Business Intelligence Software
Sisense review
Embedded-analytics-focused BI platform sold mostly through quoted enterprise contracts, with a newer self-serve tier.
Sisense at a glance
- Category
- Business Intelligence Software
- Starting price
- Contact sales
- Pricing model
- custom enterprise quote; self-serve tier exists
- Public pricing
- No
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- Yes
- Contract
- annual (quote)
- G2 rating
- 4.2 (1,043 reviews)
- Headquarters
- New York, US (Israel R&D)
- Employees
- about 400 after 2024 layoffs (press estimate)
- Funding or owner
- About $275M raised, unicorn valuation in 2019; no round found after 2020
Who Sisense is for
Choose Sisense if
- Product teams embedding analytics via SDK or iframe.
- Enterprises needing SaaS, dedicated cloud or on-prem deployment.
Look elsewhere if
- Buyers wanting transparent list prices.
- Teams wanting quick, simple setup (G2 reviewers cite setup effort)
Sisense pricing
| Plan | Price | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Quote | SaaS, dedicated cloud or on-prem; SSO and SSO Router; 99.99% premium SLA; dedicated CSM | |
| Self-Serve | Not published on vendor page | Free start link to app.sisense.com; embed via iframe or Compose SDK |
Vendr buyer data (secondary summary): median about $53,821/yr from 118 purchases; Vendr marketplace shows average $46,247 across 103 deals (vendr.com/marketplace/sisense, checked 2026-10-24). One aggregator (Modern Datatools) lists self-serve at $399/mo and $1,299/mo; unverified. AWS Marketplace reportedly shows $40,000/yr (Essential) and $109,000/yr (Pro).
What Sisense really costs
- Billing
- Quote.
Sisense features by buying criteria
| Criterion | What we found |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Quote based enterprise contracts; self-serve plan. |
| Target company size | Mid-market and enterprise. |
| Data connectors | Connects to warehouses, databases and cloud apps. |
| Embedded analytics | Core focus: iframe and Compose SDK embedding; SSO Router. |
| AI and natural language queries | AI-powered capabilities suite announced June 2025 (press announcement) |
What reviewers say about Sisense
Praised for
- Data integration.
- Speed on large datasets.
Common complaints
- Setup and configuration challenges.
Themes paraphrased from public reviews on G2 and similar sites, not quotes.
What most Sisense reviews leave out
- Enterprise plan includes SSO and an SSO Router for embedded use.
- 99.99% premium SLA and dedicated customer success manager on Enterprise.
- Deployable in your own AWS, Azure or GCP account.
- Sisense acquired Periscope Data in May 2019.
- Workforce cut about 13% in Jan 2024 after earlier rounds (Calcalist)
Sisense alternatives
Microsoft Power BIMicrosoft 365 and Azure shops.Free; Pro $14 per user/month (billed yearly)
TableauAnalyst-led teams doing deep visual exploration.$15 per Viewer/month (Standard, billed annually)
LookerData teams that want a central semantic layer (LookML)Contact sales
Looker StudioMarketers reporting from Google Analytics 4 and Search Console.Free; Pro about $9 per user per project per month (third-party)
Qlik SenseMid-size and large teams that want many users on one fixed annual fee (Standard onward adds users at no cost)$300/mo (Starter, billed annually)
DataboxSmall teams and agencies that want KPI dashboards from SaaS data sources without a data team.$0 (Free); paid from $71/mo billed annually (Analyst)
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Sisense's own pricing, product or documentation pages, G2 and company records, checked on October 24, 2026. Unknown values are left out instead of estimated.