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Instant, Intelligent Analytics

Business users just ask questions. AI agents do the rest—discovering, fetching, cleaning, and analyzing data while ensuring security, governance, and compliance.

Traditional BI tools require months or years and deep technical expertise to prepare data for analytics. askEdgi is a game changer. With its built-in catalog and AI-powered governance, business users can prepare data in weeks and get answers by asking questions in plain English.

What makes askEdgi truly effective

askEdgi is analytics reimagined for the AI era. Here’s why it delivers where others fall short.

Built on an AI Contextual Data Catalog

At the core of askEdgi is a smart data catalog enriched by a RAG-powered knowledge graph, enabling:

  • Instant discovery of the most relevant datasets 
  • Smarter, context-aware query generation based on business meaning and relationships
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Governance and access control are native

askEdgi embeds governance at its core—automating access rules, sensitive data masking & workflow.

  • Access is limited to authorized users
  • Sensitive data is flagged and redacted using AI
  • Access requests happen instantly, in-flow
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No ETL or data warehouse needed

askEdgi brings data directly from data source into a temporary secure workspace and answer questions.

  • No need to build and maintain expansive warehouse and ETL pipelines 
  • No duplicate data, no governance overhead
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Domain-specific recipes

askEdgi includes expert-built “recipes”: plug-and-play analytical playbooks for common scenarios (like audit trails, procurement KPIs, financial close).

  • Get insights without functional know-how
  • Access variety of Recipes in Marketplace
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How askEdgi works

askEdgi brings a fresh approach to data analysis—cutting time from weeks to minutes with AI-driven guidance, built-in governance, and a seamless, no-code experience.

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1. Gather data

Browse, pull, or upload data with ease

  • Pull data from enterprise data catalogue instantly
  • Browse and use public datasets with one click
  • Upload uncatalogued data files (up to GBs) with ease
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2. Questions

Ask your questions or use recipes

  • Ask your detailed questions
  • Use pre-built detailed questions curated by experts
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3. Governance Checks

Use data responsibly with built-in Governance

  • AI suggests relevant data sources based on your question and context—you can accept, reject, or refine the criteria
  • If access is missing, you can request it instantly
  • Unauthorized access to PII/sensitive data triggers an error message
  • Output names are auto-aligned with business glossary terms
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4. Analysis

Review and refine complex AI-driven analysis

  • View and edit AI-generated SQL or Python code used for analysis
  • Use AI-based text-mining functions
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5. Answers

Visualize results with clarity

  • The results are delivered as interactive tables, charts, or summaries—ready for exploration or deep dives.
  • Pick your preferred visualization type

Choose your edition.

Whether you’re exploring your own data or running governed queries across systems, there’s an askEdgi edition that fits.

Public Edition

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Upload Excel, CSV or Parque files up to 100 GB
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Access public datasets like weather, census, or industry reports
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Build and test your own recipes
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Ideal for small businesses, freelancers, or recipe sellers

Starts at

$20

Per user/month

*No credit card required

Enterprise Edition

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Connect directly to your enterprise systems (e.g., SAP, Workday, Salesforce)
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Automatically discover metadata and govern access
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Run real-time, cross-functional analytics without data warehouse
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Ideal for enterprise teams in finance, audit, HR, supply chain etc…

Starts at

$2,000

Per month

OvalEdge recognized as a leader in data governance solutions

SPARK Matrix™: Data Governance Solution, 2025
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Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) Study commissioned by OvalEdge: ROI of 337%

“Reference customers have repeatedly mentioned the great customer service they receive along with the support for their custom requirements, facilitating time to value. OvalEdge fits well with organizations prioritizing business user empowerment within their data governance strategy.”

Named an Overall Leader in Data Catalogs & Metadata Management

“Reference customers have repeatedly mentioned the great customer service they receive along with the support for their custom requirements, facilitating time to value. OvalEdge fits well with organizations prioritizing business user empowerment within their data governance strategy.”

Recognized as a Niche Player in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms, January 2025

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Frequently asked questions

Product overview & value proposition

What is askEdgi and how is it different from ChatGPT or traditional BI tools?

askEdgi is a self-service, agentic analytics product. Unlike ChatGPT, which is a general-purpose language model, or traditional BI tools that rely heavily on structured dashboards and manual data querying, askEdgi is tailored for rapid, governance-aware data insights. It combines agentic AI with direct source system connectivity and advanced metadata handling to deliver relevant, actionable responses quickly and securely.

How does askEdgi reduce time-to-insight compared to traditional methods?

askEdgi connects directly to source systems or warehouses, pulls only the data required to answer a specific question, and analyzes it in a temporary, secure workspace. This streamlines the process and delivers insights significantly faster than traditional, manual methods.

How is askEdgi’s AI better than other platforms like Snowflake or Alation?

askEdgi uses a hybrid approach that combines in-house extensions for governance-aware tasks with secure integration to trusted public large language models (currently OpenAI, Gemini). This approach delivers governance-sensitive, context-rich analysis, unlike Snowflake (which focuses mainly on warehousing) or Alation (which is primarily a metadata catalog). askEdgi also ensures sensitive enterprise data remains internal by not sharing it with public AI providers.

What are Recipes, and how do they benefit both creators and consumers?

