iDashboards Enterprise Suite vs. Metabase

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
iDashboards Enterprise Suite
Score 3.0 out of 10
N/A
This web-based dashboard software displays data in real-time from databases, data warehouses, spreadsheets, XML and other data sources in a single location. iDashboards' built-in security framework provides role-based user permissions and access control. iDashboards Enterprise Suite is complete with software to custom build dashboards, perform what-if analytics, enable alerts and generate reports based on the displayed data in a dashboard.
$0
Per Seat per Month
Metabase
Score 7.6 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
Pricing
iDashboards Enterprise SuiteMetabase
Editions & Modules
Enterprise Suite
Per Seat per Month
Starter
$85
per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
Growth
$749
per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
Open Source
Free
Enterprise
starting at $15,000
per year
Enterprise
Starts at $15,000
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
iDashboards Enterprise SuiteMetabase
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
iDashboards Enterprise SuiteMetabase
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
iDashboards Enterprise Suite
6.8
4 Ratings
19% below category average
Metabase
8.7
2 Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports5.34 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.04 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates6.13 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
iDashboards Enterprise Suite
7.2
4 Ratings
12% below category average
Metabase
6.0
2 Ratings
30% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.14 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Formatting capabilities6.24 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages9.11 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration5.34 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
iDashboards Enterprise Suite
9.1
3 Ratings
9% above category average
Metabase
8.5
1 Ratings
2% above category average
Publish to Web9.12 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.13 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report Versioning9.11 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.12 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
iDashboards Enterprise Suite
6.8
4 Ratings
17% below category average
Metabase
6.5
2 Ratings
22% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.24 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.24 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.92 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
iDashboards Enterprise Suite
7.8
4 Ratings
10% below category average
Metabase
10.0
2 Ratings
15% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.14 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.24 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.14 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
iDashboards Enterprise Suite
8.5
3 Ratings
6% above category average
Metabase
9.0
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access9.13 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile Application9.11 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.83 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
iDashboards Enterprise Suite
-
Ratings
Metabase
8.5
2 Ratings
7% above category average
REST API00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
iDashboards Enterprise SuiteMetabase
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(10 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
iDashboards Enterprise SuiteMetabase
Likelihood to Recommend
iDashboards
iDashboards is well suited for an office environment or organization with fewer personnel and resources. Its efficiency allows for less "man" hours. In terms of selection, the primary key question during process was cost, great tech support service, and efficiency. About where it may be less appropriate, it will be an office where information production, consumption, and dissemination is not a priority
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Metabase
Very well-suited in growing organizations, at a company of the size I work at it is the perfect solution in terms of functionality and cost. Compared to other solutions like PowerBI etc, which can run into the hundreds of thousands just to implement, Metabase is fantastic. In terms of scalability, as we grow, there will be inevitable questions over how well we can grow with Metabase.
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Pros
iDashboards
  • Designing a dashboard is easy. In other words, it is fairly easy to make data look really nice!
  • Data Analytics. This makes it easy to do calculations on your data (averages, etc.)
  • Training and examples: Our introduction to iDashboards was thorough. There are plenty of tutorials as well, plus manuals.
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Metabase
  • Store Data
  • Make Querying easy
  • Quickly ingest data from many sources
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Cons
iDashboards
  • Provide basic video training tutorials
  • Ability to upload/convert Excel data to non-Windows servers such as Linux or AIX
  • Increase the data row limitation
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Metabase
  • Report Types
  • Updates
  • Colour/Branding
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Likelihood to Renew
iDashboards
Our executive leadership relies on the dashboards provided through the iDashboards software. Thus, there is no doubt the contract will be renewed.
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Metabase
No answers on this topic
Usability
iDashboards
iDashboards are fairly logical and easy to use once you get started. I have taught myself most of what I know on my own, by taking webinars, reading through all the knowledge base, and doing the tutorials. Expertise is needed to do some of the data manipulation, but most graphs are simple to make.
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Metabase
Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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Alternatives Considered
iDashboards
iDashboards is easy to use right out of the box. The price point is very, very appealing and it offers everything the other products offer - ease of use and low cost.
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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 of use, cost, functionality, and simple report exploration made it an easy decision.
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Return on Investment
iDashboards
  • iDashboards saved us from making a sizable investment in another HR dashboard
  • iDashboards has improved the patient flow metrics
  • Multiple FTEs have been repurposed as a result of automating the visualization and dissemination of data
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Metabase
  • We can make great reports for our customers quickly
  • We can store customer data dynamically
  • we can create customer specific metrics
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ScreenShots

iDashboards Enterprise Suite Screenshots

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