Where Othor AI's free tier stops
Othor AI Othor AI's free tier is capped at 1 Active Agent, 1 Active Datasource, 1 User, and 1 Dashboard, with self-service support only. That means it is fine for a solo builder testing one connected source and one reporting surface, but it does not stretch to multi-source analysis, team collaboration, or multiple dashboards without moving up. If your workflow depends on more than one agent, datasource, teammate, or dashboard, the free tier ends before that work begins.
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| Othor AI | Hex | Portals | Hightouch | Cube | MotherDuck | Dreambase | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data sources | 1 active datasource | any data source | Unknown | Unlimited destination count | any data source | Unknown | 1 Supabase schema |
| dashboards | 1 dashboard | up to 5 notebooks | Unknown | Unknown | up to 5 workbooks | Unknown | 1 dashboard |
| users | 1 user | Unknown | Unknown | Unlimited user seats | Unknown | up to 3 internal active users and 2 service accounts | 1 user account |
| agents or notebooks | 1 active agent | Notebook agent trial | Basic tools version | Up to 2 active syncs | semantic model agent and workbooks agent | Unknown | Unknown |
| requests or usage volume | Unknown | Unknown | Unlimited documents, data, and messages | Unknown | 1,000 requests per day | 10 hours of Pulse compute per month | Unknown |
| storage or compute | Unknown | Small compute | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 10 GB free storage | Unknown |
| Card required | - | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| First paid tier | - | Professional at $36 per editor / month | Premium at $10/month | Varies by usage | Starter at $40 per developer / month | Business at $250 per org / month + usage | PRO at $29 per month (annual) |
The alternatives
Hex
FTV 57 / 100Hex's free Community plan gives you a notebook agent trial, the ability to connect any data source, up to 5 notebooks, all cell types, and Small compute. That makes it a stronger fit if your free work needs flexible analysis and code alongside BI. It beats Othor AI on data-source flexibility, since it does not cap you at one datasource. It falls short on ready-made BI surfaces because the free plan is centered on notebooks, not a one-dashboard executive reporting workspace. Switch if you want free-form analysis and can live with a notebook-first workflow.
- Beats Othor AI: Connect any data source
- Falls short: Only up to 5 notebooks, not a dashboard-first BI workspace
- Who should switch: Switch if you need broader data connectivity and are comfortable building in notebooks instead of a single BI dashboard.
Portals
FTV 41 / 100Portals' free tier includes unlimited documents, data, and messages, plus a basic version of tools and access to lightweight models like GPT-4o-mini, Claude Haiku, and Gemini 2.0 Flash. For a builder who wants to keep asking questions and loading content without watching a small quota, that is the main attraction. It beats Othor AI on free usage headroom because the core limits are open-ended rather than capped at one user, one datasource, and one dashboard. It falls short for BI because the free plan is more about knowledge workflows and agent work than dashboard reporting. Switch if your priority is broad free interaction volume.
- Beats Othor AI: Unlimited documents, data, and messages
- Falls short: Less focused on BI dashboards and reports
- Who should switch: Switch if you want the most room to keep using the product freely and do not need a dashboard-centric BI setup.
Hightouch
FTV 37 / 100Hightouch's free Basic Reverse ETL tier includes up to 2 active syncs, unlimited destination count, and unlimited user seats. That is a useful free option when the main goal is moving data from a warehouse into other tools for activation rather than building dashboards. It beats Othor AI on collaboration and destination reach, because you can involve unlimited users and push to unlimited destinations. It falls short on direct BI reporting, since the free tier is built around syncs, not dashboards or narrative reports. Switch if your free use case is data activation with a team, not executive analytics.
- Beats Othor AI: Unlimited user seats
- Falls short: No dashboard or narrative reporting focus
- Who should switch: Switch if you need free data activation with more teammates and destinations than Othor AI allows.
