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Yellowfin

Overview

What is Yellowfin?

Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.

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Popular Features

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  • Formatting capabilities (12)
    7.1
    71%
  • Customizable dashboards (12)
    6.2
    62%
  • Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.) (12)
    6.0
    60%
  • Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization (12)
    5.8
    58%
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Pricing

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Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.yellowfinbi.com/plans

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $250 per month
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Product Demos

Business Intelligence: Emerasoft presenta Yellowfin (29 novembre 2012)

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Yellowfin BI - iPhone demo 2

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Yellowfin Demo 05 02 2016, 12 34

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(22)Frozen Yellowfin Tuna w/ Stir Fry ala Mardie (Cooking Demo #22)

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SkillsForge YellowFin Business Intelligence Reporting Demo - Reports, charts and dashboards

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Demo of the BVS Yellowfin Wimax Test Receiver

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

6.2
Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

6.7
Avg 8.1

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

5.9
Avg 8.4

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

5.9
Avg 8.1

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

6.3
Avg 8.6

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

6.7
Avg 7.9

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

APIs are a set of routines, protocols, and tools for used for embedding one application in another

6.2
Avg 7.9
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Product Details

What is Yellowfin?

Yellowfin is an analytics suite that combines action based dashboards with automated analysis and data storytelling.


By aiming to deliver the best analytical experience, Yellowfin provides users with ways to engage with and act on their data, and addresses the needs of data analysts, business users, customers and developers who want to build, deploy or use amazing analytical experiences.


Analytics for software companies

Integrate and embed analytics with a difference into your app.

  • Replace legacy or home grown reporting tools

  • Embed a modern self-service analytics suite

  • Deliver an exceptional customer experience

Analytics for enterprise

Get more value from your data in new and innovative ways.

  • Migrate from spreadsheets to a modern analytics platform

  • Replace legacy BI applications

  • Embed analytics into operational workflows

Analytical Application Builders

Leverage your domain expertise to create data products that delight

  • Create unique data driven applications

  • Close the loop on analytics

  • Deliver insights as a service

Yellowfin Features

BI Platform Features

  • Supported: Administration via Web Interface
  • Supported: Live Connection to External Data
  • Supported: Snapshot of External Data
  • Supported: In-memory data model
  • Supported: OLAP (Pre-processed cube representation)
  • Supported: ROLAP (SQL-layer querying)
  • Supported: Multi-Data Source Reporting (Blending)
  • Supported: Data warehouse / dictionary layer
  • Supported: ETL Capability
  • Supported: ETL Scheduler

Supported Data Sources Features

  • Supported: MS Excel Workbooks
  • Supported: Text Files (CSV, etc)
  • Supported: Oracle
  • Supported: MS SQL Server
  • Supported: IBM DB2
  • Supported: Postgres
  • Supported: MySQL
  • Supported: ODBC
  • Supported: Cloudera Hadoop
  • Supported: Hortonworks Hadoop
  • Supported: EMC Greenplum
  • Supported: IBM Netezza
  • Supported: HP Vertica
  • Supported: ParAccel
  • Supported: SAP Hana
  • Supported: Teradata
  • Supported: Sage 500
  • Supported: Salesforce
  • Supported: SAP
  • Supported: Google Analytics

BI Standard Reporting Features

  • Supported: Pixel Perfect reports
  • Supported: Customizable dashboards
  • Supported: Report Formatting Templates

Ad-hoc Reporting Features

  • Supported: Drill-down analysis
  • Supported: Formatting capabilities
  • Supported: Predictive modeling
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages
  • Supported: Report sharing and collaboration

Report Output and Scheduling Features

  • Supported: Publish to Web
  • Supported: Publish to PDF
  • Supported: Output Raw Supporting Data
  • Supported: Report Versioning
  • Supported: Report Delivery Scheduling
  • Supported: Delivery to Remote Servers

Data Discovery and Visualization Features

  • Supported: Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
  • Supported: Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
  • Supported: Predictive Analytics
  • Supported: Support for Machine Learning models
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages

