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Dev tools · October 21, 2015

Metabase, an open-source business intelligence tool

Metabase grounds every answer in your semantic layer — your metrics and business logic — so you can inspect the query behind it.

Metabase, an open-source business intelligence tool launched on October 21, 2015 with 287 votes, #53 of 4,175 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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In plain words

Metabase is an open-source business intelligence tool that provides analytics answers grounded in a semantic layer of metrics and business logic. Users can inspect the underlying queries behind any answer, whether generated by an AI agent or a teammate. The platform is designed for organizations that need verifiable analytics and want transparency into how their data insights are derived.

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Metabase gives you answers guided by your semantic layer — your metrics and business logic — whether reached by an agent or a teammate. Inspect the query behind every answer. Basic drives the most by a wide margin: $4.27M, 64% of total revenue. Business is second at $2.23M (33%), and Premium trails at $205K (3%). That’s the inverse of what you’d expect. The lowest tier pulls in the most revenue, likely on customer volume alone. Could be an opening to upsell Basic accounts into Business. Want me to scope @Total Revenue by Plan to a specific time period? Organic added the most in 2026: 62 accounts, ahead of Google at 30. LinkedIn, Invite, and Facebook make up the rest. The bigger…from metabase.com

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