Cube
FTV 62 / 100Cube's free plan gives access to connect any data source, model data in the semantic layer IDE, explore data in workbooks, publish workbooks as dashboards, use analytics chat, and work with the semantic model agents. It also includes up to 5 workbooks and 1,000 requests per day, plus community support. It beats Othor AI on dashboard and workbook capacity, since the free tier offers up to 5 workbooks instead of one dashboard. It falls short on simplicity because Cube is more of a semantic-layer and modeling workflow than a quick dashboard generator. Switch if you want a free BI stack with more room to build.
- Beats Othor AI: Up to 5 workbooks
- Falls short: More modeling-heavy than a quick no-code dashboard generator
- Who should switch: Switch if you need more than one reporting artifact and are willing to work through a semantic-layer BI workflow.
MotherDuck
FTV 64 / 100MotherDuck's free Lite plan includes up to 3 internal active users and 2 service accounts, 10 GB of free storage, 10 hours of Pulse compute per month, Pulse instances only, and community support. That makes it useful when storage and compute matter more than dashboard count. It beats Othor AI on team access and infrastructure-style headroom, with more internal users and actual storage/compute capacity to work from. It falls short on BI presentation, because it is a cloud warehouse rather than a dashboard and narrative reporting tool. Switch if you want a free analytics database foundation.
- Beats Othor AI: 10 GB free storage and 10 hours of Pulse compute per month
- Falls short: Not a dashboard-focused BI tool
- Who should switch: Switch if you need free warehouse capacity before you build reporting on top of it.
Dreambase
FTV 49 / 100Dreambase's free plan includes 1 user account, 1 dashboard, 1 Supabase schema, Supabase Health Reports for automated audits, and Slack Community support. It is a close fit if your source of truth is Supabase and you want the product to understand that schema directly. It beats Othor AI on source specificity, because it is purpose-built for Supabase projects rather than general data-source connections. It falls short on breadth, since the free tier is tied to one Supabase schema and stays narrow by design. Switch if your BI work is centered on a single Supabase project.
- Beats Othor AI: 1 Supabase schema
- Falls short: Narrowly centered on Supabase rather than broader data sources
- Who should switch: Switch if your analytics live in Supabase and you want the closest free-purpose-built fit.
Two quick picks
Dreambase
Dreambase is the closest drop-in if you already think in terms of connecting one source and producing one dashboard, because its free tier also centers on one user, one dashboard, and a single data source. The behavior change is smallest for a solo builder on Supabase.
Portals
Portals gives the most free headroom because its free tier is the least quota-constrained on usage, with unlimited documents, data, and messages. If you mainly need room to keep experimenting without hitting small caps, it stretches farthest.
Frequently asked questions
Which alternative is best if I only need one connected source and one dashboard?
Dreambase is the closest fit because its free plan includes 1 user account, 1 dashboard, and 1 Supabase schema. It is the nearest match to a single-source, single-dashboard workflow.
Which alternative gives the most free usage before I have to pay?
Portals has the widest free usage headroom because it includes unlimited documents, data, and messages. It is better for ongoing free interaction volume than a small capped BI workspace.
Which alternative is best if I want to query many data sources for free?
Hex is the most flexible on connection breadth because its free plan lets you connect any data source. That makes it better than Othor AI when datasource count is the main limit.
Which alternative is most like a warehouse or data foundation instead of a BI app?
MotherDuck is the best fit if you want free storage and compute rather than dashboards. Its free Lite plan includes 10 GB of storage and 10 hours of Pulse compute per month.
Bottom line
For most builders who have outgrown Othor AI's one-agent, one-source, one-dashboard free tier, Hex is the best next try. It keeps the free experience broad enough to stay useful while still supporting real analysis work across any data source and multiple notebooks. If you want the closest BI-style replacement, Dreambase is the tighter match; if you want the most free room overall, Portals has the least restrictive usage limits.
Read the full listing for Othor AI. Scores use the FTV methodology at /ftv. Browse more alternatives on /alternatives, or head-to-head comparisons on /compare.