Do I need to know SQL or Python?
No — you drive Friday in plain English. But it's an IDE, not a
black box: every line of SQL it generates is there to read, run,
and verify, with the reasoning and source trace attached. You
don't have to write the code, but you can always check it.
Which data sources does Friday connect to?
Friday connects to warehouses like BigQuery and Snowflake, plus
files and apps. Point it at a table and it learns the schema and
metadata automatically, so analysis runs on governed, trusted
data without heavy upfront setup.
How does Friday learn my business context?
Point Friday at a new table and it auto-learns the schema,
metadata, and meaning. Metric definitions, business rules, and
findings then accumulate as governed memory you control — review,
edit, approve — and every new question starts by gathering the
relevant slice instead of you re-explaining it each time.
Can I verify and share what Friday produced?
Yes, both. Friday keeps the generated code, reasoning, selected
tables, assumptions, and source trace attached to every artifact,
so you can inspect the whole path from question to chart. And any
analysis can be published as a dashboard or PPTX deck with that
context still attached — so you share the answer without losing
how it was produced.
Is my data safe?
Yes. Friday runs locally on your desktop, uses your own model key
(BYOK), and never retains or trains on your prompts, data, or
outputs.
What does BYOK mean, and which models can I use?
BYOK means bring your own key — you connect your own model-provider
key, so usage stays under your account and Friday never owns your
prompts, data, or outputs. Fridaybot
is model-agnostic, so you can route work through providers like
Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, or local models as support is added —
the same analytics context and workflow either way.
What is Fridaybot?
Fridaybot is the analytics
harness under Friday. It plans the next step in an analysis, calls
the model you connect, generates SQL and artifacts, and keeps
schema, memory, KPI rules, and source trace attached to every run.
What happens after the beta?
Beta users get 3 months free after public launch. After that,
founder pricing locks in at $17/month — the rate you keep as an
early user.
What does $17/month include?
Full workspace access: governed context, chat, generated SQL,
pinned artifacts, dashboards, and PPTX export — all with source
trace still attached.
How is Friday different from a coding agent — and why an "IDE for analytics"?
A coding agent lives in a repo and produces patches. Friday lives
around business questions and produces verified analysis. That's
what "IDE for analytics" means: just as an IDE keeps code,
context, execution, and output together, Friday keeps your
question, governed context, generated SQL, checks, artifacts, and
final story in one traceable workspace.
Is Friday only for developers?
Friday is built for data professionals — analysts, analytics
engineers, and data scientists. You don't need to be a software
engineer, but it's designed for people who think in questions and
data and want to inspect the work, not just receive a chatbot
answer.
Does Friday replace my BI tool?
Friday is built for the messy work before and around BI: exploring
a question, writing analysis code, checking assumptions, pinning
artifacts, and packaging the result. Published dashboards
complement the BI tools your team already uses.