Business Intelligence & Dashboards
Cluvio
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Cluvio at a glance
- Vendor
- Cluvio GmbH
- Headquarters
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026
- Data hosting
- Default not stated; pages mention the EU and the US source, captured 1 Nov 2026
- Free plan
- Yes, per the vendor’s own page source, captured 1 Nov 2026
- Panel verdict
- The AI panel rates Cluvio 3/5, the mean of 6 judges. Cluvio, from Cluvio GmbH of Berlin, is a SQL-and-R BI platform whose queries run directly on the customer's own databases, hosted on AWS with the account region chosen at signup. how scores are made
- As of
- Vendor pages captured 1 Nov 2026; evaluated by the panel 1 Nov 2026. all sources
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The panel's verdict
Cluvio, from Cluvio GmbH of Berlin, is a SQL-and-R BI platform whose queries run directly on the customer's own databases, hosted on AWS with the account region chosen at signup. Its strongest area is sharing and embedding, scored 7-7: password-, IP- and expiry-protected links, scheduled email delivery, and JWT-secured iframe embedding with per-user WHERE-clause context restriction. Pricing transparency and sovereignty follow, though the captured pages state both that European data stays in Europe and that processing occurs outside the EEA including the US, and publish analyst prices but no base subscription price. Weakest are self-service and modelling and dashboards and visualization: analysis runs through SQL, viewers get filters only, and we found no public information on pivot tables, drill-down or a visual query builder. The genuine split is data connectivity: judges working from a SQL warehouse scored 6-7, while the judge weighing a company living in CRM and accounting apps scored 4 — the documented connectors stop at databases and files, and data from different datasources cannot be combined in one report.
Speaks for it
- Product-grade embedding: iframe sharing links driven by JWT sharing secrets signed with the organisation's embed secret, per-user WHERE-clause context restriction, white-labelling, postMessage control and sample code in seven languages
- Viewer seats are unlimited and free on the paid plans, with interactive embedding gated to the Business plan rather than a separate metered fee
- Every plan limit published — dashboards, datasources, schedules, alert check rates, refresh rate, query rows, CSV export size — with additional analysts at € 99 / $ 109 per month on Pro and € 199 / $ 219 per month on Business, and a 14-day business trial without credit card
- Sixteen named SQL databases and warehouses, each reachable directly, through an SSH tunnel or via an open-source agent that requires no inbound firewall holes
- A defined-once SQL layer: snippets centrally maintained, whose changes propagate automatically to every referencing report, filter and alert
Held against it
- Data living in different datasources cannot be combined within a single report, with the documentation pointing to ETL or federated queries as the workaround
- The documented connector list stops at databases and files (CSV and Excel upload), with Google Sheets stated as planned and we found no public information on business-application connectors or a generic REST connector
- Viewer accounts are documented as able to view published dashboards and use filters, nothing more, and we found no public information on a visual query builder or a governed semantic layer
- We found no public information on pivot tables, drill-down, cross-filtering, chart templates or localised number and date formats
- No base price for the Pro or Business subscription appears in the captured pages, and the Enterprise tier is listed as custom
Best for
- You build a software product and want per-customer, context-restricted dashboards embedded via signed sharing secrets, with unlimited free viewers on the paid plans
- Your data already lives in one of the sixteen supported SQL databases or warehouses, including behind a firewall reachable by SSH tunnel, IP allow-listing or the open-source agent
- You must explain a European chain to auditors: a German contracting entity, an account region chosen at signup with a stated guarantee that data processed on the account stays within it, a signable Article 28 data processing agreement, and standard contractual clauses for third-country processing
- A small team of SQL-writing analysts serves many viewers and wants metrics defined once in centrally maintained snippets
Avoid if
- Your data lives in business applications such as CRM, accounting or help-desk tools rather than a database, since the documented connectors stop at databases and files
- You need data from different datasources combined in a single report without an ETL step, which the documentation states is not possible
- Your business users cannot write SQL, since viewer accounts can view published dashboards and use filters and nothing more
- You must compute the full subscription cost in advance, since the captured pages publish per-analyst prices and every limit but no base price for the Pro or Business plans
The scores
| Criterion | Panel median |
|---|---|
| Data sources, connectors & refresh | 3 of 5 |
| Dashboards, charts & interactivity | 2 of 5 |
| Self-service analysis & shared metrics | 2 of 5 |
| Sharing, scheduled reports & embedding | 3.5 of 5 |
| Access control, administration & portability | 3 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 3.5 of 5 |
| Pricing transparency | 3.5 of 5 |
Data sources, connectors & refresh
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How this is scored
Which data the product can reach and how it stays current: native connectors to databases and warehouses (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, BigQuery, Snowflake), to business applications (accounting, ERP, CRM, shop, help desk, ad platforms) and to files and spreadsheets (Excel, CSV, Google Sheets), live queries versus imported extracts, scheduled and incremental refresh with its minimum interval, joining data from several sources, light data preparation, access to databases behind a firewall (gateway, SSH tunnel, IP allow-list), and a generic REST or custom connector for what is not listed.
