Holistics vs Yellowfin Embedded Analytics

Holistics is a cloud self-service analytics and business intelligence platform built around a programmable semantic layer. Business users can explore curated datasets and build reports with a drag-and-drop interface without SQL, or ask data questions in plain language and receive answers based on governed business definitions. Data teams can define models, metrics, and dashboards in code and version-control them with Git. Supported SQL sources include PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, SQL Server, MySQL, Presto, Athena, ClickHouse, MotherDuck, and Oracle; listed integrations also include dbt, Slack, Google Sheets, DataHub, and webhooks. Reports export as CSV, Excel, or PDF, with scheduled delivery through Email, Slack, Google Sheets, or SFTP. Holistics says it stores metadata and optional query-result cache that expires after a set period, not raw database data. It lists real-time refresh, row-level security, scheduled reports, and embedded analytics, and states GDPR and SOC 2 compliance. Entry costs $960 a month, or 800 USD per month with annual billing, for 100 reports and the first 10 users.

Yellowfin Embedded Analytics provides white-label analytics that software vendors can integrate into their products and user experience. Customers can embed pre-built dashboards or let their users create dashboards through self-service reporting and Guided Natural Language Query. Integration options include a full page or iFrame, or individual dashboards, reports and stories. Signals analyzes customer data and notifies users when it detects changes. Yellowfin Stories and Present combine charts and tables with narrative for reports, summaries and customer overviews; custom JavaScript visualizations are also supported. Connectors cover CRM, ERP, databases, marketing, accounting and collaboration applications, including Salesforce, Snowflake and Google BigQuery. Deployment can be self-managed on premises or in the cloud, or fully managed and hosted. Yellowfin's security guide says it achieved a SOC 2 Type 2 assessment and that its internal Tomcat instance supports TLS 1.2. Pricing is on request, with models based on analytics usage, server cores or revenue share. A 30-day trial is available on a user's own dataset, with sample data for exploration.