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Sisense: cost, fit and limits
Sisense is an analytics platform made by Sisense Ltd. that lets companies embed dashboards and AI-driven insights into their own products through an iframe or the Compose SDK, offered as Self-Serve and Enterprise plans. Both include natural-language querying.
What to know first
Sisense offers a Self-Serve plan with a free trial button and an Enterprise plan, and shows no price on either. Self-Serve includes built-in AI and embedding through an iframe or the Compose SDK. Enterprise adds multi-tenant architecture, column-level security, bring-your-own LLM, a 99.99% SLA and a customer success manager. Trial length and terms are not published, so a buyer starts with a sales conversation.
Sisense at a glance
| Maker | Sisense Ltd., Not stated on the vendor pages |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Free trial only |
| Entry price | Quote only |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best AI Embedded Analytics Software in 2026, rank 5 of 13 |
| Website | sisense.com |
Who Sisense is best for
Larger products with strict access rules
Row-level security is enforced at the query layer, and Enterprise adds column-level security and an SSO Router for multi-tenant setups.
Teams embedding with JavaScript code
The Compose SDK includes generative AI embed code generation, which helps developers who want charts as code rather than an iframe.
Products that want proactive insight alerts
Pulse surfaces developments before users ask, and Forecast, Trend and driver explanations sit beside it in Sisense Intelligence for customer-facing insight.
Sisense plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Serve | Not published | Warehouse, database and cloud app connections, natural-language queries, auto-generated narratives, a customer-facing assistant, and embedding via iframe or the Compose SDK. |
| Enterprise | Not published | Multi-tenant architecture, column-level security, SSO Router, SaaS, dedicated cloud or on-premises deployment, 99.99% Premium SLA, HIPAA readiness, bring-your-own LLM and white-labeling. |
| Free trial | Free; terms not published | A Try free button leads to app.sisense.com and a Free trial link sits in the header, with no length stated. |
Checked November 2026.
What Sisense does
- Compose SDK
- Embeds Sisense analytics in code rather than only through an iframe, and generative AI produces embed code for developers, which shortens the first integration for front-end teams.
- Shared formulas
- People and AI use the same approved metric definitions, so a natural-language answer and a dashboard tile report the same figure for a given metric.
- Semantic enrichment
- Helps AI interpret your data, and your team sets the guidelines it follows, which keeps generated answers closer to how your customers define their own terms.
- Natural-language analytics
- Querying, auto-generated Narrative summaries and Explanation of the drivers behind a change come under Sisense Intelligence, with Pulse alerts and Forecast and Trend on top.
- MCP and custom plugins
- Connect Sisense data to AI tools and extensions, with marketplace extensions and GitHub listed among the places developers can find and share add-ons. Marketplace extensions and GitHub are listed as places to find them.
How Sisense handles your data
Sisense's trust page says the company undergoes regular independent audits against ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, GDPR and CCPA, without saying which are formal certifications. It points to a separate trust center that was not opened. Whether customer data trains AI models, how long data is retained and where it is hosted were not addressed on the pages checked. Enterprise lists dedicated cloud or on-premises deployment, and bring-your-own LLM.
Where Sisense falls short in practice
- No published pricing. Neither plan shows a price, currency or billing basis, so cost is quote only on the pages checked, which blocks any comparison with vendors that print their rates.
- Plan-gated features. Multi-tenant architecture, column-level security, the 99.99% Premium SLA and HIPAA readiness appear only under Enterprise, so a SaaS vendor planning tenants should assume the higher plan.
- Unclear API status. APIs are mentioned in general terms and are not explicitly named as public, and the trust center that the trust page points to was not opened for this review.
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Sisense: common questions
How much does Sisense cost?
Sisense publishes no price. Self-Serve and Enterprise show no amount, currency or billing basis on the pages checked, as of November 2026. Self-Serve has a Try free button, but trial length is not stated. Expect a quote. Ask the sales team for the unit it uses, such as users or data volume.
Which Sisense plan supports multi-tenant embedding?
Enterprise lists multi-tenant architecture, column-level security and an SSO Router. Self-Serve covers embedding via iframe or the Compose SDK. A SaaS vendor with many separate customers should confirm tenant isolation details with Sisense sales. The pages checked give no tenant limits or pricing unit for either plan, so ask for both.
Can Sisense use my own language model?
Enterprise lists bring-your-own LLM. Self-Serve says built-in AI covers natural-language queries, auto-generated narratives and a customer-facing assistant. The pages checked do not explain how customer data reaches the model, so ask before enabling AI. Ask which model provider is used and whether customer data is sent to it.
What does the Compose SDK do?
It embeds Sisense analytics in code rather than only through an iframe, and the vendor lists generative AI embed code generation with it. Developers can use it to build charts into their own interface. It is available alongside the iframe option on Self-Serve.
Which compliance standards does Sisense claim?
The trust page names regular independent audits against ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, GDPR and CCPA. It does not say which are formal certifications, so request the actual report or certificate. HIPAA readiness appears only on the Enterprise plan.