Metabase vs Prometheus
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 Prometheus with
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Feature Metabase Prometheus Category Web Analytics Monitoring & Status License AGPL-3.0 Apache-2.0 Language Clojure Go Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 2,048 MB 512 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, binary docker, binary, helm GitHub stars ★ 48,597 ★ 65,616 First released 2015 2015 Replaces Tableau, Looker Datadog
Why pick each one
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 Choose Prometheus if… Powerful query language Reliable and scalable Huge ecosystem Prometheus details
Frequently asked questions Is Metabase or Prometheus better? Neither is universally better. Prometheus has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Metabase and Prometheus free and open-source? Yes. Metabase is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Prometheus under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Metabase and Prometheus with Docker? Metabase: yes. Prometheus: yes.