Lightdash vs Metabase
Lightdash is listed under Analytics, Metabase under Analytics. Shared focus: bi, dashboards. Each name links to the product's own site.
| Category | Analytics | Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Open source | Open source |
| Public code | Yes | Yes |
| Tags | bi, dbt, metrics, dashboards | bi, dashboards, sql, self-hosted |
| Website | lightdash.com | metabase.com |
What Lightdash does
Lightdash reads your dbt project and turns metrics and dimensions into a self-serve BI tool. Analysts define logic in dbt YAML, and business users build charts from it. The core is open source.
What Metabase does
Metabase lets people ask questions of a database through a visual query builder or SQL, then save results as charts and dashboards. The open source edition is AGPL and runs as one Java app.
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