InsightLake vs Metabase

Metabase is great for self‑hosted/lightweight BI on top of an existing database. InsightLake includes the warehouse, prewired Velaxe schemas, dashboards, alerts, and Prometheus—ideal when you want answers fast without operating a BI stack.

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Who this comparison is for

Lean teams avoiding BI operations Support/RevOps needing governed metrics & exports

InsightLake highlights

No infra to run; data arrives from Velaxe apps automatically
Suppport/Payments/Channels boards, cohorts, and alerts

Metabase highlights

Simple self‑hosted BI with SQL/native queries

Capability matrix

5 rows

Capability	InsightLake	Metabase	Notes
Warehouse included	Native	None	Metabase connects to external DB
Velaxe data models ready‑made	Native	None	DIY modeling
Alerts to Slack/Email/PD	Native	Partial	Limited alerting via pulses
Prometheus /metrics aggregation	Native	None	Third‑party needed
Embeds inside Velaxe apps	Native	None	Custom glue

Metabase requires you to operate the DB/warehouse and model data yourself.

Total cost of ownership

InsightLake lowers total cost by bundling storage, models, dashboards, and alerting—no servers to run. Metabase can be low license‑cost but shifts effort to ops and modeling.

Assumptions

Small team, 3–5 boards, weekly exports
Desire to embed analytics into Velaxe workflows

Migration plan

From Metabase · Connect → replace boards → enable alerts/embeds

1

Adopt canned boards mapped to Velaxe apps
2

Recreate custom questions via SQL console or semantic measures
3

Switch to scheduled exports & alerting; add embeds in Desk

Security

RBAC roles & dataset ACLs
Row‑level security and masking for PII

Evidence & sources

Claim	Value	Source
Time‑to‑first‑dashboard	<10 minutes post‑install	product_docs

About InsightLake

InsightLake centralizes analytics for your Velaxe workspace. Connect built-in streams from Agent Desk, LiveConnect, PulseGate, VoiceLink, FlowForge, Chronicle, ActionDesk, PayStream, SecureStore, AppBazaar, ProductCatalog, and Chat Core—plus curated external sources like GA4, Stripe, and Shopify.

Data is modeled into conformed dimensions and fact tables for predictable analysis. Publish templated dashboards in one click, build custom boards with a drag-and-drop builder or SQL, and schedule alerts and exports. Governance features include row-level security, column masking for PII, audit logs, and retention controls.

InsightLake is designed for speed and reliability with streaming ingestion, materialized views, and SLAs for load times and export delivery.

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