Metabase vs Periscope vs Redash

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Metabase

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Periscope

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Redash

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Pros of Metabase
Pros of Periscope
Pros of Redash
  • 62
    Database visualisation
  • 45
    Open Source
  • 41
    Easy setup
  • 36
    Dashboard out of the box
  • 23
    Free
  • 14
    Simple
  • 9
    Support for many dbs
  • 7
    Easy embedding
  • 6
    Easy
  • 6
    It's good
  • 5
    AGPL : wont help with adoption but depends on your goal
  • 5
    BI doesn't get easier than that
  • 4
    Google analytics integration
  • 4
    Multiple integrations
  • 4
    Easy set up
  • 6
    Great for learning and teaching people SQL
  • 4
    Gorgeous "share-able" and "embeddable" dashboards
  • 9
    Open Source
  • 3
    SQL Friendly

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Cons of Metabase
Cons of Periscope
Cons of Redash
  • 7
    Harder to setup than similar tools
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    • 1
      All results are loaded into RAM before displaying
    • 1
      Memory Leaks

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    What is Metabase?

    It is an easy way to generate charts and dashboards, ask simple ad hoc queries without using SQL, and see detailed information about rows in your Database. You can set it up in under 5 minutes, and then give yourself and others a place to ask simple questions and understand the data your application is generating.

    What is Periscope?

    Periscope is a data analysis tool that uses pre-emptive in-memory caching and statistical sampling to run data analyses really, really fast.

    What is Redash?

    Redash helps you make sense of your data. Connect and query your data sources, build dashboards to visualize data and share them with your company.

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