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Overview

Columns

4.5

(13)

Pricing

Starting at $75.00 per year

About Columns

Columns AI: The Ultimate Tool for Effortless Data Storytelling

Columns is your all-in-one platform for transforming data into compelling stories—in just 5 minutes.

Often called "Canva for data," Columns empowers you to bring creativity into data storytelling, making insights more engaging and impactful.

With Columns, you can seamlessly connect live data, visualize it effortlessly, design stunning narratives, and share them with ease—all in a fast, intuitive experience.

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Columns Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $75.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Premium

$75.00

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Columns Features

Popular features found in Data Visualization
Data Connectors
Data Import/Export
Drag & Drop
Multiple Data Sources
Relational Display
Scheduled/Automated Reports
Search/Filter
Third-Party Integrations
Visual Analytics
More features of Columns
Access Controls/Permissions
Ad hoc Query
Ad hoc Reporting
API
Collaboration Tools
Customizable Branding
Customizable Dashboard
Customizable Templates
Data Management
Data Visualization
OLAP
Predictive Analytics
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Reporting
Real-Time Updates
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Visual Discovery

Columns Integrations

GitHub

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Slack

Snowflake

Airtable

Columns User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

62%

23%

15%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.2

Ulrich F.

Verified reviewer

Management Consulting

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2023

Great tool, very powerful and big value for your money

The maker of Columns is very dedicated to help onboarding new users and also to extend the capabilities of the tools based on customer needs. Only for that i really recommend investing your time and money into that tool, because you get high value out of it !

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

After a little learning curve, i'm able to generate all the visualisations i need using data from Notion, Airtable and CSV. Very happy with Columns !

Cons:

I would say it's the fact the because it's powerful, it can be complex to master, there are so much possibilities using it...

Vendor Response

Thank you very much for writing this up!

Replied September 2023

Mohan N.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

Simple, yet powerful data visualization tool

I am happy with Columns.ai so far. I can easily visualize my data in the preferred charts or visualization formats and share them with my clients or my audiences.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's a simple and powerful tool to visualize the data. I can present the data I've in various visualization formats available and the most important thing is it quickly does that. I haven't seen any performance lag till the moment. I can connect the data from various other applications like CSV, Google Sheets, APIs etc. and convert them to user-friendly visual graphs. I used to rely on Excel for visualizing data, but its limitations led me to try Columns.ai. Now, I can embed centralized charts on my website and update the data easily. I can also export the chart to images and share them if needed.It's a basic, simple and elegent platform to visualize the data.

Cons:

Well, not a dislike but the Columns team can add some advanced visualizations and complex interactivity to the system. The team behind Columns is solid and they've been updating the system frequently and I believe there'll be a time where Columns will become one of the preferred visualization tool amongst others.

Vendor Response

Awesome, Mohan. I'm so glad you liked Columns. We're constantly improving Columns, as you said, we hope it will be the best visualization tool one day, thank you so much!

Replied April 2023

Alexander B.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

Columns, a product with a possible good outcome

Currently Columns is missing several essential functions to be called a worthy product.I see the potential and growth of the product towards a working environment for the future which if they survive can be a very good add on for other options.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The basic interface is ok and therefore initially ok to use with small amounts of data or public data.Data reports are easy to publish.

Cons:

- I miss a lot of features which are standard available in other reporting products and/or tools- Lot of the data needs to be brought into the cloud for reporting due to lack of proper integrations- Roles and Rights are missing especially when you work with different teams to allow access to certain data- Its very you in development and many standard options in other products are missing.

Reasons for choosing Columns

We didn't yet choose for Columns, we currently stick to PowerBI desktop version and publish the outcomes through Microsoft PowerBI Azure or Tixio or Cogency.

Vendor Response

Hi Alexandar, thanks for your feedback! Do you have a brief list of "core/essential functions" that you would like to see in Columns? Love to get started from there.

Replied April 2023

James H.

