10 Best Business Intelligence Tools for Self-Serve, Data Accessibility, and no-code analysis [2025]

Every BI vendor promises democratization. Self-service analytics. Data for everyone. Empower your business users.

Then your PM opens the tool and immediately Slacks you: "How do I join these tables?"

Spoiler: "no-code" doesn't mean "no technical knowledge required." It just means the code is hidden behind buttons.

Let me show you what "accessible" actually means across the tools claiming to democratize data—and which ones are telling the truth.

Every BI vendor promises democratization. Self-service analytics. Data for everyone. Empower your business users.

Then your PM opens the tool and immediately Slacks you: "How do I join these tables?"

Spoiler: "no-code" doesn't mean "no technical knowledge required." It just means the code is hidden behind buttons.

Let me show you what "accessible" actually means across the tools claiming to democratize data—and which ones are telling the truth.