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Lightdash vs Metabase
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
Metabase
Open-source BI for anyone.
At a glanceLightdashMetabase
At a glance
- Pricing
- Lightdash$400/mo (Pro)
- Metabase$85/mo (Cloud Starter)
- Pricing model
- LightdashFreemium
- MetabaseFreemium
- Founded
- Lightdash—
- Metabase2015
- Location
- LightdashLondon, UK
- Metabase—
- Bootstrapped
- Lightdash—
- Metabase—
- Open source
- LightdashYes
- MetabaseYes
- Category
- Lightdash—
- MetabaseBusiness Intelligence & Data
- Indie alternatives
- Lightdash0
- Metabase6
- Founders
- LightdashOliver Laslett, Hamzah Chaudhary
- MetabaseSameer Al-Sakran
Key differences
Pricing
Metabase starts cheaper at $85/mo (Cloud Starter); Lightdash starts at $400/mo (Pro).
Funding
Both are indie / bootstrapped or open source.
Open source
Both are open source.
Indie alternatives
Lightdash has 0 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Metabase has 6.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
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