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Shaper vs Evidence: catalog facts
Shaper	Evidence
Free Free and open source under MPL-2.0; managed hosting and support are paid.	Freemium The open-source tool is free under MIT; hosting on Evidence Studio is a paid service.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Dashboards defined entirely in SQL Embeddable without iframes via JS and React SDKs	Reports are plain SQL and Markdown kept under version control Builds a static site you can host anywhere
Requires SQL knowledge to build dashboards No point-and-click dashboard builder	Requires writing SQL rather than point-and-click building Hosted features and the analytics agent belong to the paid service
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MPL-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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