Best AI tools for data analysis

Match the tool to the job

Match the analysis tool to the data job

Quick spreadsheet questions, collaborative notebooks, and explanation or sanity-checking do not need the same surface.

Default

Analyze spreadsheets

Julius

Approachable for uploading data, asking questions, and generating charts without a full BI setup.

Team notebooks

Collaborate in notebooks

Hex

Better for data teams that need shared analysis, SQL, notebooks, and repeatable workflows.

Explain and check

Explain and sanity-check

ChatGPT

Useful for interpreting results, drafting analysis notes, and checking formulas or code.

Hex is the better fit when analysis needs to be shared, repeated, and maintained by a data team.