Superset
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
Apache Superset is a modern data exploration and visualization platform — combine SQL queries with rich visualizations, build dashboards, semantic layer for non-SQL users. Apache Software Foundation project, backed by Preset (commercial). Strong on advanced visualizations and large-scale data.
For data teams running heavy analytics workloads needing more sophistication than Metabase, Superset is the enterprise OSS BI choice.
What it's for
- Advanced visualization — 50+ chart types
- Data exploration — drill-down via no-code SQL Lab
- Semantic layer — define metrics + dimensions once, reuse
- Large-scale BI — handles Snowflake / BigQuery scale
- Embedded analytics — embed dashboards in customer apps
Who it's for
- Data engineering teams running advanced analytics
- BI engineers building enterprise dashboards
- Data scientists exploring datasets
- SaaS analytics platforms embedding BI for customers
- Privacy-bound orgs rejecting Tableau / Power BI cloud
Why teams pick Superset over alternatives
- Apache 2.0 — fully open
- Advanced visualizations — most chart variety in OSS BI
- Semantic layer — proper metrics governance
- Large-scale ready — production-deployed at Airbnb, Netflix
- Active development — backed by Apache + Preset
- Strong DB support — 40+ database connectors
Integrations
- Databases — every major analytical DB (Postgres, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, ClickHouse, Druid, etc.)
- Authentication — local + OAuth + LDAP + SAML
- Email — SMTP for scheduled reports
- Alerting — Slack, email on threshold
- Embedded mode — JWT-signed embeds for customer-facing
- API — REST API for programmatic access
- Custom viz — JavaScript plugin system for new chart types
Notable users & community
- 62k+ GitHub stars
- Used by Airbnb (origin), Netflix, Lyft, Robinhood for production BI
- Apache Software Foundation project
- Backed by Preset with commercial enterprise tier
- Strong community + plugin ecosystem
Tips & operations
- Resource sizing — Superset needs 4 GB RAM minimum, scales with concurrent users
- Postgres + Redis required
- Async queries via Celery — long queries break sync; Celery for heavy
- Caching strategy — Redis cache speeds dashboards dramatically
- Permission scoping — datasets + dashboards have separate permissions
- Backup Postgres — all metadata lives there
What we ship in BluixApps
- Docker compose: Superset + Postgres + Redis + Celery worker
- Pinned
apache/superset:4.1(release-tagged) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
- Admin user via env config
- Persistent volumes for Postgres + Redis
- Celery worker for async queries
- Backup hook covers Postgres (saved queries + dashboards + users)
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |