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Alternatives to Metabase
19 spreadsheets tools sit alongside Metabase in this directory. Below is what separates each from Metabase on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- 7
- Metabase starts at
- Free, then $90/month
Why people look past Metabase
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Metabase entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Metabase starts at $90/month. Across the 4 spreadsheets tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $44/month.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Metabase publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to $20000/year. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Metabase pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Visual analytics platform for business intelligence
- No free tier, where Metabase has one.
- Starts $20 a month cheaper, at $70/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 3 tiers to Metabase's 4.
Modern business intelligence platform by Google
- No free tier, where Metabase has one.
Connect and visualize your data
- Starts $90 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 2 tiers to Metabase's 4.
Connected workspace for product teams
- Starts $90 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Cloud spreadsheet, free for a personal Google account and bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations
- Sold on a Free personally, bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations model rather than freemium.
- 2 tiers to Metabase's 4.
Apple spreadsheet, free on Apple hardware, now with an optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features
- Sold on a Free with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features model rather than freemium.
- 2 tiers to Metabase's 4.
Every Metabase alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabase (this page) | Free, then $90/month | Freemium | 4 | |
| TableauVisual analytics platform for business intelligence | $70/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Metabase |
| LookerModern business intelligence platform by Google | On request | - | - | vs Metabase |
| RedashConnect and visualize your data | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Metabase |
| FiberyConnected workspace for product teams | Free | Subscription | - | vs Metabase |
| Google Sheets | Free | Free personally, bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations | 2 | vs Metabase |
| Numbers | Free | Free with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features | 2 | vs Metabase |
| Zoho Sheet | Free | Free standalone, bundled into paid Zoho Workplace for organisations | 3 | vs Metabase |
| APITable | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Metabase |
| Rowy | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Metabase |
| Mathesar | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Metabase |
| SeaTable | Free, then €7/month | Per user per month | 5 | vs Metabase |
| Quadratic | Free, then $18/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Metabase |
| Teable | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Metabase |
| Baserow | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Metabase |
| Apache Superset | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Metabase |
| Coefficient | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Metabase |
| Sigma Computing | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Metabase |
| Equals | $24000/year | Per year by connector count and refresh frequency | 4 | vs Metabase |
| Cube Software | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Metabase |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Metabase badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (13)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Redash , Free
- Fibery , Free
- Google Sheets , Free
- Numbers , Free
- Zoho Sheet , Free
- APITable , Free
- Rowy , Free
- Mathesar , Free
Cheaper than Metabase (7)
Entry price under Metabase's $90/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Metabase is most often brought in for business intelligence and data exploration for non-technical users, embedded analytics for saas applications, self-service reporting and dashboard creation, integration with 40+ data sources including cloud warehouses. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Metabase is broadly right and the question is cost, the Metabase pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Spreadsheets category lists everything the directory holds, and best spreadsheets tools ranks them.
Metabase runs on web, self-hosted cloud. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Metabase alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Metabase?
- 19 other spreadsheets tools are listed in this directory, led by Tableau, Looker, Redash, Fibery. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Metabase?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Redash, Fibery, Google Sheets, Numbers, Zoho Sheet.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Metabase?
- Yes. 7 of the alternatives below start under Metabase's $90/month: Tableau at $70/month, Redash at Free, Fibery at Free, SeaTable at Free, then €7/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Metabase?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Metabase?
- Metabase is most often brought in for business intelligence and data exploration for non-technical users, embedded analytics for saas applications, self-service reporting and dashboard creation, integration with 40+ data sources including cloud warehouses. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Metabase?
- Apache Superset is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Metabase alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Spreadsheets, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Metabase against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Metabase covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every spreadsheets tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Spreadsheets category, 19 tools beside Metabase. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.