Databricks vs Metabase

What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.

	Databricks	Metabase
What it says it does	Databricks is a unified data and AI platform that runs both analytical and operational workloads on one open, governed foundation. databricks.com	Open source AI analytics you can verify metabase.com
Starting at	Not observed	$90 Starter / month
Platforms	AWS, Azure, GCP databricks.com	Not observed
Deployment	Not observed	Metabase Cloud, your own infrastructure, Cloud deployment, Self-hosted, cloud-hosted metabase.com
Integrations	Microsoft Teams, Slack databricks.com	100Hires, ActiveCampaign, Adjust, Adyen, Asana, Datadog, GitHub, GitLab, Google Ads, Google AdSense, Google Analytics 4, Google Cloud Billing, Google Kubernetes Engine, Google Play Console, Google Search Console, Google Tag Manager, Gorgias, Grafana, Greenhouse, HubSpot, Jira, Shopify, Salesforce, Slack metabase.com
Compliance	Not observed	CCPA, GDPR, SOC 2 metabase.com
Free plan	Yes databricks.com	Yes metabase.com
Plans	Business, Mission Critical, Production databricks.com	Enterprise, Pro, Open Source, Starter, Starter and Open Source metabase.com
Open source	Not observed	Yes metabase.com
Pricing basis	Databricks pricing is based on your compute usage. databricks.com	Not observed
Customers (their claim)	Over 20,000 customers across the globe databricks.com	Trusted by 100,000+ companies metabase.com

Where they differ

Metabase’s pages state that it is open source; AirStack has not found that on Databricks’s pages.
Metabase claims GDPR on its own pages; Databricks’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Metabase claims SOC 2 on its own pages; Databricks’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.

Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.