0 — Not a reporting product, or data can only be typed or pasted in by hand.
3 — Spreadsheet and file uploads plus a handful of named connectors; refresh schedules, live queries and blending sources are basic or not described.
5 — A published connector list covering the common databases, warehouses, spreadsheets and several named business applications, scheduled refresh with its interval stated, live queries or extracts at the customer's choice, data from two sources combined in one report, and a documented way to reach a database behind a firewall.
8 — Hundreds of maintained connectors or a full SQL layer over every major warehouse, incremental refresh and caching explained, a built-in data preparation or modelling step, a gateway or agent for on-premise sources, a generic REST or custom connector SDK, and connector limits (rows, API calls, history) stated per plan.
10 — Connectivity an organisation can standardise on: every source reachable live or by extract with the trade-offs documented, refresh down to minutes with lineage from report back to source, source changes detected and reported, and connector behaviour, quotas and failure handling published.
The Finance Controller
Sixteen SQL databases and warehouses are listed by name, queries run live on our own databases, and the agent, SSH tunnel and IP allow-list give three documented ways to reach a database behind our firewall, with limits and refresh intervals stated per plan down to ten minutes. What holds it back for my month-end: I found no public information on connectors to accounting, ERP or CRM systems, Google Sheets is described only as planned, and the documentation states that data living in different datasources cannot be used together in one report — I would have to load everything into a single warehouse first. 11 16 12 9 5
The Managing Director
Sixteen SQL databases and warehouses are documented, each reachable directly, through an SSH tunnel or through an open-source agent, with CSV and Excel uploadable as static tables and the minimum refresh interval stated per plan. The documented connector list stops at databases and files — I found no ready-made connector for a CRM, accounting, help desk or project-management application — and the documentation states that data living in different datasources cannot be used directly within a single report, recommending an ETL tool instead. For a company like mine that lives in HubSpot, its accounting tool and its help desk, that means standing up a database and a pipeline before this shows anything. 11 12 16 5
The Data Analyst
Sixteen named SQL databases and warehouses — PostgreSQL front and centre — reachable directly, through an SSH tunnel or via an open-source agent that needs no inbound firewall holes, with cache freshness per plan stated down to 10 minutes on Business, is exactly the plumbing my PostgreSQL warehouse needs. The documentation states plainly that data living in different datasources cannot be joined within a single report and points to ETL or federated queries as workarounds, and I found no public information on business-application connectors, a generic REST connector, or Google Sheets beyond support being planned. 11 16 9 12 5
The IT Administrator
Sixteen named SQL databases and warehouses connect directly, through an SSH tunnel or via an open-source agent that calls out from inside my network, so I would not have to open the ERP database to the internet. Refresh and cache behaviour is documented down to per-plan minimum intervals, query durations and row limits. The documentation itself states that data living in different datasources cannot be combined within a single report, and we found no public information on connectors for business applications or a generic REST interface — Google Sheets is listed only as planned. 5 9 11 12 16
The SaaS Product Lead
Sixteen named SQL databases and warehouses, each with direct, SSH-tunnel and Cluvio Agent connection modes, plus CSV and Excel upload as static tables, covers our fleet database, and the open-source agent plus IP allow-listing reaches databases behind a firewall. Refresh intervals are published per plan (24 hours, 1 hour, 10 minutes) and queries run live on the customer's own database. The captured pages state that data in different datasources cannot be combined in a single report, and we found no public information on connectors to business applications or a generic REST connector; Google Sheets is only planned. 16 11 12 9 5
The Skeptic
Sixteen named SQL databases and warehouses, each with its own connection page naming the settings and connection modes, live queries against the customer's own databases, and firewall access via SSH tunnels, IP allow-listing or an open-source agent. But the only file support is CSV and Excel upload (Google Sheets is stated as planned), we found no public information on business-application connectors or a generic REST connector, and the vendor itself states it is not possible to use data from different datasources in a single report, offering ETL or federated queries as the way around it. 11 16 2 9 12 5
Dashboards, charts & interactivity
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How this is scored
What can be built and how readers use it: the range of chart types, tables and pivot tables, maps, KPI tiles with targets and comparisons, dashboard layout, filters and date controls that apply across a dashboard, drill-down and drill-through, cross-filtering by clicking a chart, templates for common sources, mobile and TV display, theming to the company's design, number formatting and localisation (decimal comma, currencies, German date formats), and accessibility of the result.
0 — No charts or dashboards; the product only stores or moves data.
