Alternatives to Redash
Open-source SQL query, visualization, and dashboarding tool, self-hosted since 2021.
Redash ranks #8 of 8 in Business intelligence, with an Alt Score of 59. It is licensed under BSD-2-Clause, free from Free and available on the web. 12 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Redash is an open-source tool for querying SQL, NoSQL, and API data sources, visualizing results, and building shareable dashboards with scheduled refreshes and conditional alerts. Databricks acquired Redash in 2020 and shut down the hosted app.redash.io cloud service on November 30, 2021, pointing hosted customers to Databricks SQL or the self-hosted open-source edition. The open-source project (BSD-2-Clause) continues to be community-maintained on GitHub, with tagged releases and security patches through 2026.
Analysts and engineers who want a self-hosted SQL client with a schema browser and autocomplete, and teams that want to build and share dashboards from that data without a hosted commercial BI vendor.
A free, self-hostable, BSD-2-Clause-licensed application with a query editor, dozens of visualization types, dashboards, scheduled query refreshes, conditional data alerts, and group-based data source permissions; there is no official paid edition or hosted offering since Databricks discontinued the hosted service.
Redash connects to more than 35 SQL, NoSQL, and API data sources, lets users write and schedule queries in a browser-based editor, turns results into visualizations, and assembles those into dashboards that can be shared internally, via a public secret link, or embedded full-screen in an iframe.
Where Redash stands out
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Ranked alternatives
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Lightdash is a business intelligence platform that reads metrics and dimensions from a connected dbt project (or standalone Lightdash YAML) so teams define logic once and reuse it across dashboards, a.
Apache Superset is an open-source business intelligence web application for data exploration and visualization, developed as an Apache Software Foundation project under the Apache License 2.0.
Metabase is an open-source business intelligence platform for querying databases, building dashboards, and self-service data exploration via a visual query builder or SQL editor.
Power BI is Microsoft's business analytics platform for connecting to data, modeling it into semantic models, and building reports and dashboards shared through the Power BI service, Power BI Desktop,.
Looker is Google Cloud's business intelligence platform for exploring, sharing, and visualizing company data through a governed semantic layer written in LookML.
Sigma is a business intelligence and analytics platform that runs directly on cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, and Redshift, with no data extracts.
Feature comparison
Rows come from the Business intelligence checklist (16 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Redash is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License BSD-2-Clause verified 2026-08-03https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getredash/redash/master/LICENSE
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Pricing model Free verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/faq/eol/
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Starts at Free verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/faq/eol/
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Platforms Web verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/faq/general/
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Status active verified 2026-08-03https://github.com/getredash/redash/releases/tag/v26.3.0
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Self-hostable Yes verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/open-source/setup/
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Open source Yes verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/open-source/setup/
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SQL editor Yes verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/user-guide/querying/writing-queries/
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No-code query builder No verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/faq/general/
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Scheduled report delivery No verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/user-guide/alerts/creating-new-alert-destination/
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Embedded analytics Partial verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/user-guide/dashboards/sharing-dashboards/
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Row-level security No verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/user-guide/users/permissions-groups/
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Data alerts Yes verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/user-guide/alerts/setting-up-an-alert/
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Semantic layer No verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/faq/general/
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Git version control No verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/user-guide/querying/writing-queries/
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SSO (SAML/OIDC) Yes verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/user-guide/users/authentication-options/
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Free tier Yes verified 2026-08-03https://redash.io/help/faq/eol/
FAQ
Yes. Apache Superset, Microsoft Power BI and Tableau have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Lightdash, Apache Superset and Metabase — every license claim links its source.