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24 alternatives to DataStation – App to easily query, script, and visualize data

App to easily query, script, and visualize data from every database, file, and API. - multiprocessio/datastation

DataStation is a tool for querying, scripting, and visualizing data. It allows users to connect to various data sources and perform analysis through custom scripts. The software is designed for people who need to work… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. DataStation – App to easily query, script, and visualize data launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    App to easily query, script, and visualize data from every database, file, and API. - datastation/runner/cmd/dsq at main · multiprocessio/datastation

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I’m Alex from Parabola (https://parabola.io). Parabola is a visual programming tool for creating functional data flows that everyone can use. It’s entirely drag-and-drop, handles data sizes much larger than a traditional spreadsheet, calculates everything live, and can run your flows on a schedule of your choosing. I used to work in strategy consulting, doing data analytics for SMBs and Fortune 500 companies. The amount of time wasted on menial tasks was astounding. Things like cleaning data, generating custom reports, creating human workflows to solve shortcomings in third…

    2018 · parabola.io · its alternatives →

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    Capalyze▲809

    ChatGPT for datavores: scrape → ask → visualize

    2025 · capalyze.ai · its alternatives →

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    Anomalofree tier▲302

    Your data is always talking. Don't miss what it's saying.

    Sep 2026 · anomalo.com · its alternatives →

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    The project is called QueryStorm. It uses Roslyn to offer C# (and VB.NET) support in Excel, as an alternative to VBA. I've posted about it before, but a lot has changed since then so figured I'd share an update. The current version includes a host of new features, namely a C# debugger, support for NuGet packages, and the ability to publish Excel extensions to an "AppStore" (which is essentially a NuGet repository). The AppStore can be used by anyone with the (free) runtime component. Another great addition is the community license, which is a free license for individuals and small companies…

    2023 · querystorm.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! We are Jonathan & Guy, and we are happy to share a project we’ve been working on. ChartDB is a tool to help developers and data analysts quickly visualize database schemas by generating ER diagrams with just one query. A unique feature of our product is AI-Powered export for easy migration. You can give it a try at https://chartdb.io and find the source code on GitHub. Next steps ---> More AI. We’d love feedback :)

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GRID▲244

    Turn your spreadsheets into smart, interactive web documents

    2021 · grid.is · its alternatives →

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    Evidence▲192

    Interactive dashboards with extraordinary performance

    2024 · evidence.dev · its alternatives →

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    What's in your data? Extract schema, statistics and entities from datasets - capitalone/DataProfiler

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Probly was built to reduce context-switching between spreadsheet applications, Python notebooks, and AI tools. It’s a simple spreadsheet that lets you talk to your data. Need pandas analysis? Just ask in plain English, and the code runs right in your browser. Want a chart? Just ask. While there are tools available in this space like TheBricks, Probly is a minimalist, open-source solution built with React, TypeScript, Next.js, Handsontable, Hyperformula, Apache Echarts, OpenAI, and Pyodide. It's still a work in progress, but it's already useful for my daily tasks.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    My co-worker and I were debugging a SQL issue; having not seen SQL in two years, I embarrassed myself by confusing union vs. join. After this episode, I tried refreshing my SQL memory, but there are few websites that animate SQL for you. Most of them just have a series of images to help you visualize. There are a few tools that are quite good and robust (especially for large/complex use cases) but require installation and are too complex for my simple purpose. So, just created a small tool to help visualise SQL. Most of the animations are just my understanding of how SQL works. Would…

    2022 · animatesql.com · its alternatives →

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    A flamegraph generator for Postgres EXPLAIN ANALYZE output. - mgartner/pg_flame

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I've been in software engineering for over 10 years and I'm excited to share my latest project, Parseflow (https://parseflow.io). It's a AI data automation platform designed to simplify data extraction from documents and integrate it effortlessly with your go-to applications. Parseflow can handle a variety of document types, including PDFs, images, and scanned documents. This means you can easily extract data from invoices, receipts, contracts, and more. Once you've extracted the data, you can integrate it with a variety of applications, including Google Sheets, QuickBooks,…

    2024 · parseflow.io · its alternatives →

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    Last year we launched ChartDB OSS (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44972238) - an open-source tool that generates ER diagrams from your database (via query/sql/dbml) without needing direct DB access. Now we’re launching the ChartDB Agent. It helps you design databases from scratch or make schema changes with natural language. You can: - Generate schemas by simply describing them in plain English - Brainstorm new tables, columns, and relationships with AI - Iterate visually in a diagram (ERD) - Deterministically export SQL script Try it out here -…

    2025 · app.chartdb.io · its alternatives →

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    Interactive and reproducible scientific papers.

    2018 · datazar.com · its alternatives →

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    Chartbrew▲159

    One dashboard to view, create and share your data

    2020 · chartbrew.com · its alternatives →

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    Clear data stories, beautifully charted for growth

    2021 · chartello.com · its alternatives →

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    DataSpeeder 2 is a simple little database browser for non-technical users that gives bosses, marketing, and support teams a simple way to search, view, and edit MySQL & Oracle records – no coding, no scripting, just point it at your database and it works.

    2020 · dataspeeder.com · its alternatives →

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    A SQL spreadsheet desktop app that queries and visualizes CSV files using SQL.

    2021 · superintendent.app · its alternatives →

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    Hi folks. I've been doing some experiments on how LLMs could get more handy in the day to day of working with files (CSV, Parquet, etc). Earlier last year, I built https://datakit.page and evolved it over and over into an all in-browser experience with help of duckdb-wasm. Got loads of feedbacks and I think it turned into a good shape with being an adhoc local data studio, but I kept hearing two main things/issues: Why can't the AI also change cells in the file we give to it? Why can't we modify this grid ourselves? So besides the whole READ and text-to-SQL flows, what seemed…

    Feb 2026 · opensheet.app · its alternatives →

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    Marple▲86

    Hi HN! I’m Nero from Marple, and we build time series tooling for Aerospace & Automotive. In 2020, we launched our first product: a sort of Grafana on steroids designed for high performance analysis. After integrating with a lot of different TS databases, we kept running into their design limits when trying to deliver the best performance & UX to our users. That’s why we are launching Marple DB today (https://www.marpledata.com/marple-db). Marple DB transforms measurements files (CSV, MAT, HDF5, TDMS, …) into a queryable lakehouse. We designed for extreme ingestion…

    2022 · marpledata.com · its alternatives →

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    DPLYR▲83

    Deploy/host web apps on reliable machines easily.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Today I'm open sourcing "Grid studio", a web-based spreadsheet application with full integration of the Python programming language.

    2019 · hackernoon.com · its alternatives →

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