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Shaper vs Edalitics: catalog facts
Shaper	Edalitics
Free Free and open source under MPL-2.0; managed hosting and support are paid.	Free Free and open source under AGPL-3.0; a hosted service is also offered.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Dashboards defined entirely in SQL Embeddable without iframes via JS and React SDKs	No-code dashboard creation for non-technical users SQL mode for advanced analysts
Requires SQL knowledge to build dashboards No point-and-click dashboard builder	Requires MongoDB for metadata storage Smaller community than Metabase or Superset
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MPL-2.0	License: AGPL-3.0
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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