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title: "Adea vs Julius: what each does, and when to choose which · Adea"
description: "Adea vs Julius: answers in plain words, reports and dashboards, and every number watched each night, from your own database. See what each does and when to choose which."
url: https://adea.app/vs/julius
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# Adea vs Julius

Choose Adea over Julius when you want answers from your live database, for the whole team, not from a file. Adea sets itself up, answers in plain words, builds dashboards and reports, and watches every number when nobody asks.

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**Julius **

## “I can upload a file to Julius and ask.”

And next week you export it again. A file is a copy from the day you made it. Adea reads your live database, remembers what is normal for every number, and tells the whole team when one moves.

## What Adea adds next to Julius.

Choose Adea when:

1. 1

You want live data, not a file you export again every week

2. 2

You want the numbers watched, so you hear before you think to ask

3. 3

You want dashboards and reports your team shares and gets on a schedule

4. 4

You want read-only access, a log of every query and Guardian on personal data

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## Adea vs Julius side by side

| Question |  | Julius |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Built for | Answering questions, building reports and dashboards, and watching every number of the business | Asking questions of files and databases in a chat, and getting charts back |
| Asking a question | Ask in plain words and get the answer in seconds, with the query and its sources shown | Ask in a chat, about the file or source you gave it |
| 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 | Charts and tables in the conversation |
| Who can build them | Anyone who can ask a question | Whoever is in the chat |
| 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 | Upload a file or connect a source, then ask |
| 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 | You find out when you ask |
| Where answers arrive | In Adea, Slack, Teams, mail and the AI assistant you already use | In Julius |
| 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 | It sees whatever you upload or connect |

### About Julius

An AI data analyst. You connect or upload data, ask questions in a chat and get charts and answers back.

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### Choose Julius when

- You have a file and a quick question right now
- You work alone on a one-off analysis

## Use them together

Keep Julius for a quick question on a file. Let Adea watch the live numbers of the business, run the reports and answer the team.

## Adding Adea takes three steps

Nothing you have today has to change.

1. 1

### Connect your database, read-only

The same database you and your tools already use. Adea only reads, and refuses a user that can write.

2. 2

### 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.

3. 3

### Keep what already works

Keep Julius for quick questions on a file.

## Questions

### What is the best alternative to Julius?

For the numbers of your business, Adea: it works on your live database, answers in plain words, builds reports the team shares, and watches every number each night. For a quick chart on a file, Julius is fine.

### How is Adea different from Julius?

Julius answers when you ask, about the data you give it. Adea is connected to your live database, keeps answers and reports for the team, and watches every number so you hear before you think to ask.

### Is Adea a replacement for Julius?

Not for a quick chart on a file in front of you. For the numbers of your business, yes: Adea answers questions, builds reports and watches every number, for the whole team.

### Can I use Adea with Julius?

Yes. Adea connects to your database, not to Julius, so Julius 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.

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