Access Control and Security Features

  • Supported: Multi-User Support (named login)
  • Supported: Role-Based Security Model
  • Supported: Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
  • Supported: Report-Level Access Control
  • Supported: Table-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
  • Supported: Field-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
  • Supported: Single Sign-On (SSO)

Mobile Capabilities Features

  • Supported: Responsive Design for Web Access
  • Supported: Mobile Application
  • Supported: Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding Features

  • Supported: REST API
  • Supported: Javascript API
  • Supported: iFrames
  • Supported: Java API
  • Supported: Themeable User Interface (UI)
  • Supported: Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Yellowfin Screenshots

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

Yellowfin Video

Introduction to Yellowfin

Yellowfin Integrations

Yellowfin Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesAll
Supported LanguagesJapanese, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese

Frequently Asked Questions

Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.

Yellowfin starts at $250.

Tableau Server, QlikView, and Tableau Desktop are common alternatives for Yellowfin.

Reviewers rate Formatting capabilities highest, with a score of 7.1.

The most common users of Yellowfin are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).

Yellowfin Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)5%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)80%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)15%
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Useful Storyboard, Timeline, and Collaborative tools: Users have found Yellowfin's Storyboard, Timeline, and Collaborative tools to be valuable in sharing data and insights across the organization. Several reviewers have mentioned that these features allow for effective communication and collaboration among team members.

Strong Operational and Executive Dashboards: The strong Operational and Executive Dashboards provided by Yellowfin have been appreciated by users. These dashboards reflect the business KPIs and can send out prompts based on rules. Many users have praised these dashboards for their ability to provide real-time insights into key metrics.

Dynamic reports and dashboards with locational intelligence functionality: Yellowfin's ability to create dynamic reports and dashboards with locational intelligence functionality has garnered positive feedback from users. This feature allows users to visualize data spatially, enabling them to gain deeper insights into geographic trends and patterns within their data.

Slow Data Extraction: Some users have expressed frustration with the slow data extraction process in Yellowfin. They have mentioned that it takes a significant amount of time to extract data, and they are unsure if this is due to their computer or a system problem.

Integration with Google Analytics: Several reviewers have found the integration with Google Analytics to be cumbersome in Yellowfin. They have stated that it requires technical support and can be difficult to set up and navigate.

Lack of Cloud-Based Version: A common concern among users is the lack of a cloud-based version of Yellowfin. They feel that having a cloud-based option would reduce the strain on their computers and provide more flexibility in accessing and using the software.

Users frequently recommend Yellowfin for its power and versatility as a BI tool. They highly recommend it for users who need to process data and automate analytical processes. Many users suggest taking advantage of the training and resources provided by Yellowfin to fully utilize its capabilities.

Another common recommendation is for companies with a high ratio of users to developers. Users suggest that Yellowfin is well-suited for such organizations, as it allows users to easily access and analyze data without relying heavily on developers.

Users also recommend doing a Proof Of Concept (POC) of Yellowfin along with other analytics programs. This allows users to compare Yellowfin's features, functionality, and performance with other similar tools such as Tableau, Qlik, and PowerBI.

Additionally, Yellowfin's customer support is praised for resolving compatibility issues with other tools. Users have mentioned that Yellowfin works well with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and has easy deployment.

Overall, users recommend Yellowfin as a powerful BI tool that offers flexibility and comprehensive analytics capabilities.

Attribute Ratings

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Samir Kumar Sahoo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller
We are re-seller, consulting and system integrator of Yellowfin BI application for our esteem customers. We have implemented many customer business use cases and also use in our own organisation across departments :

Here are some business problems we have addressed for our customers:

  • A framework for candidate sourcing, selection, hiring, on-boarding and retention for a large blue collar employee hiring company. The outcome of the framework is the availability dashboards and its associate reports to improve productivity, reduce risk and lower cost. The dashboard covers requisitions status, candidates timelines & hires.
  • Order Forecasting model - To prepare a 15-day rolling forecasting mechanism that will forecast the month-on-month and Y-o-Y sales orders for TS business in terms of product lines. An accuracy of ~90% is achieved using ARIMA modelling. This is achieved using Yellowfin and "R" integration.
  • Evaluating massive amounts of historical and real-time sensor data across assets in operations to optimize “my maintenance” (predictive ) schedules and real-time executive dashboards with accuracy of data for large boiler room solutions.
  • 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
  • Predictive analytics features within Yellowfin tool.
Yellowfin is well suited for:

