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Metabase vs Evidence: catalog facts
Metabase	Evidence
Freemium The open-source edition can be self-hosted for free, and paid cloud and business plans are…	Freemium The open-source tool is free under MIT; hosting on Evidence Studio is a paid service.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Visual query builder for people who do not write SQL SQL editor and dashboards in the same tool	Reports are plain SQL and Markdown kept under version control Builds a static site you can host anywhere
You need to run and maintain a server when self-hosting Some features are part of paid plans	Requires writing SQL rather than point-and-click building Hosted features and the analytics agent belong to the paid service
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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