Metabase vs Vega and Vega-Lite
| Metabase | Vega and Vega-Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Paid from | $6/mo | |
| Open source | Yes | |
| Platforms | self-hosted | Web |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | $6/user/mo | |
| Dashboard type | Interactive dashboards | interactive |
| Scheduled refresh | Yes | |
| Embedded dashboards | Yes | Yes |
| Data sources | 20+ database and data warehouse connectors, CSV upload, Built-in storage | Inline data, URL-loaded data, runtime-bound data; JSON, CSV, TSV, DSV, TopoJSON |
| Platform | Metabase Cloud and self-hosted | web |
| Deployment | hybrid | |
| Refresh frequency | real-time | |
| Row-level security | Yes | |
| Scheduled reports | Yes | |
| Embedded analytics | Yes | |
| Natural-language queries | Yes |
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