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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pentaho

    Score5.1 out of 10
    N/APentaho is a suite of open source business intelligence and analytics products, now offered and supported by Hitachi Data Systems since the June 2015 acquisition.N/A

    Yellowfin

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.

    $250

    per month

    Pricing
    PentahoYellowfin
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PentahoYellowfin
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    PentahoYellowfin
    Considered Both Products
    Hitachi Vantara
    Chose Pentaho
    We have done extensive exploration of the BI marketplace but had to eliminate many of the BI vendors due our business model and their licensing model being incompatible or cost prohibitive. We provide reporting to hundreds of clients and hundreds of thousands of end-users and …
    Incentivized
    Yellowfin
    Chose Yellowfin
    Yellowfin BI has a strong focus on a clear structured and easy to use user interface. Furthermore, the licence model was adequate for a BI system with a lot of end users.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    PentahoYellowfin
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Pentaho and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.0
    20 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.1
    12 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.618 Ratings5.85 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.918 Ratings6.212 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.718 Ratings6.411 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Pentaho and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.7
    19 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.6
    12 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.618 Ratings6.611 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.319 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.312 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.717 Ratings6.511 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Pentaho and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.7
    20 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    5.9
    11 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.618 Ratings6.311 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.819 Ratings6.211 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.713 Ratings5.89 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.917 Ratings5.611 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.310 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Pentaho and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    5.8
    12 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.916 Ratings5.912 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.216 Ratings5.712 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.314 Ratings5.810 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Pentaho and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.1
    20 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.2
    11 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.320 Ratings6.311 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.619 Ratings6.510 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.918 Ratings6.310 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.610 Ratings5.94 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Pentaho and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.7
    8 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.710 Ratings6.25 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.97 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.711 Ratings6.28 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Pentaho and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.1
    5 Ratings
    REST API8.310 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Javascript API9.09 Ratings5.45 Ratings
    iFrames7.39 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Java API8.79 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.910 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.610 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    User Ratings
    PentahoYellowfin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (31 ratings)
    6.2
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    6.3
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    5.6
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 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)