Recipes in askEdgi are predefined logic templates. They help creators by making it easy to build and share reusable analytics logic. For consumers, Recipes provide quick, consistent access to validated insights, bridging the gap between ad-hoc queries and repeatable business intelligence.

What data sources does askEdgi support?

askEdgi can connect to 150+ types of source systems—both warehoused and non-warehouse. To see the complete list of connectors, see the connector page. 

Getting started and deployment

Is askEdgi available as a SaaS or on-prem deployment?

askEdgi has two main features: Catalog discovery and data analytics. Data Analytics is only available on a SaaS environment; however, Catalog discovery is available on an on-prem deployment with its complete enterprise packaging of the Data Governance Platform. 

Can I upload my own datasets (CSV, Excel, etc.)?

Yes. askEdgi allows you to upload your own datasets, including CSV and Excel files, enabling you to analyze custom or ad-hoc data along with your enterprise cataloged data and publicly available data. 

Can it connect to cloud data warehouses like Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift?

Yes. askEdgi can connect seamlessly to leading cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, and Redshift, as well as many other cloud and on-premises data sources.

Does askEdgi integrate with existing data catalogs or governance tools?

Yes. askEdgi integrates with your existing data catalogs and governance tools, ensuring consistency, compliance, and leveraging your current governance investments.

What if users don’t know what questions to ask?

askEdgi offers domain-specific “Recipes” that suggest meaningful questions based on the dataset and context.

Architecture, integration, and scalability

How can askEdgi give insights for cross-functional questions without a data warehouse?

askEdgi connects directly to source systems, pulls only the data needed for a specific question, and analyzes it in a temporary secure workspace

What about companies that already have a data warehouse?

askEdgi can enhance your warehouse by combining it with non-warehoused data, adding context through metadata. The result is that you get a better user experience. 

What’s the maximum size of data askEdgi can handle?

Up to 100GB per session for uploaded files, with real-time queries on live data sources askEdgi can handle about 1TB of data in its workspace. For more limit, please ask for a bigger server capacity. 

Can askEdgi handle unstructured or semi-structured data?

Yes. Text fields and logs can be analyzed using AI Functions for sentiment, classification, and anomaly detection. However, if you have PDF files, etc, askEdgi can’t analyze them. If unstructured data is in a database or application, askEdgi can work with it using AI functions. 

How do AI Functions work?

AI functions use advanced AI models to analyze free-text data inside structured datasets, like detecting sentiment, entities, or errors.

Security & data privacy

How do you ensure data security?

Data never leaves your environment without encryption, strict access controls, and policy enforcement based on your existing governance setup.

Is enterprise data shared with an AI model provider?

No. askEdgi does not send your raw enterprise data to public AI providers. askEdgi creates a RAG with extended metadata, builds queries, and then runs in a secure temporary workspace. 

How does askEdgi answer questions without sharing data with AI providers?

By using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques, askEdgi keeps data processing internal, feeding only relevant metadata or summaries to the AI model.

Is the AI model trained on my data?

No. askEdgi does not train its models on your data. Your data is used solely for in-session processing.

How does askEdgi handle PII or sensitive data?

Sensitive data is automatically detected using metadata classification, and access is restricted according to your governance rules.

How does askEdgi ensure privacy compliance?

askEdgi enterprise offering has integrated compliance features that lets you manage the entire privacy compliance. 

Governance, compliance, & data quality

How does askEdgi ensure data governance and compliance?

It enforces access policies, checks permissions before querying data, and logs every query for traceability—all integrated with your governance policies.

Can I control who accesses what data?

Yes. Role-based access controls and data-level permissions allow precise governance.

Does askEdgi log and audit user queries?

Yes. Every question, dataset accessed, and action taken is logged for auditing and compliance.

How does askEdgi ensure data quality?

Using the Data Quality module, you can define your data quality policies and their enforcement. In case the data is of low quality, OvalEdge can restrict its use in AskEdgi.

Customization & collaboration

Can I fine-tune the AI responses or SQL generation?

Yes. Users can refine, adjust, and override generated queries, with enterprise admins able to configure logic templates and recipe behavior.

Can I share or export insights with others in my team?

Yes. Share results, visualizations, and saved questions across your team.

Can I collaborate with others on the same question or report?

Yes. Multiple users can refine questions, co-develop recipes, and track insights together.

Is the data in askEdgi real-time or scheduled?

It supports real-time querying and also allows scheduled refreshes when needed.

Can I trigger data refreshes manually or automatically?

Yes. Users can configure both manual and automated refresh options.

AI & model management

Do you use your own model or publicly available models like ChatGPT?

askEdgi uses a hybrid approach—combining in-house extensions for governance-aware tasks and secure integration with trusted public LLMs for language understanding. In the current version, we are supporting OpenAI and Gemini. 

How does askEdgi use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)?

askEdgi has built in AI contextual catalog, which keeps capturing all the contextual information at the table, file, report, and column level. Now, all this information goes to RAG, and then all the questions are routed to RAG to find the most appropriate data sets based on RAG and other governance policies. 

Which public LLMs are supported (e.g., OpenAI)?

As of now, we are supporting OpenAI and Gemini. In the coming release, we'll also support other models like Bedrock, Azure, Grok, etc. 

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