Free, open-source alternatives to Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft's business intelligence tool. 4 apps you can run yourself instead of Microsoft Power BI, sorted by how well they replace it. Each one is open source, so your data stays with you.

  1. SupersetBest match

    Modern data exploration and visualization platform.

    75.1k starsApache-2.0Updated 13 October 2026
  2. Metabase

    Easy way for everyone in your company to ask questions and learn from data.

    49.6k starsAGPL-3.0Updated 12 October 2026
  3. Redash

    Connect and query your data sources, build dashboards to visualize data and share them with your company.

    28.8k starsBSD-2-ClauseUpdated 3 October 2026
  4. Evidence

    Code-based BI tool. Write reports using SQL and markdown and they render as a website.

    7k starsMITUpdated 9 October 2026

Side by side

AppStarsLicenseActivityRuns on
Superset75,117Apache-2.0Python
Metabase49,635AGPL-3.0Java, Docker
Redash28,833BSD-2-ClauseDocker
Evidence7,003MITNode.js

Why replace Microsoft Power BI?

Microsoft Power BI works, but your data lives in someone else's account, the price can change at any time, and features can disappear. An open-source app you run yourself is yours: you choose where it runs, who can see the data, and when to update.

Questions

What is the best free alternative to Microsoft Power BI?

Superset is the closest open-source replacement for Microsoft Power BI in our list. Metabase and Redash are worth a look too, depending on what you need.

Can I self-host an alternative to Microsoft Power BI?

Yes. All 4 apps on this page are open source and can run on your own server, usually with Docker, or on a managed host that installs them for you.