Wolfram Mathematica vs. Yellowfin

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Mathematica
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Wolfram's flagship product Mathematica is a modern technical computing application featuring a flexible symbolic coding language and a wide array of graphing and data visualization capabilities.
$1,520
per year
Yellowfin
Score 8.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.
$250
per month
Pricing
Wolfram MathematicaYellowfin
Editions & Modules
Standard Cloud
$1,520
per year
Standard Desktop
$3,040
one-time fee
Standard Desktop & Cloud
$3,344
one-time fee
Mathematica Enterprise Edition
$8,150.00
one-time fee
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MathematicaYellowfin
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsDiscounts available for students and educational institutions. The Network Edition reduce per-user license costs through shared deployment across any number of machines on a local-area network.
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Community Pulse
Wolfram MathematicaYellowfin
Features
Wolfram MathematicaYellowfin
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Wolfram Mathematica
9.9
6 Ratings
20% above category average
Yellowfin
7.6
15 Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports9.84 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.94 Ratings8.315 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.96 Ratings7.513 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Wolfram Mathematica
9.9
9 Ratings
24% above category average
Yellowfin
8.2
15 Ratings
4% above category average
Drill-down analysis9.98 Ratings8.714 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.98 Ratings8.715 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages9.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.99 Ratings8.714 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Wolfram Mathematica
9.3
8 Ratings
13% above category average
Yellowfin
-
Ratings
Publish to Web9.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning9.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Wolfram Mathematica
9.9
9 Ratings
24% above category average
Yellowfin
7.0
15 Ratings
8% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.99 Ratings7.015 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.98 Ratings6.715 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.98 Ratings7.313 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Wolfram Mathematica
-
Ratings
Yellowfin
7.7
14 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.314 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Wolfram Mathematica
-
Ratings
Yellowfin
6.6
8 Ratings
10% below category average
REST API00 Ratings6.68 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings6.38 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
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User Ratings
Wolfram MathematicaYellowfin
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(9 ratings)
8.7
(15 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(10 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(2 ratings)
5.6
(7 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Wolfram MathematicaYellowfin
Likelihood to Recommend
Wolfram
We are the judgement that Wolfram Mathematica is despite many critics based on the paradigms selected a mark in the fields of the markets for computations of all kind. Wolfram Mathematica is even a choice in fields where other bolide systems reign most of the market. Wolfram Mathematica offers rich flexibility and internally standardizes the right methodologies for his user community. Wolfram Mathematica is not cheap and in need of a hard an long learner journey. That makes it weak in comparison with of-the-shelf-solution packages or even other programming languages. But for systematization of methods Wolfram Mathematica is far in front of almost all the other. Scientist and interested people are able to develop themself further and Wolfram Matheamatica users are a human variant for themself. The reach out for modern mathematics based science is deep and a unique unified framework makes the whole field of mathematics accessable comparable to the brain of Albert Einstein. The paradigms incorporated are the most efficients and consist in assembly on the market. The mathematics is covering and fullfills not just education requirements but the demands and needs of experts.
Mathematica is incompatible with other systems for mCAx and therefore the borders between the systems are hard to overcome. Wolfram Mathematica should be consider one of the more open systems because other code can be imported and run but on the export side it is rathe incompatible by design purposes. A better standard for all that might solve the crisis but there is none in sight. Selection of knowledge of what works will be in the future even more focussed and general system might be one the lossy side. Knowledge of esthetics of what will be in the highest demand in necessary and Wolfram is not a leader in this field of science. Mathematics leves from gathering problems from application fields and less from the glory of itself and the formalization of this.
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Idera, Inc.
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
Wolfram
  • It allows straightforward integration of analytic analysis of algebraic expressions and their numerical implemented.
  • Supports varying programmatic paradigms, so one can choose what best fits the problem or task: pure functions, procedural programming, list processing, and even (with a bit of setup) object-oriented programming.
  • The extensive and rich tools for graphical rendering make it very easy to not just get 2D and 3D renderings of final output, but also to do quick-and-dirty 2D and 3D rendering of intermediate results and/or debugging results.
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Idera, Inc.
  • Yellowfin’s Storyboard, Timeline and Collaborative tools make it easy to share data and insights across an organisation.
  • Strong Operational and Executive Dashboards that reflect the business KPIs and can send out prompts to people within the business based on rules.
  • Yellowfin makes it incredibly easy to create dynamic reports and dashboards which incorporate maps through locational intelligence functionality.
  • Yellowfin is a single license and all access is via a web browser making it perfect for both on-premise and cloud deployment. Mobile apps are also available.
  • User roles and source filtering allows Admin/IT to offer different functions/views by user group/role.
  • Mobile BI applications to support any device ..
  • API connectors ( YF 7.2 on the way in Mar16 ) for a range of third-party Web-based applications, data sources, Enterprises CRM/ERP apps & open data platform apps, including Salesforce, Google Analytics, Twitter, Youtube , Zoho CRM, XE.com & more coming to make endusers to integrate their applications for better benefits
  • Yellowfin Integration with Predictive analytical and Big Data processing tools like R, UDF, Spark to build rich applications for end users
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Cons
Wolfram
  • Should include more libraries and functions.
  • Should include more functions that can be used in Machine Learning.
  • Should include more functions that can be used in Data Science.
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Idera, Inc.
  • 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
Wolfram
No answers on this topic
Idera, Inc.
As mentioned previously, if a newer company is looking for a strong, polished BI tool, Yellowfin would be a great software vendor to consider. Unfortunately, the high cost might be a barrier to these newer companies who dont have any legacy software/agreements such as an EA agreement with Microsoft.
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Reliability and Availability
Wolfram
No answers on this topic
Idera, Inc.
99.9% availability
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Support Rating
Wolfram
Wolfram Mathematica is a nice software package. It has very nice features and easy to install and use in your machine. Besides this, there is a nice support from Wolfram. They come to the university frequently to give seminars in Mathematica. I think this is the best thing they are doing. That is very helpful for graduate and undergraduate students who are using Mathematica in their research.
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Idera, Inc.
They have good support in what they provide. But what they provide is not what is promised. I would stay with them if I can. Be very careful before signing up with them. They are not what they seem in the sales pitches. Be very careful and make sure you test and test before you sign up.
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In-Person Training
Wolfram
No answers on this topic
Idera, Inc.
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
Wolfram
No answers on this topic
Idera, Inc.
Web-based training for large audiences for Level 1 and Level 2 I would suggest
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Implementation Rating
Wolfram
No answers on this topic
Idera, Inc.
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
Wolfram
We have evaluated and are using in some cases the Python language in concert with the Jupyter notebook interface. For UI, we using libraries like React to create visually stunning visualizations of such models. Mathematica compares favorably to this alternative in terms of speed of development. Mathematica compares unfavorably to this alternative in terms of license costs.
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Idera, Inc.
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 need to use different computers. Yellow Fin lacks the cloud feature.
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Scalability
Wolfram
No answers on this topic
Idera, Inc.
- 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
Wolfram
  • Easy to solve huge mathematical equations, so it saved time there
  • Doing analysis and plotting graphs is also another plus point
  • Learning is very slow, and it took lot of time to learn its scripting language
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Idera, Inc.
  • 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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