KNIME

Open-source data science platform for ETL, analytics, and AI workflows — visual builder, enterprise governance.

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Quick facts
What is it	Open-source data science platform for ETL, analytics, and AI workflows — visual builder, enterprise governance.
Pricing	Freemium — from $19/mo
Free tier	Yes
Platform	Desktop Application
API	Yes
Best for	building end-to-end data pipelines from multiple sources, training and deploying machine learning models without writing code
Domain registered	2006

Data updated Aug. 1, 2026

What does KNIME do?

KNIME is a data science platform that lets you build visual workflows for ETL, data analytics, predictive AI, and even data-aware AI agents. You connect to almost any data source or AI model — Snowflake, OpenAI, Hugging Face, you name it — and arrange them into a flowchart-style pipeline. Each node is a step: clean data, run a model, visualize results. The whole process is reproducible and auditable, which matters when you need to explain your work to stakeholders or regulators.

What makes KNIME stand out is how it balances power with accessibility. The drag-and-drop editor means business analysts can build pipelines without writing code, while data scientists can drop in Python, R, or SQL nodes for custom logic. KNIME Business Hub adds enterprise-grade governance: model validation, automated monitoring, explainability reports, and role-based access. You can schedule workflows to run on a cron, deploy models as REST endpoints, and track lineage. And because the platform is open-source, the community contributes thousands of extensions — from NLP nodes to cloud connectors.

Who benefits most? Data engineers doing ETL, data scientists building predictive models, and business analysts automating reporting — all on the same platform. Companies like ING and Continental use KNIME for customer analytics, manufacturing optimization, and compliance reporting. The free tier is generous enough for individual projects; teams that need collaboration and governance can upgrade to the enterprise version.

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Key features

What makes it stand out

Visual workflow editor for building data pipelines without code

Connects to 100+ data sources and AI models (Snowflake, OpenAI, Hugging Face, etc.)

Enterprise governance: model validation, monitoring, and explainability

Supports Python, R, and SQL integration for advanced users

Open-source with a large community of pre-built nodes and extensions

Who is KNIME for?

Who benefits most from this tool

building end-to-end data pipelines from multiple sources

training and deploying machine learning models without writing code

automating reporting and dashboards for business decisions

Pricing

Free tier available — start without a credit card

KNIME Analytics Platform

Free

Connect to 300+ data sources and services
Process & analyze data of any size or type — numerical, categorical, text, images, time-series, or even molecule or network data
Perform analytics of any complexity — from simple analytics to statistical analysis to leveraging machine learning and GenAI
Write to files, databases or services and generate reports
Interleave visual workflows with code
Optionally, get access to our K-AI assistant (20 interactions / month), self-paced courses, and the KNIME forum with a free Personal account

Personal plan

Free

Build workflows assisted by K-AI: 20 interactions / month
Save and version workflows in private spaces: 2 versions / workflow
Share and collaborate on workflows & components: In public spaces
Store and use secrets securely: Limited to 2
Upskill with self-paced courses
Discuss on the KNIME forum

Pro

$19.0/month

Run and automate workflows (120 credits for workflow runtime included)
Deploy and share workflows as data apps (120 credits for workflow runtime included)
Additional workflow runtime beyond included credits: $0.025 per vCore minute
Store and use secrets securely
Optionally, extend disk space (30 GB included)
Build workflows assisted by K-AI (500 interactions / month included, $0.025 for every 5 requests after)
Unlimited versioning

Team

$99.0/month

Everything in Pro, plus:

Collaborate in private spaces (3 team members included, additional at $49/month)
Centralized billing on team level

Business Hub

Custom

Automate running and deploy workflows — schedules, data apps and services
Collaborate in and across teams with fine granular permissions
Manage at enterprise level — LDAP, OAuth/OIDC etc.
Govern the way you need — staged deployment, GenAI gateway
Scale execution and dissemination securely — dedicated resources, secrets, SCIM etc.
Customize extensions and code environments
Get enterprise support in US and EU business hours or more