OPEN-SOURCE MIGRATION BENCHMARK License: AGPL-3.0 ★ 39.4k GitHub Stars

Replace Tableau / Looker / Metabase Cloud with Self-Hosted Metabase Open Source

The fastest, friendliest open-source BI tool for querying Postgres, MySQL, ClickHouse, and BigQuery without SQL Stop paying Pro ($85 base + $15/user/mo) ($235/mo for a 10-person team) and run Metabase Open Source on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings

+$2,766 / yr

vs Tableau / Looker / Metabase Cloud standard plan

Container RAM & vCPU

1024 MB RAM

1.0 vCPU • Migration: Instant (5-minute deploy)

Recommended Cloud Box

$4.50/mo VPS

Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Tableau / Looker / Metabase Cloud (Pro ($85 base + $15/user/mo)) vs Metabase Open Source on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size	Tableau / Looker / Metabase Cloud Cost	Metabase Open Source VPS	Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo)	$100.00/mo ($1,200/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,146 / year
5 Seats	$160.00/mo ($1,920/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,866 / year
10 Seats	$235.00/mo ($2,820/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$2,766 / year
25 Seats	$460.00/mo ($5,520/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$5,466 / year
50 Seats	$835.00/mo ($10,020/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$9,966 / year
100 Seats	$1,585.00/mo ($19,020/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$18,966 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: Metabase Open Source (Replaces Tableau / Looker / Metabase Cloud)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  metabase-oss:
    image: metabase/metabase:latest
    container_name: stack-metabase-oss
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "MB_DB_TYPE=postgres"
      - "MB_DB_DBNAME=metabase"
      - "MB_DB_PORT=5432"
      - "MB_DB_USER=postgres"
      - "MB_DB_PASS=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
      - "MB_DB_HOST=postgres"
    volumes:
      - metabase_oss_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  metabase_oss_data:
  postgres_data:

Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):

# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Metabase Open Source
metabase-oss.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy metabase-oss:3000
}

Why Teams Switch to Metabase Open Source

✓Visual query builder + raw SQL mode
✓Automated daily Slack & Email dashboard pulses
✓Unlimited viewers for $0

GitHub Repository metabase/metabase

Official Website www.metabase.com

Docker Image metabase/metabase:latest

Database Needed PostgreSQL 16

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Deploy Metabase Open Source in 60 Seconds

Sized automatically for Metabase Open Source (1024MB container RAM + OS overhead).

Hetzner Cloud (CX22)

Includes €20 Free Cloud Credit

$4.50/mo →

DigitalOcean Droplet

Includes $200 60-Day Free Credit

$24.00/mo →

Railway.app Managed Container

Zero server maintenance

$5.00/mo →

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