Metabase Introduces Development Instances Add-On at $100/Month for Pro and Enterprise Plans
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025 captures of Metabase's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Development Instances add-on introduced at $100/mo for Pro and Enterprise plans (environment for testing and development). Pulse files it as a packaging change (new add-on) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 24, 2026) lists Starter at $90 and Pro at $130.
Metabase's previous recorded change was "Metabase Introduces SCIM Account Provisioning for Pro and Enterprise Plans" (Q1 2025). 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.
- Pro, Enterprise · Add-onAdded
BeforeNo Development Instances add-on
AfterDevelopment Instances add-on
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro, Enterprise | Add-on | No Development Instances add-on | Development Instances add-on | Added |
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 Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where Development Instances add-on now appears.
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Metabase, the last 90 days
Full history- Feb 23, 2026packagingMetabase reveals Advanced Transforms add-on at $250/mo for 72K runs
- Feb 9, 2026packagingMetabase launches $40 storage add-on and $100 AI pricing for businesses.
- 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 · this change
- Q1 2025improvedMetabase Introduces SCIM Account Provisioning for Pro and Enterprise Plans
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 July 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new add-on.
What changed on Metabase's pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025?
Pro, Enterprise add-on: No Development Instances add-on → Development Instances add-on, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 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 SCIM Account Provisioning for Pro and Enterprise Plans" in Q1 2025; Metabase has been tracked since 2023-11-14.