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Evidence vs Holistics
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Evidence and Holistics — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Evidence vs Holistics: at a glance
What is Evidence?
Evidence's last release was a February CVE sweep that also removed Evidence Cloud references.
Every tracked Evidence release is from a single day, February 6, 2026: a coordinated patch across the SDK, preprocessor, universal SQL layer and database connectors to pick up dependency updates for CVEs. The SDK patch also removes references to Evidence Cloud.
What is Holistics?
Holistics is pulling analysis out of Explore and onto the dashboard itself.
In one week Holistics shipped AI Tasks (reusable, scheduled AI jobs), AI Block narratives on dashboards, file attachments in AI chat, and Cost Analytics for AI spend. Since then it has reworked AI dashboard building in Reporting, added an HTML layout beta, and let viewers add reference and trend lines to dashboard charts without opening Explore. On October 14 the Development workspace replaced its Production/Development mode switch with a branch selector.
Evidence vs Holistics: editorial side-by-side
Evidence
0.0ANALYTICS
Evidence's last release was a February CVE sweep that also removed Evidence Cloud references.
◆ Current state
Every tracked Evidence release is from a single day, February 6, 2026: a coordinated patch across the SDK, preprocessor, universal SQL layer and database connectors to pick up dependency updates for CVEs. The SDK patch also removes references to Evidence Cloud.
◆ Where it's heading
Nothing has shipped in the eight months since, so the open-source BI-as-code framework looks to be in maintenance mode. Removing Evidence Cloud references suggests the hosted offering has been dropped or separated, though the entries do not say why.
◆ Prediction
It is unclear from the entries whether active development will resume; the next release is more likely another dependency or security patch than new features.
Holistics
7.5ANALYTICS
Holistics is pulling analysis out of Explore and onto the dashboard itself.
◆ Current state
In one week Holistics shipped AI Tasks (reusable, scheduled AI jobs), AI Block narratives on dashboards, file attachments in AI chat, and Cost Analytics for AI spend. Since then it has reworked AI dashboard building in Reporting, added an HTML layout beta, and let viewers add reference and trend lines to dashboard charts without opening Explore. On October 14 the Development workspace replaced its Production/Development mode switch with a branch selector.
◆ Where it's heading
AI is moving from a chat assistant to recurring work inside BI, with cost monitoring added because usage is expected to grow. The dashboard is becoming the working surface: chart state is remembered, layouts open up to HTML, and lightweight analysis happens in place. On the modeling side, workflows are converging on plain Git concepts.
◆ Prediction
Trend lines were described as "the next analysis" after reference lines, so more in-dashboard analyses (forecasts or comparisons) are likely next. AI Tasks should gain delivery targets and further cost controls.
Alternatives to Evidence and Holistics
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Evidence or Holistics.
OpenHouse
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Basedash
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OpenReplay
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Tinybird
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OpenCTI
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Recent activity from Evidence and Holistics
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 5d agoHolisticsBranch selector replaces the Production/Development mode switch
- 10d agoHolisticsð Add trend lines to charts directly in dashboards
- 10d agoHolisticsð Add reference lines to charts directly in dashboards
- 11d agoHolistics𧩠[Beta] HTML Layout for dashboards
- 13d agoHolisticsâ¡ï¸ AI dashboard building in Reporting, with a better build experience
- 17d agoHolisticsð Switch chart types without losing your work
- 8mo agoEvidenceSQLite connector picks up CVE-patched shared dependency
- 8mo agoEvidencePreprocessor package updates to resolve CVEs
- 8mo agoEvidenceTrino connector picks up CVE-patched shared dependency
- 8mo agoEvidenceSDK patches CVEs and removes Evidence Cloud references
- 8mo agoEvidenceRedshift connector picks up CVE-patched dependencies
- 8mo agoEvidenceSnowflake connector picks up CVE-patched shared dependency
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Evidence and Holistics?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Holistics is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Evidence better than Holistics?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Holistics is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Evidence?
Top Evidence alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Evidence alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/evidence for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Holistics?
Top Holistics alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Holistics alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/holistics for the full list with editorial commentary on each.