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MicroStrategy vs Yellowfin comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 20, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

MicroStrategy
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
7th
Ranking in Embedded BI
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
161
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Yellowfin
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
44th
Ranking in Embedded BI
14th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (28th), Data Visualization (26th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of MicroStrategy is 2.8%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Yellowfin is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

AJIN S L - PeerSpot reviewer
Experience has shown effective features for analysis, but needs interface improvements
The most effective features of MicroStrategy for data analysis are those that cater to user needs. However, I find Power BI to be more useful when comparing some features, but my company does not choose Power BI due to certain code restrictions. The MicroStrategy interface is not as good as Power BI, especially concerning the user-friendly aspects.
AC
It is a central source of up-to-date data and information, but needs more charting capabilities
Management information Reporting Statistics Data analysis It reduces sending copies of different report/spreadsheet versions over email, which makes it difficult to access the right report. It is also able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout.  All management…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Dependency on development teams, as well as managing the platform, has reduced a lot with Visual Insight.​"
"MicroStrategy's best feature is that it is a user-friendly tool."
"I really like the visualizations. I like how you can put large data sets in there, then the user can quickly go through the data and drill down at various levels to understand things."
"It's user-friendly, also the MTDI cube is a very good approach, as it helps you to use the pre-format instead of using the standard objects from the schema of MicroStrategy."
"We have been using it mostly for grid reports and its exporting features."
"We are using mobile analytics, and it is amazing."
"The hyperintelligence is the most valuable feature."
"The solution's platform analytics gives us real-time analysis of how a particular user uses the report and how the systems behave."
"It is a central source of up-to-date data and information."
"It is able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout."
"It reduces time to reproduce reports, provides easy access to organisational data, and has the ability to generate a wide range of reports and analysis."
 

Cons

"There is a need to improve the automatic generation of metrics in MicroStrategy, as currently everything must be done manually."
"​There are a lot of offerings, and we are not fully using everything to its advantage."
"We would really like to see MicroStrategy have some support teams based more in Europe, because for now it seems that there is one person for the whole CE region. That is not exactly what we would like to see. We do know that MicroStrategy supports most places, either in the US or India, but those are different time zones, people, and cultures."
"Our data warehouse is sort of static; negative load and that is it. It is not as real-time as we would like. We are working on building that out first to create more real-time, at which point we will work on some potential integrations with other applications, but I don't think we are there yet."
"In the developer, there are things that you able to do in a document or a report that you are not able to do in the Dossier."
"Enterprise Manager should be a little bit less quirky when you build out-of-the-box customization reports for it."
"Needs more visual essence and connectors for the ecosystems, which would be easy to use."
"Getting our data to work with the tool is where we are having issues.​"
"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is fair."
"MicroStrategy's licensing cost is higher than that of other tools in the market. My company uses the enterprise edition of the product."
"The pricing for MicroStrategy is always on the higher side. They should seriously start thinking about their pricing and licensing strategy."
"The price of MicroStrategy is reasonable."
"For larger businesses, the pricing is logical."
"The licensing is a bit high per user."
"I am unsure what the licensing costs are for this solution however, development costs are around $100,000 per year."
"They can improve its licensing. It is a bit expensive as compared to Microsoft and other tools."
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Comparison Review

it_user6330 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 2, 2013
MicroStrategy vs. Tableau
After a recent presentation, several attendees asked me about the applications of Visual Insights and Tableau. Many companies are investing in both tools and are trying to figure out the right tool for specific applications Tableau has found its sweet-spot as an agile discovery tool that analysts…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
10%
Retailer
8%
Insurance Company
8%
Educational Organization
16%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
10%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about MicroStrategy?
The stability of the product is good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MicroStrategy?
For larger businesses, I think the pricing is logical, but for smaller companies, it can be a bit costly.
What needs improvement with MicroStrategy?
Areas of MicroStrategy that have room for improvement include pricing because it is costly. Organizations that are well-established and have more money can afford MicroStrategy, but startups and mi...
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Sample Customers

Allstate Insurance, Barneys New York, Boston Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires Department of the Treasury, Campbell Soup Company, DHL, eBay, eHarmony, Facebook, Four Seasons Hotels Inc., Godiva, Hard Rock International, LinkedIn, Netflix, Pfizer, SECO (Swiss Government Unemployment Agency), Starbucks, Texas A&M University, Thomson Reuters Markets, US House of Representatives, and the US Postal Service.
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