Metabase Cuts Storage Add-On Pricing by 53% for 500K and 1M Rows, Now Just $35 and $70/Month
What happened
Between the Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025 captures of Metabase's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Storage add-on pricing decreased from $75/month for 500K rows to $35/month (53% decrease); Storage add-on renamed from 'Add Storage' to 'Use Metabase without a database'; Storage add-on pricing decreased from $150/month for 1M rows to $70/month (53% decrease). Pulse files it as a packaging change (add-on change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 24, 2026) lists Starter at $90 and Pro at $130.
Metabase's previous recorded change was "Metabase Introduces New 'Add Storage' Option: $75/month for 500K Rows or $150/month for 1M Rows" (Q3 2024). Metabase has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Tableau and Grafana also changed their Data & Analytics pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Add-onChanged$75/month for 500K rows$35/month
- — · Add-onReworded
BeforeAdd Storage
AfterUse Metabase without a database
- — · Add-onChanged$150/month for 1M rows$70/month
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Add-on | $75/month for 500K rows | $35/month | Changed |
| — | Add-on | Add Storage | Use Metabase without a database | Reworded |
| — | Add-on | $150/month for 1M rows | $70/month | Changed |
Values as written on Metabase's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Metabase's pricing page (metabase.com) from Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where "$75/month for 500K rows" becomes "$35/month".
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Metabase, the last 90 days
Full history- Q3 2025increaseMetabase Raises Enterprise Plan Minimum Annual Price by 33% to $20k, Alongside Other Price Increases Across Plans and Add-ons
- Q2 2025packagingMetabase Introduces Development Instances Add-On at $100/Month for Pro and Enterprise Plans
- Q1 2025improvedMetabase Introduces SCIM Account Provisioning for Pro and Enterprise Plans
- Q4 2024packagingMetabase Cuts Storage Add-On Pricing by 53% for 500K and 1M Rows, Now Just $35 and $70/Month · this change
- Q3 2024packagingMetabase Introduces New 'Add Storage' Option: $75/month for 500K Rows or $150/month for 1M Rows
Across Data & Analytics in the same window
All Data & Analytics changes- TableauJan 12Tableau Boosts Value with 20% Discount on Enterprise Edition Licenses and Launches AI-Powered Tableau+ Analytics
- GrafanaJan 10Grafana Transforms Pro Plan to Pure Pay-As-You-Go Model Starting at $0, Renames All Plans
- TableauJan 12Tableau Restructures Pricing with New Three-Tier Edition Model and Removes 20% Discount on Enterprise Licenses
- TableauJan 12Tableau Introduces Enterprise Offering for Sophisticated Business Environments
- TableauJan 12Tableau Introduces 20% Discount on Enterprise Edition for New Customers with Promo Code TABSAVE20
Questions about this change
Did Metabase raise prices in January 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: add-on change.
What changed on Metabase's pricing page between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025?
Add-on: $75/month for 500K rows → $35/month, changed; add-on: Add Storage → Use Metabase without a database, reworded; add-on: $150/month for 1M rows → $70/month, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Metabase change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Metabase in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Metabase Introduces New 'Add Storage' Option: $75/month for 500K Rows or $150/month for 1M Rows" in Q3 2024; Metabase has been tracked since 2023-11-14.