Scuba alternatives
TL;DR: 12 companies doing similar work to Scuba in B2B, ranked by how closely they match what Scuba actually does — not just by category.
How this list was built: every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Scuba. They are scored on how closely their own description overlaps with Scuba's, and all facts shown come from the YC company records — nothing is estimated.
What are the best alternatives to Scuba?
| Alternative | What it does | Batch | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fithub | — | Winter 2010 | — | Inactive |
| Insoshi | — | Winter 2008 | — | Inactive |
| Anasen | Anasen is an app that makes data analysis easy and accessible to… | Winter 2017 | 15 | Inactive |
| Askdata | Frictionless Data | Winter 2019 | 17 | Acquired |
| Lotas | AI for quantitative trading | Summer 2025 | 2 | Active |
| Sherpa Labs | Frontier Data | Winter 2025 | 5 | Active |
| Shape | Get data insights without writing SQL | Summer 2021 | 4 | Active |
| Preseen | The AI forecasting company for global macro events. | Summer 2025 | 1 | Active |
| Pleom | Agentic Business Intelligence | Summer 2025 | — | Active |
| Lantern | User behavior monitoring for modern product teams | Summer 2019 | 4 | Inactive |
| Tydo | Turn your data into intelligence | Summer 2020 | 14 | Inactive |
| Heap | Captures user interactions with no code to generate analytics. | Winter 2013 | 388 | Acquired |
Is Scuba still active?
Scuba has been acquired, which often means pricing, roadmap or support changes. That is the usual reason people start looking at this list.
How was this list put together?
Every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Scuba. They are then ranked on how closely their own description overlaps with Scuba's, so the closest matches come first rather than whoever happens to share a tag.