Better Analyst

What is Better Analyst?

Better Analyst is an AI analytics application, known as Formula Bot until its rename, that lets people analyse data by asking questions in plain language. Users upload files or connect apps, databases, spreadsheets and documents, then request an analysis, chart, dashboard, report or presentation. The app shows the code it generated for each request so results can be checked or exported. Beyond chat-based analysis it includes data cleaning and merging, text enrichment such as sentiment detection and keyword extraction, AI-built interactive dashboards with scheduled refreshes, reusable agents that follow a team's own definitions, and Data Flows that deliver a transformed table to Google Sheets or a database on a schedule. It works inside Slack and can be embedded in a website through an iframe. Existing Formula Bot accounts carry over. A free plan is offered, with Starter, Max and Business tiers above it.

Key Features

How Better Analyst works

1. Connect your data

   Upload files or link a spreadsheet, database or business app.

2. Ask for what you need

   Describe the analysis, chart, dashboard or table in plain language.

3. Check and refine

   Inspect the generated code and adjust the output.

4. Schedule it

   Set a task or Data Flow to rerun and deliver fresh results automatically.

Screenshots

Data Flows Documentation

Use Cases

Monthly Sales Analysis

Upload or connect sales data and ask for the trends and breakdowns you need.

Executive Dashboards

Describe the metrics leadership follows and keep the dashboard refreshed on a schedule.

Review Sentiment Classification

Label customer feedback as positive, negative or neutral without reading each entry.

Recurring Reports to Sheets

Automate a weekly or daily table delivery instead of rebuilding the report by hand.

Spreadsheet Help

Generate formulas or export a formatted Excel file from a plain request.

Things to know

The product was renamed

Formula Bot is now Better Analyst; the old address leads to betteranalyst.com and accounts carry over.

Plans meter usage

Tiers differ in chat messages, AI Actions, automated dashboards, scheduled tasks, connected sources and file upload size.

Per-user pricing on higher tiers

The Max and Business plans are priced for each user.

Row-level security is available

Database connections can restrict each user to the rows they are authorised to see.

FAQs

Who it's for

• Analysts
• Small businesses
• Marketing teams
• Finance teams
• Operations teams
• Founders

TagsAI data analysisdashboardsspreadsheetsdata automationFormula BotSlack

Used in these workflows

• From raw data to a finished report: what AI does at each step, and what you still checkStage 4: Running the analysis
• Small business bookkeeping: where AI saves the typing and where you still need an accountantStage 7: Reports for owners and lenders

Each guide lists the stages of one job and the tools that help at each stage. All guides

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