About Lightdash
Lightdash is an open-source BI platform designed to work natively with dbt (data build tool). It uses your dbt project as the single source of truth for metrics, letting data teams define metrics in dbt and expose them as self-service dashboards — ensuring consistency without duplication.
Key Features
- Native dbt integration
- Metrics defined in dbt YAML
- Self-service exploration for business users
- Interactive dashboards
- Scheduled deliveries (Slack, email)
- dbt Semantic Layer support
- Column-level descriptions from dbt
- Self-hosted or cloud-hosted
Pros
- Best BI tool for dbt-centric teams
- Open-source with self-hosting option
- Single source of truth — metrics in dbt
- Growing community and active development
Cons
- Requires dbt — not standalone
- Fewer chart types than Tableau/Metabase
- Smaller community and ecosystem
Integrations
dbtSnowflakeBigQueryPostgreSQLRedshiftTrinoDatabricks
Best Use Cases
- dbt-powered business intelligence
- Self-service analytics for dbt teams
- Governed metrics and dashboards
- Open-source BI alternative
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Quick Info
- Website
- www.lightdash.com
- Founded
- 2021
- Company
- 20-50
- Pricing
- freemium
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