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Omni (Omni Analytics) vs Metabase

Omni (Omni Analytics) and Metabase both land on Depends.

Omni (Omni Analytics)

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a data team migrating off legacy BI like Looker and can tolerate opaque, sales-led pricing.

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Metabase

Depends

Confidence: Medium

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.

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Omni (Omni Analytics) versus Metabase
Compare	Omni (Omni Analytics)	Metabase
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Data teams outgrowing Looker	Startups wanting free BI on existing databases
Who it's not for	Small teams a spreadsheet would cover	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.¹³
Support quality	No evidence reviewed	No support-quality evidence in sources
Public sentiment	G2 reviewers consistently praise Omni Analytics, though an independent analysis flags its lack of transparent pricing.^⁵	Users like the query builder and SQL access; recurring gripes are exports, dashboard customization, and slow queries on big datasets.
Biggest gotcha	Pricing is not published; expect a sales-led quote before knowing cost^⁶	Self-hosting means you own patching; 2026 fixes spanned 55.13, 56.3, 57.1 and later

Pick Omni (Omni Analytics) when

Data teams outgrowing Looker
Companies migrating legacy BI estates
Mid-size SaaS needing embedded analytics
SQL-comfortable analysts

When Omni (Omni Analytics) is not a fit

Small teams a spreadsheet would cover
Buyers needing published, upfront per-seat pricing
Non-technical users wanting simple dashboards
Anyone without budget for a sales-led procurement process

Pick Metabase when

Startups wanting free BI on existing databases
Product teams embedding analytics in their app
SQL-comfortable data teams
Self-hosters with patching discipline

When Metabase is not a fit

Teams with nobody to own hosting and patching
Security-sensitive orgs handling regulated data
Non-technical teams needing polished exports and dashboards
Analysts on huge datasets where query speed matters

Sources

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Secure cloud analyticsomni.co
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How Handshake migrated a ten-year-old analytics estate to Omniomni.co
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Omni: The Better Looker, or Just Another Expensive BI Tool?dataanalysis.substack.com
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Omni Analytics: Pricing, Free Demo & Features . SoftwareFindersoftwarefinder.com
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Omni raises $69M in Series B, valued at $650Mlinkedin.com
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How Much Did Omni Raise? Funding & Key Investorsclay.com
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The #1 Alternative to Omni for SaaS Embedded Analytics . Qrveyqrvey.com
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12 best Omni alternatives, independently scored . Vioscalevioscale.ai
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Cube vs Omni vs Sisense: Which Is Best for SaaS?querio.ai
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Horizon3 . CVE-2026-72898 SQL injectionhorizon3.ai
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OpenCVE . CVE-2026-50148app.opencve.io
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Tenable . CVE-2026-59826tenable.com
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SentinelOne . CVE-2026-33725 Enterprise RCEsentinelone.com
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