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SAURABH B.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/1/2026

"User-Friendly and Developer-Friendly BI Tool That’s Easy to Get Started With"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Metabase?

This service is user-friendly for beginners. When I started my career, I used Metabase in the early days, and it didn’t take much time to understand the functionality. Overall, it feels developer-friendly and easy to get started with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Metabase?

The most important issue for me was the slowdown during report refresh when the Redshift SQL query runs slowly. In other words, performance depends heavily on the Redshift engine specifications and on how well our queries are written. It also doesn’t have an inbuilt engine, and metaase UI hasn’t been updated with new AI features or newer types of charts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Metabase solving and how is that benefiting you?

Metabase is easy to set up, and cost-wise it’s free with the open-source version. Most people can handle basic reporting with it. The UI is user-friendly, but it’s also SQL-focused, and it doesn’t try to overcomplicate things. I’m using it for a monitoring dashboard, and it’s been one of the best decisions I’ve made. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.