Zoho Analytics

zoho.com/analytics
Analytics
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Agentic AI-Powered Self-Service BI and Analytics Platform

How to Replace Zoho Analytics

Overview

Zoho Analytics is an end-to-end AI-powered business intelligence and data analytics platform that enables users to connect data from 500+ sources, prepare and visualize data with 50+ visualization options, and gain actionable insights through natural language queries. The platform is designed for data analysts, business users, data engineers, and data scientists to transform raw data into insights in minutes with augmented analytics capabilities including AI, ML, and predictive models.

Features

59 features across 13 categories

AI & Analytics(8)

Ask Zia AgentAI

Conversational AI agent powered by LLM that allows users to ask questions in natural language and get answers as reports and widgets

Ask Zia for Data AnalysisAI

Analyze and create reports and dashboards through immersive conversations with end-to-end insights from historic trends to predictions

Ask Zia for Data EngineeringAI

Build end-to-end data pipelines with data integration, cleansing, transformation, and enrichment using Ask Zia

Auto-AnalysisAI

Accelerate journey to insights with AI-powered automatic report and dashboard generator

Diagnostic InsightsAI

Get clear, actionable insights and recommendations with smart key driver analysis delivered through Zia Insights narratives

Embeddable Ask Zia AgentAI

Seamlessly embed Ask Zia into custom or business applications to deliver contextual insights and actions

Zia InsightsAI

Get automated AI-generated insights in the form of easily understandable narratives about important trends in data

Zoho Analytics MCP ServerAI

AI Agents, models, or MCP (Model Context Protocol) clients can leverage Zoho Analytics tools through MCP Server to power data analysis, insights, and actions

AI Studio(2)

AutoMLAI

Build custom ML models with no-code assistant and easily train, test, compare, deploy, and manage models

Code StudioAI

Develop custom models and functions using Python code studio from scratch or import from other sources

Analytics(4)

Diagnostic Analysis

Perform diagnostic analysis to understand root causes backed by recommendations

Historic Analysis

Perform historic analysis to understand business data backed by recommendations

Prebuilt Analytics

Jump-start analytics journey with hundreds of valuable domain-specific pre-built metrics, reports, and dashboards

Trend and Pattern Identification

Identify trends and patterns across datasets with advanced analytical tools

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Collaboration(10)

Cliq Integration

Collaborate across Cliq channel

Collaboration Tools

Start contextual comment threads for real-time collaboration on reports or dashboards

Data Stories

Share insights as data stories with presentations and slideshows

Email Collaboration

Collaborate across channels through email integration

Microsoft Teams Integration

Collaborate across Microsoft Teams

Publishing and Embedding

Publish reports and dashboards, making them accessible to users with or without logins

Sharing and Collaboration

Share data, reports, and dashboards with colleagues and collaborate with them through secured sharing

Slack Integration

Collaborate across Slack channel

Web Portals

Create purpose-built analytics portals and make it easy for users to analyze data with dashboards

Zoho Show

Craft immersive analytics presentations with rich interactive reports using Zoho Show online presentation service

Also in: Notion, Airtable, Obsidian

Data Preparation(4)

Data Pipeline Builder

Create and manage ETL data pipelines with visual builder to join, append, and perform various transforms on data

Data Preparation Studio

Clean, transform, enrich, prepare, and catalog data by applying 250+ transform functions without coding

Metrics Layer

Create and manage all business metrics in a single place, ensuring consistency, reliability, reusability, and access control

Smart Data Blending

Blend data from multiple apps and create reports and dashboards for end-to-end business insights

Deployment(4)

Cloud Deployment

Access full-featured self-service BI and analytics service hosted on Zoho cloud with browser or mobile app

Embedded Deployment

Offer full-fledged analytics app under own brand, either as standalone analytics portal or embedded within existing app

On-Premise Deployment

Install Zoho Analytics on own servers behind firewalls to analyze data in-house

Public/Private Cloud Deployment

Deploy Zoho Analytics on public/private clouds such as Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and more

Also in: Kubernetes Dashboard, Hugging Face, Bitwarden

Embedded BI(2)

Embedded Analytics

Integrate full-featured analytics platform within applications using single sign-on API or SAML authentication

Self-Service Analytics Portal

Set up rebranded analytics portal or micro-site with customizable design elements

Extensibility(2)

APIs and SDKs

Build custom analytical applications or integrations with robust set of APIs and SDKs

Zoho Marketplace

Complement analytics capabilities with wide range of analytics apps available in partner-driven Zoho Marketplace

Also in: Labelbox, Obsidian, WordPress.com

Integration(4)

Business App Integration

Integrate with 100+ popular business apps and get domain-specific prebuilt reports and dashboards

Custom Connectors

Build custom app connectors with no-code builder or full-fledged SDKs to integrate custom applications

Data Integration

Connect and blend data from 500+ data sources including databases, data lakes, data warehouses, business apps, files, and feeds

Live Connect

Connect live to data sources for real-time data access without periodic syncing

Mobility(2)

Mobile BI App

Access and interact with reports and dashboards created in Zoho Analytics on mobile devices

Mobile Dashboards App

Dedicated immersive mobile app designed to explore dashboards available in Zoho Analytics

Predictive AI(6)

Anomaly DetectionAI

Use diverse set of ML and statistical models to accurately identify anomalies/outliers and get real-time alerts

ClusteringAI

Visualize data grouped as clusters and intuitively segment and analyze data groups for common patterns and affinity

Data AlertsAI

Get notified automatically on important changes to KPIs, anomalies, and goal achievements

Forecasting & Trend AnalysisAI

Predict future outcomes using uni-variate and multivariate forecasting models

Predictive AnalysisAI

Perform predictive analysis to forecast future outcomes backed by recommendations

What-If AnalysisAI

Simulate complex scenarios and find optimal business outcomes and their impacts on desired outcomes

Security(5)

Activity Logging

Log all user activities within the app to ensure safety and accountability

Data Backup

Data stored in Zoho Analytics cloud version is backed up every day in data centers

Data Security

Time-tested and accredited enterprise-grade security features and governance framework for continuous data management

Fine-Grained Access Control

Set up fine-grained access control to users with roles, groups, and permissions including row-level security

Role-Based Access

Clear demarcation on who can do what based on roles like users, viewers, and administrators

Visualization(6)

50+ Visualizations

Utilize over 50 visualization options including charts, widgets, pivot tables, summary views, and tabular views

Dashboard Designer

Combine multiple reports into tabbed dashboards using drag-and-drop designer with images, formatted text, and widgets

Drag-and-Drop Visualization Builder

Create meaningful reports using intuitive drag-and-drop interface with customization options

Geo-Visualization

Analyze geographical data using interactive map charts to measure key metrics across geo-locations

Interactive Visualizations

Use interactive features like tooltips, viewing underlying data, contextual filters, drill down, brushing, axis switch for exploratory analysis

Visualization RecommendationsAI

Get AI-powered recommendations for choosing appropriate visualizations for your data

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for Zoho Analytics. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Zoho Analytics alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 59 features.

Buy Zoho Analytics

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

Build Your Own

Development cost$36,000
Maintenance$540/mo
3-year total$55,440
Dev time~3 months

Buying Zoho Analytics saves ~$55,440 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 59 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

23 known integrations

Amazon AthenaAmazon RedshiftAmazon S3Azure Data LakeCliqCloud Zoho CRMDatabricksGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Cloud StorageJiraLinkedInMariaDBMicrosoft TeamsMongoDBMySQLNetSuiteOraclePostgreSQLQuickBooksSalesforceServiceNowShopifySlack