  • All type of organisations from small, medium to large enterprises applications
  • All type of users in an organisations - Business users , Analysts and consumers
  • Large clustering installation with high volume of transaction under Linux platform with high number of concurrent users
  • Low budget customer engagements
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
  • Dynamic storyboarding, collaborative and timeline approach for senior management
  • Fast development and deployment with web-based centralised architecture
  • Value/$- Yellowfin has been #1 on BARCs value/$ rating for the past 3 years. Plus it has a very simple user-based licensing model
BI Platform
N/A
N/A
Supported Data Sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting (3)
66.66666666666667%
6.7
Pixel Perfect reports
N/A
N/A
Customizable dashboards
100%
10.0
Report Formatting Templates
100%
10.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
100%
10.0
Drill-down analysis
100%
10.0
Formatting capabilities
100%
10.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
100%
10.0
Report sharing and collaboration
100%
10.0
Report Output and Scheduling (4)
100%
10.0
Publish to Web
100%
10.0
Publish to PDF
100%
10.0
Report Versioning
100%
10.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
100%
10.0
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
100%
10.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
100%
10.0
Predictive Analytics
90%
9.0
Access Control and Security (3)
100%
10.0
Multi-User Support (named login)
100%
10.0
Role-Based Security Model
100%
10.0
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
100%
10.0
Mobile Capabilities (3)
100%
10.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
100%
10.0
Mobile Application
100%
10.0
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
100%
10.0
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
N/A
N/A
15
Business users
Analysts
End users who view and analyze the data and reports ( Finance, HR, IT, procurement )
3
Support resources have good knowledge on the following for L1, L2 and L3 support
  • SQL
  • Linux
  • Web Services and Java
  • Business Intelligence Development
  • Communication skill
  • Support procedures & SLA
  • Incident logs - Remedy tools
  • Predictive analysis
  • Large volume of data processing and Report & Data Sharing
  • Self Service BI
  • Mobile BI implementation
  • Management reporting using Storyboards with collaboration & timeline
  • Order Forecasting: To prepare a 15-day rolling forecasting mechanism that will forecast the month-on-month and Y-o-Y sales orders for TS business in terms of product lines. An accuracy of ~90% is achieved using ARIMA, Neural Network, and Time-Series Modeling using Yellowfin as data visualization and R for predictive analysis... Calling R functions within Yellowfin to achieve this.
  • Specialized Workforce Hiring Dashboard and KPI: A framework for candidate sourcing, selection, hiring, on-boarding and retention. The outcome of the framework is the availability dashboard and its associate reports to improve productivity, reduce risk and lower cost. The dashboard covers requisitions status, candidate timelines & hires.
  • Risk Population Analysis: Modeling the risk population, length of stay and predicting the risk of over stay (cost, doctors allocation, optimizing the bed-admission) for specific medical conditions using a decision tree or SVM models using Yellowfin & R integration.
  • Integration of Yellowfin with R
  • Integration of Yellowfin with UDF (user defined functions)
  • Unique Chart ; Data Visualization creation using DashXML and Web Services integration
  • API connectors with many CRM, ERP, Open Source platforms, Web-based applications etc.
  • ISV integrations with many pre-build models
Yes
QlikView
The reason of replacement of lack of scalability of QlikView when the massive data to be processed
Cost of infrastructure was high ; Cost of Development is too high ; not able to integrate with R , UDF, Spark and most of the important connectors available in the IT market for the end user applications


