Choose Lightdash if you need
- Integration with dbt, Snowflake or Claude. We haven't found them on Metabase's website.
- HIPAA. We haven't found it on Metabase's website.
At a glance
- Metabase has a free plan. We haven't confirmed one for Lightdash.
- Both offer a free trial (Lightdash: 21 days, Metabase: 14 days).
- Lightdash's lowest paid plan is Cloud Pro at $3,000, as of November 14, 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 Lightdash lists HIPAA.
- Only Metabase lists GDPR.
- Both can be self-hosted.
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 Lightdash's website.
- GDPR. We haven't found it on Lightdash's website.
Lightdash
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Metabase
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Review MetabaseThe facts
- What it does
- LightdashLightdash is the governed data layer for all your agents.
- MetabaseOpen source AI analytics you can verify.
- Free plan
- LightdashNot confirmed
- MetabaseYes
- Pricing
- LightdashFlat monthly fee, unlimited users
- MetabaseNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
- Lightdash
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
Both
- Slack
Only Lightdash
- dbt
- Snowflake
- Claude
- BigQuery
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 Lightdash and Metabase yet.
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