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Glances vs Keboola

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Glances and Keboola — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Glances vs Keboola: at a glance

FeatureGlancesKeboola
SectorAnalyticsAnalytics
Velocity score2.55.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themessystem monitoring, security audit, gpu monitoring, rest apidata-platform, mcp, ai-assistant, governance
Last editorial update2mo ago2d ago
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What is Glances?

Every Glances release this year has carried CVE fixes — the monitoring tool is being audited in public.

Six releases since March, and all but one ship security patches. 4.5.2 alone corrected eight CVEs: CORS defaults allowing cross-origin credential theft, incomplete secrets redaction leaking password hashes and SNMP credentials through /api/v4/args, missing host validation leaving the REST API open to DNS rebinding, SQL injection in the DuckDB export, command injection through process names in action templates, and credential leakage via Zeroconf-spoofed browser autodiscovery. The pattern continues through 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5 and 4.5.6, the last fixing a value-level bypass that leaked credentials embedded in URL config values. Alongside it, hardware coverage keeps widening — Intel and AMD GPUs, NVIDIA Jetson, Rockchip NPU and MPP, Raspberry Pi VideoCore.

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What is Keboola?

Keboola adds dark mode while it tightens the MCP server and retires idle workspaces.

Keboola's recent releases split between hygiene and AI-agent safety. The MCP server's query_data tool is now read-only, emailing API tokens is being retired, and idle Snowflake and BigQuery workspaces will be deactivated from 9 November. On the user side, data apps start faster on pre-built images, Kai gained shared team memory, and the UI now has dark mode.

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Glances vs Keboola: editorial side-by-side

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Glances
ANALYTICS
2.5

Every Glances release this year has carried CVE fixes — the monitoring tool is being audited in public.

◆ Current state

Six releases since March, and all but one ship security patches. 4.5.2 alone corrected eight CVEs: CORS defaults allowing cross-origin credential theft, incomplete secrets redaction leaking password hashes and SNMP credentials through /api/v4/args, missing host validation leaving the REST API open to DNS rebinding, SQL injection in the DuckDB export, command injection through process names in action templates, and credential leakage via Zeroconf-spoofed browser autodiscovery. The pattern continues through 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5 and 4.5.6, the last fixing a value-level bypass that leaked credentials embedded in URL config values. Alongside it, hardware coverage keeps widening — Intel and AMD GPUs, NVIDIA Jetson, Rockchip NPU and MPP, Raspberry Pi VideoCore.

◆ Where it's heading

This is what it looks like when a tool that grew up as a local terminal dashboard gets taken seriously as a network service. Nearly every advisory in the window comes from the same root assumption — that the REST API, XML-RPC server and autodiscovery browser are on a trusted network — and the fixes are systematically removing that assumption: authentication warnings on startup, host validation, tighter CORS, redaction that covers values as well as keys. The feature work continues in parallel and is almost entirely about reading more kinds of hardware.

◆ Prediction

The advisories have moved from transport-level exposure toward data-level leaks in specific endpoints, which suggests the remaining audit surface is the export backends and config serialisation rather than the servers themselves. Expect the next release to follow the same shape: hardware plugin additions plus another round of endpoint fixes.

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Keboola
ANALYTICS
5.0

Keboola adds dark mode while it tightens the MCP server and retires idle workspaces.

◆ Current state

Keboola's recent releases split between hygiene and AI-agent safety. The MCP server's query_data tool is now read-only, emailing API tokens is being retired, and idle Snowflake and BigQuery workspaces will be deactivated from 9 November. On the user side, data apps start faster on pre-built images, Kai gained shared team memory, and the UI now has dark mode.

◆ Where it's heading

The platform is limiting what agents and stale resources can do while making its AI assistant and apps quicker to use. The pattern is deliberate cleanup ahead of wider agent usage, not new surface area.

◆ Prediction

Expect more guardrails around the MCP server and Kai, such as tighter scopes or approvals, alongside further deprecation notices with fixed dates.

Alternatives to Glances and Keboola

Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Glances or Keboola.

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Recent activity from Glances and Keboola

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 2d agoKeboolaSwitch Keboola to Dark Mode
  2. 3d agoKeboolaUnused Workspaces Will Be Cleaned Up Automatically
  3. 6d agoKeboolaKeboola MCP Server: query_data Runs Read-Only Queries Only
  4. 9d agoKeboolaSending API Tokens via Email Will Be Removed on February 4, 2027
  5. 17d agoKeboolaFaster App Starts by Default
  6. 22d agoKeboolaKai remembers what matters: shared team memory
  7. 2mo agoGlancesCredential leak via URL values in /api/4/config
  8. 4mo agoGlancesContainer API latency, ARM GPU monitoring, and an AMP command-execution fix
  9. 6mo agoGlancesRockchip MPP and NPU monitoring, plus three CVE corrections
  10. 7mo agoGlancesLXC/LXD support, ClickHouse export, and two CVE mitigations
  11. 7mo agoGlancesEight CVEs corrected in one release
  12. 7mo agoGlancesStability fixes, Intel GPU monitoring, and container health alerting

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Glances and Keboola?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Keboola is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Glances better than Keboola?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Keboola is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Glances?

Top Glances alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Glances alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/glances for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Keboola?

Top Keboola alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Keboola alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/keboola for the full list with editorial commentary on each.