Open-source business intelligence — explore data, build dashboards, and answer questions without writing SQL.
One of the best ways for small businesses to make sense of their data without hiring an analyst. Free open-source version gives you everything for dashboards and reports. The visual query builder means your whole team can use it.
Visual query builder — no SQL needed for non-technical team members
Self-host free — no per-user fees or feature limits on core BI
Built-in drill-down to understand the why behind the numbers
Schedule automated reports and alerts
Embeddable analytics for your own product
Source: Metabase·Verified March 2026
Metabot AI answers data questions in plain language, generates SQL from natural language, troubleshoots queries, summarizes charts, and checks for existing dashboards. $100/month add-on with 500 queries.
Source: Metabase·Verified March 2026
A practical guide explaining how small teams can use Metabase to analyze and compare data from multiple sources in one place.
A comprehensive beginner tutorial showing how to connect a database and extract actionable business insights using Metabase.
A concise video overview of Metabase's core concepts including dashboards, filters, questions, the query builder, and SQL queries.
The official Metabase documentation covering all features, setup, and administration for getting your instance up and running.
A 30-minute guided introduction covering how to ask questions, build charts, and create dashboards in Metabase.
AI-generated training guides tailored to your team's size, skill level, and focus areas for Metabase — coming in v0.3.2.
View our roadmap →We're building a review system so business owners like you can share real experiences with Metabase.
Real workflows that use Metabase to save time.
Identify your least profitable client in under 5 minutes and increase average project margin by 12% within one quarter.
Give your team real-time SQL access to on-chain data and save 3 hours/week of manual blockchain reconciliation.
Cut reporting time by 2 hours/week and give your team a clear dashboard to review bot trends every Monday.
Cut weekly reporting time by 3 hours and give your whole team live site insights.
Last researched: March 2026
