Item: Metabase
Rating: 9
Author: Samuel Allen

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for all of our internal reporting, across each department, and are the centralised data team for creating reports and managing data and access. Metabase is the perfect tool, as it is scalable, and the levels of granular permissions mean that it is easy to give access to the data colleagues need to do their jobs most effectively.

Pros and Cons

Visualisation
Simplicity
Permissions

Report Types
Updates
Colour/Branding

Return on Investment

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

Alternatives Considered

Looker

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.

Key Insights

Do you think Metabase delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Metabase's feature set?

Yes

Did Metabase live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Metabase go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Metabase again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Notion, Google BigQuery, Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Metabase: The perfect reporting solution

Overall Satisfaction with Metabase