QuerySurge vs Soda
Verdict: QuerySurge scores 8.8/10 against 8.2/10 for Soda on our data score for file testing tools.
Soda has a free plan; QuerySurge does not.
Soda leads on 2 checks and QuerySurge on 1; 2 are even, out of 5 checks (yes/no, price and seats) where we have data for both.
Choose QuerySurge for enterprise QA and data teams testing data warehouses, migrations and BI reports. Choose Soda for data engineering teams that want data contracts and pipeline tests with a free tier and published team price.
Scoreboard: 5 checks
| Check | QuerySurge | Soda |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Leads | |
| Free trial | Leads | |
| Smaller seat minimum | Leads | |
| CSV, JSON and XML files | Even | Even |
| Parquet or Avro files | Even | Even |
| Total | 1 | 2 |
At a glance
| QuerySurge | Soda | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.8/10 (#3) | 8.2/10 (#5) |
| Best for | Enterprise QA and data teams testing data warehouses, migrations and BI reports | Data engineering teams that want data contracts and pipeline tests with a free tier and published team price |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Paid from (annual) | $500.50/user/mo | See vendor |
| Paid from (monthly) | — | $750/mo |
| Free trial | 1-day hosted cloud trial (1 user), 15-day download trial (2 users), 45-day proof of concept | — |
| Minimum seats | 2 | 1 |
| Platforms | On-premises, Private cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP and others), Azure and AWS marketplace (pay-as-you-go), Private cloud, Azure (pay-as-you-go), AWS (pay-as-you-go), Public cloud, AWS and Azure pay-as-you-go | Cloud (SaaS), Self-hosted runner (Kubernetes), Python library, Private deployment (Team plan), Python library (Soda Core) |
Features
| Tool | Score | CSV, JSON and XML files | Excel files | Parquet or Avro files | File-to-database comparison | Schema / format validation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuerySurge | 8.8/10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Soda | 8.2/10 | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
- Only QuerySurge confirms: Excel files, File-to-database comparison.
- Only Soda confirms: Schema / format validation.
Pros and cons
QuerySurge
Pros- List prices are published on the vendor's site, including per-user and 5/10/25-user package prices
- Connects to 200+ data stores, including Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Excel, Parquet, JSON and XML files
- BI Tester validates Power BI, Tableau, IBM Cognos, Strategy, Oracle BI and SAP BusinessObjects reports against source data
- Several trial options: 1-day hosted cloud trial, 15-day download trial and 45-day proof of concept
- Subscription per-user pricing starts at $6,006 per full user per year with a 2-user minimum
- BI Tester, Full API and Query Import/Export are paid add-ons on the smaller packages
- Customer-installed software (on-premises, private cloud, or pay-as-you-go Azure/AWS marketplace image) rather than a vendor-run SaaS
Soda
Pros- Published pricing: Free at $0 and Team at $750 per month
- Free plan includes unlimited users and alerting and ticketing integrations, no credit card needed
- Alerts to Slack and Microsoft Teams; custom SQL metric monitors supported
- Deployment options: Python libraries in pipelines, Soda-hosted runner, or self-hosted runner
- Soda Core v4 is under the Elastic License 2.0, not an OSI open-source license
- SSO, RBAC, audit logs and the no-code interface require the Team plan
- Usage beyond the free Soda Processing Units (SPUs) is billed pay-as-you-go
Frequently asked questions
How do QuerySurge and Soda compare on features and price?
Soda leads on 2 checks and QuerySurge on 1; 2 are even, out of 5 checks (yes/no, price and seats) where we have data for both.
Is QuerySurge better than Soda?
QuerySurge scores 8.8/10 against 8.2/10 for Soda on our data score for file testing tools. QuerySurge is best for enterprise QA and data teams testing data warehouses, migrations and BI reports; Soda is best for data engineering teams that want data contracts and pipeline tests with a free tier and published team price.
Which is cheaper, QuerySurge or Soda?
Check each vendor's pricing page; one of them does not publish an entry price.
Do QuerySurge and Soda have free plans?
QuerySurge: no. Soda: yes.
See the full File Testing Tools ranking for other options.
Sources
- QuerySurge: official pricing page · QuerySurge licensing & pricing · QuerySurge feature list · QuerySurge integrations · QuerySurge BI Tester · QuerySurge trial options · About RTTS · QuerySurge Power BI integration page · QuerySurge DevOps for Data page · QuerySurge FAQ
- Soda: official pricing page · Soda pricing page · Soda docs index (profiling, metric monitoring, freshness, Slack/Teams) · Soda docs: deployment options · Soda Core GitHub repository and LICENSE · Soda home page · Soda Core v3 release notes · Soda docs: DuckDB data source (v4) · soda-core LICENSE (GitHub)