Metabase Community Data Stack Report 2025

In the Metabase Community Data Stack Report 2025, 330+ teams from over 50 countries shared insights on their data stack practices, revealing that small data teams are prevalent even in large companies, with PostgreSQL as the dominant database choice for both transactional and analytics workloads. Surprisingly, about half of respondents do not use data warehouses or lakes for analytics data, preferring to separate it from transactional data in other ways. The report highlights that trust in AI-generated results is low despite widespread adoption, particularly among technical roles, and emphasizes the importance of tool integration over individual tool performance. The survey, analyzed using Metabase's own tools, provides a community-sourced resource to guide data stack decisions and encourages further exploration and discussion by making the data publicly accessible for independent analysis.