Evidence vs Metabase
On the evidence we track, Metabase leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. 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.
Evidence
An open-source business intelligence platform that lets you build interactive data visualizations using SQL and markdown. Reports can be self-hosted or published on Evidence Studio's managed hosting service.
Metabase
LeaderOpen 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.
Evidence
$2,500/month for Team plan with unlimited users, 20K AI credits, and optional add-on credits at $0.01 per credit. 30-day free trial. Custom enterprise plans available.
- Team$2,500/month, flat rate for unlimited users and projects
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited projects
- Analytics Agent
- Slack bot and MCP support
- Private Slack or Teams support
- +10 more
- CustomContact sales
- Everything in Team plan
- Row-level access rules
- Embedding and white-labelling
- Custom AI credit allocation
- Bring your own AI keys
- +3 more
Metabase
LeaderFree 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.
- PostgreSQL
- Slack
Evidence
- BigQuery
- Google Sheets
- JavaScript APIs
- ChatGPT
- Claude Desktop
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- Microsoft Fabric
- dbt
- GitHub Enterprise
- Datadog
- Sentry
- AWS Bedrock
- Vertex AI
- Azure AI Foundry
Metabase
Leader- Vanta
- Drata
- Okta
- Pendo
- Contentsquare
- PostHog
- Amplitude
- Mixpanel
- Zendesk
- Intercom
- Front
- Freshdesk
- Gorgias
- Kustomer
- Pylon
- Plain
- LiveAgent
- Jitbit
- Crisp
- Drag
- Productboard
- Aha!
- Canny
- Typeform
- +6 more
Evidence 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.