Metabase pricing 2026: plans and costs
How AI answers describe Metabase pricing
However, several alternatives offer equally clear pricing, including Zoho Analytics and Metabase.
Compared to: Microsoft Power BI · Tableau · Zoho
- Metabase — 14-day free trial.
- Metabase : Starts around $100 to $130 per month for small team tiers (e.g., Starter plan covering up to 10 users), plus token-based AI or custom usage fees.
Quick pricing summary
- Open Source: $0 free, self-hosted, unlimited users
- Starter: $100 month (5 users included, +$6/user/month)
- Pro: $575 month (10 users included, +$12/user/month)
- Enterprise: Custom (custom pricing (starts at $20,000 / year))
- Annual billing: saves 10% vs monthly
- Worth noting: Yearly billing saves 10% (Starter $1,080/yr, Pro $6,210/yr). 14-day free trial on Starter and Pro. Pro also available self-hosted. Prices exclude taxes. Self-hosting gives unlimited transforms.
Plans
Open Source
$0 free, self-hosted, unlimited users
- Ask questions with AI on your preferred model
- MCP server
- 20+ supported data sources
- Unlimited questions & dashboards
- Write SQL or explore just by clicking
- Free unlimited users
Starter
$100 month (5 users included, +$6/user/month)
- Ask questions with AI on your preferred model
- MCP server
- 20+ supported data sources
- Unlimited questions & dashboards
- Write SQL or explore just by clicking
- 3-day support via email, support form, Slack, or Teams
- First 5 users included; +$6 per user / month
Pro
$575 month (10 users included, +$12/user/month)
- All Starter features
- Row and column level permissions
- SSO, required 2FA, and IP allowlists
- Caching controls
- Usage analytics & auditing
- Multi-tenant embedded analytics
- Whitelabel ready
- AI usage auditing and controls
- First 10 users included; +$12 per user / month
Enterprise
Custom custom pricing (starts at $20,000 / year)
- All Pro features
- Custom pricing aligned with your business model
- Help with procurement
- Dedicated success engineer
- Air gap available
- 1-day support SLA
What you get on each plan
| Feature | Open Source | Starter | Pro | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $100/month | $575/month | Custom (from $20,000/year) |
| Included users | Unlimited | 5 | 10 | Custom |
| Additional user | Free | $6/user/month | $12/user/month | Custom |
| AI questions on preferred model | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MCP server | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited questions & dashboards | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Row and column level permissions | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO and required 2FA | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Usage analytics & auditing | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-tenant embedded analytics | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Whitelabel | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support | — | 3-day via email, form, Slack, or Teams | 3-day via email, form, Slack, or Teams | 1-day SLA |
| Dedicated success engineer | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Air gap deployment | — | — | — | ✓ |
Hidden costs & add-ons
| Cost driver | Price | When it applies |
|---|---|---|
| Additional user (Starter) | $6 per user / month or $65 per user / year | Starter |
| Additional user (Pro) | $12 per user / month or $130 per user / year | Pro |
| Metabase AI service | $3.75 per 1M tokens (1M tokens included) | All plans (optional) |
| Transforms | $0.01 per run after 1,000 included runs | Starter, Pro (cloud) |
| Advanced transforms | $0.02 per run after 1,000 included runs | Starter, Pro (cloud) |
| Storage | From $2 per 1M rows; 1M stored rows free | Optional |
| Air-gapped deployment | Additional fee | Enterprise |
Metabase pricing vs alternatives
| Brand | Entry price | Free plan | Model | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabase | Free; paid from $100 per seat / mo | Yes | Per seat | — | |
| Microsoft Power BI | — | — | — | — | Compare → |
| Tableau | — | — | — | — | Compare → |
| Zoho | — | — | — | Businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, wanting one suite for sales, support, finance and HR | Compare → |
| Looker | — | — | — | — | Compare → |
List prices as published on www.metabase.com/pricing. Totals are worked examples, not quotes.