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Last Updated:May 28, 2026

Quick BI subscriptions are billed by user count and duration, starting at one month. Renewal reminders are sent before expiration.

Quick BI charges by user count and subscription duration. Every user who creates or views reports requires a license. Purchase, upgrade, renew, and manage overdue payments for Quick BI.

Important

If payment is overdue, your instance may be suspended. Renewal reminders are sent before expiration.

Edition Comparison

Note

The International Site offers four editions: Personal Edition, Advanced Version, Enterprise Standard Version, and Role-based Professional Edition. The Enterprise Standard Version and Role-based Professional Edition share the same features, but the Role-based Professional Edition lets you purchase general user and access user licenses separately.

Category

Module

Personal Edition

Advanced Version

Enterprise Standard Version

Summary

Meets individual data analysis needs.

For small to medium businesses needing analytics, collaboration, and permissions.

For large enterprises with multi-system, multi-role analytics needs.

Supports data connections and dashboards.

Data connections, dashboards, permissions, and report embedding. Smart Q available as add-on.

All features: data connections, analysis, permissions, enhanced embedding, and APIs. Smart Q available as add-on.

Number of users

Supported number of users

1

5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 150, 200, 300

50, 100, 200, 300

Role-based edition: purchase general and access user licenses separately.

Smart Q

Smart Q Agent Builder (Value-added)

Important

This feature is currently available only in China (Hong Kong) and Malaysia. It will be available in other regions in the future.

Unavailable

Available

Purchase separately

Available

Purchase separately

Smart Q Query Agent (Value-added)

Important

This feature is currently available only in China (Hong Kong), Singapore, and Malaysia. It will be available in other regions in the future.

Unavailable

Available

Purchase separately

Available

Purchase separately

Smart Q Report Agent (Value-added)

Important

This feature is currently available only in China (Hong Kong) and Singapore. It will be available in other regions in the future.

Unavailable

Available

Purchase separately

Available

Purchase separately

Data connection and building

Cloud databases

(Alibaba Cloud/Tencent Cloud/HUAWEI CLOUD/AWS/Microsoft Cloud)

Available

Available

Available

Self-managed databases

Available

Available

Available

Upload local files

Available

Available

Available

Data table modeling

Available

Available

Available

SQL modeling

Available

Available

Available

Data entry

Unavailable

Available

Available

API data source

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Application data source

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Extraction acceleration

Unavailable

Available

Available

Data analysis

Template marketplace

Available

View only

Available

View and apply

Available

View and apply

Dashboard

Available

40+ chart types, rich themes

Flexible interactive analysis and calculations

PC only

Available

40+ chart types

Rich themes

Flexible interactive analysis and calculations

PC and mobile

Available

40+ chart types

Rich themes

Flexible interactive analysis and calculations

PC and mobile

Workbooks (Value-added)

Unavailable

Available

Purchase separately

Available

Visualization Screens (Value-added)

Unavailable

Available

Purchase separately

Available

Includes base capacity

Ad hoc analysis

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Complex table entry

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Self-service data retrieval

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Data consumption

BI portal

Unavailable

Available

Available

Subscription push (Email)

Unavailable

Available

Available

Monitoring and alerting

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Integration with DingTalk/Lark

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Open platform

Basic report embedding

Unavailable

Available

Available

Enhanced report embedding

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Enhanced ticket-based embedding (with global parameters) requires at least 100 general users.

Open API

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Data service

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Custom components

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Organization & permission management

Organization management

Unavailable

Available

Available

Permission management

Unavailable

Available

Available

Usage analysis

Unavailable

Available

Available

Cross-source analysis

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Cross-workspace copy

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Resource package management

Unavailable

Unavailable

Available

Account system

Account integration

Available

Supports Alibaba Cloud account integration.

Available

Supports Alibaba Cloud account integration.

Available

Supports Alibaba Cloud account integration and sign-in with DingTalk/Lark accounts.

Others

Group workspace

Single workspace

Multiple workspaces

Multiple workspaces

Alibaba Cloud Ticket Management system

Available

Available

Available

Billing Methods

The tables below list pricing for each edition. Final prices are shown on the purchase page.

