SAS Viya Intelligent Decisioning is the top AI tool for decision making in our scoring: SAS says it was named a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Decision Intelligence Platforms (report dated 26 January 2026), it documents business rules, real-time event detection and decision governance, and it offers a 14-day free trial. ThoughtSpot is #2 with published prices from $25 per user per month, and Microsoft Power BI Copilot is #3. Analyst placements here are vendor-stated, so confirm them with Gartner before you buy.
Essentials from $25 per user per month (5 to 50 users, up to 25M rows) and Pro from $50 (up to 1000 users and 250M rows), billed annually; Enterprise is custom; free trials offered
Business teams that want natural-language answers on warehouse data with prices they can read
Qlik Cloud Analytics Starter from $300/mo, Standard from $825/mo and Premium from $2,750/mo, billed annually; Enterprise by quote; a "Try for Free" link is offered
Teams that want to ask questions across analytics apps and documents with capacity-based published prices
Genie Agents is available in Databricks Lakehouse with DBU rates applying and no specific rates on the page; a free trial uses an express setup with a sample bakery dataset
Data teams already on Databricks that want governed natural-language access to lakehouse data
Not published; the site offers a request-a-demo call to action
Leadership teams that want to log, review and learn from the decisions they make
Pick by what you want
Best overall
SAS Viya Intelligent Decisioning
Best with published prices
ThoughtSpot Spotter
Best if you already use Microsoft
Microsoft Power BI Copilot
Best for supply chain planning
o9 Solutions Digital Brain
Best for logging team decisions
Cloverpop Decision Intelligence
The ranking
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SAS Viya Intelligent Decisioning
Answrs VerdictThe strongest analyst evidence and the broadest documented decision lifecycle among the products here, with a trial but no published price.
Price / trial: 14-day free trial in a private environment; pricing is on request through a "Get SAS Viya pricing" linkAnalyst recognition (vendor-stated): SAS says SAS Viya was named a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Decision Intelligence Platforms; Gartner dates the report 26 January 2026 and states it does not endorse any vendorDecision features: Business rules, real-time event detection and decision governance in operational workflows, plus simulation, optimization and machine learning, with prebuilt content for fraud detection, anti-money laundering, credit decisioning and supply chain optimizationIntegrations and deployment: Python, R, Java, Lua and REST APIs; runs on AWS, Azure, GCP or on-premises; a SAS Viya MCP Server lets AI agents use Viya capabilities as toolsTransparency: SAS lists explainability, auditing, compliance and model governance for regulated industries; its 30x faster model training and 4.6X productivity figures are SAS marketing claims
SAS Viya is SAS’s analytics and decisioning platform. SAS says Viya was named a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Decision Intelligence Platforms, a report Gartner dates 26 January 2026. The product page describes business rules, real-time event detection and decision governance in operational workflows, and SAS lists simulation, optimization, machine learning and prebuilt content for fraud detection, anti-money laundering, credit decisioning and supply chain optimization. It supports Python, R, Java, Lua and REST APIs and runs on AWS, Azure, GCP or on-premises. A 14-day free trial is offered and pricing is on request.
Go ifRegulated organizations that need governed, auditable decisions across the whole lifecycle, from model to execution
Skip ifYou want a published per-user price or a lightweight self-serve tool
Why #1 over #2: It has the strongest analyst evidence and a documented decision lifecycle, where ThoughtSpot lists no analyst placement.
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ThoughtSpot Spotter
Answrs VerdictThe clearest published pricing among the dedicated AI analytics tools, with agentic features and broad warehouse connections.
Price / trial: Essentials from $25 per user per month (5 to 50 users, up to 25M rows) and Pro from $50 (up to 1000 users and 250M rows), billed annually; Enterprise is custom; free trials offeredPeer reviews (vendor-stated): The pricing page cites 334 reviews on G2 but shows no rating; it also links a 2026 Gartner Market Guide for Agentic Analytics, which is a market guide rather than a rankingDecision features: Spotter AI agents for conversational analytics, data modeling, dashboards and coding, plus automated change analysis and AI-suggested questionsIntegrations: Docs list connections to Snowflake, Databricks, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, SAP HANA, Teradata and others; the pricing page also lists MCP connectorsTransparency: ThoughtSpot says it does not meter or charge for LLM tokens and lets you choose your LLM; your own provider fees may apply
ThoughtSpot sells AI analytics with Spotter agents for conversational analytics, data modeling, dashboards and coding. Essentials starts at $25 per user per month for 5 to 50 users and up to 25M rows, and Pro starts at $50 for up to 1000 users and 250M rows, billed annually, with Enterprise custom and free trials offered. Docs list connections to Snowflake, Databricks, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, SAP HANA and Teradata. ThoughtSpot says it does not meter or charge for LLM tokens. Its pricing page cites 334 reviews on G2 without a rating.
