Hashboard (discontinued) vs. Metabase

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hashboard (discontinued)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Hashboard (formerly Glean.io) was lightweight, business intelligence tool. It was acquired by Hex in 2025, and former users are encouraged to move to Hex.N/A
Metabase
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Metabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.
$85
per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
Pricing
Hashboard (discontinued)Metabase
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$85
per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
Starter
$85
per month up to 5 users
Pro
$500
per month up to 10 users
Growth
$749
per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
Enterprise
15,000
per year
Open Source
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Hashboard (discontinued)Metabase
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details15% discount for yearly pricing.
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Community Pulse
Hashboard (discontinued)Metabase
Considered Both Products
Hashboard (discontinued)
Chose Hashboard (discontinued)
Glean.io provided the customisable packages as per the user licences and data storage required. We are a growing organisation and this flexibility helped arrive at decision to use Glean.io
The user onboarding is very easy with Glean.io. There were no extra resources required to …
Chose Hashboard (discontinued)
For simple use cases, Glean.io is a lightweight alternative to SAP Analytics Cloud. Provisioning, testing, and documentation are easier and less intimidating in the Glean.io case. Thus, it is easy to explore without firing up the sales machinery of the big corporates. Thus, the …
Metabase
Chose Metabase
It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
Chose Metabase
I used Looker in a previous role and found it clunky, difficult to navigate, hard to collaborate on, and ultimately massively expensive. I evaluated Looker to see if it would be right to implement it as a solution in my current role, but Metabase was the clear winner - the ease …
Chose Metabase
I thought Metabase was the easiest option that allowed for flexibility. However, I did need dedicated engineering resources to get the system configured and basic queries started
Features
Hashboard (discontinued)Metabase
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Hashboard (discontinued)
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Ratings
Metabase
7.5
Ratings
9% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Hashboard (discontinued)
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Ratings
Metabase
8.3
Ratings
3% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Hashboard (discontinued)
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Ratings
Metabase
8.7
Ratings
6% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Hashboard (discontinued)
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Ratings
Metabase
8.8
Ratings
10% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Hashboard (discontinued)
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Ratings
Metabase
9.5
Ratings
11% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Hashboard (discontinued)
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Ratings
Metabase
9.0
Ratings
15% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Hashboard (discontinued)
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Ratings
Metabase
8.8
Ratings
13% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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Hashboard (discontinued)Metabase
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
Hashboard (discontinued)Metabase
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Hashboard (discontinued)Metabase
Likelihood to Recommend
For the scenario, we used Glean.io which we used the software to establish a database connection and build live dashboards on the data on this database. This was a very simple use case to explore the capabilities of the software. In this use case, it works very smoothly and well. Further, we looked into similar use cases using the data ops features to achieve data provisioning with code to have more control. This was a nice way to support data engineers for sure. I would say that - for our use cases - the UI-based set up does the job. It is nice to have more advanced options with data ops. But they are probably over the top for our use cases. I would say it is worth it though to explore and figure out which degree of control fits your use case best.
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Getting data using query with multiple joins is very fast with Metabase, and role-based access to the reports can be provided to users. The only place it lags right now is the filter for page and page size. This comes with great support for container-based deployment and on-system deployment, too. I did both container and system direct installation, and direct deployment became a bit challenging. On the other hand, it really provides very good support for data representation.
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Pros
  • Workflow is easy and clear due to clean and state of the art interface
  • Model creation is easy
  • Possibility for custom SQL code for database connection is very helpful
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  • Store Data
  • Make Querying easy
  • Quickly ingest data from many sources
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Cons
  • Querying has to be done by users only. There can be ways to automate querying using templates
  • Not able to clearly check the query run time
  • The customer support team can be little more proactive while communicating any changes and resolving any queries
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  • The layout could be more modern
  • Would be great to have a drag and drop option to build dashboards
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Usability
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The tool serves as the purpose of what we were looking for. I am giving us eight because it is cumbersome and needs separate deployment on production; otherwise, it creates memory issues for small servers. Apart from this, this is an excellent tool, providing data features some analysts want. Its backend is heavy, but it works pretty smoothly on front-end users.
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Alternatives Considered
Glean.io provided the customisable packages as per the user licences and data storage required. We are a growing organisation and this flexibility helped arrive at decision to use Glean.io The user onboarding is very easy with Glean.io. There were no extra resources required to integrate with our system and it was done in couple of days only.
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It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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Return on Investment
  • Optimised the DB management team by 30%
  • Reduce in data visualisation dashboards TAT by 50%
  • Increase in revenues and savings by 20%
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  • Departmental Reporting - allows each department to measure and track KPIs
  • Visibility - everyone has access to the data they need and context on the rest of the business' goals
  • Churn - Helps to predict churn from our partners given their sales and forecasts
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