Metabase vs. Plotly Dash

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Metabase
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Metabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.
$85
per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
Plotly Dash
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Plotly headquartered in Montreal creates data visualization and UI tools for ML, data science, engineering, and the sciences with language support for Python, R, Julia, and JS. Plotly's Dash aims to empower teams to build data science and ML apps that put Python, R, and Julia in the hands of business users. The vendor states that full stack apps that would typically require a front-end, backend, and dev ops team can be built and deployed in hours by data scientists with Dash.N/A
Pricing
MetabasePlotly Dash
Editions & Modules
Starter
$85
per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
Starter
$85
per month up to 5 users
Pro
$500
per month up to 10 users
Growth
$749
per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
Enterprise
15,000
per year
Open Source
Free
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MetabasePlotly Dash
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
MetabasePlotly Dash
Features
MetabasePlotly Dash
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
7.5
Ratings
8% below category average
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.3
Ratings
3% above category average
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Publish to Web9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.8
Ratings
10% above category average
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
9.5
Ratings
11% above category average
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.8
Ratings
12% above category average
Plotly Dash
-
Ratings
REST API8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
-
Ratings
Plotly Dash
8.9
Ratings
6% above category average
Connect to Multiple Data Sources00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
MDM Integration00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
-
Ratings
Plotly Dash
9.0
Ratings
7% above category average
Visualization00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
-
Ratings
Plotly Dash
6.2
Ratings
27% below category average
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment00 Ratings4.40 Ratings
Data Transformations00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Data Encryption00 Ratings3.90 Ratings
Built-in Processors00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
-
Ratings
Plotly Dash
8.4
Ratings
0% above category average
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
-
Ratings
Plotly Dash
9.7
Ratings
13% above category average
Flexible Model Publishing Options00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
MetabasePlotly Dash
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MetabasePlotly Dash
Likelihood to Recommend
Getting data using query with multiple joins is very fast with Metabase, and role-based access to the reports can be provided to users. The only place it lags right now is the filter for page and page size. This comes with great support for container-based deployment and on-system deployment, too. I did both container and system direct installation, and direct deployment became a bit challenging. On the other hand, it really provides very good support for data representation.
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Plotly Dash suits well where you need to build a web-based reporting tool as a minimum viable product. You will be surprised when you build your first hosted web-based reporting tool in a few minutes without the need for web development expertise. However, when it comes to building a more complete solution, you may feel a bit restricted by the options provided by the API. But as you imagine, this is the cost of the abstraction of the web development layer, in other words, simplicity vs completeness. Still, Plotly Dash is a powerful option whenever you prefer simplicity over completeness.
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Pros
  • Store Data
  • Make Querying easy
  • Quickly ingest data from many sources
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  • Simple codes to create quick graphs.
  • Nice exportable figures.
  • Good for the initial exploratory analysis of the data.
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Cons
  • The layout could be more modern
  • Would be great to have a drag and drop option to build dashboards
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  • React JSX syntax support can be added/improved.
  • Built-in UI components can be improved.
  • The API used for AJAX calls can be made more understandable and simpler.
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Usability
The tool serves as the purpose of what we were looking for. I am giving us eight because it is cumbersome and needs separate deployment on production; otherwise, it creates memory issues for small servers. Apart from this, this is an excellent tool, providing data features some analysts want. Its backend is heavy, but it works pretty smoothly on front-end users.
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Alternatives Considered
It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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Return on Investment
  • Departmental Reporting - allows each department to measure and track KPIs
  • Visibility - everyone has access to the data they need and context on the rest of the business' goals
  • Churn - Helps to predict churn from our partners given their sales and forecasts
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  • Reduce product monetization lead time
  • Real time performance monitoring
  • Deep learning to allow better marketing segmentation models
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