CrateDB vs Metabase
CrateDB confirms 4 of the features we check on its own site; Metabase confirms 6.
CrateDB
Teams handling high-volume time-series and operational data who want real-time SQL analytics, open source or managed.
Watch out: A database for engineers rather than a no-code analytics tool; plan prices are not listed in the text.
Metabase
Teams wanting open-source, self-service BI and embedded analytics they can self-host or run in the cloud.
Watch out: Paid plan prices are not in the supplied text.
| Overview & pricing | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Data, Analytics & AI | Data, Analytics & AI |
| Specialty | Real-time analytics | Business intelligence |
| Based in | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | Unconfirmed |
| Best for | All sizes | All sizes |
| Starting price | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed |
| Free plan | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Free trial | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed |
| Features confirmed on each vendor’s site | ||
| BI dashboards · Core features | Unconfirmed | ✓Dashboards and reporting listed as features |
| LLM / generative AI agents · Core features | Unconfirmed | ✓Metabase AI and Metabot on almost any model |
| Geospatial / location data · Core features | ✓Spatial data model listed among supported data models | Unconfirmed |
| Data / model API · Core features | ✓Native HTTP endpoint plus PostgreSQL wire protocol | Unconfirmed |
| No-code interface · Core features | Unconfirmed | ✓Query builder for self-service analytics |
| Public API · Platform | ✓Native HTTP endpoint for direct integrations | Unconfirmed |
| On-premise / desktop option · Platform | ✓Deploy as managed service or on your own infrastructure (Enterprise, OSS) | ✓Available self-hosted as well as cloud |
| Two-factor authentication · Security & compliance | Unconfirmed | ✓Metabase 64 adds required 2FA |
| Roles & permissions · Security & compliance | Unconfirmed | ✓Permissions listed among features |
| Integrations | ||
| Listed on its site | Tableau, Power BI, PostgreSQL, STACKIT | Unconfirmed |
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Every ✓ / ✕ comes from the vendor’s own website (sources on each product page). Unconfirmed means the site doesn’t say — not that the feature is missing.