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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Keen IO

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AKeen (or keen.io) is an embedded analytics tool from the company of the same name headquartered in San Antonio, that is built an Apache Kafka and focuses on event data. Keen’s presentation library can be used to embed and deliver metrics within a UI.N/A

    Metabase

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMetabase 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
    Keen IOMetabase
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Keen IOMetabase
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Keen IOMetabase
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Keen IO and Metabase
    Feature
    Keen IO
    6.3
    3 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Metabase
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports5.93 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.43 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates5.53 Ratings6.34 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Keen IO and Metabase
    Feature
    Keen IO
    6.1
    2 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Metabase
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Formatting capabilities7.62 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration6.62 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Keen IO and Metabase
    Feature
    Keen IO
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Metabase
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.73 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.13 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics4.22 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Keen IO and Metabase
    Feature
    Keen IO
    4.7
    3 Ratings
    47% below category average
    Metabase
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)4.13 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model5.42 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)4.43 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Keen IO and Metabase
    Feature
    Keen IO
    6.9
    3 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Metabase
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    REST API4.83 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Javascript API9.02 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    iFrames6.12 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Java API8.13 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)6.72 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Keen IO and Metabase
    Feature
    Keen IO
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Keen IO and Metabase
    Feature
    Keen IO
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Keen IOMetabase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    5.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Keen IOMetabase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Keen IO
    To run more visual, analytical models, it is great. Leave the statistics to your other programs.
    Incentivized
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    Metabase
    Metabase is an easy tool to use if you are interested in collecting and aggregating data from multiple platforms. It is also easy to set up and start receiving the data results as a report. It is also easy to integrate with other tools that generate visual reports and take the necessary actions based on the data details.
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    Pros
    Keen IO
    • It has been great for configuring and representing data trends for our own company as well as our clients.
    • It is very helpful for viewing and understanding trends within our own datasets without being too overwhelming
    • The user interface is very streamlined and doesn't take too long to learn so there isn't a lot of time wasted.
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    Metabase
    • We're currently using it to fetch reports for our products, such as daily sales, pipeline, visits, and attendance reports.
    • Data representation from database directly.
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    Cons
    Keen IO
    • Cost is a little much for something we could do in house, given, it would take us much longer
    • Would be better to be more compatible with other analytical software
    • Could improve on code editing capabilities
    Incentivized
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    Metabase
    • Report Types
    • Updates
    • Colour/Branding
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Keen IO
    No answers on this topic
    Metabase
    Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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    Alternatives Considered
    Keen IO
    They have minor similarities, so they are not easily comparable. Keen is one of a kind and does not have a great alternative. It just needs a little work and developers will be addicted to it.
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    Metabase
    It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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    Return on Investment
    Keen IO
    No answers on this topic
    Metabase
    • It is serving us whatever we're looking for, and we've recommended many organizations to implement it if they want better data analytics as it provides better functionality than we will build.
    • As a negative it gets difficult to get control over data to be fetch initially.
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