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Cube is an open-source headless BI platform for building data APIs and analytics applications. · Cube · Analytics

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Overview

Cube offers a free tier for building analytics APIs and semantic layers, ideal for small teams and indie projects needing custom data solutions.

Good fit

Use Cube when you need to build custom analytics APIs or dashboards on top of your data warehouse.

  • developers
  • data engineers
  • startups
  • indie hackers

Not a fit

Avoid Cube if you need a fully managed, turnkey BI dashboard or require advanced enterprise security features.

  • need built-in dashboards
  • require enterprise SSO
  • need unlimited data volumes
Quickstart · 5 steps
  1. Sign up for a free Cube Cloud account at https://cube.dev/cloud.
  2. Connect your data source (e.g., PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Snowflake).
  3. Define your data schema and cubes using the web UI or CLI.
  4. Deploy your Cube instance and generate API endpoints.
  5. Integrate Cube APIs with your frontend or BI tools.

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