3 — Standard bar, line and pie charts and a table on a dashboard; filters, drill-down and mobile display are basic or not described.
5 — A broad chart library with pivot tables, maps and KPI tiles with comparison to a previous period or target, dashboard-wide filters and date ranges, drill-down, templates for common sources, a mobile view, and number and date formats localised.
8 — Cross-filtering and drill-through between dashboards, custom visuals or a chart SDK, conditional formatting and annotations, dashboards themed to a brand, TV and presentation modes, pixel-exact or paginated reports for print, and accessibility of charts documented.
10 — Dashboards that a whole organisation reads daily: every interaction (filter, drill, cross-filter, parameter) available to readers without editor rights, performance on large data stated, accessibility conformance (WCAG) published, and every chart reproducible from a documented query.
The Finance Controller
An interactive grid of charts, tables and number tiles with built-in time-range, aggregation and time-zone filters, dependent dropdowns, and auto-refresh for a wall-mounted TV would carry my KPIs, and dashboards or single reports export as PDF or image for the advisory board pack. I found no public information on pivot tables, target or prior-period comparisons on KPI tiles, drill-down, templates or localised German number formats. 13 14 2 6 4
The Managing Director
Dashboards are reports on an interactive grid with built-in time-range, aggregation and time-zone filters, custom dropdowns and date pickers, dependent dropdowns fed by SQL, saved filter defaults, map charts, chart, table or number displays and auto-refresh for a wall-mounted TV, with current mobile browsers supported. We found no public information on pivot tables, drill-down, templates for common sources, or localised number and date formats, which keeps this below the broader chart-library level. 13 14 6 5
The Data Analyst
Reports sit on an interactive grid as chart, table or number, with built-in time-range, aggregation and time-zone filters, custom dropdowns, date pickers and even dependent dynamic-SQL filters, plus map charts and auto-refresh for a wall-mounted TV — the filter machinery is genuinely strong. I found no public information on pivot tables, drill-down or drill-through, cross-filtering by clicking, dashboard templates, localised number and date formats, or accessibility of charts, which caps what I can promise readers. 13 14 2 6 5
The IT Administrator
Dashboards are interactive grids of SQL-driven reports shown as chart, table or number, with map charts, built-in time-range, aggregation and time-zone filters, dependent dropdowns with dynamic options, saved filter defaults and auto-refresh for wall-mounted TVs. We found no public information on pivot tables, drill-down, cross-filtering, chart templates for common sources, or localised number and date formats. That is a solid working dashboard tool but the evidence stops short of the richer interactivity an organisation reads daily. 2 5 6 13 14
The SaaS Product Lead
The documented interactivity is genuinely strong: SQL reports on an interactive grid, built-in time-range, aggregation and time-zone filters, dependent dropdowns fed by dynamic SQL, saved filter defaults, map charts and auto-refresh for a wall-mounted TV. But we found no public information on pivot tables, drill-down, cross-filtering, KPI target comparisons, chart templates or localised number and date formats, which is what I would need for customer-facing boards. 13 14 2 6
The Skeptic
Dashboards are grids of SQL-driven reports shown as chart, table or number, with WebGL maps, built-in time-range, aggregation and time-zone controls, dependent dropdown filters with saved defaults, and auto-refresh on wall-mounted screens — filters are documented in real depth. The chart library itself is only asserted as professional charts and graphs, and we found no public information on pivot tables, drill-down, KPI tiles with target comparison, templates, localised number and date formats, or accessibility of the result. 13 2 5 6 14 4
Self-service analysis & shared metrics
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How this is scored
Whether people outside the data team can answer their own questions and whether everyone gets the same answer: a visual query builder, a SQL editor for analysts, calculated fields and formulas, a semantic layer or data model where metrics such as revenue or churn are defined once and reused, metric definitions under version control (Git, dbt integration), questions in natural language with the generated query shown, forecasting and anomaly detection with the method stated, and notebooks or Python for deeper analysis.
0 — Dashboards can only be viewed; no one can ask a new question of the data.
3 — Charts are configured from a field list and simple calculated fields; shared metric definitions, SQL and a query builder are basic or not described.
5 — A visual query builder for business users and a SQL editor for analysts, calculated fields and formulas, saved questions reused across dashboards, a data model or dataset layer where joins and metrics are defined once, and natural-language questions that show the query they ran.
8 — A semantic layer with governed metrics and dimensions reused across every report, definitions in code under Git version control or synced with dbt, certified or endorsed datasets, forecasting and anomaly detection with the method stated, and Python or notebook analysis beside the dashboards.
10 — Self-service that stays consistent at scale: every metric defined once and traced to every chart that uses it, changes reviewed and tested before they reach readers, AI answers grounded in the semantic layer with their limits documented, and the model exportable in an open format.
