Pick Lightdash if
analytics teams who already own dbt and will self-host at $0, or buy Cloud Pro at $3,000/month after the 21-day trial — and will not treat embedding as the core product.
Read the Lightdash pageLightdash vs Apache Superset
Our take
Pick Lightdash if you're on a analytics team who already own dbt and will self-host at $0, or buy Cloud Pro at $3,000/month after the 21-day trial — and will not treat embedding as the core product. Pick Apache Superset if you're on a platform team who will operate Superset themselves at $0. Skip Apache Superset if you're on a team that want the same builder hosted (Preset Starter $0 / Professional $20) or a
Lightdash
dbt-native BI desk
Best for
Lightdash Charts on your dbt semantic layer you start at $0 or $3,000
Apache Superset Superset at OSS $0 and you will run Redis/Celery
Free plan
Lightdash $0 · core BI. Unlimited seats. Community Slack only. Access to Lightdash OSS only
Apache Superset $0 · apache-2.0. You run the metadata DB, cache, and workers
Lowest paid
Lightdash Cloud Pro $3/mo
Apache Superset Not published by the vendor
Next step up
Lightdash HIPAA BAA $490/mo
Apache Superset
Runs where
Lightdash Local; you host it
Apache Superset Local or hosted
Watch out
Lightdash Cloud Pro is $3,000/month
Apache Superset $0 is the license, not the ops bill
Last checked
Lightdash 2026-10-23 · lightdash.com/pricing
Apache Superset 2026-10-28 · superset.apache.org
Which one, then?
Pick Apache Superset if
platform teams who will operate Superset themselves at $0.
Read the Apache Superset page