Metabase: open source business intelligence for everyone
Discover Metabase, the open source business intelligence tool that democratises your data
Metabase is an open source business intelligence tool that lets all your teams query your data and build dashboards, without writing SQL.
How many orders this week? Which customers have not ordered for six months? With Metabase, your teams answer their own questions in a few clicks, directly on your databases. Lightweight, quick to deploy and affordable, it is often a company's first BI tool as it structures its data.
Metabase is built around four functional pillars:
From the first chart to production deployment, everything is designed for simplicity.
1. No-code questions: query your data in a few clicks
Metabase's visual editor turns every business question into a chart.
- Build your analyses with the visual editor, without writing a single line of SQL
- Filter, aggregate and group your data in a few clicks
- Switch from table to the right chart type in one click
- Save your questions to reuse and share them
2. Dashboards and distribution: data that comes to you
Gather your key metrics and deliver them automatically to the right teams.
- Assemble your questions into interactive dashboards with filters
- Schedule report deliveries by email or to Slack
- Set up alerts when a metric crosses a threshold
- Organise your analyses into collections by team or project
3. Native SQL: full power for your analysts
Simplicity for business teams does not rule out depth for experts.
- Write your queries in the built-in SQL editor
- Parameterise your queries with variables and dynamic filters
- Reuse SQL fragments with shared snippets
- Turn a SQL query into a dashboard anyone can use
4. Deployment and integration: open source, cloud or embedded
Metabase adapts to your infrastructure and your data control requirements.
- Self-host the open source version on your own infrastructure, for instance with Docker
- Choose Metabase Cloud to offload operations
- Connect your databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigQuery and many more
- Manage group-based permissions to control data access
Planning a Metabase project? turnK deploys the tool, connects your databases and builds your first dashboards. Take a look at our Data & AI services or contact us: our consultants reply within 48 hours.
Les questions les plus fréquentes
Metabase is an open source business intelligence tool known for its simplicity. It connects to your databases and lets you build questions, dashboards and reports without writing SQL, while offering a SQL editor for analysts.
SMBs and startups that want to democratise data access without a heavy BI project, as well as data teams looking for a lightweight tool to deploy. Business teams use the visual editor, analysts keep full SQL.
No-code question building with the visual editor, interactive dashboards with filters, scheduled deliveries by email or Slack, threshold alerts, a SQL editor with variables, and group-based permission management.
The self-hosted open source version is free. Metabase also offers a managed cloud service and paid editions with advanced features, billed as a subscription; up-to-date pricing is available on the official Metabase website.
Yes, that is one of its strengths: the open source version runs on your own infrastructure, notably via Docker, and your data never leaves your environment. turnK installs, secures and connects Metabase to all your databases.