  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Prior Experience with the Product
  • Vendor Reputation
  • Existing Relationship with the Vendor
  • Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
  • Analyst Reports
  • Third-party Reviews
Yellowfin product support Linux based low cost infrastructure that support large of data processing on Hadoop environment. Yellowfin also support clustering environment with massive concurrent users support.
My evaluation would be on:
  • Large number of concurrent users testing
  • 1000 report distribution per minute using multicast
  • Connecting to Hadoop, Spark, UDF and a large number of connectors to open data platform, CRM, ERP applications
  • Implemented in-house
Yes
  • Assessment and Requirement Gathering
  • Design: Modeling and View Development
  • Development: Report & dashboard development
  • Rollout: easily rolled out using on JAR file migration
  • QA testing and User acceptance testing
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled
- Change logging system using ZIRA
- Document and code version control implementation
- Rebuild and Report rolled out
  • Web Services for custom development
Design the data model and views for each dashboard is very important and it is the success factor
Configuration of cluster for large implementation
  • Online training
  • In-person training
  • Self-taught
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)



Web-based training for large audiences for Level 1 and Level 2 I would suggest
Yes - easy to learn with help of Wiki , Training Website and Sufficient documents and online company sponsored training available for users..
Very user flexible and online help .
Yellowfin product configuration is very much minimal and just right and few minutes of efforts... the configuration is fully depends on the platform, application server, database , web server and web services. The configuration is based on :

  1. Single Server Installation

  2. Separated Application and Database Server

  3. Multi Server Installation

NA
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
Yes - we have added extensive custom code
Java , UDF functions
NA
No
Annual Subscription cost includes the support of product. Annual Subscription fee includes: Activation Fee, Support and Maintenance Fee, Upgrades, Patch fixes, and Software license Fee only.
  • Availability of 24x7x365 support team to cover all regions
  • Technical team well trained
  • Knowledge of product
  • Proper product documentation and support guidelines
  • Defined SLA
To support a specific client request for a large E-commerce company in India. The client requirement was to support 500 concurrent users in clustering mode with unlimited named users to access the reports. Starting from setup/configuration to testing, the concurrent users were supported by the support team.
  • Installation, configuration and IT administration
  • Developing dashboards, reports and views
  • Report distribution, broadcasting and sharing
  • Mobile BI development
  • Integration with open source platforms - but these are on the way on 7.2 release on March 2016
Yes
The Yellowfin mobile application for the iOS / Android platform is a native application that is created to suit the mobile experience in terms of layout, display, and interaction. The usual taps, pinches to zoom, and touch experience is supported in the mobile application to ensure a great mobile discovery experience.
Web-based centralised architecture with best user interfaces.
- Tested 500 con-current users in Linux platform with 4 cores systems
- Tested with cloud based VM
- Tested with 1000 reads per minutes
99.9% availability
NA
  • Integration with R for predictive analytics
  • Integration with UDF ( User defined functions)
  • Integration with Spark processing for large data volume processing
  • Integration with any social media
  • Integration with many other connectors like SRC, ERP, HR , Marketing type of applications
It was on predictive modelling and returning result sets to the Yellowfin applications ... Not that difficult ; just to follow certain steps to achieve..
  • Zoho CRM
  • Sugar CRM
  • Salesforce
  • XE
  • Workday
  • SAP
Yes it is planned for 7.2 version
  • File import/export
  • Single Signon
  • API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
  • Javascript widgets
  • ETL tools
  • AppExchange or similar marketplace
ERP, CRM, HR
A framework based with dataset results
Extend a minimum of 10 open data platforms and free softwares
- vendor support trial licenses for 2-3 months
- Supports for a POC development
- Flexible in custom pricing based on Named user , Server licenses and Con-current Access Licenses
- Support within SLA
- Proper and sufficient documentation
- Knowledge base
- Support is SLA based and timely
- Support on professional services , training and documentation
- Volume education
- POC development
- Con-current user connection license model
- Trial period
- Choose the con-current user testing during POC period
- Process large volume of datasets
Yes
No impact on upgradation
  • Large number of connectors
  • Design and Architecture of Reporting env
  • Analytical functions additions
  • More organised dashboards
  • Improvement of server performance
  • Predictive analytics features within Yellowfin
  • NLP & Mining functionality
  • Integration with SAS, rapidminer, R within yellowfin
No
No
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