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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ThoughtSpot

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AThoughtSpot is an Agentic Analytics Platform for enterprises where users ask data questions using natural language and get answers with AI. Code-first for data teams and code-free for business users, ThoughtSpot can handle large, complex cloud data at scale.

    $1,500

    per year (5 users)

    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
    ThoughtSpotYellowfin
    Editions & Modules
    Thoughtspot Analytics - Pro
    $50
    per month (billed annually) per user (25-1000 users)
    Thoughtspot Analytics - Enterprise
    Custom
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ThoughtSpotYellowfin
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Community Pulse
    ThoughtSpotYellowfin
    Considered Both Products
    ThoughtSpot
    No answer on this topic
    Yellowfin
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    85%
    Would buy again
    34 Answers
    67%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    26 Answers
    63%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    67%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    ThoughtSpotYellowfin
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of ThoughtSpot and Yellowfin
    Feature
    ThoughtSpot
    7.6
    85 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Yellowfin
    6.1
    12 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports6.021 Ratings5.85 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.185 Ratings6.212 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.725 Ratings6.411 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of ThoughtSpot and Yellowfin
    Feature
    ThoughtSpot
    7.8
    87 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Yellowfin
    6.6
    12 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Drill-down analysis9.187 Ratings6.611 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.786 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages5.447 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.985 Ratings6.511 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of ThoughtSpot and Yellowfin
    Feature
    ThoughtSpot
    8.8
    80 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Yellowfin
    5.9
    11 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Publish to Web8.552 Ratings6.311 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.574 Ratings6.211 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.918 Ratings5.89 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.261 Ratings5.611 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.133 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of ThoughtSpot and Yellowfin
    Feature
    ThoughtSpot
    8.1
    83 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Yellowfin
    5.8
    12 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.782 Ratings5.912 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.876 Ratings5.712 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.062 Ratings5.810 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of ThoughtSpot and Yellowfin
    Feature
    ThoughtSpot
    8.5
    82 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Yellowfin
    6.2
    11 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.679 Ratings6.311 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.671 Ratings6.510 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.575 Ratings6.310 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.668 Ratings5.94 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of ThoughtSpot and Yellowfin
    Feature
    ThoughtSpot
    7.4
    50 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Yellowfin
    6.7
    8 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.048 Ratings6.25 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.031 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.843 Ratings6.28 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of ThoughtSpot and Yellowfin
    Feature
    ThoughtSpot
    6.4
    48 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Yellowfin
    6.1
    5 Ratings
    24% below category average
    REST API4.939 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Javascript API4.632 Ratings5.45 Ratings
    iFrames8.231 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Java API7.013 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)6.932 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.115 Ratings6.55 Ratings
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    Cyfe
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ThoughtSpotYellowfin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (87 ratings)
    6.2
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (82 ratings)
    6.3
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    5.6
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ThoughtSpotYellowfin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ThoughtSpot
    It is well suited when the same data is consumed by many different people with different analytics and visualization requirements because, if you have the data available in ThoughtSpot, every user can prepare different views. Also, it is a good reporting tool, you can get rid of slides if you have a good dashboard prepared, gaining flexibility and agility.
    Incentivized
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    Yellowfin
    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
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    ThoughtSpot
    • Beautiful visualizations. The visuals are distinct, clean, and easy to discern from one another.
    • Intelligent querying functionality. When looking to manipulate the data, the search function makes it easy to manipulate the features in the data, along with aggregating them in the way you'd like.
    • Embedding! It has been a smooth process thus far for our product & technical teams to work with ThoughtSpot and bring it into our product.
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    Yellowfin
    • Yellowfin’s Storyboard, Timeline and Collaborative tools make it easy to share data and insights across an organisation.
    • Strong Operational and Executive Dashboards that reflect the business KPIs and can send out prompts to people within the business based on rules.
    • Yellowfin makes it incredibly easy to create dynamic reports and dashboards which incorporate maps through locational intelligence functionality.
    • Yellowfin is a single license and all access is via a web browser making it perfect for both on-premise and cloud deployment. Mobile apps are also available.
