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What is Yellowfin?
Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.
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Popular Features
- Formatting capabilities (12)7.171%
- Customizable dashboards (12)6.262%
- Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.) (12)6.060%
- Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization (12)5.858%
Pricing
Entry-level set up fee?
- Setup fee optional
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Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $250 per month
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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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)
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Yellowfin Integrations
- Blacklight
- Google Analytics
- Salesforce Sales Cloud
- Any database
- Web applications
- R
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Yellowfin Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
| Supported Countries | All |
| Supported Languages | Japanese, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese |
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Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.
Yellowfin starts at $250.
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
| Consumers | 0% |
|---|---|
| Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 5% |
| Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 80% |
| Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 15% |
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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.
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Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Self Hosted Site
- Login
- Support Calls
- Data looks really bad
- It takes too many steps to get the data to show
- Company does not help with startups that cannot find value with the tool.
- It allows trend analysis, real time analysis and predictive analysis, which helps us to know the market and making good decisions.
- It also allows you to view all data in real time and benchmark results.
- It has mobile access, which allows us to monitor the data collected at any time and place. And it has the drag and drop tool that few similar software have and is very useful.
- Data extraction can be a bit slow, I don't know if it is due to my computer or a system problem.
- The integration with google Analytics, was quite cumbersome, so much so that we required help from technical support.
- If they could have the cloud based version of the program, that would be great, so my computer wouldn't carry so much weight.
- Characteristics that aid collaborative work, such as a communication function required for discussions between relevant parties based on various reports.
- Fine-tune access privileges in a simple and clear manner.
- Strong services expertise.
- Program with an option for cloud.
- Some issues during loading items and charts.
- Some reports are difficult to produce, it lags and hangs sometimes.
March 08, 2022
A great product to improve your data analysis workflow
- Automating data analytics
- Building dashboard
- Preparing data for presentation
- user interface
- tutorial
March 04, 2022
Great alternative to Power BI, but at a cost.
- Action based dashboard / home page
- Quick, powerful tool to visualize data in an easy to digest format
- Pretty expensive solution relative to Power BI
March 01, 2022
Not particularly good at anything
- Visual
- Very flexible
- Great tool to reach general public
- Bring back ACL function
- More options for meta data
- Needs better gauges
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Presentation of information for executive reporting.
- Collaboration and action task assignment on pinpointed issues highlighted in reports and dashboards.
- End client easy self - service reporting.
- 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.
August 15, 2016
The Yellowfin Pintl Strategy
- 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.
- Initially the Yellowfin business model was difficult to align to the VSV model but through some simple negotiations a workable model was reach which made in commercial application viable
- Some additional licensing models could also be of value as we do not use the product in a pure business intelligence only application.
August 02, 2016
Yellowfin and healthcare data
- Ease of use
- Simple highly visual dashboards and reports
- Web based, so zero footprint
- Cost effective
- Needs better meters / gauges
July 05, 2016
Self Service BI in Higher Education with Yellowfin BI: Easy to use, develop and administrate
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Ease of use due to a clear and good structured user interface
- Easy to administrate and to develop new BI content even for personnel without IT background
- Powerful features for collaboration and sharing (social BI)
- Very helpful documentation (wiki), support portal and monthly webinar series
- More options to include meta data (column description, data annotation, report annotation) for BI self service end users
- The compliance to the International Business Communication Standards (IBCS) is currently not possible
- Yellowfin has great visualizations and has been designed well for the business user to be able to simply navigate without issue.
- The tool is very flexible to use allowing multiple data sources to connect.
- They have done a good job in researching the market to understand and position their tool for a great core audience -- the tool was great for us at the time.
- The tool was somewhat clunky to use at times (specifically the mapping functionality).
- Could use some tips from Tableau to understand the "Apple" like design and simplicity of developing.
- Should have worked closer with the supporting vendor as the tool did not feel seamless in how it operated with ACL and their data/analytics tools at the time.
- Yellowfin was a tool that completed the task we initially asked it to do, however upon further research, we rated other tools to be more capable and user friendly. With a little improvement Yellowfin could continue rising into a great analytics tool.
- 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.