Our take
Pick Metabase if you're on a ops / data team 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. Pick ThoughtSpot if you're operators who will type a question instead of opening a SQL notebook. Skip ThoughtSpot if you're on a
Best for
Metabase Charts you start at $100 Cloud or OSS $0
ThoughtSpot Typed search on a warehouse
Free plan
Metabase $0 · aGPL. Unlimited internal users. No embed SKU. You run it
ThoughtSpot No free plan
Lowest paid
Metabase Transforms $0.01
ThoughtSpot Analytics Pro $0.10
Next step up
Metabase AI add-on $3.75
ThoughtSpot ThoughtSpot Embedded $25/user/mo yearly
Coding agent
Metabase
ThoughtSpot Spotter AI agents
Runs where
Metabase Local; you host it
ThoughtSpot
Watch out
Metabase Starter’s $100 includes 5 users
ThoughtSpot No lasting $0 plan
Last checked
Metabase 2026-10-22 · metabase.com/pricing
ThoughtSpot 2026-10-28 · thoughtspot.com/pricing
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 trial and land on $100/month (5 users included, then $6/user) when they do not want to run the stack.
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