Choose Hex if you need
- Integration with Snowflake, BigQuery or Databricks. We haven't found them on Metabase's website.
- HIPAA. We haven't found it on Metabase's website.
At a glance
- Both have a free plan.
- Metabase offers a free trial (14 days). We haven't confirmed one for Hex.
- Hex's lowest paid plan is Professional at $36 per editor per month, as of November 13, 2026.
- Metabase's lowest paid plan is Starter at $100 per month, plus $6 per user per month after the first 5 users, as of November 13, 2026.
- Both work with Slack.
- Both list SOC 2 and SSO.
- Only Hex lists HIPAA.
- Only Metabase lists GDPR.
- Hex has a public API. We haven't confirmed one for Metabase.
- Metabase can be self-hosted. We haven't confirmed that for Hex.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Metabase if you need
- Integration with Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. We haven't found them on Hex's website.
- GDPR. We haven't found it on Hex's website.
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Review MetabaseThe facts
- What it does
- HexA single, connected workspace for deep analysis, plain language questions and collaboration on the same data.
- MetabaseOpen source AI analytics you can verify.
- Free plan
- HexYes
- MetabaseYes
- Pricing
- HexPer editor, monthly
- MetabaseNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
- Hex
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
Both
- Slack
Only Hex
- Snowflake
- BigQuery
- Databricks
- dbt
- GitHub
- Airflow
Only Metabase
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Cursor
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Hex and Metabase yet.
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