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askbowtie vs Hex vs Paperclip

All three are data analysis tools. Here is what separates them.

	askbowtie	Hex	Paperclip
What it is	Install one tag and your own AI agent answers questions about your actual site: analytics, errors, conversions, search, ads, uptime. One MCP, as deep as you wish. Start with a free audit, no signup.	Collaborative data notebooks where SQL, Python and AI assistance sit in the same document.	Manage a team of AI agents to run your business. Org charts, budgets, governance, and goals — all in one deployment.
Category	Data Analysis	Data Analysis	Data Analysis
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium · Free · from $36/user/mo	Freemium
How it bills	Not published	Per seat	Not published
Free tier	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rating	Not yet rated	Not yet rated	Not yet rated
Features	—	SQL and Python in one notebook Schema-aware query generation Publish notebooks as apps Reactive execution Warehouse connectors	—
What works	—	AI that knows your actual schema Analyst and stakeholder use one artefact Strong collaboration	—
What does not	—	Expensive per seat Requires a data warehouse Overkill for spreadsheet-scale work	—