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Business intelligence tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for business intelligence tools, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INGrafana entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTExcel left the top 10 (#10 → #13)
▼Excel moved #10 → #13
▼Power BI moved #1 → #3
▲Apache Superset moved #9 → #7
▼Microsoft Power BI moved #6 → #8
▲Looker moved #2 → #1
▲Microsoft moved #3 → #2
▲Metabase moved #5 → #4
▼Tableau moved #4 → #5
▲Superset moved #7 → #6
▼Sisense moved #8 → #9
▲Grafana moved #11 → #10
▼Tableau -11.9pp (58.3% → 46.4%)
▼Power BI -10.1pp (70.8% → 60.7%)
▼Excel -9.9pp (31.3% → 21.4%)
▼Metabase -6.3pp (56.3% → 50%)
▼Sisense -5.4pp (37.5% → 32.1%)
▲Apache Superset +3.9pp (35.4% → 39.3%)
▼Microsoft Power BI -3.9pp (39.6% → 35.7%)
▼Looker -2.9pp (70.8% → 67.9%)
▼Microsoft -1.8pp (62.5% → 60.7%)
▲Superset +1.8pp (37.5% → 39.3%)

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

▼Tableau -3.5pp (61.8% → 58.3%)
▼Excel -3.2pp (34.5% → 31.3%)
▼Power BI -1.9pp (72.7% → 70.8%)
▼Metabase -1.9pp (58.2% → 56.3%)
▲Looker +1.7pp (69.1% → 70.8%)
▲Microsoft Power BI +1.4pp (38.2% → 39.6%)
▲Sisense +1.1pp (36.4% → 37.5%)
▼Apache Superset -1pp (36.4% → 35.4%)

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

▲Sisense moved #10 → #8
▲Microsoft moved #4 → #3
▼Tableau moved #3 → #4
▼Apache Superset moved #8 → #9
▼Excel moved #9 → #10
▼Tableau -4.3pp (66.1% → 61.8%)
▼Microsoft Power BI -3.7pp (41.9% → 38.2%)
▼Looker -3.5pp (72.6% → 69.1%)
▼Power BI -3.1pp (75.8% → 72.7%)
▼Microsoft -2.7pp (64.5% → 61.8%)
▲Sisense +2.5pp (33.9% → 36.4%)
▼Metabase -1.5pp (59.7% → 58.2%)
▼Excel -1pp (35.5% → 34.5%)

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

▲Microsoft moved #5 → #4
▼Metabase moved #4 → #5
▲Apache Superset moved #9 → #8
▼Excel moved #8 → #9
▲Microsoft +11.9pp (52.6% → 64.5%)
▲Superset +3.2pp (35.5% → 38.7%)
▲Metabase +3.1pp (56.6% → 59.7%)
▲Looker +2.9pp (69.7% → 72.6%)
▲Apache Superset +2.9pp (34.2% → 37.1%)
▲Power BI +2.1pp (73.7% → 75.8%)
▲Excel +1.3pp (34.2% → 35.5%)
▲Microsoft Power BI +1.1pp (40.8% → 41.9%)
▲Sisense +1pp (32.9% → 33.9%)

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

▲Superset moved #8 → #7
▼Excel moved #7 → #8
▲Apache Superset moved #10 → #9
▼Sisense moved #9 → #10
▼Tableau -2.3pp (68.1% → 65.8%)
▼Excel -2pp (36.2% → 34.2%)
▼Power BI -1.7pp (75.4% → 73.7%)
▼Microsoft Power BI -1.2pp (42% → 40.8%)

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲Looker moved #3 → #2
▼Tableau moved #2 → #3
▲Superset moved #9 → #8
▼Sisense moved #8 → #9
▼Tableau -9pp (77.1% → 68.1%)
▼Power BI -5.9pp (81.3% → 75.4%)
▼Excel -5.5pp (41.7% → 36.2%)
▲Microsoft +4.3pp (47.9% → 52.2%)
▼Metabase -3.9pp (60.4% → 56.5%)
▲Apache Superset +2pp (31.3% → 33.3%)
▼Microsoft Power BI -1.8pp (43.8% → 42%)
▲Superset +1.5pp (33.3% → 34.8%)
▼Looker -1.2pp (70.8% → 69.6%)