Verified reviewer

Financial Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

Canva for data

Overall experience is great, very smooth data connection, helpful with AI recommendations to generate data insights, and straightforward to design beautiful story in a deck.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

I like the concept that Columns discover and shape data stories for me, get insights out of my data, and make it ready for presentation, sharing and embedding with access control is great!

Cons:

Dashboard - it has a function to freely filter a dashboard which is called Page on Columns

Vendor Response

Thanks, James, glad that you find it useful. Dashboarding is not the core strength of Columns, we're more focused on end-to-end storytelling.

Replied April 2023

David S.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used weekly for free trial

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

Columns: A Promising Data Visualization Tool with Room for Growth

While I had a positive experience using Columns for visualizing data, I ultimately decided that the product wasn't the best fit for my needs. As an analyst, I often need to embed auto-updating tables within internal documents and systems for use by other team members. Unfortunately, Columns doesn't offer a way to create and embed tables in this way, or at least I couldn't find it.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

One of its key strengths is its ease of use, especially compared to more complex tools like Looker Studio. With Columns, users can quickly and easily create charts and graphs that accurately represent their data.

Cons:

Despite its strengths, there are some areas where Columns could use improvement. One of the most noticeable drawbacks is its user interface. While the tool is easy to use, the overall design and layout are not particularly visually appealing. This could be a turnoff for some users who prefer a more polished and aesthetically pleasing interface & results.

Vendor Response

Hey David, Thank you for your review. Very fair feedback, I appreciate them all. Regarding your use case, that's unfortunate that you didn't find it, it's supported, :) 1. Build a table view (chart=table) from your source data. 2. On the stories page, set up a "schedule" so that it auto-updates your story (table) by the schedule you set. 3. Share it to grab an embedded link to this table view and you can put it in your document. Let me know if you have a chance to try it again. With your encouragement, we have been improving Columns day by day, and certainly, we will improve the look & feel

Replied April 2023

Keith C.

Verified reviewer

Information Services

Self-Employed

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

Great idea, but I am spoiled with Tableau

Bought it on sale on a whim. product is interesting, but needs more growth

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Cons:

I like having other options especially with less expensive BI tools. Product shows a lot of promise, but does not compare to Tableau or Power BI. Limited toolset, types of vizes

Reasons for choosing Columns

Cost

Reasons for switching to Columns

I have not switched. Tableau is my main tool. Just always looking for other options

Vendor Response

Thanks, Keith, we're improving this product every single day. Please send more feedback to help us grow, love to hear it!

Replied May 2023

Verified

Reviewer

Market Research

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2023

Columns is the budget data visualization tool that you have been looking for!

Columns has been robust from a data visualization standpoint but this has been exceeded by the caliber of customer support you receive from the team. Columns.ai is an elite SaaS that will level up the way you make charts.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

- Create charts and maps with ease - Create evergreen data visualizations with Google Sheets integration - Clone charts as templates for future charts

Cons:

- More pre-made templates will likely come with time, but the truth is this tool has quite appealing starting themes for your data visualizations.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your review!

Replied December 2023

James M.

Verified reviewer

Insurance

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

New but promising product

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

I like the simplicity that it can provide for people who do not need the other more expensive and longer learning curve options

Cons:

Nothing. It is not super powerful bu that is its niche

Vendor Response

Thanks, James!

Replied April 2023

igor lobo vieira c.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for free trial

Reviewed July 2023

Great expirience

Great

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Functionality

Pros:

only con is that its not 100% free. I like the way it sets me in the right path with really intuitive tools.

Cons:

Made complex graphs accessible by non-technical staff.

Vendor Response

Thank you very much for writing this up.

Replied September 2023

Bader Q.

Verified reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2023

data analysis with ai help

It is flexible system

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

it is easy to use , data handling simple interface to the graph that you are looking for.

Cons:

Looking to get customized dashboard with multiple data figures and reports

Vendor Response

Thanks, Bader, please try "Page", every single visual graph can be set up with a schedule for auto-update, and it can be added to any page, on the page you can adjust the layout for all added graphs. Serving as a dashboard. Feel free to reach out for any questions or feedback!

Replied May 2023

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