Metabase Starter

All the goodness of Metabase,
minus all the hosting work

Starter has all the stuff you get in the open source version of Metabase, with hosting taken care of. And you get hands-on support from our expert customer success engineers.

Get started in minutes

Plug into your data source, invite your team, and start asking questions.

Let everyone learn from data

Unlimited charts, dashboards, and questions—no SQL required.

SOC2 Type II compliance from the get-go

Self-serve analytics without the box-checking.
We really care about security.

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Your Metabase, monitored, managed, and maintained by us

Trustworthy, product-grade deployment with our specialist cloud team who maintain thousands of Metabases like it’s their job (because it is their job.)

  • Automatic upgrades to the latest and greatest of Metabase without having to worry about backups and downtime.
  • Secure multi-tenant environments that prioritize isolation. Every customer gets their very own container.
  • Multi-region hosting lets you keep your Metabase close, with hosting options in the US, Europe, Latin America, or Asia-Pacific.
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  • Automatic backups and restores

  • Automatic upgrades

  • Built-in network monitoring

  • Enterprise grade compliance (SOC 2 Type II)

  • Ultra-high, multi-zone availability

  • Preconfigured SMTP Server

  • Unlimited support from engineers

Metabase's cloud-hosting minimizes our time spent managing infrastructure and allows us to focus on generating insights for our clients - a win-win solution. Plus, as a small business owner, cost is an important factor and Metabase's pricing is far better than other solutions on the market.

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Josh Singer

CEO, JS Analytics

Help from our world-class success team

We don't like to brag, so we'll let our customers do it for us.

With Starter, you'll get access to:

  • Support from actual technical experts. We're all avid Metabase users, so we've been in your shoes.
  • Help with whatever your problem is, be it admin troubleshooting or advice on best practices.
  • No chatbots, no hold lines, no customer service runaround. Just email us, we're right here.

“The expertise and engagement of the Metabase team stands in stark contrast to that which we've received from Looker over the past 18+ months and, in previous lives, Tableau.”

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Dave Holmes-Kinsella
Head of Data Science, Synctera

“10/10. Metabase support is the best in the industry and serves as a shining example of what we try to achieve for our own customers.”

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Philip Lorenzo
Head of Data, StructionSite

“Johannes is a world class support engineer. I really give him 5 stars for the help he provided. All responses were very fast, to the point, and helpful. I couldn't ask for better support. A true expert.”

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Chad Remesch
CTO, The Lobby

“I got excellent and timely response to my question. Thank you for the level of detail you provided, you made me feel that if we migrate our installation to your cloud service, we will have your support.”

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Michael Masouras
CEO, Motohunt

“Johannes is the best! He always gives thorough responses and next steps that help us manage expectations with our end users.”

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Meghan Maloy
Senior Analytics Engineer, Datadog

“I really appreciated how fast Luis was to respond, and how straightforward his recommendations are. You're awesome!”

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Aimée Walker
Technical Engineer, Revenue.io

“The response was specific on all my raised points and it came back very quickly!”

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Andrea Mazza
Marine Data Analyst, Breeze

“The expertise and engagement of the Metabase team stands in stark contrast to that which we've received from Looker over the past 18+ months and, in previous lives, Tableau.”

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Dave Holmes-Kinsella
Head of Data Science, Synctera

“10/10. Metabase support is the best in the industry and serves as a shining example of what we try to achieve for our own customers.”

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Philip Lorenzo
Head of Data, StructionSite

“Johannes is a world class support engineer. I really give him 5 stars for the help he provided. All responses were very fast, to the point, and helpful. I couldn't ask for better support. A true expert.”

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Chad Remesch
CTO, The Lobby

“I got excellent and timely response to my question. Thank you for the level of detail you provided, you made me feel that if we migrate our installation to your cloud service, we will have your support.”

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Michael Masouras
CEO, Motohunt

“Johannes is the best! He always gives thorough responses and next steps that help us manage expectations with our end users.”

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Meghan Maloy
Senior Analytics Engineer, Datadog

“I really appreciated how fast Luis was to respond, and how straightforward his recommendations are. You're awesome!”

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Aimée Walker
Technical Engineer, Revenue.io

“The response was specific on all my raised points and it came back very quickly!”

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Andrea Mazza
Marine Data Analyst, Breeze

Wait, isn’t there a free version of Metabase?

Sometimes the best things in life are free, like unconditional love, and awesome open source software. And sometimes it’s worth paying a little extra for convenience and accessible technical support.

  Open Source Starter
Unlimited questions
Unlimited charts
Unlimited charts Yes Yes
15+ visualization types
Scheduled updates and alerts via email and Slack
Connects to 20+ database types, including CSV upload
SOC2 Type II Compliance  
Unlimited technical support  
Fully managed cloud  
Automatic backups and upgrades  
Out-of-the-box SMTP server  
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Metabase is an amazing tool for startups that want 90/10 solutions to data analytics at a cost effective price. It continues to be the most effective way for us to build reporting efficiently.

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Derrick Mar

CTO, Pathrise