Metabase vs. Yellowfin

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Metabase
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Metabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.
$85
per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
Yellowfin
Score 8.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.N/A
Pricing
MetabaseYellowfin
Editions & Modules
Starter
$85
per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
Starter
$85
per month up to 5 users
Pro
$500
per month up to 10 users
Growth
$749
per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
Enterprise
15,000
per year
Open Source
Free
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MetabaseYellowfin
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
MetabaseYellowfin
Features
MetabaseYellowfin
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
7.5
Ratings
8% below category average
Yellowfin
6.1
Ratings
29% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.00 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates6.40 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.3
Ratings
3% above category average
Yellowfin
6.6
Ratings
20% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.50 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.40 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.80 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.50 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Yellowfin
5.9
Ratings
34% below category average
Publish to Web9.00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Report Versioning8.00 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.00 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.8
Ratings
10% above category average
Yellowfin
5.8
Ratings
32% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.50 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.00 Ratings5.70 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.80 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
9.5
Ratings
11% above category average
Yellowfin
6.2
Ratings
31% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.60 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.50 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.00 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Yellowfin
6.7
Ratings
16% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Mobile Application10.00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Metabase
8.8
Ratings
12% above category average
Yellowfin
6.1
Ratings
24% below category average
REST API8.90 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Javascript API9.00 Ratings5.40 Ratings
iFrames9.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Java API10.00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
MetabaseYellowfin
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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6.2
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
6.3
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
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9.1
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.6
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MetabaseYellowfin
Likelihood to Recommend
Getting data using query with multiple joins is very fast with Metabase, and role-based access to the reports can be provided to users. The only place it lags right now is the filter for page and page size. This comes with great support for container-based deployment and on-system deployment, too. I did both container and system direct installation, and direct deployment became a bit challenging. On the other hand, it really provides very good support for data representation.
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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
  • Store Data
  • Make Querying easy
  • Quickly ingest data from many sources
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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
  • The layout could be more modern
  • Would be great to have a drag and drop option to build dashboards
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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
The tool serves as the purpose of what we were looking for. I am giving us eight because it is cumbersome and needs separate deployment on production; otherwise, it creates memory issues for small servers. Apart from this, this is an excellent tool, providing data features some analysts want. Its backend is heavy, but it works pretty smoothly on front-end users.
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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
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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
It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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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
  • Departmental Reporting - allows each department to measure and track KPIs
  • Visibility - everyone has access to the data they need and context on the rest of the business' goals
  • Churn - Helps to predict churn from our partners given their sales and forecasts
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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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