Go ifBusiness teams that want natural-language answers on warehouse data with prices they can read
Skip ifYou need a formal decision-governance and simulation suite
Why #2 over #3: It publishes prices and lists agent features, where Microsoft’s Copilot needs paid capacity before it works.
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Microsoft Power BI Copilot
Answrs VerdictLow published seat prices and detailed documentation, held back by capacity requirements and preview features.
Price / trial: Power BI Pro $14.00 and Premium Per User $24.00 per user per month, paid yearly; a free account costs $0 but sharing reports needs Pro or PremiumCopilot capabilities: Chat with your data, summarize reports, answer questions, create and edit reports and write DAX; the report-pane Copilot is generally available while the standalone and in-app Copilot are in previewRequirements: Copilot needs paid Fabric capacity F2 or higher or Power BI Premium P1 or higher; a Pro or PPU license alone is not enough and trial capacities are not supportedTransparency: App authors can prepare verified answers that Copilot surfaces first; Microsoft says an unprepared semantic model can produce generic or inaccurate results
Copilot in Power BI lets users chat with their data, summarize reports, create and edit reports and write DAX. The report-pane Copilot is generally available while the standalone and in-app Copilot are in preview. Power BI Pro costs $14.00 and Premium Per User $24.00 per user per month, paid yearly, but Microsoft says Copilot needs paid Fabric capacity F2 or higher or Premium P1 or higher, and a Pro or PPU license alone is not enough. App authors can prepare verified answers, and Microsoft warns an unprepared model can return generic or inaccurate results.
Go ifOrganizations already on Microsoft Fabric or Power BI Premium that want AI answers on governed models
Skip ifYou only have Pro licenses and no paid capacity
Why #3 over #4: It publishes seat prices and detailed requirements, where Qlik’s Answers evidence is mostly vendor-stated.
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Qlik Answers
Answrs VerdictPublished tiered prices and explainability claims, with no analyst ranking stated on the pages read.
Price / trial: Qlik Cloud Analytics Starter from $300/mo, Standard from $825/mo and Premium from $2,750/mo, billed annually; Enterprise by quote; a "Try for Free" link is offeredDecision features: Qlik Answers pairs the Qlik analytics engine with LLMs and supports questions on causality, optimization and prediction through custom skills, using agentic reasoningPlan contents: Starter includes Answers Agents and MCP Server access; Standard adds unstructured data and GenAI; Premium adds predictive analytics with automated MLIntegrations: Standard connectors to 100s of data sources; no exact count on the pageTransparency (vendor-stated): Qlik says Answers gives full explainability into analytical reasoning and citations for unstructured content
Qlik Answers pairs the Qlik analytics engine with LLMs and supports questions on causality, optimization and prediction through custom skills, using agentic reasoning. Qlik Cloud Analytics starts at $300/mo for Starter, $825/mo for Standard and $2,750/mo for Premium, billed annually, with Enterprise by quote and a Try for Free link. Starter includes Answers Agents and MCP Server access, and Standard adds unstructured data and GenAI. Qlik says Answers gives full explainability into analytical reasoning and citations for unstructured content, and offers standard connectors to 100s of data sources.
Go ifTeams that want to ask questions across analytics apps and documents with capacity-based published prices
Skip ifYou need independent analyst placement for decision intelligence specifically
Why #4 over #5: It publishes tiered prices, where Google Looker quotes only through sales.
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Google Looker Conversational Analytics
Answrs VerdictStrong analyst evidence from a related report and good verifiability, but quote-only pricing.
Price / trial: Pricing has platform and user components and is quoted through sales; the page lists no dollar amountsAnalyst recognition (vendor-stated): Google says Gartner recognizes it as a Leader in the 2026 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, a different Magic Quadrant from Decision Intelligence PlatformsDecision features: Gemini-powered Conversational Analytics agents interpret governed data and, Google says, move users from a natural-language question to an automated decisionIntegrations: Conversational Analytics API, a Looker MCP server and Connected Sheets for Google WorkspaceTransparency: The API can return the underlying SQL query and an explanation, and answers draw on the LookML semantic layer
Looker is Google Cloud’s BI platform with Gemini-powered Conversational Analytics agents. Google says Gartner recognizes it as a Leader in the 2026 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, which is a different report from Decision Intelligence Platforms. Google describes moving from a natural-language question to an automated decision, and offers a Conversational Analytics API, a Looker MCP server and Connected Sheets. The API can return the underlying SQL query and an explanation. Pricing has platform and user components quoted through sales, with no dollar amounts on the page.
