Comparison

Sequel vs Metabase

Sequel and Metabase both land on Depends.

Sequel

Depends

Confidence: Low

Public evidence on sequel.sh is thin and drowned out by unrelated products named Sequel, so confidence is low.

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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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Sequel versus Metabase
Compare	Sequel	Metabase
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Guess: Teams wanting AI assistants over multiple data sources	Startups wanting free BI on existing databases
Who it's not for	Buyers needing verified reviews or customer references	Teams with nobody to own hosting and patching
Privacy	No vulnerabilities confirmed for; the only CVE found targets an unrelated WordPress plugin named Sequel.^⁴	Active 2026 vulnerability stream . four critical CVEs including an unauthenticated SQL injection; prompt patching is non-optional.^⁵
Support quality	No support evidence found	No support-quality evidence in sources
Public sentiment	No reviews clearly attributable to were found; user feedback in sources concerns other products named Sequel.^³	Users like the query builder and SQL access; recurring gripes are exports, dashboard customization, and slow queries on big datasets.¹²
Biggest gotcha	Multiple distinct products named Sequel (webinars, ORM, books) . verify which product reviews describe^³	Self-hosting means you own patching; 2026 fixes spanned 55.13, 56.3, 57.1 and later¹⁶

Pick Sequel when

Guess: Teams wanting AI assistants over multiple data sources
Guess: Early adopters willing to vet a young product themselves

When Sequel is not a fit

Buyers needing verified reviews or customer references
Teams wanting transparent public pricing upfront
Enterprises requiring third-party-audited security
Guess: Risk-averse teams that need a proven vendor today

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

Product security page . sequel.shsequel.sh
official
Sequel pricing pagesequel.sh
official
Sequel Reviews 2026 . G2 (product identity unconfirmed)g2.com
review
CVE-2025-31389 . NVD (unrelated WordPress plugin named Sequel)nvd.nist.gov
security
Horizon3 . CVE-2026-72898 SQL injectionhorizon3.ai
security
OpenCVE . CVE-2026-50148app.opencve.io
security
Tenable . CVE-2026-59826tenable.com
security
SentinelOne . CVE-2026-33725 Enterprise RCEsentinelone.com
security
GitHub . metabase/metabasegithub.com
official
Metabase product security pagemetabase.com
official
Metabase Discourse . free version CVE questiondiscourse.metabase.com
official
Product Hunt . Metabaseproducthunt.com
review
RFP.wiki . Metabase vs Looker 2026rfp.wiki
review
Work-management.org . Metabase Review 2026work-management.org
review
Bouncewatch . Metabase funding and foundingbouncewatch.com
news
opencve.alliance.unm.eduopencve.alliance.unm.edu
review