Lightdash
Build intelligence, not just dashboards
Lightdash is an open-source business intelligence platform designed for data teams that use dbt. It solves the problem of inconsistent metrics and limited data access by connecting directly to a dbt project and defining all metrics in a shared semantic layer, ensuring everyone in an organization works from the same trusted definitions.
Its main capabilities include a data explorer and report builder, native dbt integration, scheduled report deliveries and alerting, a SQL runner, and governed self-serve analytics through a metrics catalog. AI features include AI agents, an MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration, and an autopilot self-improving semantic layer. The platform integrates with data warehouses such as BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, Postgres, Trino, ClickHouse, Athena, and DuckDB, and supports Git sync with GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket. Embedding is available as an add-on via iframe and React SDK.
Lightdash is for data teams who want to give unlimited users access to analytics without per-seat pricing. It is offered as a free, self-hosted open-source version, a Cloud Pro edition with a 21-day free trial and no per-seat pricing, and an Enterprise edition with advanced security, compliance, and deployment options. The embedding add-on uses usage-based pricing.
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