Grafana Loki vs Metabase
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Grafana Loki with
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Compare Metabase with
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Feature Grafana Loki Metabase Category Monitoring & Status Web Analytics License AGPL-3.0 AGPL-3.0 Language Go Clojure Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 512 MB 2,048 MB Deployment docker, kubernetes, helm docker, bare-metal, binary GitHub stars ★ 28,687 ★ 48,597 First released 2018 2015 Replaces Splunk, Datadog Logs Tableau, Looker
Why pick each one
Choose Grafana Loki if… Cheap to run compared to full-text indexers Familiar Prometheus-style labels Grafana Loki details Choose Metabase if… Released under the AGPL-3.0 license First-class Docker support for quick deployment Mature project with 48.6k GitHub stars Written in Clojure Metabase details
Frequently asked questions Is Grafana Loki or Metabase better? Neither is universally better. Metabase has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Grafana Loki and Metabase free and open-source? Yes. Grafana Loki is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Metabase under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Grafana Loki and Metabase with Docker? Grafana Loki: yes. Metabase: yes.