Run Metabase, the open-source BI tool your whole team can use without writing SQL, from a pre-configured image in your own cloud account. Dashboards and query results stay on your infrastructure, with no per-seat subscription.
Metabase is an open-source business intelligence platform for exploring data, building dashboards and sharing reports. Its visual query builder lets non-technical people ask questions of the data, while analysts can still write SQL. It queries your databases directly instead of copying the data into itself.
Ask questions and filter data with point-and-click, no SQL needed.
Combine charts into shared dashboards the whole team can use.
Analysts can write native queries when the builder is not enough.
PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, MongoDB and more.
Automatic explorations that give you a first look at a new table.
The open-source edition has no per-user fees.
Self-hosting Metabase means setting up the application, a database backend for its own settings, and SSL. The marketplace image does that for you.
Subscribe on AWS Marketplace or Google Cloud Marketplace, pick a region and machine size, and deploy. The stack is ready in about 5-10 minutes.
Create a DNS A record for your Metabase subdomain with the server's public IP, so SSL can be issued for it.
Open your domain in a browser. Metabase walks you through creating the admin account on the first visit.
Add your databases or warehouse from the admin panel, then start asking questions and building dashboards.
An AMI on AWS Marketplace, launched into your own AWS account with a CloudFormation stack.
Launch on AWS 
The same BI server as a Google Cloud Marketplace image, deployed into your own GCP project.
Launch on Google Cloud Allow these ports in your AWS security group or GCP firewall.
| Service | Ports | Protocol |
|---|---|---|
| HTTP | 80 | TCP |
| HTTPS | 443 | TCP |
| SSH (administration) | 22 | TCP |
Server size: t3.medium on AWS or e2-medium (4 GB RAM) on Google Cloud for a small team. Choose a larger machine for heavy queries or many concurrent dashboard users.
| Metabase by Meetrix | Metabase Cloud | Tableau | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Your AWS account or GCP project | Metabase's cloud | Your server or Tableau Cloud |
| Data control | Queries and results stay in your account | Queries run on Metabase's servers | Tableau processes or stores snapshots |
| Pricing model | Cloud compute, no per-user fee | Per-user subscription | Per-user licence |
| Data residency | Any region you choose | Metabase data processing applies | Tableau data processing applies |
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Metabase is an open-source business intelligence platform that lets teams explore data, build dashboards and share reports without writing SQL. It connects directly to your existing databases and warehouses.
More than 20 out of the box, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, Athena and MongoDB. Add them from the admin panel after deployment.
The open-source edition of Metabase is free, with no per-user fees. On AWS or Google Cloud you pay for the server, plus any Meetrix software fee shown on the marketplace listing.
Metabase Cloud runs on Metabase's infrastructure and charges per user. This deployment runs entirely in your own AWS account or GCP project, so queries, dashboards and activity logs stay with you.
SAML SSO is a feature of Metabase's paid Pro and Enterprise editions. The Meetrix image runs the open-source edition; Meetrix can help if you move to a paid edition.
t3.medium on AWS, or e2-medium (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM) with a 20 GB disk on Google Cloud. Scale up for heavier queries or more concurrent users.
SSH into the server and run sudo docker ps to list the running containers, then sudo docker logs with the container ID to read its logs.
When a new version is published on the marketplace, back up your server data, remove the old deployment and launch the new version.
Query builders, SSO, licensing and maintenance status, compared honestly.
A clean Metabase stack on AWS, and how it compares to other Marketplace offerings.
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