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲Microsoft moved #7 → #5
▼Microsoft Power BI moved #5 → #6
▼Excel moved #6 → #7
▲Microsoft +14.6pp (33.3% → 47.9%)
▲Excel +5.5pp (36.2% → 41.7%)
▲Metabase +5.3pp (55.1% → 60.4%)
▲Looker +4.1pp (66.7% → 70.8%)
▲Microsoft Power BI +3.2pp (40.6% → 43.8%)
▲Superset +2.9pp (30.4% → 33.3%)
▲Apache Superset +2.3pp (29% → 31.3%)
▲Tableau +1.7pp (75.4% → 77.1%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Looker67.9%
#2Microsoft60.7%
#3Power BI60.7%
#4Metabase50%
#5Tableau46.4%
#6Superset39.3%
#7Apache Superset39.3%
#8Microsoft Power BI35.7%
#9Sisense32.1%
#10Grafana28.6%

Sep 7, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Looker67.9%
#2Microsoft60.7%
#3Power BI60.7%
#4Metabase50%
#5Tableau46.4%
#6Superset39.3%
#7Apache Superset39.3%
#8Microsoft Power BI35.7%
#9Sisense32.1%
#10Grafana28.6%

Sep 6, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Looker67.9%
#2Microsoft60.7%
#3Power BI60.7%
#4Metabase50%
#5Tableau46.4%
#6Superset39.3%
#7Apache Superset39.3%
#8Microsoft Power BI35.7%
#9Sisense32.1%
#10Grafana28.6%

Sep 5, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Looker67.9%
#2Microsoft60.7%
#3Power BI60.7%
#4Metabase50%
#5Tableau46.4%
#6Superset39.3%
#7Apache Superset39.3%
#8Microsoft Power BI35.7%
#9Sisense32.1%
#10Grafana28.6%

Sep 4, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Looker67.9%
#2Microsoft60.7%
#3Power BI60.7%
#4Metabase50%
#5Tableau46.4%
#6Superset39.3%
#7Apache Superset39.3%
#8Microsoft Power BI35.7%
#9Sisense32.1%
#10Grafana28.6%

Sep 3, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7

#1Looker67.9%
#2Microsoft60.7%
#3Power BI60.7%
#4Metabase50%
#5Tableau46.4%
#6Superset39.3%
#7Apache Superset39.3%
#8Microsoft Power BI35.7%
#9Sisense32.1%
#10Grafana28.6%

Sep 2, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v4-7

#1Power BI70.8%
#2Looker70.8%
#3Microsoft62.5%
#4Tableau58.3%
#5Metabase56.3%
#6Microsoft Power BI39.6%
#7Superset37.5%
#8Sisense37.5%
#9Apache Superset35.4%
#10Excel31.3%

Sep 1, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v4-7

#1Power BI70.8%
#2Looker70.8%
#3Microsoft62.5%
#4Tableau58.3%
#5Metabase56.3%
#6Microsoft Power BI39.6%
#7Superset37.5%
#8Sisense37.5%
#9Apache Superset35.4%
#10Excel31.3%

Aug 31, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7

#1Power BI70.8%
#2Looker70.8%
#3Microsoft62.5%
#4Tableau58.3%
#5Metabase56.3%
#6Microsoft Power BI39.6%
#7Superset37.5%
#8Sisense37.5%
#9Apache Superset35.4%
#10Excel31.3%

Aug 30, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-7

#1Power BI72.7%
#2Looker69.1%
#3Microsoft61.8%
#4Tableau61.8%
#5Metabase58.2%
#6Microsoft Power BI38.2%
#7Superset38.2%
#8Sisense36.4%
#9Apache Superset36.4%
#10Excel34.5%

Aug 29, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1Power BI75.8%
#2Looker72.6%
#3Tableau66.1%
#4Microsoft64.5%
#5Metabase59.7%
#6Microsoft Power BI41.9%
#7Superset38.7%
#8Apache Superset37.1%
#9Excel35.5%
#10Sisense33.9%

Aug 28, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Power BI75.8%
#2Looker72.6%
#3Tableau66.1%
#4Microsoft64.5%
#5Metabase59.7%
#6Microsoft Power BI41.9%
#7Superset38.7%
#8Apache Superset37.1%
#9Excel35.5%
#10Sisense33.9%

