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16 reviews tracked

The Bottom Line

Entry price

Free plan available, paid tiers above

Biggest pro

Open source BI

Biggest con

Learning curve

TL;DR - Lightdash

  • Lightdash is an open-source BI tool that connects to dbt projects
  • It creates dashboards and visualizations directly from dbt metrics
  • Free self-hosted option, Cloud from $350/month
Pricing: Free plan available
Best for: Growing teams
5.0/5 across review platforms

What is Lightdash?

Editorial review
Lightdash provides BI for dbt projects. Define metrics in dbt, explore them in Lightdash-analytics that works with your transformation layer. The dbt integration is native. The metrics layer is shared. The open-source option exists. Data teams using dbt add Lightdash for BI that understands their models.

Available on: Web

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Open source BI
  • dbt integration
  • Self-hostable
  • Good for analysts
  • Active development

Cons

  • Learning curve
  • dbt required
  • Limited visualizations
  • Documentation improving
  • Smaller community

Ratings Across the Web

5(16 reviews)

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Key Features

BI for dbtOpen sourceMetrics layerSelf-serviceGit-basedSelf-hosted option

Pricing Plans

Free Trial
Most Popular

Free

Free

Open source

  • Self-hosted
  • dbt integration
  • Charts

Cloud

$10/user/month

Managed

  • Managed hosting
  • Support
  • SSO

How Lightdash's pricing compares

At $10/mo, Lightdash is the most affordable of its 3 direct competitors.

Lightdash
$10

Entry paid plan, monthly.

Reviews

5.0/5

Across 16 verified user reviews on G2

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Lightdash FAQ

Is Lightdash free?

Lightdash is open source and free to self-host. Lightdash Cloud starts at $100/month for managed hosting.

What is Lightdash?

Lightdash is a BI tool built specifically for dbt users. It lets you explore and visualize your dbt models without duplicating metric definitions.

Lightdash vs Metabase?

Lightdash is dbt-native, understanding your models and metrics directly. Metabase is general purpose and connects to any database. Use Lightdash if dbt is central to your data stack.

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