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Sisense vs Yellowfin comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Sisense
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
12th
Ranking in Reporting
11th
Ranking in Data Visualization
11th
Ranking in Embedded BI
6th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Analytics (4th)
Yellowfin
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
35th
Ranking in Reporting
24th
Ranking in Data Visualization
22nd
Ranking in Embedded BI
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Sisense is 1.6%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Yellowfin is 1.2%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Sisense1.6%
Yellowfin1.2%
Other97.2%
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Featured Reviews

Gemipas Micah - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Software Engineer at Ernst & Young
Unified finance dashboards have accelerated data-driven decisions and improved forecasting
The best features Sisense offers include that it is fast due to its In-Chip methodology. It uses great visualization. BI becomes easy with Sisense. Millions of data can be loaded in a few seconds, which did not seem possible with other traditional reporting tools. It has a robust architecture and provides REST APIs to access it externally. That speed impacts my workflow significantly as it represents the greatest step and latest in the business intelligence market. It provides In-Chip technology for accessing millions of data in the shortest span of seconds and provides the best visual efforts for our business data to make data-driven decisions easily. Sisense has positively impacted my organization as it reduces the time it takes to obtain an optimal return on investments. It delivers the instant analysis required to merge our financial numbers and statistics with a pretty accurate dashboard landscape. Hence, we are able to make data-driven decisions easily. Sisense has improved our decision-making speed and saved my team, especially the data team, time. They are able to focus on more strategic other tasks because Sisense has done the work of providing analytics and deep insights where we are able to make data-driven analytics easily.
AC
‎IS Executive at SAINS
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

"It's really user friendly and fast, so I can use the product during customer meetings not only to show dashboards, but to create and process data analytics in real-time, making it perfect for consultant workshops where you can't work with static dashboards."
"Sisense is an excellent tool set, hitting all of the BI sweet spots and stacking up very well against the top players in the BI market."
"A very simple setup: Easy to download, install, and updates are pain free."
"​Allows users to build their own solutions without as much reliance on technology staff."
"The most valuable thing I have found is the ability for Sisense to connect data from totally different sources."
"Whenever we have an issue or are unsure how to proceed, they manage to simplify the issue and help us execute it in a graceful and scalable way."
"Sisense has positively impacted my organization as it has been one of the best tools available, because since we can connect multiple data sources, we are able to make data-driven decisions more easily, and we have improved our marketing and sales strategies."
"We monetize Sisense to our customers so they can transform it into their application, and it works as a native application."
"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."
"It is a central source of up-to-date data and information."
"Yellowfin doesn’t try to do everything – it is a BI presentation and communication tool, and it does it brilliantly."
 

Cons

"During the introductory training, our trainer wasn't able to accompany us on this subject and there is no return on experience from the community, probably because integration with R seems to be new."
"This solution does not have tabs. In order to have tabs, you have to download an add-on to mimic the tabs. They should be integrated to improve the solution."
"We are moving to a better tool."
"The document is definitely a sore spot as well as the limited inner join functionality of the cubes."
"I would say that using Sisense on Linux's platform might not be advantageous for everyone."
"Users with viewer access have less capabilities than similar users in Tableau."
"There are some functionalities missing regarding built-in capabilities, which can only be added by using JavaScript, requiring technical knowledge from the dashboard designer to implement."
"Although its plugin support mitigates this, Sisense could use additional out-of-the-box visualizations."
"The first release was a bit buggy, but they seem to have gotten on top of that very quickly."
"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This solution is more expensive than Tableau, Qlik and Dundas. It is an expensive tool. They charge $75,000 while Tableau is $45,000."
"Compared to Power BI or Tableau, Sisense is much more expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
17%
Educational Organization
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise16
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Sisense?
Areas where Sisense can be improved include AI integration, particularly effective deployment of the AI tool, rather than just having AI, and addressing the challenges around infra-scaling to suppo...
What is your primary use case for Sisense?
My main use case for Sisense during our three-year period involved a review, an implementation, and then a progression upgrade. A specific example of how I used Sisense during that time is that we ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sisense?
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, the version six point three point one release was good initially, but I had to keep a close eye on costs, as it requires maintaining a tight format to ...
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