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insightsoftware
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Suite of financial reporting, BI, budgeting and EPM tools that connect to 140+ ERPs for finance teams' close, planning and disclosure.

271K visits/mo
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ChartGen AI
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AI chart generator that turns CSV/Excel data and plain-English prompts into charts, dashboards and reports.

148K visits/mo3.3K saves
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Quadratic Multiplayer
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AI-native spreadsheet connecting live databases and files, letting teams query and chart data with AI, Python, or SQL.

119K visits/mo
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Explo
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Embedded analytics platform for building customer-facing dashboards, AI self-service reports and data sharing inside your own product.

58K visits/mo
Pricing

No public pricing

Free: $0 (50 charts/mo)
Starter: $10/mo (1,000 credits)
Growth: $25/mo (3,000 credits)
Plus: $50/mo (7,000 credits)
Pro: $100/mo (16,000 credits)

Free trial available

Pro: $18/user/month billed annually ($20 AI credits/mo)
Business: $36/user/month billed annually (2x AI credits)

No public pricing

Core features
  • Excel and web ERP reporting (Spreadsheet Server, Wands, Jet)
  • Financial planning and budgeting
  • Account reconciliation and financial close
  • Tax, transfer pricing and disclosure management
  • Embedded analytics for ISVs (Logi)
  • Connectors for 140+ ERPs
  • Natural-language chart generation
  • 9+ chart types plus Gantt, mind maps, flowcharts
  • Financial charts (OHLC, candlestick), treemaps, sankey
  • 12 color themes with custom palette picker
  • Data aggregation (sum, average, count, min/max)
  • CSV, Excel, and database connectivity with real-time sync
  • Dashboard publishing and sharing
  • PNG, SVG, PDF export
  • Connects to Postgres, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery and other live databases
  • Imports CSV, Excel and PDF files alongside database connections
  • AI agent writes formulas, code and charts from plain-English prompts
  • Supports Python, SQL, formulas and JavaScript in the same sheet
  • Built-in connectors for QuickBooks, Google Analytics, Mixpanel and Plaid
  • MCP support so external AI agents can read/write spreadsheet cells
  • REST API for triggering AI runs and manipulating cells programmatically
  • Scheduled tasks and PDF data extraction
  • Embeddable customer-facing dashboards
  • AI self-service report builder
  • Data sharing and exports
  • Emailed reports
  • Global datasets modeling
  • Direct database connections
Use cases
  • Automating financial and management reporting
  • Budgeting and financial planning
  • Month-end close and reconciliation
  • Regulatory and tax reporting
  • Lease accounting
  • Turn spreadsheets into charts fast
  • Build financial or marketing dashboards
  • Create shareable data visualizations
  • Generate reports without design skills
  • Finance teams building recurring, auditable financial reports
  • Analysts combining multiple data sources into one live dashboard
  • Traders and investors tracking market and portfolio data
  • Product and sales teams generating forecasts and charts without formulas
  • Teams wanting an AI agent to verify and edit spreadsheet work directly
  • Add analytics to a SaaS product
  • Give customers self-service reports
  • Share data securely with users
  • Ship dashboards without heavy dev work
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