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Baremetrics vs Yellowfin

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Baremetrics

Business Intelligence

Subscription analytics for SaaS

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Yellowfin

Business Intelligence

Action-based business intelligence

From
$50/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Baremetrics has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Baremetrics priced on the revenue it measures, so the bill rises with your ARR rather than with usage: $75 a month up to $360K ARR, $255 to $3.6M and $1,152 above that; Yellowfin the pricing page publishes no rate, no minimum and no per-user price; every model ends in a Get Pricing form
  • They diverge on capability: Baremetrics covers Revenue Metrics, Yellowfin covers Automated Analysis.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Baremetrics and Yellowfin actually diverge.

Attributes where Baremetrics and Yellowfin differ
AttributeBaremetricsYellowfin
Starting priceFree$50/month
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWeb, ApiWeb, Mobile, Embedded
Founded20132003

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Business Intelligence).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Baremetrics

  • Revenue Metrics
  • Forecasting
  • Benchmarking
  • Cancellation Insights
  • Email Reports
  • Stripe
  • Braintree
  • Recurly

Only in Yellowfin

  • Automated Analysis
  • Data Stories
  • Collaboration
  • Signals
  • Embedded Analytics
  • Salesforce
  • Google Analytics
  • SQL Server

Both cover

  • Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Baremetrics

  • Subscription metrics and MRR reporting from Stripe and similar billing systemsnot Yellowfin
  • Churn and retention analysisnot Yellowfin
  • Failed payment recovery through the add-onnot Yellowfin
  • Cancellation surveys to understand why customers leavenot Yellowfin

Yellowfin

  • Embedding white-labelled dashboards and analytics into a software productnot Baremetrics
  • Enterprise reporting with automated business monitoring and alertingnot Baremetrics
  • Data storytelling and guided natural language querying for business usersnot Baremetrics

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Baremetrics

  • Priced on the revenue it measures, so the bill rises with your ARR rather than with usage: $75 a month up to $360K ARR, $255 to $3.6M and $1,152 above that
  • Payment Recovery and Cancellation Insights are separate add-ons at $129 a month each
  • The advertised prices assume annual billing with a discount of up to 35 percent
  • There is no free tier, only a trial

Yellowfin

  • The pricing page publishes no rate, no minimum and no per-user price; every model ends in a Get Pricing form
  • One of the three embedded models is a revenue share, so Yellowfin takes a cut of the revenue your analytics module earns
  • Another model prices by server core, so scaling deployment hardware raises the licence cost independently of users
  • Getting a quote requires submitting a form with a marketing consent checkbox and a user-count band rather than seeing a rate card

Pricing, plan by plan

Baremetrics

Free
  • Metrics$50/month
    • Revenue Metrics
    • Customer Profiles
    • Slack Integration
  • Recover$50/month
    • Failed Payment Recovery
    • Dunning Management
    • Analytics

Yellowfin

$50/month
  • Team$50/month
    • Dashboards
    • Stories
    • Collaboration
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Advanced Features
    • Embedding
    • Custom SLA

Which should you pick?

Choose Baremetrics if

  • You need revenue metrics.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want forecasting.
Baremetrics review

Choose Yellowfin if

  • You need automated analysis.
  • You work on Web, Mobile, Embedded.
  • You also want data stories.
Yellowfin review

Questions people ask

Is Baremetrics or Yellowfin better?
Neither clearly leads. Baremetrics starts at Free and Yellowfin at $50/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Baremetrics or Yellowfin?
Baremetrics has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Baremetrics and $50/month for Yellowfin.
Does Baremetrics or Yellowfin run on more platforms?
Baremetrics runs on Web, Api. Yellowfin runs on Web, Mobile, Embedded.
Can I use Baremetrics for free?
Yes. Baremetrics has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Yellowfin starts at $50/month.
What is Baremetrics best used for?
Baremetrics is most often used for subscription metrics and mrr reporting from stripe and similar billing systems, churn and retention analysis, failed payment recovery through the add-on, cancellation surveys to understand why customers leave. Of those, subscription metrics and mrr reporting from stripe and similar billing systems and churn and retention analysis are not what Yellowfin is typically brought in for.
What can Baremetrics do that Yellowfin cannot?
Baremetrics covers Revenue Metrics, Forecasting, Benchmarking, Cancellation Insights. Yellowfin covers Automated Analysis, Data Stories, Collaboration, Signals. Both handle Web support.
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