Clear Analytics vs. Yellowfin

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Clear Analytics
Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Clear Analytics is a business intelligence solution that enables non technical end users to perform analytics by leveraging existing knowledge of Excel coupled with a built in query builder. Some key features include: Dynamic Data Refresh, Data Share and In-Excel Collaboration.
$29
Per Seat per Month
Yellowfin
Score 8.6 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.N/A
Pricing
Clear AnalyticsYellowfin
Editions & Modules
Personal
$29
Per Seat per Month
Team
$165
upto 10 Seat per Month
Department
$265
upto 25 Seat per month
Organization
$565
Upto 100 per seat per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Clear AnalyticsYellowfin
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$800 Initial OnBoardingOptional
Additional DetailsCertain Enterprise level features can be made available to Small Business edition at additional cost. Such services include Scheduler and OLAP connectivity. Custom adapters can also be created to connect to SaaS services.
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Community Pulse
Clear AnalyticsYellowfin
Considered Both Products
Clear Analytics
Chose Clear Analytics
I personally have not used other tools like this but Clear Analytics is a great one.
Chose Clear Analytics
Tableau something we use in previous with other clients. Heavy tool to use and customization is bit challenging. Also it's setup is bit complex when compare to Clear Analytics
Chose Clear Analytics
Clear Analytics provides a better organization of data that it gathers from different sources that can be utilized for various reporting purposes. Clear Analytics has better integration with different internal ERPs and needs lesser customization as such. Overall it's one of the …
Chose Clear Analytics
There are other great tools that are out there but Clear Analytics is reasonable for our business and provides a lot of features that we specifically needed.
Chose Clear Analytics
We didn’t choose this software because we found it didn’t adjust to what we really needed to do as a small business.
Yellowfin
Chose Yellowfin
Alteryx Platform, Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Tableau Desktop
Chose Yellowfin
Tableau Online, Google Analytics and Amazon QuickSight
Chose Yellowfin
Yellow Fin platform is browser agnostic and is accessible from desktops as well as mobile devices. It is very simple and fast, it is integrated with Big Data, clients do not require a great training. It just works. But it’s easier to have things on the cloud, especially if you …
Chose Yellowfin
Yellowfin is much improved over this product, making the process much more simple and faster.
Chose Yellowfin
Yellowfin is no doubt, a stronger, more eloquent and polished tool compared to Microsoft's Power BI. The issue with our company specifically is that we are a big Microsoft shop, and pay for Power BI more or less in our bundle esp w/ O365. While the Yellowfin tool is a more …
Chose Yellowfin
I feel like it is not as good as powerslides, basically does the same thing but not as well. The team basically found that it was using up more time and wasn't as easy to figure out as powerslide. We ended up switching programs after a while and still looking for a much better …
Chose Yellowfin
The Yellowfin product technologies are superior and offers more flexibility in application. The Yellowfin product can be used in several different areas such a report engine over and above being a solid business intelligence tool. It further needs significant IT overhead to be …
Chose Yellowfin
We ran a full procurement project to select Yellowfin and started with a long list of over 20 BI products. Key reasons for choice were ease of use, visual looks, product integrations and cost (both licence purchase and development of content).
Chose Yellowfin
Yellowfin BI has a strong focus on a clear structured and easy to use user interface. Furthermore, the licence model was adequate for a BI system with a lot of end users.
Chose Yellowfin
Our reporting group uses Tableau extensively and compared to Yellowfin, Tableau is much easier to use (partially because more time was invested in setting it up properly, but also the design and features).
Chose Yellowfin
My selection of Yellowfin based on following criteria for the Indian market:

