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Shaper vs Chartbrew: catalog facts
Shaper	Chartbrew
Free Free and open source under MPL-2.0; managed hosting and support are paid.	Freemium Free to self-host; the hosted service has a free starting tier and paid plans.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Dashboards defined entirely in SQL Embeddable without iframes via JS and React SDKs	Connects directly to databases and APIs Reusable datasets that can join multiple sources
Requires SQL knowledge to build dashboards No point-and-click dashboard builder	Self-hosting needs Node.js, a SQL database and Redis Less suited to deep ad hoc analysis than full BI suites
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MPL-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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