Orion by Gravity vs Sigma Computing
Sigma surfaces data. Orion drives action on it.
Sigma is great at making data accessible. But between your Sigma dashboard and your next decision, there is a gap. Orion by Gravity closes it with autonomous analysis and proactive delivery.
The honest comparison
Sigma is a modern, well-loved BI platform with $662M in funding and 200k+ daily users. Here is where the two products differ.
| Capability | Sigma | Orion by Gravity |
|---|---|---|
| How insights reach you | You open Sigma, pull data, build the report | Orion monitors autonomously and delivers to Slack, email, or your workflow |
| What you learn | What happened (metrics, charts, dashboards) | Why it happened, what to watch, and what to do next |
| Proactive monitoring | Manual alert setup, threshold-based | Autonomous investigation with root-cause analysis |
| Root-cause analysis | Requires an analyst to investigate manually | Built-in. Orion identifies contributing factors automatically |
| Who builds the analysis | Analysts and power users | Orion generates it. Business teams consume decision-ready outputs |
| Snowflake integration | Deep native integration, co-sell partner | Connects to Snowflake, BigQuery, Postgres, Looker, dbt, and more |
| Excel-native UX | Yes. Spreadsheet interface, zero learning curve | No. Narrative-driven outputs delivered where work happens |
Where Orion goes further
Sigma is excellent infrastructure. Orion is the intelligence layer that acts on your data.
Autonomous, not reactive
Sigma waits for someone to open it and ask. Orion investigates your data continuously and delivers findings before your team knows to look.
Root-cause, not just metrics
Sigma shows what changed. Orion explains why revenue dropped, which segments shifted, and what your team should do about it. Decision-ready outputs, not dashboards.
Delivered where work happens
No one needs to log in. Orion delivers executive debriefs, revenue briefs, and embedded insights directly to Slack, email, and your existing workflows.
Governed from the start
Orion works off your governed data model. Every insight maps back to trusted definitions. Full observability into every query, every source, every calculation.
The real question
“How does your team know when something in Sigma needs their attention?”
The answer is almost always: someone has to go look. That is the pull cycle. That is manual alert duty. Orion eliminates it. Your team gets decision-ready outputs, on schedule, without asking.
Not Sigma vs. Orion
The question is not whether to use Sigma or Orion. Sigma is excellent infrastructure. The question is: what happens between your Sigma dashboard and your next business decision? Orion is the intelligence layer that closes that gap.
What you get with Orion by Gravity
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