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Yellowfin vs Baremetrics

Yellowfin logo

Yellowfin

Business Intelligence

Action-based business intelligence

From
$50/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Baremetrics logo

Baremetrics

Business Intelligence

Subscription analytics for SaaS

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Baremetrics has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • 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; 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
  • They diverge on capability: Yellowfin covers Automated Analysis, Baremetrics covers Revenue Metrics.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Yellowfin and Baremetrics actually diverge.

Attributes where Yellowfin and Baremetrics differ
AttributeYellowfinBaremetrics
Starting price$50/monthFree
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, Mobile, EmbeddedWeb, Api
Founded20032013

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 Yellowfin

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

Only in Baremetrics

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

Both cover

  • Web 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 Baremetrics
  • Enterprise reporting with automated business monitoring and alertingnot Baremetrics
  • Data storytelling and guided natural language querying for business usersnot Baremetrics

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

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

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

Pricing, plan by plan

Yellowfin

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

Baremetrics

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

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 Baremetrics if

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

Questions people ask

Is Yellowfin or Baremetrics better?
Neither clearly leads. Yellowfin starts at $50/month and Baremetrics at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Yellowfin or Baremetrics?
Baremetrics has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $50/month for Yellowfin and Free for Baremetrics.
Does Yellowfin or Baremetrics run on more platforms?
Yellowfin runs on Web, Mobile, Embedded. Baremetrics runs on Web, Api.
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 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 Baremetrics is typically brought in for.
What can Yellowfin do that Baremetrics cannot?
Yellowfin covers Automated Analysis, Data Stories, Collaboration, Signals. Baremetrics covers Revenue Metrics, Forecasting, Benchmarking, Cancellation Insights. Both handle Web support.
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