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CorpusIQ vs Hex

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price
CorpusIQ from $29.95/mo, Hex from $36/seat/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan
Only Hex (CorpusIQ has paid plans only)
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Hex — 84 vs 77 for CorpusIQ
Best fit
CorpusIQ: Teams already asking business questions inside ChatGPT, Claude or Slack · Hex: Data teams that move from ad-hoc notebooks to shared dashboards and apps

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

CorpusIQRead-only MCP layer that lets ChatGPT or Claude answer questions from your business systems, with sourcesHexCollaborative data workspace that combines SQL and Python notebooks, an analytics agent, dashboards and data apps.

Side by side

FactCorpusIQHex
CategoryBusiness Intelligence & DashboardsData Analysis Assistants
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at$29.95/mo$36/seat/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score77 / 10084 / 100
PlatformsWeb, API, Slack appWeb, API
CompanyCorpusIQ LLCHex Technologies Inc.
Last verifiedOct 22, 2026Oct 29, 2026

What our research says

CorpusIQ

The interesting choice here is the KPI validation step: rather than letting a model interpret raw rows, CorpusIQ normalises figures against agreed definitions first, then cites the source. That addresses the specific way AI-over-your-data goes wrong. Read-only access removes a whole class of risk. It is priced per seat and is a small vendor, so the question is whether your forty tools are actually on the connector list.

Pros

  • Answers carry source citations, and OCR pulls figures out of PDFs, invoices and contracts
  • Numbers are validated against consistent KPI definitions before the model reasons over them
  • Read-only by design — no write path back into connected systems
  • Works inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Slack, or over MCP for agents and self-hosted models

Cons

  • No free tier; the 30-day trial is the whole evaluation window
  • Priced per user, so a wider rollout scales linearly in cost
  • The value depends entirely on whether your stack is in the 40-tool connector list
  • No Microsoft Copilot support, and in Microsoft Teams you must bring your own AI key

Hex

Hex fits data teams that write SQL and Python and want one place to explore, publish dashboards and give the rest of the company governed self-serve answers. A solo user who needs a quick spreadsheet-style chat over a CSV, or a company with no warehouse, will pay for much more than it uses.

Pros

  • SQL, Python and no-code cells in one reactive notebook
  • Analyses publish directly as dashboards and interactive apps
  • Agent answers are grounded in curated context with evals and spend observability
  • MCP server and REST APIs connect it to other tools and assistants

Cons

  • Per-editor pricing climbs quickly for larger teams; viewer-type Explorer seats are an Enterprise add-on
  • Larger compute profiles and GPUs cost extra per minute
  • SSO, audit logs and BYOK for model keys require Enterprise

Which one fits

Choose CorpusIQ if you need

  • Teams already asking business questions inside ChatGPT, Claude or Slack
  • Owners who want one answer across finance, ads and operations tools at once
  • Anyone who needs the number and the source document behind it

Choose Hex if you need

  • Data teams that move from ad-hoc notebooks to shared dashboards and apps
  • Companies on Snowflake, BigQuery or Databricks that want governed self-serve analytics
  • Analysts who mix SQL, Python and charts in one document

CorpusIQ vs Hex: the questions people ask

Is CorpusIQ cheaper than Hex?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: CorpusIQ starts at $29.95/mo, Hex at $36/seat/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does CorpusIQ or Hex have a free tier?

Hex has a free tier; CorpusIQ has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, CorpusIQ or Hex?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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