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How Metabase Makes Money

Open-source business intelligence tool for data insights

How did Metabase monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Metabase monetizes primarily through recurring subscriptions for managed hosting and commercial licenses that include support and advanced features. They also offer professional services such as managed hosting, support, and assistance with custom analytics implementations.

Revenue sources

3 sources · grouped by how Metabase makes money

  • Recurring subscriptions

    · 5 mentions · 5 sources
    “Starter (Cloud) Metabase Cloud Small teams wanting managed hosting Managed hosting, alerts, sharing, basic embedding, limited users & databases From around $85/month.”
    high
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    “surprisingly strangers started paying $300 a month to remove the Metabase logo from their charts.”
    high
    “Metabase generates $13.4M in revenue.”
    high
    “For proprietary embedding or managed hosting, Metabase Cloud offers commercial licenses with support and advanced features.”
    high
    “Metabase, the open-source analytics and business intelligence platform.”
    low

  • One-time / lifetime deals

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “Enterprise Cloud or self-hosted Larger orgs with compliance or complex data needs Advanced governance, multi-region, priority support, SLAs, premium embedding Custom, sales-negotiated.”
    medium
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    “Another required a 50-page legal contract. So he turned both down, instead choosing to focus on building the right product before chasing revenue.”
    medium

  • Services & consulting

    · 1 mention
    “Metabase makes money by offering a number of professional services like managed hosting, support, and assistance with implementing Metabase in a custom analytics or business intelligence setup.”
    high

How 1,861 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — Metabase’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    54% ◀
  • Services & consulting
    29% ◀
  • Physical products
    29%
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    23% ◀
  • Affiliate / referral commissions
    15%
  • Course / training sales
    13%
  • Sponsorships & partnerships
    10%
  • Usage-based fees
    9%
  • Advertising revenue
    9%
  • Add-ons & upsells
    9%
  • Marketplace commissions
    6%
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%
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