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Metabase

Metabase: Open-source BI with AI-powered self-service analytics and embeddable dashboards.

Data & analytics· 4.5·0 saves·Freemium

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Metabase: Open-source BI with AI-powered self-service analytics and embeddable dashboards.
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About Metabase

Metabase is an open-source business intelligence platform for self-service analytics that lets teams connect to popular databases (or a built-in Sample Database), explore data with an intuitive query builder or native SQL editor, visualize results with automatic chart selection, and share interactive dashboards. With embeddable analytics via SDK, robust data modeling and organization tools, alerts, annotations, CSV uploads, caching for speed, and the AI-powered Metabot assistant for natural language questions and SQL generation/debugging, Metabase makes data exploration and insight sharing fast and accessible for both technical and non-technical users.

Pros

  • AI Assistant (Metabot AI) for natural language questions, SQL generation, debugging, and result summaries
  • Query builder with filters, summaries, custom expressions, and SQL conversion
  • Native SQL editor with variable templating and field filters
  • Automatic chart type selection with extensive visualization options
  • Interactive dashboards with cross-filters, drill-through menus, and custom click behavior
  • Dashboard subscriptions via email and Slack with group-based filtering (Pro/Enterprise)
  • Data modeling to simplify raw data and mark official analytics objects
  • Embeddable charts and dashboards via SDK for embedded analytics
  • Event and timeline annotations on charts for added context
  • Alerts on metrics when results cross defined thresholds
  • CSV upload for ad hoc analysis
  • Caching of query results for faster performance

Cons

    Pricing

    Starter (Cloud)
    $85
    • • Includes 5 users; flat $85/mo minimum even if <5 users
    • • Additional users $5/user/month
    • • 10% discount if billed annually
    • • Fully-managed cloud deployment
    • • Unlimited queries, charts, dashboards
    • • Out-of-the-box SMTP server
    • • Static dashboard embedding (with "Powered by Metabase" badge)
    • • Core business intelligence features
    • • Basic support
    Pro (Cloud or Self-hosted)
    $100
    • • Includes 5 users; flat $100/mo minimum even if <5 users
    • • Additional users $6/user/month
    • • 10% discount if billed annually
    • • Choice of cloud or self-hosted deployment at the same price
    • • SSO and user group mapping (SAML, LDAP, JWT)
    • • Granular data permissions (row/column)
    • • Serialization (version control and staging/production environments)
    • • Interactive and multi-tenant embedding (iframe or React components)
    • • UI and chart whitelabeling
    • • SOC 2 Type II compliance
    • • Usage analytics
    • • Priority support
    • • Metabot AI features included for a limited time (also on Enterprise)
    Enterprise
    $0
    • • Custom pricing; contact sales
    • • All Pro features included
    • • Dedicated success engineer with 1-day email SLA
    • • Optional single-tenant hosting and air-gapping
    • • Access to additional Professional Services
    • • Procurement and invoicing support
    • • Volume discounts and alternative pricing models (e.g., usage-based or interactive embedding)
    Open Source (Self-hosted)
    $0
    • • Free, self-hosted edition with limited features