Mode Analytics vs. Yellowfin

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Mode
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Mode, or Mode Analytics, from ThoughtSpot since the June 2023 acquisition, is a business intelligence platform that unifies company analytics by bringing data teams and business teams together, so analysts can provide rapid answers to strategic, ad hoc questions. And, business stakeholder can access relevant data to answer their own questions which can often detract more impactful work.N/A
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
Mode AnalyticsYellowfin
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ModeYellowfin
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
Mode AnalyticsYellowfin
Features
Mode AnalyticsYellowfin
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Mode Analytics
8.5
Ratings
4% above category average
Yellowfin
6.1
Ratings
29% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports9.30 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.40 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.80 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Mode Analytics
7.4
Ratings
8% below category average
Yellowfin
6.6
Ratings
20% below category average
Drill-down analysis7.10 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Formatting capabilities6.70 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.30 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.70 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Mode Analytics
7.9
Ratings
5% below category average
Yellowfin
5.9
Ratings
34% below category average
Publish to Web8.10 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Publish to PDF5.80 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Report Versioning7.70 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.60 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.30 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Mode Analytics
6.5
Ratings
20% below category average
Yellowfin
5.8
Ratings
32% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.70 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization5.50 Ratings5.70 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.40 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Mode Analytics
9.5
Ratings
11% above category average
Yellowfin
6.2
Ratings
31% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)10.00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.80 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Mode Analytics
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Yellowfin
6.1
Ratings
24% below category average
REST API9.00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings5.40 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Mode Analytics
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Ratings
Yellowfin
6.7
Ratings
16% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
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User Ratings
Mode AnalyticsYellowfin
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
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6.2
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Usability
8.1
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6.3
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Availability
-
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9.1
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Performance
-
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8.2
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Support Rating
7.4
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5.6
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In-Person Training
-
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9.1
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Online Training
-
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8.2
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Implementation Rating
-
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9.1
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Configurability
-
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8.2
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Ease of integration
-
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9.1
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Product Scalability
-
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8.2
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Vendor post-sale
-
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9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
-
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9.1
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User Testimonials
Mode AnalyticsYellowfin
Likelihood to Recommend
After launching a new contact pathway in a help experience, Mode Analytics can help provide insight into the sentiments from users as well as the engagement with any written content. Numeric outputs are easier to manage, whereas more nuanced/emotional feedback is sometimes hard to quantify (though not impossible if you get creative).
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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
  • Easy to use (click a button and get right to SQL).
  • Security First (everything is locked down by default).
  • The White Label feature is super easy to skin -- our embedded reports look just like our app!
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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
  • Date ranges aren't always the most intuitive to set, strangely
  • Faster refresh rates would be ideal
  • Would love more dynamic mobile device integration (alerts, etc)
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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
For the advanced user already familiar with Python. It is just the same tool, already managed and connected to the data.
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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
Mode has dedicated agents who are online in a chatroom, ready to take on any questions and provide helpful feedback.
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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
  • Tableau is a huge pain to edit or create dashboards, by comparison. It can make better looking visualizations, but in practice, letting users drill down and change dimensions slows the end user experience so much that it's often not worth it.
  • Looker is amazing for data modeling, but you have to get your whole business all in on it to take advantage. Viz capabilities are similar.
  • Databricks has a lot of functionality overlap, but the visualizations are terrible. Databricks' great strength is that you can use notebooks to do anything with code.
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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
  • It has allowed us to monitor ongoing financial transactions written to our SQL data tables in real-time and that helps us to monitor user transaction activities in real-time
  • Using Mode we have been able to also track users who undertake fraudulent financial transactions; preventing financial losses to our users
  • Mode's collaborative abilities have been very helpful in sharing transaction monitoring workload across our compliance and cybersecurity team
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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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