The Finance Controller
SQL snippets let me define the contribution-margin calculation once and reuse it across reports, alerts and filters, with a usage search showing every query that references it and changes propagating automatically — exactly the one-definition discipline I need, backed by a SQL editor with completion and parameters plus R for post-processing. But analysis is documented as running through SQL and R, and I found no public information on a visual query builder for colleagues who do not write SQL, a semantic layer, Git versioning or natural-language questions. 15 2 11 5
The Managing Director
There is a real SQL editor with autocomplete and parameterised queries, R for post-processing results, automatic query and chart suggestions, and SQL snippets defined once and reused across reports, filters and alerts with usage counts and a find-usages view. But there is no visual query builder for people who do not write SQL, and we found no public information on a governed semantic model, natural-language questions, forecasting or version-controlled metric definitions — so with nobody whose job is data, new questions still fall on someone who can write a query. 2 15 1 11
The Data Analyst
For me this is home: a SQL editor with autocomplete, syntax highlighting and parameters, R post-processing where SQL runs out, and SQL snippets defined once in a central place whose changes propagate to every referencing report, filter and alert, traced by Find Usages — that attacks my three-departments-three-revenues problem at the SQL level. But colleagues who don't write SQL get only dashboard filters, and I found no public information on a visual query builder, a semantic layer where metrics are governed, Git or dbt versioning, or natural-language questions that show the query they ran. 15 2 3 11 1
The IT Administrator
Analysts get a real SQL editor with autocomplete and parameterised queries, R post-processing on top of SQL results, and SQL snippets maintained in one central definition with parameters, nesting and usage tracking — a genuine shared-definition layer. Viewer accounts can only use filters on published dashboards, so self-service for non-analysts rests on filters alone. We found no public information on a visual query builder, natural-language questions, Git or dbt integration, or certified datasets. 2 5 11 15
The SaaS Product Lead
Analysis is SQL-first with an editor offering autocomplete and parameterised queries, R post-processing for the hard parts, and a snippet library of centrally maintained SQL fragments with parameters, nesting and usage tracking whose changes propagate to every referencing report — a real shared-definition layer my team could standardise on. We found no public information on a visual query builder for non-SQL business users, natural-language questions, forecasting or metric definitions under version control. 15 2 11
The Skeptic
Everything runs through SQL: an editor with autocompletion and syntax highlighting, centrally maintained SQL snippets whose changes propagate automatically to every referencing report, filter and alert, R post-processing, and per-user context variables usable inside queries — a genuine defined-once layer, if only at the SQL level. Viewers are documented as able to view published dashboards and use filters and nothing more, and we found no public information on a visual query builder for non-SQL users, natural-language questions showing their query, forecasting with a stated method, or version control of definitions. 15 2 11 5 1 14
Sharing, scheduled reports & embedding
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How results reach the people who need them: sharing a dashboard with colleagues and with external parties, public or password-protected links, scheduled reports by email or chat (Slack, Microsoft Teams) as PDF, image or data, threshold alerts, comments and annotations, export to PDF, PowerPoint and Excel, embedding dashboards in an intranet, a website or the company's own software product, white-label options, and per-customer data separation for embedded use.
0 — Results cannot leave the editor; no sharing, export or embedding.
3 — Dashboards shared with other users of the account and exported to PDF or CSV; scheduled reports, alerts and embedding are basic or not described.
5 — Sharing with colleagues and by link, scheduled email reports with PDF or image, alerts when a metric crosses a threshold, export to PDF and Excel, and dashboards embedded in a website or intranet with an iframe or script.
8 — Reports delivered to Slack or Microsoft Teams, comments and annotations on dashboards, signed embedding with row-level filtering per viewer, an embedding SDK for a software product with white-label styling, client or guest portals, and an embedding licence model documented.
10 — Distribution as a product: multi-tenant embedded analytics with per-customer data isolation, theming and custom domains, end-user self-service inside the host application, every delivery channel automatable through an API, and usage of shared and embedded content reported to the customer.
