Metabase
The easy, open source way for everyone in your company to ask questions and learn from data.
Overview
Metabase is an open-source business intelligence platform that lets you ask questions about your data and displays answers in formats that make sense, whether that's a bar graph or a detailed table. You can create and share dashboards, and set up alerts to get notified when data changes.
✨ Key Features
- Question builder for non-technical users
- SQL editor for analysts
- Interactive dashboards
- Data exploration and drill-down
- Open-source and self-hostable
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Ease of use for non-technical users
- Strong open-source community
- Simple setup and deployment
Unique Value: Make data accessible to everyone in your company through an intuitive interface, without needing to write SQL.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Allowing a marketing team to self-serve answers about campaign performance
- Creating a central dashboard for a startup's key metrics
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Complex, pixel-perfect enterprise reporting
- Organizations requiring extensive data preparation and ETL within the BI tool
🏆 Alternatives
Significantly easier to set up and use than Looker or Tableau, especially for non-analysts, and offers a powerful free open-source option.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
Free tier: Open Source edition is free to self-host with unlimited users and features.
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