Amazon QuickSight
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How to Replace Amazon QuickSightOverview
Features
24 features across 13 categories
AI(6)
Perform advanced data analysis in natural language with scenarios and answer 'what-if' questions with step-by-step guidance to find answers 10x faster than spreadsheets.
Create Amazon Q Topics for enhanced data exploration and insights with natural language.
View executive dashboard summaries with AI-generated key takeaways and insights.
Build and share generative data stories that automatically highlight important patterns and take data storytelling to the next level.
Build and refine dashboards using natural language to create complex visualizations through conversations.
Ask questions in natural language using Amazon Q to get instant insights from structured data.
Administration(1)
When provisioned in AWS IAM Identity Center, offers consolidated billing across multiple AWS accounts associated with the same AWS payer account.
Analysis(1)
Perform advanced analysis with scenarios capability to model different business outcomes with ease.
Analytics(1)
Put insights exactly where users make decisions by embedding interactive analytics directly into applications and business workflows, making data-driven decisions the default.
Compliance(1)
Support for FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO, and SOC compliance to help meet industry-specific or regulatory requirements.
Data Export(1)
Download data for offline analysis and further processing.
Data Integration(1)
Connect and analyze data across all enterprise sources, combining metrics from databases and data warehouses with enterprise content like documents, emails, and knowledge bases for comprehensive insights in one place.
Integrations(1)
40+ application integrations to connect workflows and automate actions directly from dashboards.
Monitoring(2)
Support for threshold-based or automatic ML-powered anomaly detection alerts that inform of important changes in data.
Create personalized data alerts to stay on top of critical metrics based on thresholds or anomalies.
Performance(1)
Super-fast, Parallel, In-memory Calculation Engine that scales automatically and provides fast, consistent performance for thousands of users and datasets up to billions of rows.
Reporting(3)
Receive pixel-perfect reports delivered automatically to inbox on a schedule.
Explore interactive dashboards with full drill-down and filtering capabilities to make data-driven decisions.
Create, schedule, and share highly formatted, multipage reports and schedule data exports at scale using serverless architecture.
Security(4)
Detailed audit logging and tracking of user activities and data access.
Built-in role-based access controls, single sign-on, and comprehensive auditing features to democratize data access while maintaining strict security and compliance.
Built-in role-based access controls for granular permission management across users.
Enterprise-grade single sign-on capabilities for user authentication.
Pricing
Reader
- ✓Explore interactive dashboards with drill-down and filtering
- ✓Receive email reports
- ✓Download data for offline analysis
- ✓Create personalized data alerts
- ✓Ask questions with natural language Q&A
- ✓Consume shared generative data stories
Reader Pro
- ✓All Reader capabilities
- ✓Executive dashboard summaries with AI-generated insights
- ✓Build and share generative data stories
- ✓Advanced analysis with scenarios capability
- ✓In Quick Suite regions: All capabilities of Quick Suite Professional
Author
- ✓Transform data into actionable insights with powerful authoring
- ✓Create and share dashboards and reports
- ✓Connect to any supported data source
- ✓Ask questions with natural language Q&A
- ✓10 GB SPICE allocation included
- ✓Limited-time promotion: Access to Quick Suite Enterprise till April 30, 2026 (in select regions)
Author Pro
Popular- ✓All Author capabilities
- ✓Build and refine dashboards using natural language
- ✓Create Amazon Q Topics for enhanced exploration
- ✓Executive dashboard summaries with AI-generated key takeaways
- ✓Build and share generative data stories
- ✓Advanced analysis with scenarios capability
- ✓10 GB SPICE allocation included
- ✓In Quick Suite regions: All capabilities of Quick Suite Enterprise
Reader Capacity - Monthly
- ✓500 sessions per month
- ✓$0.50 per additional session
Reader Capacity - Annual 50K
- ✓50,000 sessions per year
- ✓$0.40 per additional session
Reader Capacity - Annual 200K
- ✓200,000 sessions per year
- ✓$0.28 per additional session
Reader Capacity - Annual 400K
- ✓400,000 sessions per year
- ✓$0.24 per additional session
Reader Capacity - Annual 800K
- ✓800,000 sessions per year
- ✓$0.20 per additional session
Reader Capacity - Annual 1.6M
- ✓1,600,000 sessions per year
- ✓$0.16 per additional session
Reader Capacity - Annual 3M+
- ✓3,000,000+ sessions per year
- ✓Custom pricing
Amazon Q Questions - Monthly
- ✓500 questions per month
- ✓$0.50 per additional question
Amazon Q Questions - Annual 60K
- ✓60,000 questions per year
- ✓$0.30 per additional question
Amazon Q Questions - Annual 600K
- ✓600,000 questions per year
- ✓$0.20 per additional question
Amazon Q Questions - Annual 1M+
- ✓1,000,000+ questions per year
- ✓Custom pricing
Pixel-Perfect Reports - Monthly
- ✓500 report units per month
- ✓$1.00 per additional report unit
- ✓Report unit = up to 100 pages or 100 MB
Pixel-Perfect Reports - Annual
- ✓4,000 report units per month
- ✓$0.50 per additional report unit
- ✓Report unit = up to 100 pages or 100 MB
SPICE Storage
- ✓10 GB included with each Author
- ✓Additional storage at $0.38/GB/month
- ✓Can be added or removed anytime
- ✓Supports up to 1 billion rows per 1 TB
Alerts and Anomaly Detection
- ✓1-1,000,000 metrics: $0.50 per 1,000
- ✓1,000,001-10,000,000 metrics: $0.25 per 1,000
- ✓10,000,001-100,000,000 metrics: $0.10 per 1,000
- ✓>100,000,000 metrics: $0.05 per 1,000
Standard Edition - Monthly
- ✓10 GB SPICE capacity included
- ✓Additional SPICE at $0.25/GB
- ✓For individual users and small groups
- ✓Does not include broad sharing and distribution features
Standard Edition - Annual
- ✓10 GB SPICE capacity included
- ✓Additional SPICE at $0.25/GB
- ✓For individual users and small groups
- ✓Does not include broad sharing and distribution features
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