Software · head to head
Yellowfin vs Chartio
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; Chartio chartio shut down on March 1, 2022 after the team joined Atlassian, and the site now serves only a shutdown notice and a migration guide
- They diverge on capability: Yellowfin covers Automated Analysis, Chartio covers Visual Query Builder.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Yellowfin and Chartio actually diverge.
Identical on both: 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
- Signals
- Embedded Analytics
- Google Analytics
- SQL Server
- Oracle
- Mobile support
Only in Chartio
- Visual Query Builder
- Interactive Dashboards
- Data Blending
- Embedding
- Redshift
- BigQuery
- Snowflake
Both cover
- Collaboration
- Salesforce
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- 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 Chartio
- Enterprise reporting with automated business monitoring and alertingnot Chartio
- Data storytelling and guided natural language querying for business usersnot Chartio
Chartio
- Drag and drop chart building over SQL databasesnot Yellowfin
- Shared business dashboards for non-technical teamsnot Yellowfin
- Exploring warehouse data without writing SQLnot 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
Chartio
- Chartio shut down on March 1, 2022 after the team joined Atlassian, and the site now serves only a shutdown notice and a migration guide
- No pricing, signup or product access remains; the site's copyright notice stops at 2021
- Existing customers were required to migrate their dashboards to another tool rather than being moved to an Atlassian successor product
Pricing, plan by plan
Yellowfin
$50/month- Team$50/month
- Dashboards
- Stories
- Collaboration
- EnterpriseFree
- Advanced Features
- Embedding
- Custom SLA
Chartio
On request- DiscontinuedFree
- Service ended March 2022
Which should you pick?
Choose Yellowfin if
- You need automated analysis.
- You work on Web, Mobile, Embedded.
- You also want data stories.
Questions people ask
- Is Yellowfin or Chartio better?
- Neither clearly leads. Yellowfin starts at $50/month and Chartio at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Yellowfin or Chartio?
- Yellowfin starts at $50/month and Chartio at On request.
- Does Yellowfin or Chartio run on more platforms?
- Yellowfin runs on Web, Mobile, Embedded. Chartio runs on Web.
- 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 Chartio is typically brought in for.
- What can Yellowfin do that Chartio cannot?
- Yellowfin covers Automated Analysis, Data Stories, Signals, Embedded Analytics. Chartio covers Visual Query Builder, Interactive Dashboards, Data Blending, Embedding. Both handle Collaboration, Salesforce, MySQL, PostgreSQL.