About Hex
Hex blends SQL, Python, and AI into one collaborative notebook for analysts and data scientists. Magic AI turns prompts into queries and visualizations. Hex stands out for agentic data notebooks, conversational self-serve analytics, interactive dashboards and apps, and generative data app creation. Teams pick it because sql + python + magic in one place and excellent collaboration. Things to keep in mind: expensive at team scale.
Hex is a freemium tool from Hex Technologies and launched on 2020-06-01. It sits in the Research and Coding space and is best used to Self-serve data analysis for non-technical team members, Building interactive dashboards and published data apps, Automating manual data work and analysis.
Pricing
CommunityFree
- Hex agent trial
- Connect any data source
- Build with all cell types
- Small compute
Professional$36/mo per Editor
- Hex agent Standard credits
- Up to 5 published apps
- 30-day version history
- Medium compute
Team$75/mo per Editor
- Extended credits
- Unlimited published apps
- Visual exploration and drill down
- Unlimited version history
- Scheduled runs and alerts
- Shared components
- Shared collections
- Advanced compute add-ons
EnterpriseCustom
- Explorer seat add-on
- Audit logs
- Premium credits
- OAuth database connections
- Observability API
- OIDC SSO
- Bring Your Own Key (BYOK)
- Single tenant add-on
Features
- •Agentic data notebooksBuilt-in support for agentic data notebooks — used for self-serve data analysis for non-technical team members.
- •Conversational self-serve analyticsBuilt-in support for conversational self-serve analytics — used for self-serve data analysis for non-technical team members.
- •Interactive dashboards and appsBuilt-in support for interactive dashboards and apps — used for self-serve data analysis for non-technical team members.
- •Generative data app creationBuilt-in support for generative data app creation — used for self-serve data analysis for non-technical team members.
- •SQL and Python cell supportBuilt-in support for sql and python cell support — used for self-serve data analysis for non-technical team members.
- •Data source connectivityBuilt-in support for data source connectivity — used for self-serve data analysis for non-technical team members.
- •Scheduled runs and alertsBuilt-in support for scheduled runs and alerts — used for self-serve data analysis for non-technical team members.
- •Version history and collaborationBuilt-in support for version history and collaboration — used for self-serve data analysis for non-technical team members.
Pros
- SQL + Python + Magic in one place
- Excellent collaboration
- Strong charting
Cons
- Expensive at team scale
- Heavy for tiny one-off analyses
- Some Python libs not pre-installed
AI Models used
The foundation models that power Hex under the hood.
Powers natural language to SQL conversion and AI-assisted data analysis queries within the workspace.
Enables image understanding for data visualization interpretation and chart analysis features.
Custom in-house models optimized for data transformation suggestions and contextual code generation specific to data workflows.
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