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Comparison · Business Intelligence · weekly run Nov 2

AWS vs Lightdash

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

AWS is the stronger AI pick in Business Intelligence: it has a visibility score of 9.1 versus 0.3 for Lightdash.

Choose AWS if…

  • You want the brand AI engines rank higher (9.1 vs 0.3)
  • You need SOC 1 or SOC 3 or ISO 27017 or ISO 27018 or ISO 27701 or PCI DSS Level 1 or FedRAMP or DoD SRG or ISO 9001 or ISO 27001 coverage
  • You prefer a larger, established vendor (5,000+ employees)
  • Core federation and multi-account management included at no extra charge

Choose Lightdash if…

  • AI answers describe it more positively (100% vs 16% positive)
  • You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
  • You need HIPAA (BAA support) coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric AWS Lightdash
Visibility score9.1%0.3%
Change vs last weekNewNew
Rank in Business Intelligence#10#39
Share of voice4.1%0.2%
Mentions this run211
Positive in AI answers16%100%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

0%25%50%75%100%Nov 2AWS 9%

AWS 0pp · Lightdash 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

AWS leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT
11.8%
0.9%
AI Mode
11.7%
0%
Perplexity
3.7%
0%
AWSLightdash

Head to head in AI answers

0 engine answers name both brands

0AWS ranked higher
0Lightdash ranked higher

Features, pricing & fit

DimensionAWSLightdash
Pricing model—Flat tiers
Entry price—Free; paid from $3,000 / mo
Free plan—Yes
Deployment—Hosted on Google Cloud in US and EU regions, self-hosted via open source, or cloud or on-prem on the Enterprise tier.
ComplianceSOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, PCI DSS Level 1, FedRAMP, DoD SRG, ISO 9001, ISO 27001SOC 2, HIPAA (BAA support)
Support—Community Slack (Open Source plan), Private Slack channel and live chat (Cloud Pro), Private Slack channel and premium support with 8-hour response SLA (Enterprise)
Founded20212021
HeadquartersSeattle, WashingtonSan Francisco, CA, United States
Employees5,000+11–50
Funding—Series A · $19M raised
Best for—Data teams already using dbt who want self-serve BI without per-seat pricing.

Plans side by side

AWS

Pricing not available.

Lightdash

Open Source$0month (self-hosted)
Cloud Pro$3,000month
EnterpriseCustomcontact sales
Lightdash pricing

Pros and cons

Themes from the AI answers that mention each brand

AWS

  • Core federation and multi-account management included at no extra charge
  • Enterprise-grade reliability and uptime on AWS infrastructure
  • Pay-as-you-go, usage-based pricing
  • Deep integration with the AWS ecosystem and AI tools
  • Recognised by analysts such as Gartner and ISG
  • Requires strong AWS engineering or technical expertise

Lightdash

Profile in progress.

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

Cite as: SlateIndex, “AWS vs Lightdash”, https://slateindex.ai/compare/aws-vs-lightdash, data of Nov 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.