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Metabase pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Metabase. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the spreadsheet & data tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free, then $90/month
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Metabase catalogue entry carries a starting price of $90/month, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Metabase review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Metabase feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- No-code Query Builder
- SQL Editor
- Interactive Dashboards
- Alerts
- Embedding
Integrations
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- BigQuery
- Snowflake
- Redshift
Platform
- Web support
- Self-hosted support
- Cloud support
People bring Metabase 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. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Metabase are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Spreadsheet & Data
Too few spreadsheet & data tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabase (this page) | Free, then $90/month | - | - | |
| Redash | Free | freemium | - | vs Metabase |
| Looker | On request | - | - | vs Metabase |
| Baserow | Free | freemium | - | vs Metabase |
| Fibery | Free | subscription | - | vs Metabase |
| Apache Superset | Free | open-source | - | vs Metabase |
| Budibase | Free | open-source | - | vs Metabase |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Metabase badges page.
Before you pay for Metabase
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Metabase runs on web, self-hosted cloud, and is published by Metabase of San Francisco, California. The full record is on the Metabase review, and the rest of the category is under best spreadsheet & data tools.
Metabase pricing questions
- How much does Metabase cost?
- Metabase starts at $90/month. No tier-by-tier breakdown is published on the record we hold.
- Does Metabase have a free plan?
- Yes, Metabase is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.
- Which spreadsheet & data tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 7 spreadsheet & data tools listed alongside Metabase have a free tier: Redash, Baserow, Fibery, Apache Superset, Budibase.
- What am I actually paying for with Metabase?
- The record lists 14 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for business intelligence and data exploration for non-technical users, embedded analytics for saas applications, self-service reporting and dashboard creation.
- Does Metabase charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Metabase prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Metabase against before paying?
- The closest spreadsheet & data tools in this directory are Redash, Looker, Baserow, Fibery. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Metabase covering price, platforms and features.