The Finance Controller
Sharing with teammates, links protected by password, IP restriction and auto-expiry, recurring email delivery as PDF, Excel or image, and scheduled SQL alerts would serve my board pack well. Embedding is genuinely product-grade — signed JWT secrets, per-user restriction through a WHERE-clause context parameter, postMessage control and sample code in seven languages with white-labelling — though I found no public information on delivery to Slack or Microsoft Teams or on comments and annotations. 18 17 2 5 4
The Managing Director
Unlimited employees can view for free on the paid plans, dashboards go out by secure links that need no login and can be password-protected, IP-restricted and auto-expiring, scheduled emails deliver PDF, Excel, image or CSV attachments on a recurring schedule, and SQL alerts watch conditions on a schedule — that is my whole-team Monday summary sorted. Embedding is documented in depth, from iframes and colour schemes to signed JWT sharing secrets, per-viewer parameter restriction, per-customer context filtering, white-labelling and sample code in seven languages. We found no public information on delivery to Slack or Microsoft Teams, or on comments and annotations. 1 5 18 17 2
The Data Analyst
Everything my colleagues and external customers need is documented: sharing links without login that can be password-protected, IP-restricted and auto-expiring, scheduled emails as PDF, Excel, image or CSV, SQL alert emails, and iframe embedding driven by short-lived JWT sharing secrets with per-viewer WHERE-clause context restriction, white-labelling and customer-scoped dashboards. I found no public information on delivery to Slack or Microsoft Teams or on comments and annotations, and interactive embedding requires the Business plan. 17 18 2 4 5
The IT Administrator
Sharing covers user groups inside the organisation, links with password, IP restriction and auto-expiry, scheduled email delivery as PDF, Excel, image or CSV, and SQL alerts that email when a condition applies. Embedding via iframe is well documented: JWT sharing secrets signed with the organisation's embed secret, per-user row restriction through a WHERE clause such as salesrep id equal to user id, hidden reports, postMessage control, white-label styling and sample code in seven languages. We found no public information on delivery to Slack or Microsoft Teams, or on comments and annotations. 2 4 5 13 17 18
The SaaS Product Lead
This is the closest match to my exact problem: context-restricted dashboards parameterised per application user through a WHERE-clause filter, short-lived JWT sharing secrets signed with an organisation embed secret, sample code in seven languages, postMessage control of filters, white-labelling with colour schemes and background configuration, and dashboards scoped per customer. Viewer seats are unlimited and free on the Pro and Business plans, so embedding cost rides on plan seats — though interactive embedding and per-user context restriction start on the Business plan. We found no public information on delivery to Slack or Microsoft Teams or on comments and annotations. 17 18 4 5 14
The Skeptic
Sharing links that can be password-protected, IP-restricted and set to expire; scheduled email delivery as image, PDF, Excel or CSV; SQL alerts by email; and iframe embedding built on JWT sharing secrets with per-user WHERE-clause context restriction, white-label colour schemes, postMessage control, and sample code in seven languages. Viewers are stated as unlimited and free on the paid plans, and interactive embedding is gated to named plans rather than a separate metered fee — though we found no public information on delivery to Slack or Teams, comments or annotations, or custom domains. 18 17 2 5 4 14 1
Access control, administration & portability
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What a company needs before it gives the tool to everyone, and what leaving would cost: roles and folder or workspace permissions, row-level and column-level security, single sign-on (SAML, OpenID Connect) and user provisioning (SCIM), audit logs and usage analytics, content certification and lifecycle, environments for development and production, a public REST API for administration and content, export of dashboards and definitions in a reusable format, open-source code, and a self-hosted or on-premise edition the customer runs on its own servers.
0 — A single shared login with no permissions; dashboards cannot be exported or administered.
3 — Users with view and edit rights; row-level security, single sign-on, an API and export of definitions are basic or not described.
5 — Roles and folder or workspace permissions, row-level security documented, single sign-on on at least one stated plan, an audit log, a documented REST API, and dashboards and data exportable on termination.
8 — Column-level security and data permissions inherited from the source, SAML and SCIM provisioning, usage analytics for admins, development and production environments or content promotion, dashboards and definitions as code that can be versioned and moved, and a self-hosted or on-premise edition with its own documentation.
10 — Governance and an exit that can be verified: open-source code under a named licence that runs fully self-hosted with feature parity stated, every object (data model, dashboards, permissions) exportable in a documented format another instance imports, audit logs streamed to the customer's own systems, and deletion of every copy on termination documented.
