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Evidence vs Keboola
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Evidence and Keboola — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Evidence vs Keboola: 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 Keboola?
Keboola makes pre-built images the default so data apps start without installing.
Keboola is a data-operations platform whose recent releases orbit Kai, its AI assistant, GA for multi-tenant contracted customers since September, which now supports admin-approved shared team memory. Around it, Keboola is migrating all Legacy Flows to Conditional Flows on October 12–13 and cutting data-app startup time: apps woke 4x faster from October 1, and Python and JS apps now start on pre-built images with dependencies already installed.
Evidence vs Keboola: 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.
Keboola
6.3ANALYTICS
Keboola makes pre-built images the default so data apps start without installing.
◆ Current state
Keboola is a data-operations platform whose recent releases orbit Kai, its AI assistant, GA for multi-tenant contracted customers since September, which now supports admin-approved shared team memory. Around it, Keboola is migrating all Legacy Flows to Conditional Flows on October 12–13 and cutting data-app startup time: apps woke 4x faster from October 1, and Python and JS apps now start on pre-built images with dependencies already installed.
◆ Where it's heading
The pattern is consolidation under an agent: one orchestration model, one-login MCP access across projects, and org-wide memory behind an admin gate. The data-app work removes the cold-start wait that made on-demand apps feel slow. Each step leaves fewer forks and delays for users and for Kai.
◆ Prediction
Expect more admin controls around Kai, such as reviewing, scoping, or auditing what it remembers, as shared memory rolls out. The app-speed work will likely end with the 4x wake-up becoming default on October 15 as announced.
Alternatives to Evidence and Keboola
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Tinybird
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Recent activity from Evidence and Keboola
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 6d agoKeboolaFaster App Starts by Default
- 11d agoKeboolaKai remembers what matters: shared team memory
- 13d agoKeboolaAutomatic Migration of Legacy Flows to Conditional Flows
- 18d agoKeboolaData apps wake up 4x faster, default from Oct 15
- 19d agoKeboolaScheduled Partial Maintenance of all Azure stacks – October 10, 2026
- 26d agoKeboolaGoogle Ads connector handles renamed API fields
- 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 Keboola?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Keboola is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 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 Keboola?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Keboola is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 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 Keboola?
Top Keboola alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Keboola alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/keboola for the full list with editorial commentary on each.