Metabase

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Metabase
Editions & Modules
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
Metabase
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Metabase
Considered Both Products
Metabase
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
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Metabase
BI Standard Reporting
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Metabase
8.7
2 Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.02 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.02 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.02 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
6.0
2 Ratings
30% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.02 Ratings
Formatting capabilities6.02 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages2.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.02 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.5
1 Ratings
2% above category average
Publish to Web9.01 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings
Report Versioning7.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
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Metabase
6.5
2 Ratings
22% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.02 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.02 Ratings
Predictive Analytics4.01 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining3.01 Ratings
Access Control and Security
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Metabase
10.0
2 Ratings
15% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.02 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.02 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.02 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
9.0
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings
Mobile Application10.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.02 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
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Metabase
8.5
2 Ratings
7% above category average
REST API7.12 Ratings
Javascript API9.01 Ratings
iFrames9.01 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Metabase
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Metabase
Likelihood to Recommend
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
Metabase
  • Store Data
  • Make Querying easy
  • Quickly ingest data from many sources
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Cons
Metabase
  • Report Types
  • Updates
  • Colour/Branding
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Usability
Metabase
Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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Alternatives Considered
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
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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