The Finance Controller
Admin, analyst and viewer roles with user groups, SAML single sign-on with named identity providers, audit logging of logins with IP address and every object change, a documented REST API with an OpenAPI document, JSON dashboard backups and per-dashboard usage tracking cover most of what I must show our auditors. I found no public information on SCIM provisioning, column-level security, separate development and production environments, or a self-hosted edition of the platform itself. 5 20 9 19 13 10
The Managing Director
Admin, analyst and viewer roles with user groups, SAML 2.0 single sign-on for Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID and Okta on the paid plans, two-factor authentication, an audit log of logins with IP addresses and every object change, a documented public API with a published OpenAPI specification, and dashboards exportable as JSON backups give me enough to roll this out to forty people. We found no public information on column-level security, SCIM provisioning, separate development and production environments, or a self-hosted edition. 5 20 9 19 13
The Data Analyst
Admin, analyst and viewer roles with user groups, SAML 2.0 single sign-on for Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID and Okta, an audit trail covering logins with IP, queries and every object change, a REST API published with an OpenAPI 3.1 document, and dashboards exportable as JSON that can be recreated from backup — most of what I need before a company-wide rollout. I found no public information on row-level security for internal users (the documented per-user restriction applies to embedded dashboards), SCIM provisioning, column-level security, development and production environments, or a self-hosted edition; content is retained six months after termination. 20 19 9 13 5 10
The IT Administrator
There is a detailed audit trail of logins with IP address, executed queries and every object change; SAML 2.0 single sign-on for Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID and Okta is included from the Pro plan; and a public REST API with an OpenAPI 3.1 specification and a command-line tool exists, with dashboards exportable and re-importable as JSON. Row-level restriction works through user-context snippets and embedding filters rather than a stated column-level capability, and audit logs reach admins on request. We found no public information on SCIM provisioning, development and production environments, or a self-hosted edition I could run myself. 5 9 10 13 17 19 20
The SaaS Product Lead
Admin, analyst and viewer roles with user groups, SAML 2.0 single sign-on with named identity providers, an audit log of logins, queries and object changes, per-dashboard usage tracking with change history, a documented REST API with an OpenAPI document, and JSON dashboard backups cover most of what I need before a 600-customer rollout. We found no public information on SCIM provisioning, column-level security, development and production environments, a self-hosted edition or a row-level security feature by that name; per-user data scoping works instead through logged-in-user snippets and embedding context restrictions. 9 20 13 19 5 10
The Skeptic
Admin, analyst and viewer roles with user groups and a draft-to-published workflow, SAML 2.0 single sign-on on paid plans with documented setup for Google, Microsoft and Okta, an audit trail of logins, queries and object changes available to admins on request, a public API with a published OpenAPI 3.1 document plus a command-line tool, and dashboards exportable as JSON from which a dashboard can be recreated. Row-level restriction exists only as do-it-yourself SQL context or embedding parameters rather than a documented security feature, and we found no public information on SCIM provisioning, column-level security, development and production environments, or a self-hosted edition; helpfully, analytical data stays in the customer's own databases by architecture. 5 20 9 19 10 13 15
European sovereignty
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Who the contracting entity and the parent company are, where the connected business data is queried, cached, extracted and stored, and who the subprocessors are (hosting, query engine, AI model providers, email delivery of reports, support and payment tools). Independently sourced by the sovereignty pipeline; a BI tool reads revenue, customer and employee data from many systems, so every place a copy or cache lands counts, not only the account database. A self-hosted or open-source edition the customer runs on its own European servers counts as the customer's chain, whatever the vendor's seat.
0 — Non-EU vendor and contracting entity, hosting unstated, subprocessors unnamed, and no data processing agreement offered.
3 — A privacy policy and a data processing agreement exist, but hosting location is unstated or non-EU and the subprocessors are not listed.
5 — EU hosting available and an EU contracting entity or EU representative, but parts of the chain (query engine, extracts and caches, AI features, report emails, support, payment) run through non-EU providers without a stated safeguard.
8 — EU hosting on named infrastructure, EU contracting entity, subprocessors listed with their locations, a data processing agreement published, where extracts and caches are stored stated, and security certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2) stated — or a self-hosted edition documented that keeps every query and cache on the customer's own servers.
10 — Sovereign end to end and evidenced: European ownership, entity, hosting and every subprocessor including AI features, or a self-hosted open-source edition with no call home, data export and deletion documented, and certifications published with their scope rather than implied.
