Frappe Insights
Data visualization tools
Business intelligence software
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What is Frappe Insights
Frappe Insights is a business intelligence and analytics product for building dashboards and reports from connected data sources. It targets teams that need self-serve analysis and operational reporting, including users already working in the Frappe/ERPNext ecosystem. The product emphasizes a lightweight, open-source-first approach and can be self-hosted, which can be relevant for organizations with data residency or customization requirements.
Open-source and self-hostable
Frappe Insights is available as open source and can be deployed in a self-managed environment. This supports internal security controls, data residency requirements, and deeper customization than many hosted-only BI tools. It also reduces vendor lock-in risk for organizations that prefer source-available software.
Fits Frappe ecosystem workflows
The product aligns well with organizations using Frappe Framework applications such as ERPNext. This can simplify operational reporting where the underlying data model and authentication are already managed within the same ecosystem. It is particularly suited to internal dashboards and analytics tied to business processes running on Frappe-based systems.
Dashboard-focused reporting experience
Frappe Insights centers on creating dashboards and visual reports for recurring monitoring and decision support. This makes it practical for KPI tracking and team-level visibility without building a full data application. For smaller teams, this can be a more straightforward path than adopting broader enterprise analytics stacks.
Smaller connector ecosystem
Compared with long-established BI platforms, Frappe Insights typically offers fewer out-of-the-box connectors and prebuilt integrations. This can increase reliance on engineering effort to connect niche SaaS tools or advertising platforms. Organizations with many heterogeneous sources may need additional ETL/ELT tooling.
Less mature enterprise governance
Organizations that require advanced semantic modeling, complex role-based governance, lineage, and large-scale content management may find gaps versus more enterprise-oriented BI suites. These capabilities matter for centralized analytics programs and regulated environments. As a result, it may fit best for departmental or mid-market deployments rather than highly governed enterprise rollouts.
Self-hosting adds operational overhead
While self-hosting is a benefit for control, it also introduces responsibilities for upgrades, monitoring, backups, and security patching. Teams without DevOps capacity may prefer fully managed BI services. Total cost of ownership can rise if infrastructure and maintenance are not already standardized.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Self-host (Frappe Insights — AGPL-3.0) | Free (open-source) | 100% open-source (AGPL-3.0). Install via Docker or from source; no vendor hosting charges (self-hosting infra costs apply). Source: official product page. |
| Shared — Tiny | $5 /site/month (shared bench group) | 0.5 CPU hours/day, 0.2 GB DB, 2.5 GB storage, automated app upgrades, daily backups. (Shared bench starting price). |
| Shared — Small | $10 /site/month (shared bench group) | 1.0 CPU hour/day, 0.5 GB DB, 5 GB storage, automated upgrades, daily backups. |
| Shared — Standard | $25 /site/month (shared bench group) | 2.0 CPU hours/day, 1.0 GB DB, 25 GB storage, automated upgrades, daily backups. |
| Shared — Business | $38 /site/month (shared bench group) | 3.0 CPU hours/day, 1.5 GB DB, 37.5 GB storage, automated upgrades, daily backups. |
| Shared — Pro | $50 /site/month (shared bench group) | 4.0 CPU hours/day, 2.0 GB DB, 50 GB storage, automated upgrades, daily backups. |
| Private bench / Shared (higher control) | $25 /site/month onwards (private bench starting price) | Access to private benches: custom app deployment, multiple environments, SSH access; private benches listed as starting $25/mo. |
| Dedicated hosting | $200 /month onwards | Dedicated server resources, unlimited benches and sites, server analytics, increased performance; (compute-based dedicated plans start $200/mo). |
| Enterprise hosting | $400 /month onwards | Priority support, dedicated support agent, on-call support, technical consulting; (enterprise plans start $400/mo). |
Notes: Pricing rows above are taken from Frappe Cloud shared/dedicated/enterprise pricing pages. Self-hosting Frappe Insights is free under AGPL-3.0 and can be installed via Docker or used from source; hosted (managed) usage requires Frappe Cloud compute-based hosting with the tiers shown above.
Seller details
Frappe Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai, India
2015
Private
https://frappe.io/
https://x.com/frappetech
https://www.linkedin.com/company/frappe-technologies/
