Metabase vs. Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)

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.

Incentivized

I really like to use Prism, compared to other software, for data analysis. It allows a quick "plug and play" of the data and is very tolerant of many data formats. I typically resort to other software only when I need a more specific statistical analysis, or if I need a graphically cleaner visualization.

Incentivized

• Store Data
• Make Querying easy
• Quickly ingest data from many sources

Incentivized

• Data manipulations
• Data visualization
• Ease of use

Incentivized

• Report Types
• Updates
• Colour/Branding

Incentivized

• Need a stronger interface with R
• Advanced analysis is difficult to use
• Graphically clumsy

Incentivized

Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

Excel would be the next best thing to use. It is free for the academic lab to use though the quality of the figure is lacking and not standardized. Excel also lacks easy to use built-in formulas for data manipulation and can be tedious to replicate the same data Prism can do with a single click.

Incentivized

• We can make great reports for our customers quickly
• We can store customer data dynamically
• we can create customer specific metrics

Incentivized

• Excellent figures for publications

Incentivized