Metabase is an open-source business intelligence tool for querying data and building dashboards with minimal setup, designed to be accessible to non-technical users. It targets teams that want easy, self-service analytics and embedded reporting they can also self-host. The Community Edition is open-source under the AGPL and free to self-host, while Metabase Cloud offers a managed option. It includes embedded analytics and self-service exploration, though it has limited built-in AI features. Metabase carries SOC2 compliance.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2015
- Pricing tier
- Low
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Analytics & BI
- Free tier
- Yes: Open-source Community Edition free to self-host; Cloud from ~$85/mo.
- Open-source
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Embedded analytics
- Yes
- Self-service
- Yes
- AI features
- No