Adea vs Databox

Adea is the Databox alternative for businesses whose important numbers are in their own database. Ask anything in plain words, get dashboards and reports, and let Adea watch every number, not only the metrics you picked.

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“Databox already connects to 130 tools.”

Those connections bring in what your marketing and sales tools count. The orders, bookings and invoices that run the business are in your own database. Adea reads it directly, builds the dashboards and reports, and tells you when anything there moves.

The Databox alternative that sets itself up.

Choose Adea when:

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The numbers you care about are in your own database
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You want to ask anything in plain words, not only about the metrics on a dashboard
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You want every number checked each night, not only the metrics you picked
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You want dashboards and reports from a question, sent to mail, Slack or Teams

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Adea vs Databox side by side

Question		Databox
Built for	Answering questions, building reports and dashboards, and watching every number of the business	KPI dashboards, goals and reports for a team or an agency's clients
Asking a question	Ask in plain words and get the answer in seconds, with the query and its sources shown	Ask its AI assistant, or pick a metric to look at
Reports and dashboards	Dashboards from a question in plain words. Bring a report you already have as a PDF, screenshot or Excel file, and Adea rebuilds it from your live data. Send any of it on a schedule	Dashboards and reports from ready-made metrics and templates
Who can build them	Anyone who can ask a question	Marketing, sales and agency teams
Getting started	Connect a read-only database. Adea learns what the tables mean, works out what's normal and suggests the numbers to watch, the same day	Connect your tools, then choose the metrics for each dashboard
When a number moves	Checks every number each night against what is normal for it, tells you in the morning, and tests the likely causes	Goals and alerts on the metrics you picked
Where answers arrive	In Adea, Slack, Teams, mail and the AI assistant you already use	In Databox, its app, by mail and in Slack
Personal data	Guardian checks every query before it runs and flags large pulls of personal data. On Business it can hold them until an admin says yes	Access set per account and dashboard

About Databox

A dashboard and reporting platform for tracking business performance. It connects to more than 130 tools, spreadsheets, databases and APIs, with goals, reports and an AI assistant.

Written from how each tool describes itself, in October 2026. Tools change, so check theirs for today's details. Found something wrong? Write to us and we'll correct it.

Choose Databox when

You want ready-made dashboards from your marketing and sales tools
You report to clients with goals next to the numbers

Switching from Databox takes three steps

Start on the same database. Nothing in Databox has to change until you're ready.

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Connect the same database, read-only
The one Databox already reads from. Adea only reads, and refuses a user that can write.
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Adea sets itself up
It learns what your tables mean, works out what's normal and suggests the numbers to watch. You check the first ones.
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Recreate the reports you rely on
Bring a screenshot or PDF of a Databox report, or its Excel export. Adea rebuilds it from your live data, ready to send on a schedule.

Not ready to switch everything? Run both while you move. Adea only reads the database, so Databox keeps working as it does today.

Questions

What is the best alternative to Databox?

If the numbers that matter are in your own database, Adea: it answers in plain words, builds dashboards and reports, sends them on a schedule, and checks every number each night.

How is Adea different from Databox?

Databox shows the metrics you pick from the tools you connect. Adea reads your database, answers any question in plain words, and checks every number, not only the ones on a dashboard.

Is Adea a replacement for Databox?

For dashboards and reports on your own data, yes. If you report to clients from their ad and marketing tools, Databox may still fit that job.

Can I use Adea with Databox?

Yes. Adea connects to your database, not to Databox, so Databox keeps working exactly as it does today.

Is my data safe with Adea?

Adea connects with a database user that can only read, and refuses one that can write. Guardian checks every query before it runs and flags large pulls of personal data. Everything travels over HTTPS, the passwords you give Adea are encrypted with a key that belongs to your company alone, and no other company can see your numbers.

How long does it take to set up?

A couple of minutes to connect a database. Then Adea sets itself up: it learns what your tables mean and suggests the numbers to watch, and you check the first one. You can start free, with no card.