
Actian AI Analyst
Actian AI Analyst lets teams question governed business data in plain language and receive verified answers, reports, and continuous monitoring.
What Actian AI Analyst is
Actian AI Analyst lets teams question governed business data in plain language and receive verified answers, reports, and continuous monitoring. Users can ask follow-up questions without writing SQL, while the Steward Agent builds and maintains models, metrics, glossary terms, and relationships from existing data assets. Responses expose joins, filters, and metric calculations, and access can be limited to approved models, dimensions, and measures. The service creates structured reports with summaries, charts, findings, recommendations, and business context, plus recurring KPI and anomaly monitoring. It runs on curated, modeled warehouse data, so operational data must first pass through ETL or ELT pipelines. Connections include warehouses, dbt projects, documentation, and metadata systems, with access through the web app, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and API on Scale and Enterprise. Starter costs $499 a month or $5,950 a year and includes 200 messages for 10 users. A 14-day trial requires no credit card.
Good
- Plain-language questions without SQL
- Answers expose joins and calculations
- Recurring KPI and anomaly monitoring
- Slack and Microsoft Teams access
- 14-day trial requires no credit card
Watch out
- No free plan
- Operational data requires ETL or ELT first
- Reports consume 10 messages each
- Usage is measured in messages
Who it suits
Actian AI Analyst suits teams that need governed, conversational analysis over modeled warehouse data. It is useful for organizations wanting monitored metrics, explainable answers, and structured reports.
Verdict
Actian AI Analyst combines a governed semantic layer with conversational queries, explainable results, reports, and monitoring. Paid access starts at $499 a month, with a 14-day trial available.
Plans and prices
From Actian AI Analyst's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $499 a month | 200 messages · 10 users · 1 AI Analyst Agent · 10 tables per AI Analyst · Slack & Teams · $499 / month or $5,950 / year |
| Growth | $1,699 a month | 1,000 messages · 50 users · 5 AI Analyst Agents · 250 tables per AI Analyst · Slack & Teams · $1,699 / month or $19,950 / year |
| Scale | $2,999 a month | 3,000 messages · 100 users · 10 AI Analyst Agents · 1,000 tables per AI Analyst · Actian AI Analyst API · $2,999 / month or $35,950 / year |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Custom messages · Custom users · Custom AI Analyst Agents · Custom tables per AI Analyst · Actian AI Analyst API · Contact Sales |
The facts
Each one read from Actian AI Analyst's own pages, with the date it was checked.
The company
- Company
- Actian lists Santa Clara, California as its headquarters and traces its founding to 1980 as Relational Technology, Inc.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1980checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
What it does
- Conversational analytics
- Users can ask questions without writing SQL, and context is preserved across follow-up questions.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Data access
- Actian says AI Analyst uses encrypted, read-only database connections, does not copy database contents, and does not use customer data to train AI models.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The product can be accessed through the web app, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, and connects to data warehouses, dbt projects, documentation sources, and metadata systems.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Actian AI Analyst lets users ask questions about data in plain language and receive verified answers, reports, and continuous monitoring grounded in governed business logic.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Reports and monitoring
- The product supports recurring KPI and anomaly monitoring and structured reports with summaries, charts, findings, recommendations, and business context.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- Actian describes encryption in transit and at rest, tenant data separation, logging and audit trails, and operational access controls for AI Analyst.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Semantic layer
- The Steward Agent generates and maintains models, metrics, glossary terms, and relationships from existing data assets.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Transparent execution
- Answers expose joins, filters, and metric calculations, while agent access can be scoped to approved models, dimensions, and measures.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Usage limit
- Usage is measured in messages, and generating or updating a report consumes 10 messages each.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Warehouse-native
- AI Analyst operates on curated, modeled data in a data warehouse, with operational data flowing through ETL or ELT pipelines first.checked 2 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial
- The product offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.checked 2 Oct 2026
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