Databricks vs Metabase

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Databricks is the stronger AI pick in Data Warehouse: it has a visibility score of 37.9 versus 2 for Metabase, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Databricks if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (37.9 vs 2)
You need ISO 27001 or ISO 27017 or ISO 27018 or ISO 27701 or SOC 3 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (5,000+ employees)
Lakehouse architecture combining data warehousing with data lake flexibility

Choose Metabase if…

AI answers describe it more positively (63% vs 35% positive)
You need GDPR or CCPA coverage
Free open-source edition for self-hosting
Easy to deploy and user-friendly

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Databricks	Metabase
Visibility score	37.9%	2%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Data Warehouse	#4	#20
Share of voice	9.3%	1.1%
Mentions this run	52	6
Positive in AI answers	35%	63%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Databricks 0pp · Metabase 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Databricks leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

46.1%

AI Mode

35.4%

0.9%

Perplexity

32.2%

2.2%

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Head to head in AI answers

3 engine answers name both brands

3Databricks ranked higher

0Metabase ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Databricks	Metabase
Top data warehouse options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#4	#12
Best data warehouse for startups	ChatGPT	#3	#14
Who makes the most used data warehouse?	Perplexity	#3	#8

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Databricks	Metabase
Pricing model	—	Per seat
Entry price	—	Free; paid from $100 per seat / mo
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	Available across all major cloud providers	Self-hosted or Metabase Cloud, with air-gapped deployment available on Enterprise
Integrations	—	237+
Compliance	ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3	SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA
Support	Technical support on request, Technical documentation	Email, Support form, Slack, Microsoft Teams
Founded	2013	2014
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA	—
Employees	5,000+	51–200
Funding	Round at $60B valuation, including secondary sale	Series B · $43M raised
Best for	Data engineering, data science, analytics and AI teams at startups and global enterprises	Teams that want self-service analytics without relying on engineers, and software companies that need to embed analytics in their product