General User Purchase

Edition

Number of users

Subscription period

Total cost (USD)

Advanced Version

5

1 year

700

2 years

1,400

10

1 year

1,300

2 years

2,600

20

1 year

2,500

2 years

5,000

50

1 year

5,800

2 years

11,600

100

1 year

11,500

2 years

23,000

150

1 year

17,000

2 years

34,000

200

1 year

22,000

2 years

44,000

300

1 year

33,000

2 years

66,000

Enterprise Standard Version

50

1 year

18,000

2 years

36,000

100

1 year

32,000

2 years

64,000

200

1 year

51,000

2 years

102,000

300

1 year

68,000

2 years

136,000

Value-added Module Pricing

Value-added module

Pricing description

Workbooks

Advanced Version: USD 750/year.

Enterprise Standard Version: Included in the edition.

Visualization Screens

USD 120/year per unit. Minimum 2 units; additional units in increments of 2.

Enterprise Standard Version includes 5 units by default.

Extraction acceleration engine capacity expansion

Advanced Version: Supports up to 100 million rows per table. Expansion: USD 1,000/5 GB. 2 GB included by default.

Enterprise Standard Version: Supports up to 100 million rows per table. Expansion: USD 1,000/5 GB. 10 GB included by default.

Additional embedded reports

Advanced Version: 5/10/20/50/100/150/200/300-user subscriptions can add up to 5/10/20/50/100/150/200/1,000 embedded reports at USD 30/year per report.

Enterprise Standard Version: 50/100/200/300-user subscriptions can add up to 100/200/500/10,000 embedded reports at USD 30/year per report.

Note
  • Advanced Version includes embedded reports equal to the number of users by default.

  • Enterprise Standard Version includes embedded reports equal to twice the number of users by default.

Q Dashboard Agent

USD 100 per agent, available for separate purchase under the following rules:

  • ≤100 general users: agent quota cannot exceed your general user count. Example: 50 users = up to 50 agents.

  • >100 general users: minimum 100 agents, then increments of 5 up to your total general user count. Example: 150 users = 100, 105, ..., up to 150 agents.

Note

This feature is currently available only in China (Hong Kong) and Malaysia. It will be available in other regions in the future.

Q Chat Agent

  • Purchase rules: Available as an add-on for Advanced Version, Enterprise Standard Version, and Role-based Professional Edition. Quota depends on total user count.

    • ≤100 total users: agent quota cannot exceed total user count. Example: 40 general + 10 access users = up to 50 agents.

    • >100 total users: minimum 100 agents, then increments of 5 up to total user count. Example: 140 general + 10 access = 100, 105, ..., up to 150 agents.

  • Pricing rules: USD 100 per agent for Advanced Version, Enterprise Standard Version, and Role-based Professional Edition.

Note

This feature is currently available only in China (Hong Kong), Singapore, and Malaysia. It will be available in other regions in the future.

Q Report Agent

  • Purchase rules: Available as an add-on for Advanced Version, Enterprise Standard Version, and Role-based Professional Edition. Quota depends on total user count.

    • ≤100 total users: agent quota cannot exceed total user count. Example: 40 general + 10 access users = up to 50 agents.

    • >100 total users: minimum 100 agents, then increments of 5 up to total user count. Example: 140 general + 10 access = 100, 105, ..., up to 150 agents.

  • Pricing rules: USD 300 per agent for Advanced Version, Enterprise Standard Version, and Role-based Professional Edition.

Note

This feature is currently available only in China (Hong Kong) and Singapore. It will be available in other regions in the future.

Enhanced ticket-based embedding

USD 7,000/year. Enterprise Standard Version subscribers with fewer than 100 general users can purchase this feature separately.

Note
  • This feature is not available for purchase by default. To purchase it, contact the product operations team.

  • If you later upgrade to 100 or more general users, you may be eligible for a partial refund.

Role-based User Purchase

The table below lists pricing for the Role-based Professional Edition. Final prices are shown on the purchase page.

Role

Pricing description

General user

1. Can be added as organization members and assigned as developers, analysts, or viewers.

2. Pricing: <100 users = USD 360/user; 100–300 users = USD 240/user; >300 users = USD 50/user.

Viewer

1. Viewers cannot be added as workspace members and can only view reports they have permission to access.

2. Tiered pricing: first 500 viewers = $80/viewer; 501–1,000 = $30/viewer; 1,001–5,000 = $10/viewer; above 5,000 = $2/viewer.

For information about the pricing of value-added modules for the Role-based Professional Edition, see Value-added Module Pricing.

Example:

A company purchases a one-year subscription to the Role-based Professional Edition with 50 general users (USD 18,000), 10 access users (USD 800), and 20 Visualization Screens (USD 2,400). The total cost is USD 21,200. The final price is shown on the purchase page.

Note

The Personal Edition plan costs USD 1/year.