> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.summand.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Welcome to Summand

> Connect your data, then chat with it, save SQL views over it, or schedule analyses to run on a cron — without writing a notebook.

Summand is what happens when you let an AI agent and a SQL warehouse share the same workspace. Connect a CSV, a database, or anything Fivetran supports, and within seconds you can ask questions in plain English, save SQL views (with a visual builder *and* a code editor), and schedule analytical components to run on a recurring basis.

There's no setup wizard, no target column you have to pick, no model you have to configure. Connect the data and start working.

## What you can do with a dataset

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  <Card title="Chat with Summand" icon="message-bot" href="/guides/ask-summand">
    The in-product AI assistant. Ask questions in plain English, get answers grounded in your data — including charts and one-shot SQL. Summand can also create views and set up experiments for you.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create a view" icon="layer-group" href="/guides/create-a-view">
    Save a SQL transformation over one or more datasets. Build it visually with the join/filter UI, hand-edit the SQL, or have Summand draft it for you. Live Athena preview as you build.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set up an experiment" icon="flask" href="/guides/set-up-an-experiment">
    Run analytical components — predictors, surprise finding, column stats, custom — on a dataset or view, on a schedule. Daily, hourly, custom cron. Inputs are typed and validated.
  </Card>
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## How Summand differs

* **No setup tax.** Most analytics tools want a schema, a target, a metrics model, and a dashboard before they'll show you anything. Summand goes from upload to chat in seconds, and the rest is pull-driven.
* **Views are real SQL, not a metric DSL.** They run on Athena over the same Parquet your dataset is curated to, so you can join across CSVs, databases, and Fivetran sources without copying data.
* **Experiments make analysis reproducible.** Pick a component, configure its inputs, schedule it. Outputs are versioned and queryable; if results change between runs, you can see exactly what shifted.
* **Per-account pricing on Pro.** \$99/month flat, not per-seat.

## Where to go next

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Upload a CSV and see all three actions in under five minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Core concepts" icon="book-open" href="/concepts/overview">
    How connectors, datasets, views, experiments, and components fit together.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enterprise setup" icon="building-shield" href="/enterprise/overview">
    SSO, SCIM, audit logs, and database connectors for organizations.
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## Need help?

Email [support@summand.com](mailto:support@summand.com), or check live system status at [status.summand.com](https://status.summand.com).