The Finance Controller
A German GmbH with a commercial register entry, an EU region chosen at signup with a guarantee that the account's data stays in it, and queries run on our own databases with results cached at most 24 hours — that is a chain I can explain to the auditors, with a data processing agreement available and standard contractual clauses for third-country processing. The ISO 27001 and SOC listings on the security page are AWS's own compliance, the security page names several subprocessors without stating their locations, and the privacy policy confirms processing outside the EEA including the US. 7 6 8 9 2 12
The Managing Director
The contract is with Cluvio GmbH of Berlin under a German commercial register entry, hosting runs on named AWS infrastructure with the account region chosen at signup and a guarantee that data processed on the account stays in that region, a GDPR data-processing agreement can be signed in the account settings, standard contractual clauses cover third-country processing, and query-result caches are stated to sit in a secured private network and be purged after 24 hours. The subprocessor list names Recurly in the USA and Braintree in Luxembourg but lists Sendgrid, PagerDuty, Sentry, Pingdom and NewRelic without locations, the privacy policy confirms processing outside the EEA including the US, and the ISO 27001 and SOC listings on the security page are AWS's own compliance. We found no public information on a self-hosted edition. 7 6 8 9 10
The Data Analyst
A German contracting entity (Cluvio GmbH, Berlin, with a commercial register entry), AWS hosting where the account region is chosen at signup and guaranteed to stay there, an Article 28 data-processing agreement with EU standard contractual clauses, and a stated cache policy — query results held at most 24 hours then purged, encrypted backups at most 30 days — give me a largely European chain. Several subprocessors are named without locations on the captured pages (Sendgrid, PagerDuty, Sentry, Pingdom, NewRelic, Elev.io) while Recurly in the USA processes recurring payments, the certifications listed are AWS's own rather than the vendor's, and the captured pages state both that European data stays in Europe and that processing occurs outside the EEA including the US. 7 6 8 9 10 2
The IT Administrator
The contracting entity is Cluvio GmbH of Berlin with a commercial register entry and German VAT ID, hosting is on AWS with the account region chosen at signup and guaranteed, and analytical queries run on my own databases with results cached at most 24 hours in Cluvio's secured private network before being purged. A GDPR data processing agreement can be signed in the account settings, and subprocessors are named — Recurly in the USA and Schufa among them — with EU standard contractual clauses stated as the safeguard for processing outside the EEA. Several subprocessor locations are unstated, and the ISO and SOC listings shown are AWS's own certifications. 6 7 8 9 10 12
The SaaS Product Lead
The contracting entity is Cluvio GmbH in Berlin, analytical queries run directly on our own database with results only in a transient 24-hour cache, we choose the account region at signup with a guarantee the data stays there, and a GDPR data processing agreement can be signed in the account settings. Subprocessors are named — Recurly, Braintree, Google Analytics, Sendgrid, PagerDuty and others — but the privacy policy confirms processing outside the EEA including the US under standard contractual clauses, and the captured pages give locations only for some of them; the certifications shown are the hosting provider AWS's own. 7 6 8 9 12
The Skeptic
A German contracting entity with a commercial register entry and VAT number, an account region chosen at signup with a stated guarantee that data processed on the account stays within it, analytical queries executed on the customer's own databases with only a transient 24-hour cache inside the vendor's private network, an Article 28 data processing agreement signable in the account settings, standard contractual clauses for transfers outside the EEA, and named subprocessors including Recurly in the USA and Braintree in Luxembourg. The security page lists several further US services without per-item locations, the certifications shown are AWS's own compliance rather than the vendor's, and the captured pages give different pictures: the features page states European data stays in Europe while the privacy policy confirms processing outside the EEA including the US. 7 6 12 9 8 10 2
Pricing transparency
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How this is scored
Whether a buyer can compute the real annual cost from public pages alone: price per creator or editor seat and whether viewers are free or paid, capacity or usage pricing (rows, refreshes, queries, AI credits), which features (row-level security, SSO, embedding, API, more connectors, faster refresh) sit behind a higher tier or "contact sales", the price of embedding for external users, the self-hosted edition's licence, the free tier and its limits, minimum term and setup.
0 — No public prices at all; every customer is a sales call.
3 — A starting price or a free tier exists, but how cost scales with viewers, data volume or features is unclear.
5 — Tiers are public with their seat price and main inclusions, but at least one commonly needed piece (viewer seats, row-level security, SSO, embedding, extra connectors or refresh frequency) is unpriced or "on request".
8 — Every tier priced publicly with its scaling rule (creators, viewers, capacity, rows), viewer pricing stated, add-ons and usage overage priced, embedded and self-hosted pricing stated, minimum term and VAT treatment stated.
10 — Complete price computability: annual cost derivable for a given number of creators and viewers, data volume and feature set, with every add-on, embedding, setup, support and overage fee and the cancellation and data-return terms published.
