Metabase pricing guide details
Pricing Overview
Metabase publishes monthly and yearly pricing for its Business Intelligence plans. The Open Source plan is free and includes unlimited users, unlimited questions and dashboards, 20+ supported data sources, and the ability to write SQL or explore by clicking. The pricing page also lists AI questions on a preferred model and an MCP server for this plan.
Starter is listed at $100 per month, or $90 per month on yearly billing ($1,080 per year). Pro is listed at $575 per month, or $517.50 per month on yearly billing ($6,210 per year). Enterprise has custom pricing, and the page states that its price starts at $20,000 per year. Published prices exclude applicable taxes. Metabase's pricing page presents Cloud deployment and self-hosted deployment as general deployment options, but does not assign either option to a particular plan.
For paid plans, the listed plan amount is not necessarily the entire bill: Starter and Pro also have user charges after their included-user allowances. Optional AI, transform, advanced-transform, and storage usage can also add charges.
Plan Comparison
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| Plan | Published price | Included users and listed details |
|---|---|---|
| Open Source | Free | Free unlimited users, unlimited questions and dashboards, 20+ supported data sources, AI questions on a preferred model, and an MCP server. |
| Starter | $100/month; $90/month yearly ($1,080/year) | First 5 users included; then $6 per user per month or $65 per user per year. Includes 3-day support via email, support form, Slack, or Teams. |
| Pro | $575/month; $517.50/month yearly ($6,210/year) | First 10 users included; then $12 per user per month or $130 per user per year. Includes row- and column-level permissions, SSO, required 2FA, IP allowlists, caching controls, usage analytics and auditing, multi-tenant embedded analytics, whitelabel readiness, and AI usage auditing and controls. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing; page says prices start at $20,000/year | Includes Pro features plus procurement help, a dedicated success engineer, air-gap availability, and a 1-day support SLA. |
Metabase says both internal users and people accessing embeds through a product count as users. It also says licenses are for individuals and are non-transferable. Yearly billing is presented as saving 10%; confirm the applicable billing term, user count, taxes, and optional usage charges before purchasing.
Hidden Costs and Considerations
Metabase describes several charges and conditions beyond the displayed plan prices. Starter includes its first 5 users, then lists $6 per additional user per month or $65 per additional user per year. Pro includes its first 10 users, then lists $12 per additional user per month or $130 per additional user per year. Everyone who signs in directly or through SSO is a user for billing, and people accessing embeds through a product also count as users.
Optional usage-based features can add charges after included credits or allowances. Metabase says its AI service costs $3.75 per 1 million tokens and includes 1 million tokens to get started; it also notes that most people bring their own AI-provider API key. Starter and Pro include 1,000 transform runs, after which transforms cost $0.01 per run. The page lists advanced transforms at $0.02 per run after the included runs, while also containing a separate advanced-transform statement of $0.01 per run; confirm the applicable advanced-transform rate before relying on it.
Storage is optional: the page lists pricing starting at $2 for 1 million rows and says 1 million stored rows are always free. Prices exclude applicable taxes. Enterprise is custom priced, so confirm its final price, deployment requirements, and any air-gap fee with Metabase.
Cost Estimates by Team Size
Metabase's pricing page lists plan-level and incremental-user pricing, but it does not give a complete cost estimate for a particular team size. A buyer can start from the published monthly or yearly plan amount and then apply the applicable additional-user rate only after the included-user allowance: Starter includes 5 users and then lists $6 per user per month; Pro includes 10 users and then lists $12 per user per month. Both plans also publish yearly user rates of $65 and $130, respectively.
The Open Source plan is free with unlimited users, questions, and dashboards, so Metabase's pricing page does not list a license charge for that plan. It does not provide a plan-specific infrastructure cost estimate. Metabase's pricing page generally offers Cloud deployment and self-hosted deployment, but it does not bind either deployment model to a particular plan.
For Enterprise, Metabase lists custom pricing and says prices start at $20,000 per year. Because the final Enterprise amount, included-user terms, and any tailored embedding package are not publicly specified here, request those details before comparing it with Starter or Pro. Also confirm taxes and optional AI, transform, advanced-transform, and storage usage.
How Metabase Pricing Compares
Metabase’s pricing page supports a comparison among its own listed options, not a reliable price comparison with other products. Metabase publishes a free Open Source plan with unlimited users, unlimited questions and dashboards, and 20+ supported data sources. Starter is listed at $100 per month before additional-user charges, while Pro is listed at $575 per month before its additional-user charges. The annual plan figures shown are $1,080 for Starter and $6,210 for Pro.
Feature differences shown on the page include 3-day support for Starter and, for Pro, row- and column-level permissions, SSO, required 2FA, IP allowlists, caching controls, usage analytics and auditing, multi-tenant embedded analytics, whitelabel readiness, and AI usage auditing and controls. Pro also lists unlimited chart and dashboard embedding with tailored interactivity, AI questions for customers, multi-tenant data segregation, and brand customization.
Enterprise has custom pricing and adds procurement help, a dedicated success engineer, air-gap availability, and a 1-day support SLA. Its page says pricing starts at $20,000 per year. Confirm final Enterprise pricing, the billing term, user counting, taxes, and any optional usage charges; the evidence does not provide equivalent current pricing or feature evidence for competing tools.