Metabase

What do you like best about the product?

Metabase stands out for its simplicity and quick setup. As a data analyst, I appreciated how fast I could connect it to our PostgreSQL and MySQL databases without needing any complex configuration. The no-code query builder is excellent for non-technical users to explore data, create charts, and build dashboards without writing SQL.

It supports custom SQL queries when needed and provides automatic visualizations, which makes dashboard building incredibly efficient. The scheduling and sharing capabilities (via email and Slack) are a huge plus for recurring reports. And being open-source, it’s cost-effective for small teams or startups with limited budgets.

What do you dislike about the product?

Metabase, while user-friendly, lacks some of the more advanced features found in enterprise BI tools like Tableau or Power BI. For example, it doesn't support very complex calculated fields or row-level security without workarounds.

Additionally, performance tends to degrade when dealing with very large datasets or high query volumes. Customizing visuals is also somewhat limited—you don’t get the same depth of control over chart formatting. Lastly, the documentation and community support could be more robust for solving advanced use cases.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Metabase helps democratize access to data across the organization. It empowers non-technical teams—like operations, marketing, and support—to explore data on their own without relying on the data team for every small query.

We use Metabase to monitor KPIs like user retention, sales trends, and product performance. The ability to create dashboards and set up scheduled reports has significantly improved reporting efficiency and transparency. By embedding dashboards into our internal admin panel, we’ve also centralized data access, saving time and improving team alignment.

What do you like best about the product?

if you understand analytics then it's a really great tool. the filters you use to help navigate you to the right sets of data makes life really easy. the dashboards you can create too are great and the way you can place them, change the sizes of them to tailor to exactly what you want is great.

What do you dislike about the product?

it's definitely not designed for those who just want to pull data, you need to understand how to work data and analytics. when you're joining pieces of data together it can get confusing as well with the different types of joining.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

it integrates with a couple of different systems we have and pulls information from those to create one platform to view.

What do you like best about the product?

I love how metabase offers an intuitive interface which help or other teams with different technical skills to easily create dashboard and explore data,I just love how it's smoothly integrate with variety of database and additionally have that ability to share interactive reports quickly with my team.

What do you dislike about the product?

While metabase is great for basic and intermediate use cases it can lack some Advanced analytics future and some custom option for visualizations are somewhat Limited and performance can be sluggish with very large data sets based on my expereince.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It definitely help solve the challenge of making data accessible and understandable for non-technical users by providing an easy-to-use interface for a querying and visualizing data without needing deep knowledge technically and this really helps everyone to get up to speed about the business and for better communication across the team.

What do you like best about the product?

Especially for non-technical users, Metabase is notable for its ease of use and simplicity. Users may construct dashboards and queries without knowing SQL thanks to the user-friendly interface. A major benefit is the open-source paradigm, and the setup is simple, particularly for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Snowflake. It is also quite convenient to be able to share dashboards and automate email reports.

What do you dislike about the product?

Working with bigger teams might be difficult due to the absence of fine-grained access constraints. If you don't optimize at the database level, performance may suffer while searching massive datasets. Although the visuals are good, they may seem constrained in comparison to programs like Looker or Tableau. Additionally, unless you purchase the more expensive edition, audit logs and copying tools are rather poor.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Without overburdening the data team, we use Metabase to provide self-serve analytics access to business and product teams. It assists stakeholders in tracking consumer behavior, funnel performance, and KPIs in an easy-to-use manner. This expedites decision-making, democratizes data access, and saves time.

What do you like best about the product?

Ease of Use
Ease of Implementation
Customer Support

What do you dislike about the product?

There is no thing bad about such software.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps us to get a clear analystics.