The Finance Controller
Every limit is public per plan — dashboards, datasources, schedules, alert rates, refresh interval, result rows and CSV export size — additional analysts are priced at €99 per month in the Pro plan and €199 in the Business plan, viewers are unlimited and free on the paid plans, the default term is one month and the VAT and reverse-charge rule is published. The captured pages give no base monthly price for the paid plans themselves, and the Enterprise tier is custom. 5 10 1
The Managing Director
I can budget the whole thing from one page: each additional analyst at €99 per month on Pro and €199 on Business with included and maximum analyst counts, unlimited viewer users, and every limit published per plan — dashboards, datasources, refresh rate down to ten minutes on Business, query rows, query duration, schedules, alerts and CSV export size — alongside a free single-user plan, a 14-day Business trial with no credit card, a one-month default term and VAT treatment with EU reverse charge. The Enterprise tier is 'custom' and we found no public price for the HIPAA add-on, so that corner still needs a conversation. 5 10
The Data Analyst
The plan comparison is unusually concrete: the free tier's dashboards, datasource, monthly query executions, row limits and query duration, unlimited free viewers on paid plans, additional analysts at €99 per month on Pro and €199 per month on Business, refresh and alert check rates, CSV export size caps, support tiers, a 14-day trial without credit card, a one-month default term and VAT treatment with EU reverse charge. The gap: the captured pages do not state the base price of the Pro or Business subscription itself, and Enterprise is custom, so I cannot compute a full annual cost from them. 5 1 10
The IT Administrator
The free tier is fully specified at €0 for a single user, viewer seats are unlimited and free on the paid plans, additional analysts are priced at €99 per month on Pro and €199 on Business, and per-plan quotas for dashboards, datasources, schedules, alert rates, refresh rates, query duration, result rows and CSV export size are all published alongside a 14-day trial without credit card. VAT treatment and the one-month default term are stated. We found no public information on the base subscription price of the paid plans in the captured pages, and Enterprise pricing is listed as custom. 1 5 10
The SaaS Product Lead
The pricing page publishes unusual detail: a free plan with three dashboards and 1,000 query executions a month, per-plan caps on datasources, dashboards, schedules, alert check rates, query duration and result rows, additional analysts at €99/$109 per month on Pro and €199/$219 on Business, unlimited free viewers, a one-month default term and VAT treatment including EU reverse charge. Interactive embedding sits on the Business plan with viewers free, which is exactly the cost shape I could build into our product price. The base subscription prices of the paid plans were not among the captured facts, so I could not compute a full annual figure from what I read. 5 1 10 17
The Skeptic
A forever-free single-user plan with concrete limits — 1 datasource, 3 dashboards, 1000 query executions per month, 24-hour refresh — additional analysts priced at € 99 / $ 109 per month on Pro and € 199 / $ 219 per month on Business with unlimited included viewers, and per-tier caps published for dashboards, schedules, refresh rate, query duration, result rows and CSV export size, alongside a 14-day business trial without credit card, a one-month default term and VAT treatment with EU reverse charge. Only the Enterprise tier at Custom, an optional HIPAA add-on, and bespoke limit changes arranged through support sit outside the public numbers. 5 1 10 6 11
European sovereignty — proven facts
0 of 6 dimensions provenBuilt only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.
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| Hosting location | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Hosting options | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Open source | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
Questions about Cluvio
Is Cluvio European?
Yes. whats-best.ai classifies Cluvio as EU-Made.
Where does Cluvio store data?
The default storage location for customer data is not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026. The vendor’s pages mention the EU and the US as hosting locations, per the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026.
Does Cluvio have a free plan?
Yes. Cluvio has a free plan, per the vendor’s page captured 1 Nov 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Cluvio?
As of 1 Nov 2026, the panel rates Metabase (3.5/5), Preset (Apache Superset) (3.5/5) and Holistics (3/5) highest among the other 15 Business Intelligence & Dashboards products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is Luzmo (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made. The full list, with European products first: Cluvio alternatives.
Where this could be wrong
- Evidence ages. The oldest capture behind this page is from 1 Nov 2026. Vendors change pricing and policies without notice; every fact reflects its source as of the capture date shown in the registry.
- Weak sourcing — Data processing agreement, Hosting options, Legal entity. Not confirmed on the vendor’s own pages as captured.
- Weak sourcing — Hosting location. The page names two production regions without saying which one hosts a given customer's account by default, and the privacy policy confirms processing also occurs outside the EEA including the US.
- AI can misread a source. Extraction and judgement are automated; a citation guarantees traceability, not infallibility. If something here is wrong, say so — no account needed, every report is decided within 5 business days, and accepted corrections are published.
What we left out
A claim that does not survive our checks costs us the claim, not the page. This is what was taken off this one.
- 10 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 4 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 3 pricing facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 compliance fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 hosting fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 integrations fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 3 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown. Know more? Tell us
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement. Know more? Tell us
Sources (20)
The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.
- 1 Vendor homepage www.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 2 Features page www.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 3 Features page (how it works) www.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 4 Features page (embedded analytics) www.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 5 Pricing page www.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 6 Documentation docs.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 7 Legal notice www.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 8 Privacy policy www.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 9 Security / trust page www.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 10 Terms of service www.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 11 Data sources, connectors & refresh — found from sitemap docs.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 12 Data sources, connectors & refresh — found from sitemap docs.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 13 Dashboards, charts & interactivity — found from sitemap docs.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 14 Dashboards, charts & interactivity — found from sitemap docs.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 15 Self-service analysis & shared metrics — found from sitemap docs.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 16 Self-service analysis & shared metrics — found from sitemap docs.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 17 Sharing, scheduled reports & embedding — found from sitemap docs.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 18 Sharing, scheduled reports & embedding — found from sitemap docs.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 19 Access control, administration & portability — found from sitemap docs.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 20 Access control, administration & portability — found from sitemap docs.cluvio.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →