Metabase 58 dramatically expands access to its Documents feature, now available for free on Open Source plans. Previously exclusive to paying customers, these collaborative reports combine charts with text, similar to a Notion doc. The update also ships Metabot AI out of beta, offering natural language querying and SQL generation as a paid add-on for all Cloud plans.

The release simplifies multi-tenant analytics with the new Tenants feature, drastically cutting down the time needed to isolate customer data securely. Concurrently, the company is rebranding its embedding suite to reduce confusion. Modular Embedding replaces 'Embedded Analytics JS,' while Full-app Embedding now stands in for 'Interactive Embedding,' streamlining the developer experience.

AWS users gain a security boost with new IAM authentication support for Aurora Postgres and MySQL, eliminating the need for hardcoded credentials. Guest Embeds also debut as the successor to Static Embedding, offering better theming and smoother migration paths. Finally, a strict new Y-axis enforcement rule may clip existing charts, requiring manual adjustments to visualization settings.