Metabase: Storage add-on price cut ($40/500k rows → $2/1M rows)
What happened
Between the Jul 27, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026 captures of Metabase's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Storage add-on pricing dropped from $40 per 500k rows to $2 per 1M rows, with the first 1M rows now always free (~97% per-row cost reduction). Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 24, 2026) lists Starter at $90 and Pro at $130.
It lands 31 days after Metabase's previous change, "Metabase: AI and Transforms add-ons move from flat fees to usage-based pricing" (Jul 3, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Metabase Starter adds Slack and Teams support channels" (Jun 22, 2026), "Metabase swaps caching controls for AI governance in Pro plan" (May 27, 2026) and "Metabase includes SQL transforms free, cuts transform run costs" (May 19, 2026). Metabase has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Tableau, Qlik, Grafana, Sisense and Domo also changed their Data & Analytics pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · PriceChanged$40 per 500k rows$2 per 1M rows
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Price | $40 per 500k rows | $2 per 1M rows | 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 Jul 27, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where "$40 per 500k rows" becomes "$2 per 1M rows".
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Metabase, the last 90 days
Full history- Aug 24, 2026packagingMetabase quietly reveals Enterprise-only paid air-gapped deployment option
- Aug 3, 2026decreaseMetabase: Storage add-on price cut ($40/500k rows → $2/1M rows) · this change
- Jul 3, 2026packagingMetabase: AI and Transforms add-ons move from flat fees to usage-based pricing
- Jun 22, 2026improvedMetabase Starter adds Slack and Teams support channels
- May 27, 2026improvedMetabase swaps caching controls for AI governance in Pro plan
- May 19, 2026improvedMetabase includes SQL transforms free, cuts transform run costs
Across Data & Analytics in the same window
All Data & Analytics changes- TableauJul 27Tableau: capacity/compute-based pricing introduced
- QlikJul 6Qlik strips Personal Space storage perk, cutting Standard and Enterprise plans
- GrafanaJul 3Grafana: New Database Observability product + Assistant moves to token-based pricing
- SisenseJun 2Sisense pulls Launch and Grow plan prices from pricing page
- DomoMay 12Domo shifts to credit-based pricing for storage, workflows, and ML
Questions about this change
Did Metabase raise prices in August 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Jul 27, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026 Metabase's pricing page showed 1 price cut: $40 per 500k rows → $2 per 1M rows (changed).
What changed on Metabase's pricing page between Jul 27, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026?
Price: $40 per 500k rows → $2 per 1M rows, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 27, 2026 and Aug 3, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Metabase change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for Metabase in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Metabase: AI and Transforms add-ons move from flat fees to usage-based pricing" on Jul 3, 2026; Metabase has been tracked since 2023-11-14.