How much does Amazon QuickSight cost?
- Free plan
- Not stated
- Enterprise
- Contact sales
Watch out for
- Extra usage is billed. Additional sessions, questions and report units are billed at per-unit rates beyond the purchased capacity
- Going over the Standard Edition allowance costs $0.25 per gb. Included: 10 GB SPICE per user.
How you buy and get started
- Sign up
- Sign up and start via AWS account or console "[Get started](https://quicksight.aws.amazon.com/sn/auth/signin)"
- Setup
- Not stated
- When sales steps in
- Contact sales for 3,000,000+ annual sessions or 1,000,000+ annual questions "| Annual | 3,000,000+ per year | [Contact us](/quicksuite/contact-us/) | [Contact us](/quicksuite/contact-us/) |"
What Amazon QuickSight does
Quick Sight lets authors connect to data sources and build dashboards and reports, while readers explore them and ask questions in natural language. It is priced per user (Reader, Author and Pro tiers) or by bulk capacity for sessions and Q questions, with embedding supported.
- Good for
- Organizations that want BI dashboards, natural language data questions, and analytics embedded in their own applications, especially teams already on AWS.
- Channels
- Web console, Email reports, Embedded in applications
- Main product
- Amazon Quick Sight
- Also includes
- Dashboards and pixel-perfect reports, Natural language Q&A, Generative data stories, Executive dashboard summaries, Scenarios (what-if analysis), Threshold and ML anomaly detection alerts
- Connects to
- Databases and data warehouses, 40+ application integrations, AWS IAM Identity Center, Documents, emails and knowledge bases
- Public API
- Yes
- MCP server
- Not stated
- Natural language questions
Perform advanced data analysis in natural language with scenarios and answer 'what-if' questions with step-by-
- Text-to-SQL generationNot stated
- Data warehouse connectors
combining metrics from databases and data warehouses with enterprise content like documents, emails, and knowl
- Semantic layer / metricsNot stated
- Automatic chart generation
Build and refine dashboards using natural language - Create complex visualizations through conversations
- CSV/Excel file uploadNot stated
- Embedded analytics
embedding interactive analytics directly into your applications and business workflows
- SSO and access controls
Built-in role-based access controls, single sign-on, and comprehensive auditing features
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Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | Not stated | |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | Not stated | |
| SOC 2 | supported | "Quick Sight can support FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO, and SOC compliance"home |
| GDPR | Not stated | |
| CCPA | Not stated | |
| PCI | supported | "Quick Sight can support FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO, and SOC compliance"home |
| ISO 27001 | ISO supported (standard not specified) | "Quick Sight can support FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO, and SOC compliance"home |
| Single sign-on | single sign-on supported, plan not stated | "Built-in role-based access controls, single sign-on, and comprehensive auditing features"home |
| Trust center | Not stated |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included | Over the allowance | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPICEper GB/month | $0.38 | – | – | – | "| Per GB/month\* | $0.38 |" |
| Readerper user/month | $3 | – | – | – | "**$3** per user/month" |
| Standard Editionper user/month | $12 | $9per month | 10 GB SPICE per user | $0.25/gb | "| Annual plan | $9 per user/month | 10 GB per user 0.25 per GB for additional capacity |" "| Monthly plan | $12 per user/month | 10 GB per user 0.25 per GB for additional capacity " |
| Reader Proper user/month | $20 | – | – | – | "**$20** per user/month" |
| Authorper user/month | $24 | – | 10 GB SPICE | – | "**$24**per user/month" |
| Author Proper user/month | $40 | – | – | – | "**$40** per user/month" |
| Reader Capacity (500 sessions)per month | $250 | – | 500 sessions | $0.50/session | "| Monthly | 500 per month | $250 per month | $0.50 |" |
| Q Questions Capacity (500 questions)per month | $250 | – | 500 questions | $0.50/question | "| Monthly | 500/month | $250/month | $0.50 |" |
| Pixel-perfect reportsper month | $500 | $2,000per month | 500 report units | $1/report unit | "| Monthly plan | 500 per month | $500 | $1.00 |" "| Annual plan | 4,000 per month | $24,000 | $0.50 |" |
| Q Questions Capacity 60,000 questionsper year | – | $1,500per month | 60000 questions | $0.30/question | "| Annual | 60,000/year | $18,000/year | $0.30 |" |
| Reader Capacity 50,000 sessionsper year | – | $1,667per month | 50000 sessions | $0.40/session | "| Annual | 50,000 per year | $20,000 per year | $0.40 |" |
| Reader Capacity 200,000 sessionsper year | – | $4,800per month | 200000 sessions | $0.28/session | "| Annual | 200,000 per year | $57,600 per year | $0.28 |" |
| Reader Capacity 400,000 sessionsper year | – | $8,000per month | 400000 sessions | $0.24/session | "| Annual | 400,000 per year | $96,000 per year | $0.24 |" |
| Q Questions Capacity 600,000 questionsper year | – | $10,000per month | 600000 questions | $0.20/question | "| Annual | 600,000/year | $120,000/year | $0.20 |" |
| Reader Capacity 800,000 sessionsper year | – | $13,500per month | 800000 sessions | $0.20/session | "| Annual | 800,000 per year | $162,000 per year | $0.20 |" |
| Reader Capacity 1,600,000 sessionsper year | – | $21,500per month | 1.6e+06 sessions | $0.16/session | "| Annual | 1,600,000 per year | $258,000 per year | $0.16 |" |
| Reader Capacity 3,000,000+ sessions | Quote | – | 3e+06 sessions | – | "| Annual | 3,000,000+ per year | [Contact us](/quicksuite/contact-us/) | [Contact us](/qui" |
| Q Questions Capacity 1,000,000+ questions | Quote | – | 1e+06 questions | – | "| Annual | 1,000,000+/year | [Contact us](/quicksuite/contact-us/) | [Contact us](/quicksu" |
Fine print
- Billing increment
- Not stated
- Billed beyond usage
- Additional sessions, questions and report units are billed at per-unit rates beyond the purchased capacity "| Monthly | 500 per month | $250 per month | $0.50 |"
- Contract
- Annual commitments required for annual capacity plans "With annual commitments to Capacity pricing, you get the ability to remove the "Powered by Quick" branding."
- Refunds
- Not stated
- Auto renew
- Not stated
- Price change notice
- Not stated
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
About the company
- Legal name
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.
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Questions
Is Amazon QuickSight free?
No free plan is stated on Amazon QuickSight's pricing page. Paid plans start at $0.38/month.
How much does Amazon QuickSight cost?
Paid plans start at $9 per month billed yearly, or $0.38 billed monthly.
