Metabase Hidden Costs 2026
What they don't show you on the pricing page
Metabase costs Free to $575 per user/month as of June 2026, with 4 plans available including a free tier. Plans: Open Source (free), Cloud Starter at $100/user/month, and Cloud Pro at $575/user/month. Enterprise pricing is available on request. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.
Use the interactive pricing calculator to estimate your exact cost based on team size and requirements.
- Free tier: Yes
Metabase offers 4 pricing tiers: Open Source, Cloud Starter, Cloud Pro, Enterprise. A free plan is available. Paid plans include Cloud Starter at $100/month, Cloud Pro at $575/month. The Cloud Starter plan is small teams wanting managed cloud without infrastructure overhead.
Metabase true cost runs -58% above the listed $0-$575/user/month price as of June 2026. For a 25-person team, expect ~$12,500 in year-one costs vs the $30,000 base license. 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 6 sources by CostBench.
Example: True Cost for 25 Users
| License (25 × $100 × 12) | $30,000/yr |
| Implementation (one-time) | +$15,000–$50,000 |
| Premium Support (20%) | +$6,000/yr |
| Training (25 × $500) | +$12,500 |
| Admin (part-time) | +$15,000–$25,000/yr |
| Estimated Year 1 Total | ~$12,500 |