Metabase alternatives in India

AI stops when a balance runs out, the cost per question is not published, and since late October 2026 auto top-up is switched on by default when you subscribe, so a heavy user can trigger extra charges until you set a monthly cap or turn it off in billing settings. Refunds are at the vendor's discretion, and there is no stay-free AI allowance despite the free plan badge on several pages.

Plans renew automatically; the vendor offers a full refund in the first month on monthly plans or the first 45 days on annual plans, and only five business days after a monthly renewal or 15 days after an annual one. The trap is that rows, extra users and viewer packs are separate add-ons, so a team that stores years of history or shares dashboards widely can pay well above the headline plan price.

Embedded and Fabric capacity are variable and priced on Azure, and capacity still needs Pro licences for the people who publish content. The trap: free report viewing only starts at F64 capacity, so a growing team of viewers multiplies the Pro bill until capacity becomes cheaper.

Pro is billed monthly per licensed user per Cloud project through a Google Cloud billing account, which Indian accounts pay in rupees by card, NetBanking or UPI, and you pay for every license bought even if unused. Prices exclude tax: add GST, and give Google your GSTIN so it is applied correctly; the 30 day Pro trial rolls into paid billing automatically unless you cancel.