GoodData vs ThoughtSpot

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

The short answer

ThoughtSpot is the stronger AI pick in Business Intelligence: it has a visibility score of 20 versus 0.9 for GoodData, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose GoodData if…

AI answers describe it more positively (67% vs 50% positive)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need SOC 2 Type II or WCAG 2.1 AA coverage
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat

Choose ThoughtSpot if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (20 vs 0.9)
You want a free plan to start
You need SOC 1 or SOC 2 or SOC 3 or CSA STAR or HIPAA or EU-US DPF or Swiss-US DPF or UK Extension to EU-US DPF or CCPA coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (501–1,000 employees)

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	GoodData	ThoughtSpot
Visibility score	0.9%	20%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Business Intelligence	#30	#7
Share of voice	0.5%	6.5%
Mentions this run	3	33
Positive in AI answers	67%	50%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

GoodData 0pp · ThoughtSpot 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

ThoughtSpot leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

1.9%

18.1%

AI Mode

24.3%

Perplexity

0.9%

17.6%

GoodDataThoughtSpot

Head to head in AI answers

3 engine answers name both brands

0GoodData ranked higher

3ThoughtSpot ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	GoodData	ThoughtSpot
Top business intelligence tool options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#8	#6
Top business intelligence tool options for B2B SaaS companies	Perplexity	#12	#6
Official website of the top business intelligence tool vendors	ChatGPT	#18	#7

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	GoodData	ThoughtSpot
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Per seat
Entry price	Contact sales	Free; paid from $25 per seat / mo
Free plan	No · 30-day trial	Yes
Deployment	Fully managed SaaS on AWS and Azure, with dedicated cluster, multi-region and self-hosted options on demand	Deploy in your region, with dedicated single-tenant and customer-managed key options
Integrations	—	30+
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, WCAG 2.1 AA	SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, CSA STAR, HIPAA, GDPR, EU-US DPF, Swiss-US DPF, UK Extension to EU-US DPF, CCPA
Support	24/7 technical support worldwide, Community support through a Slack channel, Enterprise: 24/7 prioritized SLAs and a dedicated customer success manager, Enterprise: 99.5% guaranteed uptime SLA	Enterprise Support with 1 hr SLA, Support Center, Community, Documentation
Founded	2007	2012
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States	Mountain View, California, US
Employees	201–500	501–1,000
Funding	Last raise (CB Insights)	Series F-1 · $674M raised
Best for	Small and medium companies on the Professional plan, and large enterprises on the Enterprise plan, that build embedded analytics, data products and governed AI on one platform	Business leaders, data leaders and analysts, and product teams or developers who need governed analytics available to everyone in the business