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Comparison · Business Intelligence · weekly run Nov 2

Metabase vs Plotly

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

Track both brands

The short answer

Metabase is the stronger AI pick in Business Intelligence: it has a visibility score of 21.7 versus 3 for Plotly, and ranks ahead in 0% of the answers that name both.

Choose Metabase if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (21.7 vs 3)
You need SOC 1 or SOC 2 Type II or GDPR or CCPA coverage
Free open-source edition for self-hosting
Easy to deploy and user-friendly

Choose Plotly if…

You want a lower entry price ($29 vs $100)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need SOC 2 or ISO 27001 or ISO 27701 or ISO 42001 coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Metabase	Plotly
Visibility score	21.7%	3%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Business Intelligence	#5	#21
Share of voice	5.2%	0.6%
Mentions this run	27	3
Positive in AI answers	63%	—

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

Metabase leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

25.9%

2.6%

AI Mode

18.7%

2.6%

Perplexity

20.6%

3.7%

MetabasePlotly

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

0Metabase ranked higher

2Plotly ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Metabase	Plotly
How do companies turn company data into dashboards without a dedicated tool?	ChatGPT	#5	#3
How do companies turn company data into dashboards without a dedicated tool?	AI Mode	#5	#3

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Metabase	Plotly
Pricing model	Per seat	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $100 per seat / mo	Free; paid from $29 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Self-hosted or Metabase Cloud, with air-gapped deployment available on Enterprise	Plotly Cloud as a managed SaaS, or Dash Enterprise self-hosted on-premises or on Kubernetes
Integrations	237+	—
Compliance	SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA	SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 42001
Support	Email, Support form, Slack, Microsoft Teams	In-app help requests, with responses targeted within 48 hours during business hours, Premium support with ticketed requests and an account manager on Enterprise plans
Founded	2014	2013
Headquarters	—	Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Employees	51–200	51–200
Funding	Series B · $43M raised	Series C
Best for	Teams that want self-service analytics without relying on engineers, and software companies that need to embed analytics in their product	Data science, engineering and analytics teams that build internal data apps and dashboards in Python