What are the best Metabase alternatives in 2026?

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The closest Analytics & Data alternatives to Metabase are Databricks (Free), Mixpanel (Free), PostHog (Free). Plausible is the cheapest at $9/month versus $100/month for Metabase. 10 of them ship a free plan.

⏱ Verified 1 day ago — this page pulls live from our directory and updates within 24 hours of any tracked price change.

We track 19 Analytics & Data tools, and every price below is verified against the vendor's public pricing page — no estimates, no affiliate ordering. Alternatives are ranked by transparent published pricing first, then by entry price.

Enterprise BI with sales-heavy relationship? Pick Looker (Google-owned) or Tableau. Ultra-simple dashboards? Google Looker Studio (free).

Entry price alone rarely decides a migration: check the per-seat step-ups, the User seats caps, and how often each vendor has raised prices before switching away from Metabase.

Best Metabase alternatives by entry price

#ToolEntry priceFree plan
1DatabricksFreeYes
2MixpanelFreeYes
3PostHogFreeYes
4Sonar (Perplexity)Pricing not published—
5Plausible$9/mo—
6Fathom Analytics$15/mo—
7Julius AI$20/mo—
8Fabi.ai$20/mo—
9Airtable$24/moYes
10Rowy$25/mo—

Answer generated from SaaS Price Hub's daily-verified pricing tracker. Last updated October 3, 2026.

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