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Plotly builds the enterprise platform and open-source frameworks to deliver internal apps and analytics with AI.

Business IntelligenceMontréal, Quebec, Canada51–200 employeesFounded 2013

#21 of 47 in Business Intelligence

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Visibility score
3%
New vs last week
Weekly run · Nov 2

Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run

  • Plotly ranks #21 of 47 in Business Intelligence with an AI visibility score of 3 (SlateIndex, Nov 2, 2026).
  • Plotly is most visible on Perplexity (3.7) and least on Google AI Mode (2.6).
  • AI engines name Plotly in 1 of the 30 Business Intelligence buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
  • basedash.com is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Plotly, with 3 citations.

About

Company details for Plotly

Plotly sells Dash Enterprise, Plotly Studio and Plotly Cloud for building, deploying and sharing internal data apps and analytics. Dash is its open-source Python framework for interactive data apps and dashboards, and plotly.py and plotly.js are its open-source graphing libraries. Plotly Cloud hosts Dash and Plotly Studio apps as a managed service, while Dash Enterprise is self-hosted behind a customer's firewall. The company is headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. It ranks #21 of 47 in Business Intelligence on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 3 in the latest weekly run.

Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, the company employs 51–200 people. Its differentiator: code-backed analytics: every step of an app is backed by Python code that users can inspect and verify.

Company size
51–200 employees
Headquarters
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Founded
2013
Company type
Private, venture-backed
Funding
Series C
Pricing
Free; paid from $29 per seat / mo · per seat
Free trial
Free plan available
Deployment
Plotly Cloud as a managed SaaS, or Dash Enterprise self-hosted on-premises or on Kubernetes
Platforms
Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Heroku
Languages
2 supported
Compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 42001
Support
In-app help requests, with responses targeted within 48 hours during business hours, Premium support with ticketed requests and an account manager on Enterprise plans
Facebook · facebook.com/Plotly/Twitter · twitter.com/plotlygraphsLinkedIn · linkedin.com/company/plotly/Instagram · instagram.com/plotly/GitHub · github.com/plotlyYouTube · youtube.com/@Plotly

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AI visibility

Latest weekly run · Nov 2 · next run Nov 9

Visibility score
3%
across Business Intelligence answers, weighted by position
ChatGPT2.6%
AI Mode2.6%
Perplexity3.7%
Change
New
vs last week’s run
Category rank
#21 of 47
in Business Intelligence
Mentions
3
in this week’s run
Share of voice
0.6%
of AI mentions in Business Intelligence

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.

Now3%
30-day change—
High · low3% · 3%
Rank#21
0%25%50%75%100%Nov 2Plotly 3%

Changes appear after the second weekly run in Business Intelligence. Microsoft Power BI leads the category at 74.2%.

Media

Website and product screenshots for Plotly

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Home page
Pricing page

AI mentions & citations

Recent answers that name Plotly

All prompts

How do companies turn company data into dashboards without a dedicated tool?

Scripted dashboard: Python or JavaScript retrieves data from APIs and renders charts with libraries such as Plotly, Chart.js, or D3.

Perplexity · run of Nov 2

How do companies turn company data into dashboards without a dedicated tool?

import plotly.express as px

ChatGPT · run of Nov 2

How do companies turn company data into dashboards without a dedicated tool?

Open-Source Visualization & Notebooks : Data teams often use Jupyter Notebooks combined with visualization libraries (like Python's Plotly or Streamlit ), or self-hosted open-source tools like Metabase (on a free tier)…

Google AI Mode · run of Nov 2

Products & features

What Plotly sells

Plotly Studio

Agentic data analytics product that builds interactive Plotly graphs and Dash apps from natural language, with code you can verify.

Plotly Cloud

Managed SaaS platform for publishing and managing Dash and Plotly Studio apps, with built-in login and authentication.

Dash Enterprise

Self-hosted platform for managing and sharing Dash and Studio apps behind a firewall, deployable on Kubernetes.

Dash

Open-source Python framework for interactive data apps and dashboards, with no HTML, CSS or JavaScript required.

Plotly graphing libraries

Open-source plotly.py and plotly.js libraries for interactive, publication-quality charts.

Target market & buyers

Enterprises, engineering and scientific labs

Notable customers include Johnson Matthey, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, S&P Global, CIBC, Intuit.

IndustryPrimary use case
FinanceReal-time dashboards, risk models and portfolio reporting built on live data
Energy & UtilitiesGrid monitoring dashboards, sensor data visualization and operational forecasting
ManufacturingProduction line analytics, quality control reporting and predictive maintenance
Life SciencesClinical trial visualization, drug discovery workflows and regulatory reporting
Science & EngineeringSemantic document search, research Q&A and PDF knowledge extraction
GeospatialInteractive maps, trip density visualization and location analytics at scale

Funding & recent developments

Funding

RoundYearAmount
Seed2013—
Series A2014$3M
Series A2015$6M
Series B2018$7M
Series B (In-Q-Tel led)2018$9M
Prize grant2020$2M
Series C2020$2M
Latest known roundTotal raised
Series C—

Recent developments

  1. Sep 2026ProductPlotly.js 4.0 and Plotly.py 7.0 announced

    Plotly announced major versions of its open-source Plotly.js and Plotly.py graphing libraries.

  2. Jul 2026ProductDash Enterprise 6.2.0 released

    Dash Enterprise 6.2.0 reduces resource usage and improves reliability and security.

  3. Feb 2026ProductDash Enterprise 6 released

    Plotly released Dash Enterprise 6, a Kubernetes-native platform.

  4. Feb 2026ProductPlotly Cloud adds team collaboration

    Plotly Cloud added team collaboration features.

  5. Jan 2026ProductPlotly launches Plotly Studio

    Plotly launched Plotly Studio, an AI-native analytics platform.

Competitive landscape

How Plotly compares with its top three alternatives

All alternatives

Plotly most often appears alongside Metabase, Streamlit, Microsoft Power BI in AI answers.

vsPlotly vs Metabase3% vs 21.7% visibility · Metabase leadsFull comparison vsPlotly vs Streamlit3% vs 1.7% visibility · Plotly leadsFull comparison vsPlotly vs Microsoft Power BI3% vs 74.2% visibility · Microsoft Power BI leadsFull comparison
BrandVisibilityShare of voicevs last weekStarting price
Plotly3%0.6%NewFree plan
Metabase21.7%5.2%NewFree plan
Streamlit1.7%0.4%NewPricing not available
Microsoft Power BI74.2%13.2%NewPricing not available
Tableau55.2%11.6%NewPricing not available

Pricing

Per seat pricing with a free plan

Full pricing
Free$0month
Pro$29Creator seat / month
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Cite as: SlateIndex, “Plotly AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/plotly, data of Nov 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.