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Evidence vs OpenHouse
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Evidence and OpenHouse — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Evidence vs OpenHouse: 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 OpenHouse?
OpenHouse starts simplifying replication by making its catalog, not Iceberg metadata, the source.
OpenHouse is LinkedIn's open-source control plane for Iceberg tables and tags a release per merged PR. v0.5.526 is the first phase of a replication simplification design: fields already stored in the OpenHouse catalog are no longer copied into Iceberg table properties, so clients that read them from metadata must switch to OpenHouse APIs. v0.5.525 bin-packs maintenance jobs by database and account, and v0.5.522 added a commit-only engine as the first milestone of Iceberg views.
Evidence vs OpenHouse: 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.
OpenHouse
5.0ANALYTICS
OpenHouse starts simplifying replication by making its catalog, not Iceberg metadata, the source.
◆ Current state
OpenHouse is LinkedIn's open-source control plane for Iceberg tables and tags a release per merged PR. v0.5.526 is the first phase of a replication simplification design: fields already stored in the OpenHouse catalog are no longer copied into Iceberg table properties, so clients that read them from metadata must switch to OpenHouse APIs. v0.5.525 bin-packs maintenance jobs by database and account, and v0.5.522 added a commit-only engine as the first milestone of Iceberg views.
◆ Where it's heading
The catalog is being made the single source of truth: replication sheds duplicated metadata, and access is routed through OpenHouse APIs. Alongside it, views are being built in stages as a second object type, and the jobs and optimizer stack keeps getting better scheduling, testing and observability.
◆ Prediction
Expect further phases of the replication simplification that remove more duplicated properties, and the next views milestone that adds load, list and drop. The entries don't say when either reaches clients.
Alternatives to Evidence and OpenHouse
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 OpenHouse.
Basedash
Basedash adds view-only seats so whole departments can read dashboards without editing.
OpenReplay
OpenReplay adds offline license tokens so air-gapped installs can run licensed.
Tinybird
Tinybird switches off Classic for Free and Developer plans, leaving Forward as the only path.
OpenCTI
OpenCTI's weekly train now merges entities in the knowledge view and reads defanged IOCs.
Fulcrum
Fulcrum gives admins one FastFill Settings panel while Photo FastFill stays in Alpha.
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Recent activity from Evidence and OpenHouse
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoOpenHousev0.5.526: Move HTS fields out of Iceberg properties (#799)
- 2d agoOpenHouseOpenHouse bin-packs maintenance jobs by database and account
- 3d agoOpenHouseOpenHouse adds jobs tests for replace-table-as-select
- 4d agoOpenHouseColumn defaults now fail loudly when they can't be applied
- 4d agoOpenHousev0.5.522: Views M1: build the ViewCommitEngine (#728)
- 5d agoOpenHousev0.5.521: Run the optimizer's tests on MySQL in Testcontainers (#820)
- 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 OpenHouse?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. OpenHouse is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 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 OpenHouse?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. OpenHouse is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 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 OpenHouse?
Top OpenHouse alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "OpenHouse alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/openhouse for the full list with editorial commentary on each.