Go ifTeams on Google Cloud that want governed conversational analytics inside their own apps
Skip ifYou want published prices
Why #5 over #6: It has stated analyst evidence and a verifiability story, where Databricks lists no analyst placement.
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Databricks AI/BI Genie
Answrs VerdictWell documented governance and agent features, tied to the Databricks platform.
Price / trial: Genie Agents is available in Databricks Lakehouse with DBU rates applying and no specific rates on the page; a free trial uses an express setup with a sample bakery datasetDecision features: Agent mode answers exploratory questions with multi-step reasoning and hypothesis testing; experts curate agents and can score accuracy with benchmarksIntegrations: Queries any data registered in Unity Catalog, including unstructured files in volumes; a Genie Agents API embeds agents in apps, with Microsoft Teams, Slack and Glean named as examplesTransparency: Answers respect each user existing Unity Catalog permissions and Databricks describes responses as auditable
Genie Agents in Databricks AI/BI answers exploratory questions in natural language, and agent mode adds multi-step reasoning and hypothesis testing. Experts curate agents and can score accuracy with benchmarks. Genie queries any data registered in Unity Catalog, including unstructured files, and respects each user’s existing permissions. A Genie Agents API embeds agents in apps, with Microsoft Teams, Slack and Glean named as examples. DBU rates apply but the page lists no specific rates, and a free trial uses a sample bakery dataset.
Go ifData teams already on Databricks that want governed natural-language access to lakehouse data
Skip ifYour data is not in Unity Catalog
Why #6 over #7: It documents governance and integrations in detail, where Pyramid’s evidence is vendor-stated.
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Pyramid Analytics Decision Intelligence
Answrs VerdictBroad connectors and vendor-stated analyst standing, with quote-only pricing.
Price / trial: No prices are listed; Pyramid Deployed and Pyramid Managed are quoted per organizationAnalyst recognition (vendor-stated): Pyramid says it is a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for ABI and ranked first in the 2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities report and the BARC BI & Analytics Survey 26Decision features: A GenBI chatbot turns plain-language questions into queries, and Pyramid describes the platform as an end-to-end Decision Intelligence solutionIntegrations: Over 250 built-in connectors including SAP, Snowflake, Google BigQuery and Amazon AWS; the PYRANA engine queries data in place
Pyramid Analytics calls its platform an end-to-end Decision Intelligence solution, combining data prep, analytics and a GenBI chatbot that turns plain-language questions into queries. Pyramid says it is a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for ABI and ranked first in the 2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities report and the BARC BI & Analytics Survey 26, all vendor-stated. It lists over 250 built-in connectors including SAP, Snowflake, Google BigQuery and Amazon AWS. Pricing is quoted per organization for Pyramid Deployed and Pyramid Managed.
Go ifMid-size and enterprise teams that want data prep, analytics and AI in one platform
Skip ifYou need published pricing
Why #7 over #8: It has a long connector list and stated analyst standing, where o9 serves a narrower planning use case.
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o9 Solutions Digital Brain
Answrs VerdictA real Gartner placement and planning depth, with no published price and a narrower fit.
Price / trial: Not published on the pages readAnalyst recognition: o9 was named a Niche Player in the inaugural 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Decision Intelligence Platforms, and a Leader in two 2026 Supply Chain Planning Magic Quadrants published 18 March 2026Decision features: The Digital Brain is built on an Enterprise Knowledge Graph and models an enterprise value chain; the APEX operating model pairs humans and AI for planning and execution decisionsScale (vendor-stated): o9 says it operates across 30-plus industry verticals and that clients realized hundreds of millions, even billions, of dollars in value, without naming client figures
o9 Solutions’ Digital Brain is built on an Enterprise Knowledge Graph and models a company’s value chain, and its APEX operating model pairs humans and AI for planning and execution decisions. Gartner placed o9 as a Niche Player in the inaugural 2026 Magic Quadrant for Decision Intelligence Platforms, and o9 was a Leader in two 2026 Supply Chain Planning Magic Quadrants published 18 March 2026. o9 says it operates across 30-plus industry verticals. No price is published on the pages read.
Go ifSupply chain and planning leaders who need decisions tied to a live model of the value chain
Skip ifYou want a general-purpose analytics tool
Why #8 over #9: It has a confirmed Gartner placement, where Sisense’s evidence is review badges.
Price / trial: A free trial button and plans link are offered; the page shows no pricesPeer reviews (vendor-stated): Sisense cites 500+ 5-star reviews and G2 2025 High Performer and Leader badgesDecision features: Natural-language questions, narrative summaries, explanations of what drove changes, and forecast and trend featuresIntegrations: MCP and API access, a Compose SDK and custom plugins; a customer case study says Barrios integrated data from over 20 primary data sourcesTransparency: Semantic enrichment, shared formulas for governed metrics and row-level security at the query layer
Sisense Intelligence lets users ask questions in plain language, adds narrative summaries and explanations of what drove changes, and offers forecast and trend features. It exposes MCP and API access, a Compose SDK and custom plugins, and offers row-level security at the query layer. Sisense cites 500+ 5-star reviews and G2 2025 High Performer and Leader badges, all vendor-stated. A free trial is offered but the page shows no prices.
