Use-case fit · Prompt 2 of 8 · September 2026

A real buyer question from the September 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.

“We want self-serve dashboards on top of our data warehouse. What should we use?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

For self-serve dashboards on top of a data warehouse, the short answer is: If you want the safest default for broad business self-service: Power BI or Tableau If you want strong modern cloud-native BI with semantic modeling: Looker If you want open-source / lower-cost / embedded-friendly: Metabase or Apache Superset If you want metrics-layer-first, warehouse-native self-serve: Hex, Sigma, ThoughtSpot, or a BI tool…

Named across its answers: 1. Power BI2. Looker3. Tableau4. Sigma5. Metabase

Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.

Looker dominates this question with a perfect 9 of 9 mention rate and an average position of 1.9, signaling that AI models treat it as the default answer for warehouse-native self-serve dashboards. Power BI matches Looker's mention rate but lands at an average position of 3.3, meaning it is seen as a credible second choice rather than a first instinct.

AI-generated read of the September 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Contested Consensus

All three models name Power BI, Looker, Tableau, Sigma and Metabase on this question.

ChatGPT

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Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

Looker 313111223 9/9 · 4× first · #1.9

Power BI 131333556 9/9 · 2× first · #3.3

Tableau 242222665 9/9 · never first · #3.4

Metabase 554444342 9/9 · never first · #3.9

Sigma 4276111 7/9 · 3× first · #3.1

Lightdash 75434 5/9 · never first · #4.6

Apache Superset 6657 4/9 · never first · #6

Superset 55 2/9 · never first · #5

Hex 6 1/9 · never first · #6

Evidence 6 1/9 · never first · #6

Cube 7 1/9 · never first · #7

ThoughtSpot 8 1/9 · never first · #8

Each square is one collected answer; the number is the brand's position in that answer. Lime = the very first recommendation. Unlinked brands were named by the models here but sit outside this category's published top 15 overall. Showing the top 12 of 15 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: Looker Studio, Qlik Sense, Qlik, Domo.