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Yellowfin
Action-based business intelligence
As of 30 August 2026, Yellowfin starts at $50/month. Yellowfin is an action-based BI platform that combines dashboards, reporting, and storytelling with automated analysis and collaboration features. Softwr lists it under Business Intelligence. Yellowfin is made by Yellowfin International, launched in 2003, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Yellowfin does
Yellowfin is an action-based BI platform that combines dashboards, reporting, and storytelling with automated analysis and collaboration features. It helps organizations turn data insights into business actions.
What people use it 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
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about 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
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Pricing
What Yellowfin costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Team
$50 /mo
- Dashboards
- Stories
- Collaboration
Enterprise
Free
- Advanced Features
- Embedding
- Custom SLA
Capabilities
Features
Automated Analysis
Data Stories
Collaboration
Signals
Embedded Analytics
Salesforce
Integration with Salesforce
Google Analytics
Integration with Google Analytics
SQL Server
Integration with SQL Server
Oracle
Integration with Oracle
MySQL
Integration with MySQL
PostgreSQL
Integration with PostgreSQL
Web support
Available on web
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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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).
SourceIs Yellowfin pricing predictable and scalable?
Yes, Yellowfin pricing is simple, predictable and scalable with no hidden costs or surprises.
SourceAre 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.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Yellowfin
- Company
- Yellowfin International
- Based in
- Melbourne, Australia
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