Metabase Hidden Costs 2026
What they don't show you on the pricing page
Metabase costs Free to $575 per user/month as of July 2026, with 4 plans available including a free tier. Plans: Open Source (free), Starter at $100/user/month, and Pro at $575/user/month. Enterprise pricing is available on request. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.
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- Free tier: Yes
Metabase offers 4 pricing tiers: Open Source, Starter, Pro, Enterprise. A free plan is available. Paid plans include Starter at $100/month, Pro at $575/month. The Starter plan is small teams wanting managed cloud without infrastructure overhead.
Metabase lists $0-$575/user/month, but hidden costs like implementation and support add to the total as of July 2026. Key hidden costs: per-viewer/creator seat pricing drives costs for data democratization, data source connection limits may require premium plans, embedded analytics and white-labeling require enterprise licenses. Verified from 7 sources by CostBench.
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