Slingshot vs. Zoho Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Slingshot
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Slingshot, from Infragistics, helps users manage work from a single app. The solution brings all the apps that a team already uses into the Slingshot workflow.
$12
per year per user
Zoho Analytics
Score 8.2 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Zoho Analytics (formerly Zoho Reports) is a self-service BI and analytics platform that allows users to analyze their business data and create reports and dashboards. It is designed to help users create and share reports quickly, without IT assistance.
$30
0.5M rows, 2 users
Pricing
SlingshotZoho Analytics
Editions & Modules
Slingshot
$12
per year per user
Slingshot Enterprise
$20
per year per user
Basic
$30
0.5M rows, 2 users
Professional
$30
per user per month billed annually
Standard
$60
1M rows, 5 users
Premium
$145
5M rows, 15 users
Enterprise
$575
50M rows, 50 users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SlingshotZoho Analytics
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThere is a 20% discount for all plans if subscribed yearly. Customers can buy add-on rows and users, in addition to the plans listed above.
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Community Pulse
SlingshotZoho Analytics
Features
SlingshotZoho Analytics
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
11% above category average
Zoho Analytics
8.7
Ratings
6% above category average
Customizable dashboards9.10 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
12% above category average
Zoho Analytics
8.1
Ratings
1% above category average
Formatting capabilities9.10 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.10 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
9% above category average
Zoho Analytics
8.4
Ratings
1% above category average
Publish to PDF9.10 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
13% above category average
Zoho Analytics
8.0
Ratings
0% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.10 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.10 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.10 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
7% above category average
Zoho Analytics
8.5
Ratings
0% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.10 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.10 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.10 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.10 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
9.1
Ratings
15% above category average
Zoho Analytics
6.4
Ratings
20% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access9.10 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Mobile Application9.10 Ratings4.30 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.10 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Slingshot
-
Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.3
Ratings
6% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
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User Ratings
SlingshotZoho Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.4
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SlingshotZoho Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
- You can easily connect to your providers like Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint and Dropbox and more, and pin files from your cloud provider without the need to save them and uploading them again
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Zoho Analytics is the best way to consume data created by Zoho products . It's robust and quick build formula libraries and auto generated reports. A data source can be integrated and be ready for consumption within minutes. This gives a well developed baseline for organizing to develop advance analytics. It's mobile dashboards are very intuitive and useful for leaders who are on the move.
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Pros
  • Slingshot has a very friendly and easy-to-use interface while at the same time being packed with useful features. I am able to collaborate fast and in context of projects and tasks, as well as find any file easily. Files and documents are pinned directly in the collaboration app, no matter the size, so everyone involved has visibility and the most recent update. The Inbox feature keeps me in the loop with everything I am involved in – my mentions, my messages, my organization updates.
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  • Zoho Analytics’ predictive analytics capabilities can help forecast future trends, allowing for proactive planning and risk management.
  • Performance Monitoring: We can track key performance indicators (KPIs) across departments, such as sales, marketing, finance, and HR. This aids in identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
  • Decision making regarding resource allocation.
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Cons
  • Slingshot could add more options for task views and a calendar where all tasks and projects are in one place.
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  • I'm guessing it's out there somewhere but I really could have used a 'quick start guide' or guided start.
  • Once I figured it out, it makes sense how to make sure the right data is provided in order to make dashboards quite flexible--- but without examples, I found it quite a challenge
  • The initial organization of Analytics is NOT intuitive. Once in context, the organizational features make sense, but (at least initially) it would have been most useful if the organization of Analytics reports in Zoho Analytics had saved me a lot of time.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Usefulness: I find Zoho Analytics highly useful for our data analysis needs. Its features, such as data visualization, reporting capabilities, and integration options, greatly aid our business and analytical processes. Ease of Use: The platform is user-friendly and intuitive, making it accessible to users with varying levels of technical expertise. Reliability: We trust Zoho Analytics to deliver consistent and reliable performance. The platform's stability and uptime contribute positively to our overall experience.
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Usability
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For an end user, Zoho Analytics is pretty easy to use and very easy to access the dashboard. Linking data from multiple sources is very convenient. Multiple people can work on preparing and publishing the dashboards simultaneously, which helps delegate tasks.
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Reliability and Availability
No answers on this topic
ZOHO is a very reliable company/product. We never had any issues with downtime or inaccessibility to our data. Any type of maintenance that they had to perform was clearly communicated and never an issue. We use a lot of external hooks and we've never had any issues with getting ZOHO to communicate with any of those hooks.
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Performance
No answers on this topic
ZOHO has obviously invested a lot of time effort and money in to creating a reliable infrastructure with high availability. We've never had any issues with performance and all of our data crunching small to large has always been well within reason. We have come to appreciate the performance of ZOHO and will continue to use it for all of our data needs.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
The support team is honestly not that great. At times, it seems as if members of our own team know more about the product than the support team. They must not have a lot of training or the turnaround is quick
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Implementation Rating
No answers on this topic
If your external data sources are previously organized and correlated (e.g.: in your datawarehouse or database) your implementation will be easier. Of cource some not previously predicted correlation would be necessary to be done during the implementation, but if your organization let it to be all done into Zoho Analytics, it will take more time from your team.
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Alternatives Considered
There really is no comparison between Excel and Slingshot. Excel is very clunky and can't produce the level of visualizations I need.
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Zoho Analytics has the best UI and user friendly to create reports and dashboard along with features like Zia Assistance that guide in creating reports and dashboard and also help in the forecasting of the data based on the past records.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
The system appears to handle large data volumes from different platforms and present the information in a standard format. While the information is helpful, the insight and analytics are very interesting and provide a return on investment. The next part is how the users use that data insight to make decisions.
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Return on Investment
  • Slingshot has been a game-changer for task management, resulting in improved productivity.
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  • Zoho Analytics has dramatically impacted the time we spend creating reports. We probably save 20+ hours per month.
  • Due to the tight integration with the rest of the Zoho platform, we don't have to manually import data; it just shows up for us.
  • Having some of these reports in our pocket is great when the owner wants to see something, and we're not in the office. I love the mobile app and the ability to see reports on the phone.
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ScreenShots

Slingshot Screenshots

Screenshot of a team’s work broken down into tasks with due dates, dependencies and blockers, to make work understandable.Screenshot of the consolidated workspace where users can manage, share and access files and documents in the same place collaboration happens.Screenshot of Slingshot’s dashboard templates that have the essential KPIs for each use case, Interactives and features such as drill-down, and exporting to Excel or PowerPoint built right in.Screenshot of where chats and discussions from tasks, dashboards, and pinned content can be created. This allows team to move straight into collaborating with one click and stay informed.Screenshot of Slingshot's range of workspace and project templates, designed for simplicity, that enable users to handle, distribute, and retrieve files and documents while collaborating with a team.

Zoho Analytics Screenshots

Screenshot of Zia Insights, which provides contextual intelligence with detailed diagnostics.Screenshot of where OpenAI's large language models (LLMs) are leveraged within Ask Zia to build complex queries, construct metrics and formulas, and discover public datasets.Screenshot of key metrics with KPI charts.Screenshot of streaming data, which is available for real-time insights. Users can process streams from Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, PubNub and APIs.Screenshot of reports accessed from iPad and Android tablets.Screenshot of custom machine learning models, available with a no-code assistant.