Go ifProduct teams embedding analytics in customer-facing apps
Skip ifYou need analyst rankings for decision intelligence
Why #9 over #10: It offers a free trial and documented AI features, where Cloverpop shows neither a trial nor a price.
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Cloverpop Decision Intelligence
Answrs VerdictThe most decision-process-focused tool here, but with the thinnest independent and pricing evidence.
Price / trial: Not published; the site offers a request-a-demo call to actionDecision features: A Decision Bank records each decision with its rationale, data sources and outcomes, and zero-code decision playbooks coordinate people and AI agentsGovernance: Cloverpop describes permissions, policies and audit trails embedded by designIntegrations: No Slack or Teams integration is described on the pages read, only a footer link to a Microsoft Teams and Slack security pageVendor claims (unverified): Cloverpop headlines 10X faster decision speed and 15X ROI without naming a source
Cloverpop focuses on the decision process itself. A Decision Bank records each decision with its rationale, data sources and outcomes, and zero-code decision playbooks coordinate people and AI agents, with permissions, policies and audit trails embedded by design. Cloverpop headlines 10X faster decision speed and 15X ROI without naming a source, so treat those as unverified. No price is published, and the pages read describe no Slack or Teams integration beyond a security page link.
Go ifLeadership teams that want to log, review and learn from the decisions they make
Skip ifYou want dashboards or data exploration
Related: AI tools for adjacent business decisions
Planning and risk decisions have their own tool categories. See our companion rankings.
This list covers AI tools for business decision making: decision-intelligence and AI analytics products with documented decision-support features. Each pick was scored out of 100 with the same rubric and evidence standard, read from the vendors’ own pages and press releases on 2026-11-02: analyst or peer evidence as the vendor states it (25 points), documented decision and AI features (25), published price or free trial (20), data connectors and deployment (15) and transparency and governance (15). Scores: SAS Viya Intelligent Decisioning eighty-six, ThoughtSpot Spotter seventy-eight, Microsoft Power BI Copilot seventy, Qlik Answers sixty-eight (ahead of Google Looker Conversational Analytics, also sixty-eight, because Qlik publishes prices), Databricks AI/BI Genie sixty-three, Pyramid Analytics sixty-two, o9 Solutions fifty-eight, Sisense fifty-three, Cloverpop forty. The weights and scores are our judgment from the pages read, not vendor data, and no company paid for or adjusted a position. G2, Gartner Peer Insights, TrustRadius and Capterra block automated access, so their ratings were not used. Gartner placements are as stated by each vendor and Gartner says it does not endorse any vendor. Aera Technology, Quantexa and FICO also announced Leader placements in the 2026 Decision Intelligence Platforms report but are not ranked here, so this is a verified selection and not Gartner’s list. Prices are those published on each vendor’s pages; where none is shown we say so. Facts are taken from each maker's own published information; check the official site before you buy.
Questions people ask
What is the best AI tool for decision making?
SAS Viya Intelligent Decisioning scores highest in our rubric: SAS says it was named a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Decision Intelligence Platforms, it documents business rules, real-time event detection, decision governance, simulation and optimization, and it offers a 14-day free trial. ThoughtSpot is #2 with published prices and Microsoft Power BI Copilot is #3.
Are ChatGPT and Claude on this list?
No. This list covers business decision-intelligence and AI analytics products with documented decision-support features, published pricing or trials and data connectors. General assistants can help you reason through a choice, but we did not rank them because we did not compare them on the same documented decision-governance features.
Which other vendors were named Leaders in the Gartner Magic Quadrant?
Quantexa announced it was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Decision Intelligence Platforms, and Aera Technology and FICO made the same announcement. They are not ranked here because this is a selection of ten products we could verify on our rubric, not a copy of Gartner’s list. Gartner states it does not endorse any vendor.
Why were G2 and Gartner Peer Insights ratings not used?
Those sites block automated access, so we could not read their ratings with a date. We used only analyst recognition and review counts that vendors state on their own pages, and we label each one vendor-stated.
Published list price per user per month, billed annually (US dollars) at a glance
Power BI Pro14 US dollars
Power BI Premium Per User24 US dollars
ThoughtSpot Essentials (from)25 US dollars
ThoughtSpot Pro (from)50 US dollars
Published list price per user per month, billed annually (US dollars), as published by each maker. Picks without a published figure are left off.