  • Availability in Linux platform to process high volume of transaction with CAL (concurrent user access license) model to use multiple server with high concurrent users
Features
Clear AnalyticsYellowfin
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Clear Analytics
9.0
Ratings
10% above category average
Yellowfin
7.6
Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports9.00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.10 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.70 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Clear Analytics
8.9
Ratings
10% above category average
Yellowfin
8.2
Ratings
5% above category average
Drill-down analysis9.20 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.70 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.90 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Clear Analytics
9.0
Ratings
10% above category average
Yellowfin
-
Ratings
Publish to Web9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Clear Analytics
9.0
Ratings
12% above category average
Yellowfin
7.0
Ratings
10% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.90 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.10 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Clear Analytics
9.3
Ratings
9% above category average
Yellowfin
7.6
Ratings
0% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.40 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.40 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Clear Analytics
8.6
Ratings
11% above category average
Yellowfin
-
Ratings
Mobile Application8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Clear Analytics
-
Ratings
Yellowfin
6.5
Ratings
11% below category average
REST API00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Clear AnalyticsYellowfin
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.6
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Usability
9.1
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8.4
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Availability
-
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9.1
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Performance
-
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8.2
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Support Rating
9.5
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5.6
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In-Person Training
-
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9.1
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Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
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Configurability
-
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8.2
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Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
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8.2
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Vendor post-sale
-
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9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
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9.1
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User Testimonials
Clear AnalyticsYellowfin
Likelihood to Recommend
Clear Analytics has almost all the features which are mostly required by the organizations for their data analytics and transformation activities. Clear Analytics is built on the support of a parallel query engine which makes it handle large volume requests and also provides optimized results. However, every solution has some limitations, Clear Analytics lacks advanced features such as Predictive Analytics which is a very demanding feature in the market as most organizations are adopting AI/ML automation for their businesses. Also, it needs to add a lot of advanced visualizations so that the user has the choice of selection. Overall a good solution to be recommended.
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We can recommend this software without hesitation, as it has the ability to generate reports and data analysis, as well as process the data automatically, which saves time. It is ideal for small and medium-sized companies that wish to improve their services in the business world
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Pros
  • Integrates directly with Power BI and Excel
  • Helps wrangle, filter and visualize data
  • Presentation of large data in a summarized manner
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  • The Yellowfin user interface fits seamlessly into our own web software as it too is designed in the latest web technologies making it easy to use and easily accessible to our client base.
  • The Yellowfin user interface is intuitive and easy to use, elevating VSV clients from needing in-depth training on the product before true value can be realised.
  • The Yellowfin architecture supports the Pintl architecture 100% due to a similar design strategy and as such no real overhead is added to the Pintl system for the addition of the Yellowfin product nor does it add any additional IT overhead to be used.
  • The Yellowfin product is quick and simple to develop reports and dashboards in cutting turn-around-time at the VSV development team and when new/custom reports are required by VSV clients.
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Cons
  • For Charts and Graphs , getting the Power Point Deck would be helpful. As of now we use the data from Excel Reports
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  • The ability to predefine a colour for a specific graph as a selection option dynamically.
  • The ability to customise the label of a chart, especially with respect to performance related reporting graphs we need an increase in dynamic charting options to meet our more specialised requirements.
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Usability
I have really enjoyed working with Clear Analytics. This platform has contributed to increased production and reliable data control processes. It has flexible user interface that can be operated by any organization member. Reports are shared on simple and transparent way in the dashboard for easy access. Data analytics from all departments have created manageable working environment that have increased production.
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Yellowfin has large promises that did not meet our expectations after we got it installed. We tried to configure it but things did not go as planned. After 1 year of trying - we still cannot get it working. Be very careful when signing up with them - everything is not what it seems.
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Reliability and Availability
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99.9% availability
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Support Rating
Clear Analytics has very good team members in Consulting as well as in Customer Support. The support agents are capable of providing the required resolution of your queries in a timeline provides. They have a clear understanding of the product and its features, and they are friendly in nature. However, for some advanced or level 2/3-based queries, they required some more time to respond, which is ok.
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Anytime I needed a report, I ran into issues with this software. We used Yellowfin for a period of months, having switched from Salesforce. I found the reports were difficult to produce, and the data management was okay at best.
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In-Person Training
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Yellowfin provides 3 levels of training to support consumers, business analytics, developers and Administrations :
  1. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 1 (Exploration)
  2. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 2 (Advanced)
  3. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 3(Expert)
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Online Training
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Web-based training for large audiences for Level 1 and Level 2 I would suggest
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Implementation Rating
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Design the data model and views for each dashboard is very important and it is the success factor Configuration of cluster for large implementation
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Alternatives Considered
We didn’t choose this software because we found it didn’t adjust to what we really needed to do as a small business.
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Yellowfin is no doubt, a stronger, more eloquent and polished tool compared to Microsoft's Power BI. The issue with our company specifically is that we are a big Microsoft shop, and pay for Power BI more or less in our bundle esp w/ O365. While the Yellowfin tool is a more sleek tool, the cost to our company is something that we have to weight against a negligible cost with Power BI.
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Scalability
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- Tested 500 con-current users in Linux platform with 4 cores systems - Tested with cloud based VM - Tested with 1000 reads per minutes
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Return on Investment
  • Super useful to get started immediately
  • Didn't have to rely on migrating data
  • Easy to add members
  • Easy to learn and build charts
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  • made our org more data centric
  • Decisions are made based on data vs opinion
  • has created a single source of truth for the bulk of the organization
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ScreenShots

Clear Analytics Screenshots

Screenshot of Clear Analytics integrated Excel panel essentially transforms standalone Excel into an enterprise strength, fully auditable, collaborative and centralized business intelligence platform.Screenshot of Users have the ability to dynamically query systems and render that data in any way they like.  No more waiting on IT to create reports.Screenshot of Your firms existing knowledge of Excel enables the firm to be product from day 1. Use the skills already present in your organization and don't pay for outside reporting consultants to create reports for you.Screenshot of Leverage the integration capability of Microsoft's Power BI to extend the reach of your data to web and mobile devices.Screenshot of Leverage all of Excels capabilities, from it's slicers to miniature spark-line charts to create incredibly informative and responsive dashboards.

Yellowfin Screenshots

Screenshot of Location IntelligenceScreenshot of Yellowfin DashboardScreenshot of Yellowfin SignalsScreenshot of Yellowfin MobileScreenshot of Yellowfin Sales KPIs