Lightdash vs Sisense

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

The short answer

Sisense is the stronger AI pick in Business Intelligence: it has a visibility score of 4.1 versus 0.3 for Lightdash, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Lightdash if…

You want a free plan to start
AI answers describe it more positively (100% vs 17% positive)
You need SOC 2 or HIPAA (BAA support) coverage

Choose Sisense if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (4.1 vs 0.3)
You need SOC 2 Type II or ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO/IEC 27701 or ISO/IEC 42001:2023 or HIPAA readiness coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (501–1,000 employees)
Strong embedded analytics for customer-facing products

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Lightdash	Sisense
Visibility score	0.3%	4.1%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Business Intelligence	#39	#20
Share of voice	0.2%	2.3%
Mentions this run	1	12
Positive in AI answers	100%	17%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

Sisense leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

0.9%

5.6%

AI Mode

0.9%

Perplexity

5.7%

LightdashSisense

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

0Lightdash ranked higher

1Sisense ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Lightdash	Sisense
Top business intelligence tool options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#9	#7

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Lightdash	Sisense
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Flat tiers
Entry price	Free; paid from $3,000 / mo	Contact sales
Free plan	Yes	No
Deployment	Hosted on Google Cloud in US and EU regions, self-hosted via open source, or cloud or on-prem on the Enterprise tier.	SaaS, dedicated cloud on AWS, Azure or GCP, or on-premises
Compliance	SOC 2, HIPAA (BAA support)	SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, ISO/IEC 42001:2023, HIPAA readiness
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)	Premium support, Dedicated customer success manager
Founded	2021	2004
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA, United States	New York, NY, United States
Employees	11–50	501–1,000
Funding	Series A · $19M raised	Series F (led by Insight Venture Partners)
Best for	Data teams already using dbt who want self-serve BI without per-seat pricing.	Software companies and product teams that want to ship AI analytics inside their own customer-facing applications, including enterprises in regulated industries.