Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Metabase
Metabase clearly comes out ahead of Looker Studio on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $9/mo for Looker Studio and $100/mo for Metabase.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Google LLC | - |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | easy |
| Integration | - | low |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopment | Data & Analytics |
| Categories | analyticsbusiness-intelligence | analyticsbusiness-intelligence |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | looker-studio | metabase |
|---|---|---|
| Access To Google Connectors | ||
| 1-Day Email Sla | ||
| Advanced Team Collaboration | ||
| 3-Day Support Via Slack, Teams, Or Email | ||
| Content Management | ||
| Access To Additional Professional Services | ||
| Embed Reports | ||
| Advanced Caching Controls | ||
| Enhanced Administrative Features | ||
| Assistance With Procurement | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Automatic Upgrades | ||
| Google Cloud Support | ||
| Backups | ||
| Real-Time Collaboration | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Team Workspaces | ||
| Connection To Any Supported Data Source | ||
| Unlimited Reports And Dashboards | ||
| Core Bi Experience | ||
| Dedicated Success Engineer | ||
| Environment Management (Staging/Production) | ||
| Everything In Pro | ||
| Everything In Starter | ||
| Full White-Labeling | ||
| Fully Managed Cloud-Hosted Instance | ||
| Granular Row- And Column-Level Permissions | ||
| Monitoring | ||
| Optional Air-Gapped Or Single-Tenant Hosting | ||
| Patches |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Metabase comes out ahead overall, though Looker Studio can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Looker Studio's paid plans start at $9/mo and Metabase's start at $100/mo, so Looker Studio is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Looker Studio and Metabase offer a free tier.
Looker Studio scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Metabase is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
