Overview

Rill is a cloud‑based business intelligence platform that emphasizes speed and agentic analysis. The service is available at www.rilldata.com and presents itself as a tool that lets humans and agents quickly turn data into decisions. A free trial can be started without a credit card, and a demo can also be requested.

The core of Rill is an AI agent that answers natural‑language questions. Users type an open‑ended query and the agent runs dozens of database queries behind the scenes to trace the root causes of the numbers asked about. The output is a visual chart or table that shows the answer and the reasoning process, so the result can be verified. For example, a user can ask “Why did sales drop last month?” and the system will display a trend line, annotate the spike or dip, and explain any anomalies discovered in the data. This makes it useful for analysts who need quick, trustworthy insights and for non‑technical stakeholders who want to understand the data without writing SQL.

Once a question is answered, the visual data can be embedded into dashboards. Rill's canvas editor lets you define your own visualizations, arrange them in columns or rows, and add rich content from separate metric views. These dashboards respect your brand: you can supply colors, typography, and other styling tokens so the embedded analytics look like part of your own application. The dashboards can be delivered as secure embeds, giving access to only authenticated users.

All of the BI artifacts are version‑controlled. Every table, metric, and dashboard is stored as SQL queries and YAML config files in a GitHub project. From that repository, you can deploy dashboards with either Claude or Cursor in minutes. This “define once, use everywhere” approach guarantees that every user in the organization sees the same data and definitions, which is important for governance and consistency.

Rill is designed for teams that need quick answers across large datasets and want to avoid the lag of traditional report cycles. The site does not specify limits on data size, supported data sources, or pricing, so those details are missing.