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Redash alternatives
4 tools to consider instead of Redash, shown against it.
| Redash | Apache Superset | Preset | Metabase | Lightdash | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vendor | Databricks (development now community-led) | Apache Software Foundation | Preset, Inc. | Metabase, Inc. | Lightdash | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pricing model | Open source + paid options | Open source + paid options | Subscription | Open source + paid options | Open source + paid options | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted | Cloud | Cloud, Self-hosted | Cloud, Self-hosted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Open source | Yes (BSD-2-Clause) | Yes (Apache-2.0) | No | Yes (AGPL-3.0) | Yes (MIT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best for | Engineering and data teams wanting a free, self-hosted SQL-to-chart tool without adopting a full BI platform. | Engineering-led teams that want a free, self-hosted, SQL-centric dashboarding tool with a large chart and plugin ecosystem. | Teams that want managed, governed Apache Superset without operating the open-source infrastructure themselves. | Data teams wanting a self-hosted or cloud, open-source BI tool with self-service dashboards. | Analytics engineering teams already standardized on dbt who want BI that reuses dbt's metric definitions instead of a second modeling layer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pricing | Free, self-hosted open-source software; Databricks discontinued the paid Redash Cloud hosted service in 2021 and there is no vendor-hosted paid tier today.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | Free and open source under Apache 2.0; the Apache Software Foundation does not sell a hosted plan (see Preset for managed hosting). Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Free Starter plan for small teams; Professional is billed per user per month, and Enterprise is custom.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | The Open Source edition is free and self-hosted with unlimited users; Starter, Pro, and Enterprise are paid Cloud or self-hosted plans.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 19, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | The self-hosted open-source edition is free; Cloud Pro is a flat monthly fee with no per-seat pricing, plus metered data-loading costs, and Enterprise is custom.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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