Comparison
Business Intelligence Software | Grow and Metabase both land on Depends.
Evidence is thin (confidence: low): a BI platform like this fits mid-size companies with a dedicated data person and budget for sales-led pricing, but the pasted domain doesn't match the Grow.com vendor the reviews reference.
Buy it if someone on your team can host it, patch it fast, and write SQL . the free open-source core is genuinely capable BI.
| Compare | Business Intelligence Software | Grow | Metabase |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Mid-size teams with a dedicated data analyst | Startups wanting free BI on existing databases |
| Who it's not for | Small teams . a spreadsheet or Metabase is enough | Teams with nobody to own hosting and patching |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.³ | Active 2026 vulnerability stream . four critical CVEs including an unauthenticated SQL injection; prompt patching is non-optional.10 |
| Support quality | No support evidence found | No support-quality evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | No verbatim user quotes for this product appeared in the sources reviewed; the only product-specific evidence is a G2 listing.¹ | Users like the query builder and SQL access; recurring gripes are exports, dashboard customization, and slow queries on big datasets. |
| Biggest gotcha | Domain mismatch: reviews point to; pasted URL is . confirm the official vendor first.¹ | Self-hosting means you own patching; 2026 fixes spanned 55.13, 56.3, 57.1 and later |
