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Yellowfin BI & Analytics

On this page we present a concise overview of our objective BI & Analytics survey of the software vendor Yellowfin and its product range (such as Yellowfin Signals, Yellowfin Suite and Yellowfin Mobile BI). Yellowfin BI & Analytics scores better in our study than Looker but slightly worse than InetSoft. Yellowfin is the most developed in business intelligence and comes out the least strong in the category data integration. We have been able to establish this objectively. Within the context of BI & Analytics, we have put together the main advantages and disadvantages of Yellowfin Business Analytics, and listed them by theme (business intelligence, big data, artificial intelligence and Data Science). We also point out the strengths of key products such as Yellowfin Signals, Yellowfin Suite and Yellowfin Mobile BI et cetera.

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How does Yellowfin BI & Analytics score on different parts?

Score of Yellowfin Business Analytics software.Figure 1: Strength-weakness analysis of the supplier Yellowfin BI & Analytics. A maximum of 100% can be obtained. Source: the BI & Analytics Guide 2023. Do you need more clarification about the design of our research? Click here to download this guide.

In our study we looked in detail at the different products of Yellowfin software. We evaluated Yellowfin BI & Analytics on no less than 710 criteria. The figure to the right to show the scores (on a scale of 1-5) of Yellowfin Business Analytics. Please note that Passionned Group is 100% independent of the software vendors in our research. We are not a reseller, we do not make deals or have done business with the supplier. Among other things, we help and advise companies in the proper selection of BI tooling.

The Yellowfin analysis was conducted by tapping into a lot of public big data and from there it was scrutinized in detail. More than 4,933 documents have reviewed from Yellowfin in recent years. In this analysis both algorithms as a senior expert make their mark on establishing the final results.

Yellowfin BI & Analytics in our BI & Analytics Guide 2023

In our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics Guide we have collected all the ins and outs of Yellowfin BI & Analytics for you. You get access to hundreds of (shorter) trainings, tech talks, lectures, demos, tutorials, and so on and always have the latest BI & AI news. This mini-course also assists you in deepening your knowledge about BI & Analytics. Download now.

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Yellowfin and their complete BI & Analytics product portfolio

The software company Yellowfin carries (a minimum of) 12 products in the realm of BI & Analytics. Based on relevance we list the products below:

What is Yellowfin Business Analytics?

Other names by which this software product is known: Yellowfin BI, Yellowfin Business Intelligence

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we portrait Yellowfin Business Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of Yellowfin Signals, Yellowfin Suite, Yellowfin Mobile BI, Yellowfin SAML Bridge, Yellowfin Dashboards, Yellowfin Data Discovery, Yellowfin Data Transformation, Yellowfin Data Preparation, Yellowfin Web Server, Yellowfin Data Science and Yellowfin Data Analysis. Yellowfin Business Analytics can be best characterized by the following features:

Are you now curious about all characteristics (100+) of Yellowfin Business Analytics? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Do you want to hire an experienced Yellowfin Business Analytics specialist?

Are you looking for an interim Yellowfin Business Analytics consultant who can help you get started and implement an Yellowfin Business Analytics application? You can always call on the Yellowfin Business Analytics specialists of Passionned Group. Indeed, hiring Yellowfin Business Analytics developers is not always necessary and sometimes even inconvenient. Leave a message here and we will be happy to work for you.

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Figure 2, 3 and 4: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Yellowfin Business Analytics. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Yellowfin Signals?

Under this heading, we provide a description of Yellowfin Signals, including some of its features and any related products. The product Yellowfin Signals can be characterized by the following functionalities:

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Yellowfin Signals? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 5, 6 and 7: Several images show the operation of Yellowfin Signals. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Yellowfin Suite?

In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of Yellowfin Suite, including some of its features and any related products. The product Yellowfin Suite can be defined by the following functionalities:

Are you curious about all characteristics (100+) of Yellowfin Suite? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 8, 9 and 10: Several images show the operation of Yellowfin Suite. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Yellowfin Mobile BI?

Other names by which this software product is known: Yellowfin Mobile App

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we give you insight in the key behaviors of Yellowfin Mobile BI, including some of its features and any related products. Yellowfin Mobile BI can be best characterized by the following features:

Are you curious about all features (100+) of Yellowfin Mobile BI? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 11, 12 and 13: Several images show the operation of Yellowfin Mobile BI. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Yellowfin SAML Bridge?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we provide a description of Yellowfin SAML Bridge, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following functionalities:

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functionalities (100+) of Yellowfin SAML Bridge? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 14, 15 and 16: Several images show the operation of Yellowfin SAML Bridge. Click on an image to make it bigger.

What is Yellowfin Dashboards?

In this paragraph, we display the details of Yellowfin Dashboards, including some of its features and any related products. The product Yellowfin Dashboards can be best characterized by the following features:

Do you want to know everything about all features (100+) of Yellowfin Dashboards? Download directly our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 17, 18 and 19: Various figures show the operation of Yellowfin Dashboards. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Yellowfin Data Discovery?

