Actian AI Analyst vs MinusX

Actian AI Analyst8.9Visit MinusX6.9Visit

Higher score Actian AI Analyst #1 in Agentic Analytics Software 8.9/10 From $499/mo · 14-day trial ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Actian

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MinusX #7 in Agentic Analytics Software 6.9/10 Free plan · paid from $40/user/mo · 7-day trial Free plan✓ 2 of 2 features Visit MinusX

• Actian AI Analyst fits best

  Teams seeking governed enterprise conversational analytics

• MinusX fits best

  Open-source agentic BI experimentation

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Side by side

Feature	Actian AI Analyst 8.9/10 Visit ↗	MinusX 6.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	6.9
Ranking	#1 in Agentic Analytics Software	#7 in Agentic Analytics Software
Best for	Teams seeking governed enterprise conversational analytics	Open-source agentic BI experimentation
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Not published	$40/user/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Free trial length	14 days	7 days · no card needed
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted, Browser extension
Platforms	Web	Web, Chrome extension
Integrations	18 integrations	9 integrations
Features Actian AI Analyst 0/2 · MinusX 2/2
Natural-language analysis	Not published	✓ (best)
Governance controls	Not published	✓ (best)
Specs
Data connectors	Not published	Not published
Agent actions	Not published	Workflow execution
Data deployment	Not published	Hybrid
User interfaces	Not published	web app, Chrome extension, Slack, MCP
Our review
Pros	A semantic layer defines models, metrics, relationships and glossary terms. Returns charts, tables and reports, with follow-ups and scheduled insights. Connects to SQL databases and warehouses, plus Slack and Microsoft Teams.	Ask natural-language questions and receive generated SQL with explanations. Interrogate dashboards, build reports and set threshold alerts. Choose self-hosted open source or managed cloud, with Slack and MCP access.
Cons	Starter costs $499 per month and includes 200 messages. The Starter and Growth plans cap users, agents and tables per agent. CSV is the listed file-upload option for exploratory analysis.	The open-source option requires self-hosting and your own LLM keys. The $600-per-month Team plan is a substantial step up from Founders. Agentic BI adoption is not yet established.
Our verdict	Actian AI Analyst brings conversational analytics to business users, analysts and data teams working with governed business data. Users can ask questions in natural language and receive charts, tables, structured reports and contextual… Read the review →	MinusX is an agentic business-intelligence product for founders, data teams and business users who want to query and monitor data through conversational workflows. It connects to databases, warehouses, CSV files and Google Sheets, and can… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Actian AI Analyst — where it wins

  • A semantic layer defines models, metrics, relationships and glossary terms.
  • Returns charts, tables and reports, with follow-ups and scheduled insights.
  • Connects to SQL databases and warehouses, plus Slack and Microsoft Teams.

  Where it doesn't

  • Starter costs $499 per month and includes 200 messages.
  • The Starter and Growth plans cap users, agents and tables per agent.
  • CSV is the listed file-upload option for exploratory analysis.

• MinusX — where it wins

  • Ask natural-language questions and receive generated SQL with explanations.
  • Interrogate dashboards, build reports and set threshold alerts.
  • Choose self-hosted open source or managed cloud, with Slack and MCP access.

  Where it doesn't

  • The open-source option requires self-hosting and your own LLM keys.
  • The $600-per-month Team plan is a substantial step up from Founders.
  • Agentic BI adoption is not yet established.

• Actian AI Analyst8.9/10 · From $499/mo · 14-day trial

  Ask business questions in natural language, with answers grounded in a governed semantic layer.

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• MinusX6.9/10 · Free plan · paid from $40/user/mo · 7-day trial

  A flexible agentic BI toolkit with self-hosting, natural-language SQL and analytics workflows.

  Visit MinusXFull verdict →