Compass

Compass is a Slack-native AI data assistant designed to put data insights directly into the hands of business teams. It allows users to query their company's data warehouse or Compass's curated prospecting data using natural language. This eliminates the need to navigate complex dashboards or wait for data analysts, enabling faster, data-driven decisions across various departments like sales, marketing, and operations. The platform is built with data governance in mind, allowing data teams to control context and ensure accuracy through a GitOps workflow, making all analyses transparent and auditable.

How to use Compass

To use Compass, start by integrating it with your Slack workspace. You can then choose your data source: either connect Compass directly to your company's data warehouse (such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift) or start immediately with Compass's built-in prospecting data. Once set up, team members can simply @mention Compass in any Slack channel and ask questions in plain English, like "which deals in my pipeline are at risk this quarter?" or "find me fintech companies in New York with >200 employees." Compass will reply instantly with summaries, visualizations, and actionable insights.

Core Features of Compass

• Slack-Native Interface: Operates entirely within Slack, requiring no new tools or dashboards for business users.
• Natural Language Queries: Ask complex data questions in plain English and receive instant answers.
• Direct Data Warehouse Connection: Securely connects to major data warehouses like Snowflake, BigQuery, Athena, Redshift, Postgres, and Databricks.
• Built-in Prospecting Data: Access a curated global database of millions of companies and contacts for lead generation and recruiting.
• Data Governance via GitOps: Data teams can manage and audit the business context, ensuring answers are trustworthy and accurate.
• Role-Specific Insights: Tailored for various roles including Sales, CEOs, Customer Success, Data Teams, and Marketers to get relevant data quickly.

Use Cases for Compass

Compass is ideal for various business functions. Sales teams can use it for pipeline analysis, identifying at-risk deals, and monitoring engagement patterns. Business development representatives (BDRs) and recruiters can leverage the prospecting data to build qualified lead lists and talent pools instantly. Executives and CEOs can get high-level business performance metrics without waiting for reports. Customer success teams can monitor customer health, while product marketers can analyze market trends and identify new opportunities, all from within Slack.

Advantages of Compass

The primary advantage of Compass is its ability to democratize data access, allowing non-technical users to self-serve insights without burdening the data team. This significantly speeds up decision-making. By integrating into the existing workflow of Slack, it increases adoption and collaboration around data. Its unique governance model ensures that while access is easy, the data remains secure, controlled, and trustworthy. The dual-data source model (your data + prospecting data) offers flexibility for different team needs.

Pricing and Plans

Compass offers a freemium model with several tiers:

• Free Plan: $0/month, includes 20 Answers/month for 1 Slack channel and unlimited users. Ideal for exploring the tool with built-in prospecting data.
• Starter Plan: $49/month, includes 75 Answers/month for 1 Slack channel. Designed for small GTM teams. Overage is billed at $0.70/Answer.
• Team Plan: $499/month, includes 750 Answers/month for 3 Slack channels and provides email support. Suited for scaling teams. Overage is billed at $0.50/Answer.
• Compass Pro Plan: Custom pricing. Offers custom answer volume, unlimited channels, custom integrations, and a dedicated account manager. This plan is for company-wide standardization and connects to your own data warehouse for governed insights.