Metabase Dashboard Development open-source BI that your engineers actually like
Metabase is the BI tool that makes engineers happy: open source, runs on your infra, connects to Postgres / MySQL / BigQuery / Snowflake / ClickHouse natively, and lets analysts write SQL without locking the data behind a license fee per seat. We build Metabase deployments where engineering, product, and ops teams can self-serve queries — without DBA bottlenecks and without a five-figure annual BI bill.
Our work covers self-hosted Metabase (Docker / Kubernetes / EC2), Metabase Cloud, and embedded Metabase for customer-facing analytics. We design semantic models, build dashboards with drill-through and filters, write SQL question libraries, and configure permissions so the right teams see the right data. Pricing: about 70–90% cheaper than Tableau/Power BI for equivalent scale.
Common problems we fix
- Tableau / Power BI license costs becoming prohibitive
- Engineers writing one-off SQL queries on weekly request — bottleneck
- Customer-facing analytics built from scratch every release
- Metabase deployed but queries slow — running on production replica
- No semantic layer — same metric calculated 5 different ways across dashboards
What you get
- Metabase deployment (self-hosted via Docker / Kubernetes, or Metabase Cloud)
- Semantic model — definitions of revenue, MRR, churn, AOV stored once and reused
- Dashboard library covering exec, ops, marketing, product, finance
- SQL question library with parameter support for self-serve
- Drill-through, filters, and time-comparison built in
- Scheduled email / Slack reports
- Permissions and data sandboxing per user group
- Embedded Metabase for customer-facing analytics in your app
- Performance tuning — query caching, materialized views, read replicas
Want a plan tailored to your situation? Let's talk specifics.
Free 20-minute call. We will review your current setup, flag what is broken, and share what we would do first. No slides, no pitch deck.
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Self-hosted if you have a DevOps team and want full control + cheapest at scale. Cloud if you want zero ops and have under 50 users. We help pick on discovery.
Metabase wins on cost and engineer-friendliness. Tableau / Power BI win on visual sophistication and enterprise governance. Most growth-stage SaaS / D2C teams in India are better off on Metabase until 100+ users.
Yes. Static or interactive embeds with row-level filters per customer. We have shipped embedded Metabase in 10+ SaaS products.
Yes — Metabase has good ClickHouse support, decent DuckDB. We build for whichever store fits your data volume and query patterns.
Yes. 2 hours of training + a 20-page playbook covering questions, dashboards, semantic model maintenance, and admin tasks.
Let's talk about your business.
Tell us what you're working on and where you want to go. We'll put together a plan. No obligation, no sales pitch.
- Free 30-minute call
- A plan built around your goals
- No obligation, no pressure
- Your own account manager