Metabase
Data
business intelligence
SHOW HN2015
287points
121comments
#54of 2,565 in 2015
Top 3%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
14 positive, 33 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 14 critical, out of 64 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Execution: 1 for, 9 againstIdea: 5 for, 2 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, straightforward UI usable by non-technical users
From 2 comments
We've been using Metabase for the last 6 months, and we use it every day. So straightforward, even for non-technical, non-analyst users.
LukeG on HNWe've been using at Color Genomics for a few months and we absolutely love it. Easy to setup, no data sharing with external parties, and simple/straight forward UI.
katsuyan on HN
Open source and AGPL licensing; data stays on own servers
From 2 comments
I like the idea and the use of AGPL. This license lets companies release useful software and still keep the door open for selling alternative licenses, if that is what Metabase…
mark_l_watson on HNYou get full control of how and where you run Metabase which means: ``` No storage limits, pricing tiers, or caps. Your data stays private and on your own servers. ```
mkesper on HN
Written in Clojure, useful as a learning resource
From 2 comments
Looks like a nice tool. I wrote https://github.com/epantry/django-sql-explorer, which is sort-of similar in terms of the problem it solves, except embraces SQL front-and-center.…
numlocked on HNThis is so cool! Written in Clojure! WOW! Any idea on the timeline for SQL Server support ?
cammsaul on HN
Objections
Rough edges and bugs, e.g. questions failing to run on Postgres
From 2 comments
Terrible thing about the googlability of the name, since its so heavily overloaded for DB-related things. Also, while it seems to work tolerably well with the included sample…
dragonwriter on HNI always find database & "data helper" tools fun to experiment with. After playing with this with a MySQL database for 10 minutes on my Mac I have 2 initial reactions: 1. The GUI…
escobar on HN
Not yet mature enough for business use compared with commercial BI tools
From 1 comment
Metabase is nowhere close to being a business-ready BI tool. I wish them luck, but their current product is basically a tech demo compared to the real, commercial products out…
exelius on HN
Only supports a few databases (H2, MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres)
From 1 comment
For anyone else wondering (as I was), the databases currently supported as data sources are [0]: 1) H2 2) MongoDB 3) MySQL 4) Postgres [0]…
shrikant on HN
Deployment problems with Docker and Heroku
From 2 comments
I couldn't run the Docker image, it seems that the Java process running in docker image doesn't bind the port 3000. Also tried to deploy to Heroku but when I try to access the…
buremba on HNI'm unable to deploy to Heroku, though it seems to be a problem on Heroku's end. Their Rollbar snippet is throwing an unhandled error once I arrive from your deploy button.
lfuller on HN
Requests
Support for SQL Server
From 1 comment
This is so cool! Written in Clojure! WOW! Any idea on the timeline for SQL Server support ?
cammsaul on HN
Cross-database joins and multi-database reporting
From 1 comment
Sort of off topic, but every cool BI tool I can find (prompted by recently seeing metabase and AWS quicksight) seems to work with one database at a time. When working with…
jtmarmon on HN
Better documentation and landing page explanation
From 2 comments
This looks very interesting, but a clearer more to the point explanation, example, or video should be on the landing page.
Kinnard on HNBug report -- hitting 'Help' in the OSX app leads to: http://www.metabase.com/docs/v0.12.0-test, which 404s I was trying to figure out how to get it to walk a FK/do a join so I…
numlocked on HN
Questions
How does it compare to re:dash and Power BI
From 2 comments
Any such open source tools are welcome. How does it compare to re:dash? https://github.com/EverythingMe/redash Metabase seems to have a GUI to construct SQL queries which re:dash…
eis on HNVery cool. How does this compare to something like Microsoft Power Bi? Will I have any issues running it on Linux (Note, im a fairly non-tech user). I have some clients that need…
krmmalik on HN
Is there a live demo or sample data
From 1 comment
This looks extremely cool. Is there a live demo of it running? or does one of the cloud images come with some sample data so that we can play with it?
Omnipresent on HN
Plans for supporting other databases
From 1 comment
What are your plans for supporting other databases?
snorge on HN
Alternatives named
re:dash
From 1 comment
Any such open source tools are welcome. How does it compare to re:dash? https://github.com/EverythingMe/redash Metabase seems to have a GUI to construct SQL queries which re:dash…
eis on HN
Microsoft Power BI
From 2 comments
Very cool. How does this compare to something like Microsoft Power Bi? Will I have any issues running it on Linux (Note, im a fairly non-tech user). I have some clients that need…
krmmalik on HNSort of off topic, but every cool BI tool I can find (prompted by recently seeing metabase and AWS quicksight) seems to work with one database at a time. When working with…
jtmarmon on HN
Pentaho
From 2 comments
FYI, Metabase is a Thompson Reuters platform. I bet you anything they hold the trademark for the term. You have a pretty good market opening right now - Crystal Reports just went…
iheartmemcache on HNJust to provide more options. Pentaho comes with a full suite including BI and ETL offerings (Community Edition or Enterprise). Alternatively, you might be interested in Apache…
darylteo on HN
Saiku
From 1 comment
Another extremely powerful open source BI solution is Saiku, based on the Mondrian OLAP server: http://www.meteorite.bi/products/saiku
mwhite on HN
Tableau
From 1 comment
Metabase is nowhere close to being a business-ready BI tool. I wish them luck, but their current product is basically a tech demo compared to the real, commercial products out…
exelius on HN