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Yellowfin

yellowfinbi.com
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Overview

Yellowfin is a business intelligence and analytics platform that delivers real-time, interactive dashboards and data stories for enterprises. It combines AI-powered insights, natural language querying, and collaborative storytelling to help organizations make faster, data-driven decisions. The platform supports both enterprise analytics and embedded analytics use cases with white-label capabilities.

Features

18 features across 10 categories

AI(5)

AI NLQ (Natural Language Querying)AI

Ask questions in plain language like 'What happened to revenue last quarter?' and instantly get charts and graphs without SQL

AI-Written ExplanationsAI

AI-generated explanations that make data clear to every department, cutting through complexity

Ask YellowfinAI

AI Chatbot Assistant to get answers about Yellowfin

Assisted InsightsAI

Generate instant, AI-written insights and suggested charts that are context-aware, jargon-free, and tailored to your data

Code AssistantAI

AI Chatbot Assistant to get coding answers related to Yellowfin

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Collaboration(1)

Collaboration Features

Comments, sharing, and mobile app feed to keep teams in sync and enable cross-departmental insights discussion

Also in: Notion, Airtable, Obsidian

Customization(1)

White-Label Analytics

Fully customizable white-label every element so analytics feel like a native part of your app

Also in: monday.com, Obsidian, Smartsheet

Developer Tools(1)

Lightweight JavaScript API

Embed analytics using a lightweight JavaScript API or secure iframes

Also in: Jobber, Hugging Face, 1Password

Infrastructure(2)

Analytical Database

High-performance in-memory analytics database available on-premise, in the cloud or hybrid

Cloud & On-Premise Deployment

Self-managed deployment on-premise or in the cloud, or fully managed service with secure hosting

Also in: Litmos, marvel-app, LiveKit

Mobile(1)

Mobile App

Mobile application to access dashboards and insights on the go

Also in: monday.com, Smartsheet, Calendly

Monitoring & Alerts(3)

Automated Business MonitoringPremium

Automated monitoring with Yellowfin Signals for proactive business insights

Real-Time Monitoring

Real-time monitoring and drill-downs to surface issues before they become losses

SignalsAI

Discover changes and outliers in data as they happen via threshold-based alerts or fully automated AI-driven signals

Also in: Sisense, Agiloft, Bitwarden

Product Integration(1)

Embedded Analytics

Embed dashboards and stories seamlessly into your application with white-labeling and customization options

Reporting & Visualization(2)

Interactive Dashboards

Real-time, interactive dashboards that turn raw data into clear visuals and AI-driven insights

Stories

Build rich, data-driven narratives by dropping charts and insights into Stories and Presents for engaging, interactive discussions

User Experience(1)

Self-Service Analytics

No technical skill required, making self-service analytics universal across the organization

Pricing

Embedded Analytics - Per Unit (Utility Model)

Popular
Custom
  • ✓Price per unit based on analytics usage
  • ✓Aligned to how you sell
  • ✓Pricing by site, app, business, device, etc.

Embedded Analytics - Revenue Share Model

Custom
  • ✓Pricing based on revenue from add-on analytics modules
  • ✓Simple model to support add-on analytics

Embedded Analytics - Server Core

Custom
  • ✓Fixed price based on server core deployment (e.g., 4 core)
  • ✓Price scales only as deployment needs scale

Analytics Plus

Custom
  • ✓All Yellowfin Analytics features
  • ✓Automated Business Monitoring with Yellowfin Signals
  • ✓Named user, server and custom pricing basis available

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for Yellowfin. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Yellowfin alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 18 features.

Buy Yellowfin

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying Yellowfin saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 18 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.