Metabase

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Open-source business intelligence. Ask questions of your database without SQL.

198 reviews

Free tierHas API

In a nutshell

Metabase democratizes business intelligence. The visual query builder genuinely enables non-technical team members to explore data. Self-hosting makes it free. For startups and small teams, it provides 80% of Tableau's value at 0% of the cost.

What's great

Free self-hosted with no feature limitations
Visual query builder accessible to non-technical users
Embeddable analytics for building data products

Watch out for

Self-hosting requires DevOps resources
Cloud pricing jumps quickly above free tier
Less powerful than Tableau for complex enterprise analysis

Best for

Teams wanting BI and dashboards without enterprise pricing. Self-hosted for maximum value.

Not ideal for

Enterprise organizations needing governance, compliance, and dedicated support.

Pricing

Free

Free self-hosted (unlimited)

Starter

$85/mo (Cloud Starter, 5 users)

Pro

$500/mo (Cloud Pro, 10 users)

Enterprise

Custom pricing

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How it compares

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PostHog

4.5

All-in-one product analytics, session replay, feature flags, and A/B testing. Open source.

Grafana

4.5

Open-source observability dashboards. Visualize any data source beautifully.

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