    • User roles and source filtering allows Admin/IT to offer different functions/views by user group/role.
    • Mobile BI applications to support any device ..
    • API connectors ( YF 7.2 on the way in Mar16 ) for a range of third-party Web-based applications, data sources, Enterprises CRM/ERP apps & open data platform apps, including Salesforce, Google Analytics, Twitter, Youtube , Zoho CRM, XE.com & more coming to make endusers to integrate their applications for better benefits
    • Yellowfin Integration with Predictive analytical and Big Data processing tools like R, UDF, Spark to build rich applications for end users
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    Cons
    ThoughtSpot
    • It would be great if ThoughtSpot can add the feature to filter by clicking on visualizations. i.e if I click on a particular data point in the chart if the full dashboard can filter just for that particular data point.
    • Color coding the heatmap with different colors like green to orange to red.
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    Yellowfin
    • 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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    Likelihood to Renew
    ThoughtSpot
    I give it just waiting because passport is brilliant and it has helped our organisation In advancing to the next stage in the age of AI. It has allowed or non-tech people to better service and clients in a cost-effective way. George port has allowed us to create new products for us and for our clients increasing our revenue streams and reducing clients churn
    Incentivized
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    Yellowfin
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    ThoughtSpot
    The rating is because of the ease of use of the interface as it has a no code interface that makes it easy to setup data pipelines without extensive programming. Cloud native integration: It integrates seamlessly with cloud based data warehouses. Automated data loading, Scalability, Cost Effective, Transformations, Data Governance and security.
    Incentivized
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    Yellowfin
    As mentioned previously, if a newer company is looking for a strong, polished BI tool, Yellowfin would be a great software vendor to consider. Unfortunately, the high cost might be a barrier to these newer companies who dont have any legacy software/agreements such as an EA agreement with Microsoft.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    ThoughtSpot
    it's available unless there is a server or system update etc. sometimes the timing of this is bad (for example during a month end close)
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    Yellowfin
    99.9% availability
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    Performance
    ThoughtSpot
    It does what it is supposed to. Would be nice to have a bit more insights
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    Yellowfin
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ThoughtSpot
    I give it this meeting because the team is not only help able to help us in the current solutions but also amazing and taking feedback and feeding it back to their development team which includes more products and features into ThoughtSpot
    Incentivized
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    Yellowfin
    They have good support in what they provide. But what they provide is not what is promised. I would stay with them if I can. Be very careful before signing up with them. They are not what they seem in the sales pitches. Be very careful and make sure you test and test before you sign up.
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    In-Person Training
    ThoughtSpot
    inhouse in-person training. Took a bit to long to get the basics.
    Incentivized
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    Yellowfin
    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
    ThoughtSpot
    poor instructions
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    Yellowfin
    Web-based training for large audiences for Level 1 and Level 2 I would suggest
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    Implementation Rating
    ThoughtSpot
    Understand use case and model and design accordingly
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    Yellowfin
    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
    ThoughtSpot
    We also explored Tableau Ask Data. Tableau is our standard for BI in our organization. We want to use the smallest amount of tools in our company to have the best adaption. ThoughSpot will fill a few gaps that we have with our current set up and will also enhance out offering for our employees in the transition of being more data driven within in near future
    Incentivized
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    Yellowfin
    Yellow Fin platform is browser agnostic and is accessible from desktops as well as mobile devices. It is very simple and fast, it is integrated with Big Data, clients do not require a great training. It just works. But it’s easier to have things on the cloud, especially if you need to use different computers. Yellow Fin lacks the cloud feature.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    ThoughtSpot
    Because it is very reliable, inside the situation, we need strong internet connection to access a lot of data but easily never had any downtime except during the upgrades
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    Yellowfin
    - 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
    ThoughtSpot
    • Time to market ROI is massive vs hiring the full-time dedicated team to build and maintain a frontend multi-tenant SaaS data viz product.
    • It will be interesting to see over time how the advanced features play out in terms of usability and end value, such as Natural Search, which we are very excited about, and the machine learning tools.
    Incentivized
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    Yellowfin
    • 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
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    ThoughtSpot Screenshots

    Screenshot of the ThoughtSpot home screenScreenshot of SpotIQ, which offers AI-driven insightsScreenshot of the Spotter AI agent that surfaces insights through natural language queriesScreenshot of AI Assist producing SQL in real timeScreenshot of SpotIQ, which offers AI-driven insightsScreenshot of the integration with dbt models and metrics

    Yellowfin Screenshots

    Screenshot of Location IntelligenceScreenshot of Yellowfin DashboardScreenshot of Yellowfin SignalsScreenshot of Yellowfin MobileScreenshot of Yellowfin Sales KPIs