Cube vs Metabase
On the evidence we track, Cube leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for bi software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Cube
LeaderA modern analytics platform that combines a semantic layer with dashboard, workbook, and conversational AI interfaces to serve teams and autonomous agents. Users query data through dashboards, natural language chat, or APIs, while the semantic layer ensures consistent metric definitions and business logic across all tools and workflows.
Metabase
Open source tool for business intelligence and embedded analytics that enables users to work with data from connected databases
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Cube
LeaderFrom $40/developer/month; free tier available
- FreeFree
- Connect any data source
- Model in semantic layer IDE
- Explore data in workbooks
- Publish workbooks as dashboards
- Semantic model agent
- +2 more
- Starter$40/developer/month
- Everything in Free
- Extended limits on agents
- Use premium LLMs
- Unlimited workbooks
- Extended query limit
- +6 more
- Premium$80/developer/month + $20/explorer/month
- Everything in Starter
- Explorer role
- Viewer role
- Embedded dashboards
- Embedded analytics chat
- +7 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Premium
- 99.990% Uptime SLA
- Dedicated single-tenant installation
- Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
- Bring Your Own LLM (BYOLLM)
- +3 more
Metabase
Free tier with unlimited users. Starter from $100/month (5 users included). Pro from $575/month (10 users included). Enterprise custom, starts $20,000/year. Usage-based pricing for optional features.
- Open SourceFree
- Ask questions with AI
- SQL generation
- 20+ supported data sources
- Unlimited questions & dashboards
- Write SQL or explore by clicking
- +2 more
- Starter$100/month or $90/month yearly (first 5 users included, then $6/user/month)
- All Open Source features
- Ask questions with AI
- SQL generation
- Unlimited questions & dashboards
- 3-day email support
- +1 more
- Pro$575/month or $517.50/month yearly (first 10 users included, then $12/user/month)
- All Starter features
- Embed unlimited charts and dashboards
- Multi-tenant data segregation
- Row and column level permissions
- SSO
- +4 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- All Pro features
- Custom pricing aligned with business model
- Procurement assistance
- Dedicated success engineer
- Air gap deployment available
- +1 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Okta
- Slack
Cube
Leader- Notion
- Linear
- Sentry
- Attio
- Google Sheets
- Excel
- dbt
- Power BI
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Cursor
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- BigQuery
- Presto
- Amazon Athena
- Postgres
- ClickHouse
- Tableau
Metabase
- Vanta
- Drata
- Pendo
- Contentsquare
- PostHog
- Amplitude
- Mixpanel
- Zendesk
- Intercom
- Front
- Freshdesk
- Gorgias
- Kustomer
- Pylon
- Plain
- LiveAgent
- Jitbit
- Crisp
- Drag
- Productboard
- Aha!
- Canny
- Typeform
- SurveyMonkey
- +6 more
Cube or Metabase: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.