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OpsLevel vs Yellowfin

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OpsLevel

Developer Tools

Internal developer portal that scores service ownership and production readiness

From
On request
Free plan
No
Visit OpsLevelFull review
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Yellowfin

Business Intelligence

Action-based business intelligence

From
$50/month
Free plan
No
Visit YellowfinFull review

The short version

  • Yellowfin is an action-based BI platform.
  • Yellowfin starts at $50/mo; OpsLevel prices on request.
  • Only OpsLevel lists service catalogue; only Yellowfin lists automated Analysis.
  • Where Yellowfin falls short: the pricing page publishes no rate, no minimum and no per-user price; every model ends in a Get Pricing form.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which OpsLevel and Yellowfin actually diverge.

Attributes where OpsLevel and Yellowfin differ
AttributeOpsLevelYellowfin
Starting priceOn request$50/month
Pricing modelQuoteSubscription
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, Embedded
CategoryDeveloper ToolsBusiness Intelligence

Identical on both: free tier (No).

Not yet recorded: founded for OpsLevel.

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 OpsLevel

  • Service catalogue
  • Scorecards and rubric
  • Checks
  • Campaigns
  • Self-service actions
  • Slack and Teams integration
  • Catalogue auto-enrichment
  • Deployment on request

Only in Yellowfin

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

What people use each for

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

OpsLevel

  • A platform team that needs to prove every production service has a named owner and an on-call rota before an auditnot Yellowfin
  • Driving a fleet-wide migration such as a runtime upgrade across 400 services with a deadline and visible progressnot Yellowfin
  • Giving developers a paved road to create a new service from a template without waiting on the platform teamnot Yellowfin
  • An organisation where an incident took an hour to route because nobody could identify the owning teamnot Yellowfin

Yellowfin

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

Where each one falls short

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

OpsLevel

  • OpsLevel does not publish prices at all, not even a starting figure, so you cannot size a budget or compare against Backstage's zero licence cost without entering a sales cycle
  • The Standard plan caps at 50 users, which is below the size at which service ownership becomes a real problem, so most genuine buyers land on Enterprise and its unpublished pricing
  • Scores are only as honest as the metadata teams maintain; where ownership records go stale the rubric produces confident numbers about a catalogue that no longer reflects reality, and leadership acts on them
  • It reports on quality rather than producing it, so it can generate friction between platform teams who set the rubric and product teams who see it as a scoreboard imposed on them without extra headcount to fix the findings
  • As a hosted product it needs read access to source control, cloud accounts and observability tooling, which is a meaningful vendor review in regulated environments; on-premises exists but only on the Enterprise tier

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

OpsLevel

On request
  • StandardOn request
    • Up to 50 users
    • Unlimited catalogued components
    • Scorecards, campaigns and the global rubric
  • EnterpriseOn request
    • Unlimited users
    • Custom integrations
    • Customisable dashboards

Yellowfin

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

Which should you pick?

Choose OpsLevel if

  • You need service catalogue.
  • You also want scorecards and rubric.
OpsLevel review

Choose Yellowfin if

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

Questions people ask

Is OpsLevel or Yellowfin better?
Neither clearly leads. OpsLevel starts at On request and Yellowfin at $50/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, OpsLevel or Yellowfin?
OpsLevel starts at On request and Yellowfin at $50/month.
Does OpsLevel or Yellowfin run on more platforms?
OpsLevel runs on Web. Yellowfin runs on Web, iOS, Android, Embedded.
What is OpsLevel best used for?
OpsLevel is most often used for a platform team that needs to prove every production service has a named owner and an on-call rota before an audit, driving a fleet-wide migration such as a runtime upgrade across 400 services with a deadline and visible progress, giving developers a paved road to create a new service from a template without waiting on the platform team, an organisation where an incident took an hour to route because nobody could identify the owning team. Of those, a platform team that needs to prove every production service has a named owner and an on-call rota before an audit and driving a fleet-wide migration such as a runtime upgrade across 400 services with a deadline and visible progress are not what Yellowfin is typically brought in for.
What can OpsLevel do that Yellowfin cannot?
OpsLevel covers Service catalogue, Scorecards and rubric, Checks, Campaigns. Yellowfin covers Automated Analysis, Data Stories, Collaboration, Signals.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

OpsLevel: How much does OpsLevel cost?

It does not publish pricing. Billing is per developer using the portal, with volume discounts, and a quote requires a sales conversation.

Yellowfin: What pricing models does Yellowfin offer?

Yellowfin offers three flexible models for embedded analytics: Aligned Utility Model (price per unit), Revenue Share Model (based on analytics revenue value), and Server Core (fixed price based on server deployment).

Source
OpsLevel: How does it compare with Backstage?

Backstage has no licence fee but you staff a team to build and run it. OpsLevel is hosted with checks, campaigns and scorecards out of the box, and you pay per developer instead.

Yellowfin: Is Yellowfin pricing predictable and scalable?

Yes, Yellowfin pricing is simple, predictable and scalable with no hidden costs or surprises.

Source
OpsLevel: Does it require writing catalogue YAML by hand?

No. It auto-discovers and enriches entries from connected systems, though teams still curate ownership and metadata.

Yellowfin: Are there limits on user access or development environments?

No limitations exist on access to functionality across users. There are also no limits on dev and test licenses, ensuring DevOps is covered.

Source
OpsLevel: Can it run on premises?

Yes, but only on the Enterprise plan.

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