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Metabase
Dashboards and database questions without SQL; free open-source version for your own server
Choose it if your data is already in a database and you want self-service reports; without a database choose Looker Studio.
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About this service
Metabase connects to your business database and lets you build reports by clicking and ask AI questions on your model. The open-source version is free on your own server; Cloud is from $100 per month for 5 users. Useful if your data already sits in a database.
What you can do with it
- daily sales from an online store database
- performance dashboard for a manager
- self-service queries by managers without a programmer
Who it suits
- small business with a database
- SaaS
- e-commerce
Strengths
- Free open-source version
- Clear interface for non-technical people
Limitations
- Of little use without a database
- Self-hosted needs a technical person
- Pro is from $575 per month
Integrations
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- BigQuery
- Snowflake
- Slack
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