Redash
What it is
Redash is an open-source platform for querying data, creating visualizations, building interactive dashboards, and sharing results with an organization. Its query editor provides schema browsing, autocomplete, keyboard shortcuts, and reusable snippets. Visualizations include charts, cohort views, pivot tables, boxplots, maps, counters, sankey diagrams, sunbursts, and word clouds. Dashboards can combine multiple data sources, be shared by URL, or appear as embedded widgets. Users can schedule result refreshes and create alerts for data events. Listed sources include Amazon services, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, MongoDB, Google Analytics, Google Spreadsheets, JIRA, and Salesforce. Redash offers a REST API with user or query keys, plus password, Google OAuth, and SAML 2.0 authentication. Official deployment uses Linux, Docker, and Docker Compose. The hosted app.redash.io service shut down November 30, 2021; self-hosting is free.
For and against
For
- Open-source self-hosted software
- Broad database and service connectors
- Interactive dashboards with embedding
- Scheduled refreshes and data alerts
- REST API with scoped query keys
Against
- Hosted service shut down in 2021
- Large deployments need additional servers
- Self-hosting requires Linux and Docker
- Password login may need disabling
The verdict
Redash provides a broad, free toolkit for teams willing to run the software themselves. The main practical constraint is that hosted access is no longer available, so deployment and maintenance remain with the user.
Who it suits
It suits SQL users and organizations that can host their own analytics service and need shared queries, dashboards, visualizations, alerts, or scheduled updates.
Plans and prices
Open source / self-hosted
Hosted service shut down; self-hosted version can be hosted free of charge
Read 10 Oct 2026 · redash.io
On the record
- Alerts and refreshes
- Users can schedule result updates and set alerts for events in their data.redash.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- API
- Redash provides a REST API, and API calls support user keys or query keys with access limited to a query and its results.redash.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- Redash documents password login, Google OAuth, and SAML 2.0 authentication options.redash.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Dashboards
- Users can combine data from multiple sources into dashboards and share them by URL or embed widgets.redash.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Dashboard type
- interactiveredash.io · read 20 Sep 2026
- Data sources
- Amazon Athena; Amazon CloudWatch; Amazon CloudWatch Logs Insights; Amazon DynamoDB; Amazon Redshift; Axibase Time Series Database; Cassandra; ClickHouse; CockroachDB; CSV; Databricks; DB2 by IBM; Druid; Elasticsearch; Google Analytics; Google BigQuery; Google Spreadsheets; Graphite; Greenplum; Hive; Impala; InfluxDB; JIRA; JSON; Apache Kylin; OmniSciDB; MemSQL; Microsoft Azure Data Warehouse / Synapse; Microsoft Azure SQL Database; Microsoft SQL Server; MongoDB; MySQL; Oracle; PostgreSQL; Presto; Prometheus; Python; Qubole; Rockset; Salesforce; ScyllaDB; Shell Scripts; Snowflake; SQLite; TreasureData; Vertica; Yandex AppMetrica; Yandex Metricaredash.io · read 20 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- The official setup guide describes deployment on a Linux server using Docker and Docker Compose.github.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Deployment scale
- The setup guide says the reference configuration is suitable for small deployments and recommends separate database and likely Redis servers plus at least two Redash servers for larger deployments.github.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Embedded dashboards
- Yesredash.io · read 20 Sep 2026
- Hosted service
- The hosted Redash service at app.redash.io shut down effective November 30, 2021, and the page says no new customer signups were allowed.redash.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed data sources include Amazon Athena, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, MongoDB, Google Analytics, Google Spreadsheets, JIRA, and Salesforce.redash.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Redash describes its audience as SQL users who explore, query, visualize, and share data so others in their organization can use it.redash.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Platform
- webredash.io · read 20 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Redash lets users connect to and query data sources, build dashboards, visualize data, and share results with their organization.redash.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Query editor
- The query editor supports schema browsing, autocomplete, keyboard shortcuts, and reusable snippets.redash.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Scheduled refresh
- Yesredash.io · read 20 Sep 2026
- Security configuration
- Authentication settings are controlled by admins through the UI and environment variables, and the documentation recommends disabling password login when users are expected to use Google OAuth or SAML.redash.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Support
- Redash directs users who need support to its community GitHub Discussions Q&A category.redash.io · read 10 Oct 2026
