ThoughtSpot
ThoughtSpot: AI analytics, conversational answers and live dashboards
ThoughtSpot brings conversational questions and interactive dashboards to connected business data. Its Spotter agent turns questions into charts and explanations, with answers that can become shared Liveboards.
Paid plansAccount required
- Access
- Paid access
- Example plan
- USD 600 / user / yearPro user: annual subscription
- Available on
- Web, API
Business questions with visual answers
ThoughtSpot combines search-led analytics with dashboards connected to business data. Spotter adds a conversational way to explore those sources: a question can produce a chart, a table and an explanation, while follow-up questions develop the same analysis. The experience is useful for recurring questions about sales, customers and operational performance.
Spotter 3 extends the agent beyond structured tables to supported unstructured content and configured external tools. Its available context depends on enabled connections and administrative settings. Older Spotter versions have different capabilities, so the version enabled in a tenant matters when evaluating the broader agent features.
Answers can be pinned to Liveboards, where teams share charts, tables and KPI views. Access rights determine whether someone can view, edit or use the underlying data. Liveboard PDF downloads and TML definitions serve different purposes: a PDF shares a report, while TML supports managing analytics objects.
Warehouse connections include Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift and BigQuery. Joins operate within a configured connection rather than spanning separate connections. The developer platform supports embedding and integration, making ThoughtSpot relevant both as a company analytics destination and as reporting inside another application.
Best for
- Business teams exploring governed warehouse data
- Analysts developing reusable dashboards
- Software teams embedding analytics in a product
Limitations
Spotter does not provide fine-grained chart formatting through conversation, and parameters have limited support. Agent versions differ. Credit prices do not establish a fixed cost per question, and joins cannot span separate data connections.
ThoughtSpot features
Conversational answers
Ask questions and receive charts, tables and explanations.
Spotter agents
Use supported structured and unstructured context in the enabled agent version.
Shared Liveboards
Collect answers into dashboards with controlled access.
Warehouse connections
Explore data in supported cloud warehouses.
Editable visualizations
Refine supported charts through the chart editor.
Embedded analytics
Integrate reporting through developer APIs and SDKs.
ThoughtSpot pricing
Paid plans. Plans priced per user. Visit ThoughtSpot for full plan details and current offers.
Example plans.
Pro user: annual subscription
USD 600 / user / year
Current documented product
Billed annually.
Plan details
Equivalent to USD 50 per user per month billed annually; 25 Spotter queries per user per month. Pro plan limits apply.
Technical specifications
Data analysis
| Feature | ThoughtSpot |
|---|---|
| Data inputs and connections | Supported warehouse connections, including Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift and BigQuery; joins must remain within one connection.Configured data connections |
| Analysis workflow | Spotter conversational charts, tables and explanations; Spotter 3 can use supported unstructured sources and configured external tools.Enabled agent version and administrator configuration |
| Charts and reproducible outputs | Visual answers pinned to Liveboards, shared charts and tables; PDF reports and TML analytics definitions have separate uses.Liveboard and data-source permissions |
| Data permission controls | Liveboards use view/edit permissions and underlying data-source rights. Embedding and API access require configured authentication and applicable entitlements.Configured workspace and integration access |
| Data and compute limits | Natural-language chart formatting and parameter support are limited. Advanced visualizations may require the chart editor; capabilities differ across agent versions.Agent limitations; Pro subscription allowances |
| Maximum dataset size (rows) | 250000000Pro plan allowance; not a universal per-file limit |
| API access | SupportedAuthenticated developer APIs and embedding SDKs |
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How much does ThoughtSpot with Spotter cost?
Pro user pricing is USD 50 per user per month billed annually, with 25 monthly Spotter queries per user. Usage-based Pro pricing is a separate credit offer with volume and contract conditions.
Can ThoughtSpot connect to cloud warehouses?
Yes. Supported connections include Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift and BigQuery. The documented connection model does not support joins across separate connections.
Can Spotter create dashboards?
Spotter can generate answers and visualizations that users pin to Liveboards. Chart formatting and dashboard editing remain available through the normal interface.
Does every Spotter version have the same features?
No. Spotter Classic, Spotter 2 and Spotter 3 have different capabilities. Unstructured content and external tools depend on the enabled version and configured access.
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