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Holistics

AI-assisted self-service BI built on a programmable, governed semantic layer.

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Jun 19, 2026

Holistics is a business intelligence platform that lets data teams define centralized metrics and modeling logic in a programmable semantic layer, then lets business users explore the data through AI queries or point-and-click without writing SQL. Its AI reasons over the governed semantic layer — generating AQL (Analytics Query Language) rather than raw text-to-SQL — so answers stay grounded in defined metrics, with lineage, multi-turn context, and Git-based version control for analytics-as-code.

Pros & cons

  • Governed semantic layer keeps AI answers consistent
  • Analytics-as-code with Git and dbt integration
  • Self-service exploration for non-technical users
  • Established, profitable, bootstrapped vendor
  • Paid-only — plans start around $800/month
  • Semantic-layer modeling has a setup cost
  • Smaller ecosystem than incumbent BI suites

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