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
Score: 80/100
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Free
Open source
- Self-hosted
- dbt integration
- Charts
Cloud
$10/user/month
Managed
- Managed hosting
- Support
- SSO
About Lightdash
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.
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Lightdash FAQ
Lightdash is open source and free to self-host. Lightdash Cloud starts at $100/month for managed hosting.
Lightdash is a BI tool built specifically for dbt users. It lets you explore and visualize your dbt models without duplicating metric definitions.
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.