In this part, we describe Yellowfin Data Discovery, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best defined by the following functionalities:

Are you curious about all elements (100+) of Yellowfin Data Discovery? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

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Figure 20, 21 and 22: Several images show the operation of Yellowfin Data Discovery. Click on the image to magnify.

What is Yellowfin Data Transformation?

In this section, we describe Yellowfin Data Transformation, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following features:

Do you want to know everything about all characteristics (100+) of Yellowfin Data Transformation? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Yellowfin Web Server?

Under this heading, we provide a description of Yellowfin Web Server, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best defined by the following features:

Are you curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Yellowfin Web Server? In that case open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Yellowfin Data Science?

In this paragraph, we describe Yellowfin Data Science, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following features:

Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Yellowfin Data Science? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Yellowfin Data Analysis?

In this section, we give you insight in the key behaviors of Yellowfin Data Analysis, including some of its features and any related products. The product Yellowfin Data Analysis can be best defined by the following properties:

Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of Yellowfin Data Analysis? Then order the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2023 here.

Recent innovations of Yellowfin Business Analytics-tools and the version history

Over time, Yellowfin has seen a positive evolution in terms of BI & Analytics functionality and support for operating systems, cloud platforms and connectivity. The latest innovations are in the areas of artificial intelligence > R > R integration, data discovery > data visualization > funnel chart and data discovery > data visualization > radar charts.

We reviewed Yellowfin’s most current versions of the total product range. Below you can see the structure of the history of the different versions of the various BI & Analytics products of Yellowfin:

Behind each product are the version numbers, the most recent versions are mentioned first.

What are the licensing costs of Yellowfin Signals, Yellowfin Suite and Yellowfin Mobile BI?

In many cases, it can be difficult to determine the licensing costs of Yellowfin BI & Analytics because it depends on the country, the number of users (and/or the number of cores if you want to run it on a server), the connectors to data sources, and at what point in the year you request a quote. If you do this a few weeks before the end of Yellowfin’s fiscal quarter, you may be in for a decent discount. In addition, nowadays it is recommended running the software in the cloud, you only pay for the actual use. The purchase cost of Yellowfin Signals, Yellowfin Suite and Yellowfin Mobile BI may not be the largest cost item, but maintenance and support do show up in your budget every year.

What makes Yellowfin BI & Analytics innovative

In our study, we see that Yellowfin in the field of BI & Analytics software has a number of specific features and thus differentiates itself from the competition. This makes Yellowfin Business Analytics more or less unique: white-label analytics, set analysis, data storytelling, automated analytics and real-time insights.

The advantages and disadvantages of Yellowfin Business Analytics

Tag cloud of the Yellowfin Business Analytics tools.Figure 23: Tag cloud of the developed and less developed aspects of Yellowfin BI & Analytics

Below we listed all the advantages and disadvantages of Yellowfin BI & Analytics, Yellowfin Signals, Yellowfin Suite and Yellowfin Mobile BI, et cetera. There is momentum, because: Yellowfin may be working with partners to building on features that meet specific customer needs at this time (such as support for Python, SDK, web services, data management, Impala, iPad, IBM Db2, Esri, tiles and OData). Or a certain feature is not (yet) (well) documented.

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1. Yellowfin Business Intelligence

54%

The company has a good rating in our study on the section ‘Business Intelligence’, given that they score 54% on this, compared to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: reporting, dashboards, business intelligence platform and business process monitoring. In doing so, we assessed the following five products: Yellowfin Suite, Yellowfin Data Science, Yellowfin Data Analysis, Yellowfin Dashboards and Yellowfin Business Analytics. In total, we examined 73 features within this discipline. Would you like to delve further into the topic ‘Business Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.

2. Yellowfin Self-service BI

43%

The company has a moderate performance in our current BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Self-service BI’. The company scores 43% on this topic, compared to other vendors. The following criteria were used: self-service data preparation, self-service reporting, self-service analysis, self-service data analytics, self-service data visualization, self-service data exploration and self-service analytics platform. In doing so, we analyzed the following products: Yellowfin Dashboards. In total, we examined 14 selection criteria within this main theme. Would you like to become more proficient in the topic ‘Self-service BI’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study 2023.

3. Yellowfin Mobile Business Intelligence

41%

Yellowfin has a moderate score in our independent BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Mobile Business Intelligence’. The score amounts to 41%, relative to other vendors. We considered the following factors: Android, iPhone, push notification, mobile analytics and mobile push notifications. In doing so, we assessed the following products: Yellowfin Mobile BI. In total, we examined 10 aspects in this category. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Mobile Business Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study.

