Byaan vs Quadratic

Byaan is an AI data analyst for asking questions in natural language about connected databases and files. It accepts SQL connections and file imports including CSV, Excel, Parquet, and JSON, alongside PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, MSSQL, and SQLite. Users can work through Slack, a Mac app, or MCP clients such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex, using keys from supported model providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure, Bedrock, Groq, OpenRouter, and xAI. Byaan can retain organizational context and workflows as reusable skills, and read a connected GitHub repository for business rules and data intent. It can produce interactive dashboards and export reports as PDF, Excel, or standalone HTML. The maker says it prevents DDL and DML writes to supported data sources. The Mac App is free for individuals and MIT licensed. A Team Version is self-hosted in a VPC, with multi-user authentication, RBAC, Slack, and automatic HTTPS; it requires Linux and Docker, with 2 GB RAM minimum and 4 GB recommended.

Quadratic is an AI-enabled spreadsheet that combines spreadsheet formulas with Python, SQL, JavaScript, live data connections and AI. Users can ask questions in plain English, then inspect and edit the formulas, code and charts AI generates in spreadsheet cells. It imports CSV, Excel, Parquet, PDF and Google Sheets files, and connects to sources including PostgreSQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, QuickBooks, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Plaid and Salesforce. Quadratic says a sheet can hold 100 million rows and can import multi-GB CSV and Parquet files. Its MCP server lets compatible AI tools read sheets, write cells and charts, and run Python, SQL and formulas; an API can trigger AI runs and read or write cells. Quadratic says data is stored and calculations run on the user's computer by default, and that its cloud service is SOC 2 and HIPAA compliant. Desktop apps are available for macOS and Windows, with a mobile UI for phones. Personal is free with limits; Pro costs $18.00 per month, billed annually.