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Yellowfin vs Amazon QuickSight

Yellowfin logo

Yellowfin

Software

Action-based business intelligence

From
$50/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Amazon QuickSight logo

Amazon QuickSight

Software

Scalable, serverless BI by AWS

From
$3/month per user
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Yellowfin the pricing page publishes no rate, no minimum and no per-user price; every model ends in a Get Pricing form; Amazon QuickSight reader and Reader Pro roles charged separately at $3 and $20/month
  • They diverge on capability: Yellowfin covers Automated Analysis, Amazon QuickSight covers SPICE In-memory Engine.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Yellowfin and Amazon QuickSight actually diverge.

Attributes where Yellowfin and Amazon QuickSight differ
AttributeYellowfinAmazon QuickSight
Starting price$50/month$3/month per user
PlatformsWeb, Mobile, EmbeddedAWS
Founded20032006

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Yellowfin

  • Automated Analysis
  • Data Stories
  • Collaboration
  • Signals
  • Google Analytics
  • SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • MySQL

Only in Amazon QuickSight

  • SPICE In-memory Engine
  • ML Insights
  • Natural Language Queries
  • Pay-per-session
  • Redshift
  • S3
  • Athena
  • Aurora

Both cover

  • Embedded Analytics
  • Salesforce
  • Web support
  • Mobile support
  • Embedded support

What people use each for

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

Yellowfin

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

Amazon QuickSight

  • Business intelligence dashboards and analyticsnot Yellowfin
  • Scalable embedded analytics for applicationsnot Yellowfin

Where each one falls short

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

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

Amazon QuickSight

  • Reader and Reader Pro roles charged separately at $3 and $20/month
  • Author and Author Pro roles charged at $24 and $40/month
  • $250/month infrastructure fee required if Pro users or Q&A enabled
  • SPICE storage charged at $0.38/GB monthly (10 GB included)
  • Pixel-perfect reports start at $500/month for 500 monthly units
  • Alerts charged at $0.05-$0.50 per 1,000 metrics evaluated

Pricing, plan by plan

Yellowfin

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

Amazon QuickSight

$3/month per user

No published plan breakdown. See the Amazon QuickSight review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Yellowfin if

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

Choose Amazon QuickSight if

  • You need spice in-memory engine.
  • You work on AWS.
  • You also want ml insights.
Amazon QuickSight review

Questions people ask

Is Yellowfin or Amazon QuickSight better?
Neither clearly leads. Yellowfin starts at $50/month and Amazon QuickSight at $3/month per user, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Yellowfin or Amazon QuickSight?
Yellowfin starts at $50/month and Amazon QuickSight at $3/month per user.
Does Yellowfin or Amazon QuickSight run on more platforms?
Yellowfin runs on Web, Mobile, Embedded. Amazon QuickSight runs on AWS.
What is Yellowfin best used for?
Yellowfin is most often used for embedding white-labelled dashboards and analytics into a software product, enterprise reporting with automated business monitoring and alerting, data storytelling and guided natural language querying for business users. Of those, embedding white-labelled dashboards and analytics into a software product and enterprise reporting with automated business monitoring and alerting are not what Amazon QuickSight is typically brought in for.
What can Yellowfin do that Amazon QuickSight cannot?
Yellowfin covers Automated Analysis, Data Stories, Collaboration, Signals. Amazon QuickSight covers SPICE In-memory Engine, ML Insights, Natural Language Queries, Pay-per-session. Both handle Embedded Analytics, Salesforce, Web support, Mobile support.
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