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ANALYTICS

Metabase Open Source

Business intelligence for exploring data and sharing useful dashboards.

LICENCEAGPL-3.0 (open-source edition)
DEPLOYMENTSelf-hosted
REVIEW TYPEDesk review
SOFTWARE FREEDOM SCOREAssessment pending

Where it fits

Teams that need an accessible interface to existing business data.

Trade-offs and limitations

Advanced permissions, SSO and embedding can depend on paid editions. Review the exact edition before designing integrations.

Deployment and technology

Clojure · JVM · SQL databases. Self-hosting requires a supported deployment, capacity planning and a named maintainer. Consult the official installation guide for the current version.

Portability and integration

Edition-specific requirements should be verified before selection.
APIHTTP API; review support and stability
AuthenticationEdition-dependent; verify identity requirements
Data exportResult exports and application database backups

Migration considerations

Recreate questions, dashboards and permissions; reconcile each business metric.

Security and ongoing costs

Budget for infrastructure, implementation, monitoring, patching, backups, restore tests and user support. Check the supported release and current advisories with the project. An open licence is not a security guarantee.

Freedom score and exit difficulty

A complete, evidence-backed assessment of all 15 criteria is required before publishing a score. Exit difficulty depends on your customisations, data model, integrations and operating documentation. This profile does not claim a hands-on benchmark or a complete security assessment.

Read the complete scoring methodology.

Primary sources

Profile reviewed 2026-09-12. Verify the exact release, edition and extensions before implementation.

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