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Yellowfin embedded BI makes your data more accessible, actionable and beautiful, leveraging the power of AI, collaboration, data storytelling, and more.
Provider
Yellowfin International
Located In
United States
Foundation
2004
Open API
Yes
Deployment
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based, On-Premise Windows, On-Premise Linux
Mobile Apps
Android, iOS
Training
Webinars, In Person, Live Online, Videos, Documentation
Support
Email/Help Desk, Chat, 24/7 (Live rep), Knowledge Base, FAQs/Forum, Phone Support
Yellowfin is ideal for software vendors/OEMs who are looking to embed analytics into their applications, as well as for management and operational reporting for enterprise organizations.
Content Source: Yellowfin
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Yellowfin Reviews
Pros
It is also excellent that clients do not require in-depth training. The integration capacity of Yellowfin with Big Data is excellent.
Easy to setup (<4 hours), very cost effective for multiple users, easy to connect to any database, great online training and tools to get up to speed, and easy to create reports/tabs/dashboards.
Cons
I really liked Yellowfin BI, no big problems using it so far.
While the lack of cloud services and coding to customize are minor issues, we do not have much to complain about. It’s very user-friendly and we have easily been able to teach others how to use it.
"Yellowfin review"
Pros: Yellowfin is one of the greatest analytical tools that are really great for creating dashboards and making OLAP operations.
Cons: I really enjoyed this software, perhaps they may improve their customer as it took a while for their response.
"Even if you're a new user, it couldn't be easier"
Pros: It's very simple to set and use, it allows our company to connect the multiple data sources we use in different departments to give a global perspective of the customers we have.
Cons: So far, nothing negative to point out as it's much simpler and stable than other tools I had used before.
"Yellowfin was not as flexible or as robust as other options."
Pros: The simplicity of the interface was a plus, but unfortunately that simplicity went through to the backend. It didn't have the robust features and support that Salesforce did, and I feel it didn't manage multiple data sources as well as DOMO did. I feel that if you want to completely control your reports and have a BI dedicated team build reports where no one else can, it might be a solution for you.
Cons: 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. We later switched to DOMO which was a breath of fresh air, as far as it comes to ease of use and data management.
Vendor Response
"Yellowfin BI Review "
Overall: As a business, yellowfin has helped make the best decisions based on our data.
Pros: Yellowfin is a great BI software with an easy-to-use UI that anyone can use, it makes reporting, analytics and data visualization much easier.
Cons: I really liked Yellowfin BI, no big problems using it so far.
"We attempted to use Yellowfin as a Dashboard backbone software. The system is great but limited."
Overall: We did not end up implementing this live for our clients but it was a nice software and if our client base was smaller or our software data scheme less complex we would have used this. There was not anything wrong really just was not the correct software for our company.
Pros: I like the user friendly layout, how writing your own "queries" and updating the data the way you want is easy. I like that it is easy to connect to a DB using ODBC or other options (I did not explore all of these). I liked the way the screen displayed and I liked the way that customer service responded well when I had questions. There was a decent amount of documentation and videos available online. The ability to customize colors is decent as well as adding titles and everything to the pages.
Cons: I did not like how customizing colors was writing code or specific selects, I did not like how you could not easily create "custom fields" or formulas. The system was a little slower than I would have liked but I believe it is mostly due to how the data was being extracted. The system was pretty user friendly but had issues with displaying our data set and pulling data from our system easily.
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