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Apache Zeppelin vs Metabase: catalog facts
Apache ZeppelinMetabase
Free

Free and open source from the Apache Software Foundation.

Freemium

The open-source edition can be self-hosted for free, and paid cloud and business plans are…

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Supports SQL, Scala, Python, R and Spark in one notebook
  • Connects to any JDBC data source
  • Visual query builder for people who do not write SQL
  • SQL editor and dashboards in the same tool
  • Needs to be installed and run as a server
  • Setup for clusters and multiple users takes some configuration
  • You need to run and maintain a server when self-hosting
  • Some features are part of paid plans
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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