Aug 27, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Power BI75.8%
#2Looker72.6%
#3Tableau66.1%
#4Microsoft64.5%
#5Metabase59.7%
#6Microsoft Power BI41.9%
#7Superset38.7%
#8Apache Superset37.1%
#9Excel35.5%
#10Sisense33.9%

Aug 26, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Power BI75.8%
#2Looker72.6%
#3Tableau66.1%
#4Microsoft64.5%
#5Metabase59.7%
#6Microsoft Power BI41.9%
#7Superset38.7%
#8Apache Superset37.1%
#9Excel35.5%
#10Sisense33.9%

Aug 25, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Power BI73.7%
#2Looker69.7%
#3Tableau65.8%
#4Metabase56.6%
#5Microsoft52.6%
#6Microsoft Power BI40.8%
#7Superset35.5%
#8Excel34.2%
#9Apache Superset34.2%
#10Sisense32.9%

Aug 24, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Power BI75.4%
#2Looker69.6%
#3Tableau68.1%
#4Metabase56.5%
#5Microsoft52.2%
#6Microsoft Power BI42%
#7Excel36.2%
#8Superset34.8%
#9Sisense33.3%
#10Apache Superset33.3%

Aug 23, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4

#1Power BI81.3%
#2Tableau77.1%
#3Looker70.8%
#4Metabase60.4%
#5Microsoft47.9%
#6Microsoft Power BI43.8%
#7Excel41.7%
#8Sisense33.3%
#9Superset33.3%
#10Apache Superset31.3%

Aug 22, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4

#1Power BI81.3%
#2Tableau77.1%
#3Looker70.8%
#4Metabase60.4%
#5Microsoft47.9%
#6Microsoft Power BI43.8%
#7Excel41.7%
#8Sisense33.3%
#9Superset33.3%
#10Apache Superset31.3%

Aug 21, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4

#1Power BI81.2%
#2Tableau75.4%
#3Looker66.7%
#4Metabase55.1%
#5Microsoft Power BI40.6%
#6Excel36.2%
#7Microsoft33.3%
#8Sisense33.3%
#9Superset30.4%
#10Apache Superset29%

Aug 20, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4

#1Power BI81.2%
#2Tableau75.4%
#3Looker66.7%
#4Metabase55.1%
#5Microsoft Power BI40.6%
#6Excel36.2%
#7Microsoft33.3%
#8Sisense33.3%
#9Superset30.4%
#10Apache Superset29%

Aug 19, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Power BI81.2%
#2Tableau75.4%
#3Looker66.7%
#4Metabase55.1%
#5Microsoft Power BI40.6%
#6Excel36.2%
#7Microsoft33.3%
#8Sisense33.3%
#9Superset30.4%
#10Apache Superset29%

Aug 18, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Power BI81.2%
#2Tableau75.4%
#3Looker66.7%
#4Metabase55.1%
#5Microsoft Power BI40.6%
#6Excel36.2%
#7Microsoft33.3%
#8Sisense33.3%
#9Superset30.4%
#10Apache Superset29%

Aug 17, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Power BI81.2%
#2Tableau75.4%
#3Looker66.7%
#4Metabase55.1%
#5Microsoft Power BI40.6%
#6Excel36.2%
#7Microsoft33.3%
#8Sisense33.3%
#9Superset30.4%
#10Apache Superset29%

Aug 16, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Power BI81.2%
#2Tableau75.4%
#3Looker66.7%
#4Metabase55.1%
#5Microsoft Power BI40.6%
#6Excel36.2%
#7Microsoft33.3%
#8Sisense33.3%
#9Superset30.4%
#10Apache Superset29%

Aug 15, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Power BI81.2%
#2Tableau75.4%
#3Looker66.7%
#4Metabase55.1%
#5Microsoft Power BI40.6%
#6Excel36.2%
#7Microsoft33.3%
#8Sisense33.3%
#9Superset30.4%
#10Apache Superset29%

Aug 14, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Power BI81.2%
#2Tableau75.4%
#3Looker66.7%
#4Metabase55.1%
#5Microsoft Power BI40.6%
#6Excel36.2%
#7Microsoft33.3%
#8Sisense33.3%
#9Superset30.4%
#10Apache Superset29%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/business-intelligence-tools/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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