Metabase vs Zoho Analytics
Zero of twelve models named Metabase first on the direct prompt; one named Zoho Analytics. Metabase was named by eleven of the twelve models and Zoho Analytics by ten and Metabase carries 32 labels and Zoho Analytics 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.
United States. Named in three categories this edition.
By Zoho Office Suite, India, India, founded 1996. Named in two categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 twelve modelsZoho Analytics
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Metabase and Zoho Analytics were named in the same answer forty-seven times, of the 119 answers naming Metabase and the 72 naming Zoho Analytics. In those answers Zoho Analytics took the first choice twelve times and Metabase six.
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 | | |
Metabase Zoho Analytics first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Metabase on the left and Zoho Analytics on the right.The direct prompt
Zoho Analytics first, Metabase an alternative
1 of 12 modelsMetabase was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
8 of 12 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
Zoho Analytics27%#3 of 8Metabase4%#4 of 8Metabase10%#3 of 13Zoho Analytics2%#6 of 13Metabase0%#11 of 11Zoho Analytics0%#– of 11What the models said about Metabase
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“this is the gold standard for getting high-end BI capabilities to an unlimited number of users for the cost of a basic cloud hosting server” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Microsoft Power BI, and Metabase offer the best balance of cost and capability for small and mid-sized teams” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best BI and dashboard tool is usually Metabase if you want the lowest cost with solid dashboarding” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Zoho Analytics
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Performance dips above 10M rows; limited enterprise scalability” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Zoho Analytics, Microsoft Power BI, and Metabase offer the best balance of cost and capability” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“For small businesses: Zoho Analytics provides the best balance of features and cost with a generous free tier.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · alternative
“affordable (from ~$25/mo), AI-powered, and excellent for mixed tech stacks with limited dedicated BI staff” DeepSeek V4 Flash · 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.