4. Yellowfin BI Infrastructure

34%

The company has a moderate rating in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘BI Infrastructure’, given that they score 34% on this, relative to other vendors. The following criteria were used: embedded analytics and scalability. In total, we examined 162 features within this discipline. Are you planning to specialize further in the topic ‘BI Infrastructure’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

5. Yellowfin Performance Optimization

31%

The company has a moderate score in our current BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Performance Optimization’. The score amounts to 31%, relative to other vendors. The following criteria were used: parallel processing, data pipelines and materialized views. In total, we examined 29 aspects in this category. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Performance Optimization’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

6. Yellowfin Data Discovery

28%

The vendor Yellowfin has a poor score in our objective BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Data Discovery’. The score amounts to 28%, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: analysis, data visualization, notifications, standard deviation, data storytelling and share insights. In doing so, we studied the following four products: Yellowfin Suite, Yellowfin Dashboards, Yellowfin Data Discovery and Yellowfin Signals. In total, we examined 400 features within this discipline. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Data Discovery’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study 2023. Or take a deep dive in the following content:

7. Yellowfin Data Governance

27%

Yellowfin has a poor score in our independent BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Data Governance’ with a score of 27%, relative to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: data management, data encryption, data lineage and data acquisition layer. In total, we examined 91 criteria in this category. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Data Governance’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

8. Yellowfin Data Connectivity

24%

The company has a poor score in our independent BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Data Connectivity’. The company scores 24% on this topic, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: XML and Salesforce. In total, we examined 91 criteria in this category. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Data Connectivity’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

9. Yellowfin Analytics

24%

Yellowfin has a poor score in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Analytics’ with a score of 24%, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: analytics platform and cloud analytics. In doing so, we looked at the following five products: Yellowfin Suite, Yellowfin Data Science, Yellowfin Data Analysis, Yellowfin Dashboards and Yellowfin Mobile BI. In total, we examined 130 criteria in this category. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Analytics’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.

10. Yellowfin Artificial Intelligence

19%

Yellowfin has a poor performance in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Artificial Intelligence’ with a score of 19%, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: machine learning and algorithms. In doing so, we looked at the following products: Yellowfin Data Science. In total, we examined 164 features within this discipline. Are you excited about the topic ‘Artificial Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023. Or take a deep dive in the following content:

11. Yellowfin Big Data

19%

Yellowfin has a poor performance in our study on the subject ‘Big Data’ with a score of 19%, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: streaming, big data analytics, unstructured data, sensors, big data appliance, sensor data and IoT analytics. In total, we examined 59 criteria within this section. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Big Data’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023.

12. Yellowfin Decision Management

17%

Yellowfin has a poor rating in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Decision Management’ with a score of 17%, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: performance management, decision support, decision-making platform, decision optimization, decision intelligence, decision flow and design decisions. In total, we examined 30 features within this discipline. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Decision Management’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2023. Or take a deep dive in the following content:

13. Yellowfin Multidimensional Models

16%

Yellowfin has a poor score in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Multidimensional Models’, given that they score 16% on this, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: OLAP, ROLAP and MOLAP. In total, we examined 14 criteria in this category. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Multidimensional Models’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.

14. Yellowfin Real-time Analytics

16%

The vendor Yellowfin has a poor score in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Real-time Analytics’, given that they score 16% on this, relative to other vendors. We considered the following factors: data ingestion, near real-time, real-time insights, live connection, real-time data warehousing, real-time streaming data and real-time consolidation. In total, we examined 19 features within this discipline. Are you excited about the topic ‘Real-time Analytics’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study 2023.

15. Yellowfin Data Integration

13%

The vendor Yellowfin has a poor score in our independent BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Data Integration’, given that they score 13% on this, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: data warehousing, data virtualization, data wrangling, cross-database joins and Extract-Transform-Load. In total, we examined 76 criteria within this section. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Data Integration’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.

In which sectors is Yellowfin BI & Analytics most active?

In our recently updated, independent BI & Analytics research on, we also looked at which industries a supplier is doing business. These are the industries where Yellowfin has the largest footprint: automotive, banking, public sector and universities.

Yellowfin software is most used by…

The BI & Analytics software from Yellowfin is most often mentioned in combination with the following functions: data analysts, data scientists and marketers.

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Courses and training Yellowfin BI & Analytics

The specialists of Passionned Group organize various courses in the field of BI & Analytics but can also provide specific Yellowfin training, for example as incompany. Then think about the following software: Yellowfin Signals, Yellowfin Suite and Yellowfin Mobile BI. Of course, such training is framed with the ideas of the intelligent, data-driven organization.

Final Verdict: Yellowfin Business Analytics scores reasonably well

Yellowfin has a minimal product portfolio with which it scores reasonably well in our BI & Analytics survey. Yellowfin BI & Analytics innovates (approximately) at an average rate of more than 15 features per year, is active (for now) in relatively few sectors, and specializing in business intelligence.

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