Metabase vs Sigma
Zero of fourteen models named Metabase first on the direct prompt; one named Sigma. Metabase was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Sigma by eight and Metabase carries 31 labels and Sigma 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.
United States. Named in three categories this edition.
By SIGMA COMPUTING, San Francisco. Named in two categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the dashboards and data visualization page.
By framing
MetabaseFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSigma
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | |||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | ||||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
Metabase Sigma first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Metabase on the left and Sigma on the right.The direct prompt
Sigma first, Metabase an alternative
1 of 14 modelsMetabase was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Metabase0%#10 of 10Sigma0%#7 of 10What the models said about Metabase
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“3 new zero-day discoveries across Metabase, DataEase, Pentaho, Redash, and Apache Superset” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Open-Source Tools (Avoid without DevOps Support)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“lightweight alternatives like Looker Studio, Metabase, or basic Power BI Pro licenses offer faster value” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“The Best Overall: Metabase (Open Source)... is widely considered the best free option available.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“start with Looker Studio (free) or Metabase (free open-source)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Sigma
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“go with Sigma Computing” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Sigma if your team lives in Excel, you use Snowflake/Databricks, and you want business users to perform heavy ad-hoc analysis on live data.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“Sisense or Sigma are particularly strong choices due to their embedded analytics capabilities” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.