GoodData vs Metabase

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

The short answer

Metabase is the stronger AI pick in Business Intelligence: it has a visibility score of 21.7 versus 0.9 for GoodData, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose GoodData if…

AI answers describe it more positively (67% vs 63% positive)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need ISO 27001 or WCAG 2.1 AA coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (201–500 employees)

Choose Metabase if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (21.7 vs 0.9)
You want a free plan to start
You need SOC 1 or CCPA coverage
Per seat pricing suits your budget better than flat tiers

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	GoodData	Metabase
Visibility score	0.9%	21.7%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Business Intelligence	#30	#5
Share of voice	0.5%	5.2%
Mentions this run	3	27
Positive in AI answers	67%	63%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

Metabase leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

1.9%

25.9%

AI Mode

18.7%

Perplexity

0.9%

20.6%

GoodDataMetabase

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

0GoodData ranked higher

2Metabase ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	GoodData	Metabase
Top business intelligence tool options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#8	#1
Top business intelligence tool options for B2B SaaS companies	Perplexity	#12	#1

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	GoodData	Metabase
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Per seat
Entry price	Contact sales	Free; paid from $100 per seat / mo
Free plan	No · 30-day trial	Yes
Deployment	Fully managed SaaS on AWS and Azure, with dedicated cluster, multi-region and self-hosted options on demand	Self-hosted or Metabase Cloud, with air-gapped deployment available on Enterprise
Integrations	—	237+
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, WCAG 2.1 AA	SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA
Support	24/7 technical support worldwide, Community support through a Slack channel, Enterprise: 24/7 prioritized SLAs and a dedicated customer success manager, Enterprise: 99.5% guaranteed uptime SLA	Email, Support form, Slack, Microsoft Teams
Founded	2007	2014
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States	—
Employees	201–500	51–200
Funding	Last raise (CB Insights)	Series B · $43M raised
Best for	Small and medium companies on the Professional plan, and large enterprises on the Enterprise plan, that build embedded analytics, data products and governed AI on one platform	Teams that want self-service analytics without relying on engineers, and software companies that need to embed analytics in their product