment, BYO LLM. Scale: Custom pricing - custom storage/credits/viewers, advanced features like flexible deployment, auto-scaling, HIPAA, 99.99% SLA, premium support. Additional seats, storage, credits available for purchase.
Sisense pros
- AI-powered natural language assistant for building analytics
- Embeds analytics seamlessly via Compose SDK
- Handles complex data modeling from any source
- Generates narratives from dashboards instantly
- Forecast and trend features for predictive insights
- Explanation tools reveal metric drivers
- Row-level data security built-in
- White-labeling for branded experiences
- Multi-environment support for staging and production
- SSO and viewer persistency in Grow plan
- Real-time insights without data prep
- Supports IFRAME, CSDK, and EmbedSDK
- BYO LLM for custom AI models
- HIPAA-ready in Scale plan
- 99.99% SLA with premium support
- Plugin framework for custom widgets
- Automated scheduled reports
- On-prem data connectivity via SSH/VPN
Sisense cons
- No free tier beyond 7-day trial
- Launch plan limited to 2 designers
- Viewer seats capped at 50 in Launch
- Grow plan starts at $1299/month
- Scale pricing is custom and opaque
- Storage limited to 20GB in Launch
- No column-level security in lower plans
- Premium support only in Scale
- No customer-hosted in Launch/Grow
- Additional costs for extra seats/credits
Frequently asked questions about Sisense
What is Sisense Intelligence?
Sisense Intelligence is a suite of AI features that helps app creators deliver smarter embedded analytics. It includes natural language assistant for building visualizations, narrative to summarize dashboards, forecast and trend for predictions, and explanation to uncover metric drivers, accelerating creation and enabling faster decisions.
How does embedding work in Sisense?
Embedding uses Compose SDK for precise, flexible integration of AI-powered analytics into apps. Supports IFRAME, CSDK, EmbedSDK; allows dynamic queries, real-time charts, custom layouts, viewer persistency, and interactions like drill-downs and filters, with full design control.
What data connectivity does Sisense offer?
Sisense connects to any data source with live connectors, handles complex joins across disparate sources without preparation. Supports on-prem data via SSH in all plans, VPN in Scale, and Elasticube for high-performance modeling of billions of rows.
Is there a free trial for Sisense?
Yes, a full-featured 7-day free trial is available with no setup required. Includes guided sample data or connect your own, allowing modeling, visualization, and embedding to test seamlessly in your workflow before purchasing.
What security features are in Sisense?
Includes row-level security across plans, column-level and custom security in Scale. SSO with 2FA in Grow/Scale, HIPAA-ready in Scale, advanced governance, and on-prem connectivity options like SSH/VPN for secure data access.
Can Sisense handle predictive analytics?
Yes, Sisense Intelligence provides forecast and trend features to identify patterns, anticipate future outcomes, surface anomalies, and uncover insights beyond real-time data, helping users plan ahead.
What is the difference between Launch and Grow plans?
Launch ($399/mo) offers basic embedding for view-only dashboards with 2 designers/50 viewers. Grow ($1299/mo) adds white-labeling, full BI embedding, SSO, reports manager, multi-environment, and more seats/storage for self-serve experiences.
Does Sisense support white-labeling?
White-labeling is available in Grow and Scale plans, allowing embedding of persistent, full BI experiences without Sisense branding. Includes viewer edit features, persistency, and seamless integration into your app's UI.
What support is provided with Sisense?
All plans include community and in-product support with 99.9% SLA. Grow offers premium as add-on, Scale includes premium support, 99.99% SLA, and 30-day backups/DR for high-scale needs.
Who uses Sisense and for what?
Used by companies like Bigtincan for rapid dashboard updates, USA Swimming for team insights, Funraise for nonprofit reporting, and Bioforum for clinical trial safety. Ideal for embedding analytics to drive product innovation and decisions.