Deploy and Host Metabase on Railway

What is Metabase?

Metabase is an open-source business intelligence (BI) tool designed for simple data exploration and visualization. It empowers both technical and non-technical users to create dashboards, run custom queries, and generate reports—enabling informed, data-driven business decisions with minimal setup or coding required.

About Hosting Metabase

Hosting Metabase means setting up and running the Metabase application on cloud infrastructure, such as Railway. This requires configuring the backend (Java environment), connecting to a persistent relational database for app data and analytics sources, and setting environment variables (like DB credentials). Railway streamlines this process with prebuilt templates, automated scaling, logging, and a user-friendly interface, so you can deploy quickly and manage your BI instance effortlessly as your data and team grow.

Common Use Cases

Building interactive business dashboards
Empowering teams for self-service data exploration and reporting
Automating and sharing recurring analytics or executive reports

Dependencies for Metabase Hosting

Java Runtime Environment (for running the Metabase backend)
Relational database (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) for app configuration/state

Deployment Dependencies

Why Deploy Metabase on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.
By deploying Metabase on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.