Our take
Pick Bytebase if platform / DBA teams who will stay on Free $0 (20 users, 10 databases, community support) while they ship a first nickname column, then buy Pro at $20/user/month when they need email support and the Pro compliance table. Pick Metabase if ops / data teams who will self-host OSS at $0 (unlimited internal users, no embed SKU) while they ask a first Orders question, or start the Cloud Starter 14-day
Best for
Bytebase Schema changes you start at $0
Metabase Charts you start at $100 Cloud or OSS $0
Free plan
Bytebase $0 · forever. Community support. Up to 20 users. 10 databases. UI + GitOps workflow on the free card we fetched
Metabase $0 · aGPL. Unlimited internal users. No embed SKU. You run it
Lowest paid
Bytebase Pro $20
Metabase Transforms $0.01
Next step up
Bytebase
Metabase AI add-on $3.75
Runs where
Bytebase Local or hosted
Metabase Local; you host it
Watch out
Bytebase Free is 10 databases
Metabase Starter’s $100 includes 5 users
Last checked
Bytebase 2026-10-22 · bytebase.com/pricing
Metabase 2026-10-22 · metabase.com/pricing
platform / DBA teams who will stay on Free $0 (20 users, 10 databases, community support) while they ship a first nickname column, then buy Pro at $20/user/month when they need email support and the Pro compliance table.
Read the Bytebase pageops / data teams who will self-host OSS at $0 (unlimited internal users, no embed SKU) while they ask a first Orders question, or start the Cloud Starter 14-day trial and land on $100/month (5 users included, then $6/user) when they do not want to run the stack.
Read the Metabase page
