Sigma

Sigma (Sigma Computing) is a cloud analytics and business intelligence platform designed to make warehouse-scale data accessible to business users through a familiar spreadsheet-like interface. Instead of learning SQL, analysts and business teams work in a spreadsheet UI — with formulas, pivot tables, and filters — that Sigma translates into live queries against the cloud data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift). Because it queries the warehouse directly, users can explore billions of rows in real time without extracts or sampling.

Sigma's approach blends self-service exploration with governance. Business users build dashboards, reports, and even input tables and workflows on live data; data teams keep security, lineage, and a governed source of truth in the warehouse; and no data leaves the warehouse, which appeals to security-conscious organizations. Sigma also supports embedded analytics for building customer-facing data experiences, write-back and data apps, and AI-assisted analysis, positioning it as a modern, warehouse-native alternative to legacy BI.

Sigma serves data teams and business users at mid-market and enterprise companies invested in a cloud data warehouse. Pricing is not published and is quote-based, using role-based licenses (View, Act, Analyze, Build) plus a platform fee; Build/creator licenses commonly run about $2,000–$3,500 per user per year, viewer access is often broad or included, and median deployments land around $60,000/year. It competes with Tableau, Power BI, Looker, and Domo, differentiating on its spreadsheet interface and live, warehouse-native querying.