4 categories · RankedMetabase
Metabase is an open source business intelligence and embedded analytics product · metabase.com ↗
Strongest at small business. Ranked 37 of 75 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Microsoft Power BI is first at 46%.
Microsoft Power BI is first at 65%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Microsoft Power BI is first at 61%.
Why models recommend it
“Metabase (Best Overall Balance) ... widely considered the best starting point for startups and small businesses”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“the best overall value is usually Metabase”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Best for a technical team with a PostgreSQL/MySQL database; self-hosting can be free, but requires server administration.”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Completely free, open-source BI tool ... Best if: You have a technical person who can manage the installation”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid platforms with a history of security incidents (Mixpanel, Amplitude, Adobe, Metabase)”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Metabase, Superset, and similar options can reduce licensing costs, but configuration, upgrades, security, and governance may require substantial technical expertise.”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“better for startups or technical teams. Lacks enterprise governance for scaling B2B sales ops.”Kimi K2 · Direct question · warning
“Limitations: Less enterprise-grade features compared to paid competitors”Kimi K2 · Comparative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Metabase, over the 145 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 49 | Compare → | |
| 86 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 83 | 21 | Compare → | |
| 59 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 53 | 0 | View → | |
| 42 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 26 | 0 | View → | |
| 25 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 21 | 0 | View → | |
| 19 | 15 | View → |
What the models named instead of Metabase →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Metabase's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Self-service analytics for your team; customer-facing analytics; developers building in-product analytics
- Price stated
- Free 14-day trial
- Starting price
- 0
- Free plan or trial
- Free 14-day trial
- Integrations
- 20
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA, SOC 1
- Hosting
- US, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific
- Customers named
- Cal.com, Pathrise, Synctera, Comptoir de L’or, Lime Technologies, StructionSite, The Lobby, Motohunt
- Headquarters
- United States
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 116 of the 145 answers that named Metabase and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
233 of the 253 domain citations in answers naming Metabase came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glossary or explainer | 324 | 0 | 2025-05-15 | ||
| Blog | 112 | 5 | 2026-08-27 | ||
| Case study | 45 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 44 | 6 | 2026-09-29 | ||
| Comparison | 41 | 1 | 2026-07-13 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 9 | 0 | 2025-06-25 | ||
| Report or ebook | 7 | 0 | 2024-07-04 | ||
| Template or tool | 1 | 0 | 2024-09-22 | ||
| Podcast or video | 1 | 0 | 2025-04-21 | ||
| News or press | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-29Building dashboards ai conference or event
- 2026-09-29Metabase datadog nyc conference or event
- 2026-08-27Vulnerability what happened blog
- 2026-08-27Ai analytics with a build button conference or event
- 2026-08-26Ai analytics on your terms on your infrastructure conference or event
- 2026-08-25Ai analytics with receipts conference or event
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page metabase.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.