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Comparisons & Evaluations

clariBI vs. Looker: when each tool is the better choice

Looker is built around a governed LookML model maintained by a data team. clariBI connects business apps directly and answers questions in plain English. Where each one fits, where each one falls short, and a quick way to decide.

May 21, 2026 5 min read by Darek Černý
Comparisons & Evaluations

clariBI vs. Tableau: an honest comparison

Tableau is a visual analytics tool for people who build dashboards by hand. clariBI connects your business apps, builds a dashboard for each and answers questions in plain English. Here is where each one is the better fit.

May 21, 2026 5 min read by Darek Černý
How-To Guides

Making the most of your 50 trial AI credits

A clariBI trial comes with 50 AI credits for 14 days. Much of what you will do in the trial costs nothing, and the rest costs more or less depending on how you ask. What uses credits, how the cost is worked out, and a plan for the two weeks.

May 21, 2026 6 min read by Darek Černý
How-To Guides

What happens when your clariBI trial ends

The trial lasts 14 days and needs no card. When it ends, your account moves to the Free plan: your data, sources and source dashboards stay, AI credits stop. Here is what changes and how to decide whether to upgrade.

May 21, 2026 5 min read by Darek Černý
How-To Guides

Your first five steps in clariBI: a trial walkthrough

You have a 14-day trial, 50 AI credits and an empty account. These five steps get you from sign-up to a first real answer from your own data, without spending many credits, plus what to leave for later.

May 21, 2026 5 min read by Darek Černý
Product Updates

Why we bet on MCP for clariBI integrations

Integration breadth decides whether a BI tool is useful to a small company. Here is why we built on the Model Context Protocol, how the catalog grew from 30 vendors to 86 apps, where MCP was the wrong fit, and what did not change.

May 21, 2026 5 min read by Darek Černý
Data Strategy

The security model behind clariBI's MCP integrations

Connecting an AI tool to Stripe or HubSpot raises fair questions. What clariBI's MCP integrations can and cannot do: read-only tools, a vetted catalog, OAuth with PKCE, encrypted credentials, per-organization scoping, and what disconnecting actually removes.

May 21, 2026 5 min read by Darek Černý
Product Updates

86 apps, one catalog: inside clariBI's MCP library

clariBI's MCP catalog lists 86 apps that publish their own MCP server, from Stripe and HubSpot to Linear and PostHog. Here is what is in it, what it reads, which plan each app needs and what is missing.

May 21, 2026 5 min read by Darek Černý
AI & Machine Learning

What is MCP? The open protocol behind clariBI's integrations

MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is an open standard for connecting AI applications to other software. What it is, how it works in plain terms, what changes for the people using it, where its limits are, and the two ways clariBI uses it.

May 21, 2026 6 min read by Darek Černý