Plotly vs Zoho Analytics comparison

Plotly and Zoho are both solutions in the Reporting category. Plotly is ranked #18 with an average rating of 7.7, while Zoho is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.8. Plotly holds a 1.2% mindshare in RT, compared to Zoho’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Plotly users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Zoho users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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96% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Zoho Analytics and Plotly are data analytics platforms. Zoho has an advantage due to its pricing and feature comprehensiveness, whereas Plotly excels in data visualization.

Features: Zoho Analytics offers pre-built connectors, integration with diverse data sources, and extensive data management tools. Plotly provides interactive customizable graphs, appealing to data scientists and researchers for analytical insights. The key difference is Zoho's broad application versus Plotly’s focus on visualization.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zoho Analytics features cloud-based deployment with extensive support channels for implementation and issue resolution. Plotly offers robust deployment options with a focus on open-source accessibility and community-driven assistance, suitable for technically adept users.

Pricing and ROI: Zoho Analytics has a competitive pricing model that emphasizes strong ROI through its comprehensive features and minimal setup costs. Plotly, though potentially more costly, offers high ROI with advanced visualization tools suited for specific analytical applications, highlighting Zoho's cost-effectiveness against Plotly’s specialized ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Plotly

Ranking in Reporting

18th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zoho Analytics

Ranking in Reporting

9th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (12th), Data Visualization (10th), Embedded BI (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Plotly is 1.2%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho Analytics is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Hassan Kamkar

Data Analyst at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

An interactive and easy-to-use solution that can be used to create dashboards

The solution cannot be deployed on the website and shared with others through its own platform. We need a third-party platform to share the application that we develop. In Tableau and Power BI, we can simply share the website with others as long as we use the paid version. However, for Plotly, we need to deploy our app on a cloud-based service like AWS or other third-party websites to share with others.

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Yogesh Kumar Mali

Managing Director at ALPHA LABS TECH PVT LTD

An easy-to-set up solution that helps in the scheduling of reports and dashboards

A lot of integrations are available with Zoho Analytics. There is a limitation that we cannot create more than 300 columns in a worksheet on Zoho Analytics. The data can be in millions. There are some limitations on the reports that depend on the various combinations of data you get. So there is always an error that gets thrown out if you are building complex reports.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The level of interactivity that the product provides is valuable to me."

"When reviewing and interpreting data, I typically examine it in a tabular form to understand its structure. However, when explaining or presenting the findings to others, I often use visualization tools such as Plotly. These tools allow me to create visual representations of datasets."

"It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine to ten out of ten."

"Zoho Analytics is the best software for giving reports to customers and we can create any report that is required."

"Zoho Analytics's most valuable feature is the ability to provide excellent analytics through a single platform."

"We use the solution for financial and sales analytics. It brings data from our IT incident management tool. Hence, we have three business use cases for IT support, sales and financials."

"Scheduling of reports and dashboards is the most valuable feature of Zoho Analytics."

"I like the way I can share dashboards and embed dashboards. I normally use embedding. So, I create a dashboard, and I embed it into specific websites. Sharing of the dashboard is seamless, and it is easier than any other visualization platform, even Tableau."

"Ask Zia is a great feature that I use to quickly decide what improvements I need to make in order to present the data that I want to show."

"It provides insights into leads, information about the team and about various sales activities. The graphical representations in the form of charts is excellent."

"The front end of this solution including the graph generation using SQL has been most useful."

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Cons

"I believe that the prices of the tool's paid services could be on the premium side, so the pricing model can be considered for improvement."

"The solution cannot be deployed on the website and shared with others through its own platform."

"The tool needs to improve its pie charts. Regarding Plotly, I find the online documentation somewhat challenging to navigate, especially when dealing with many parameters. Searching through thousands of parameters can be a tedious and less straightforward process. While the documentation is available online and serves its purpose, I often encounter difficulties in finding the information."

"They should provide white labeling with a cheaper option. I know they have a white labeling feature in which I can white label Zoho Analytics with my company theme, logo, and URL, but it seems a little expensive. If they can make it cheaper, it would be great. The same is applicable to Tableau."

"The tool needs to improve analysis and add more features."

"The platform's pricing needs improvement."

"I have a lower rating when it comes to Zoho Analytics. The tool has poor performance. It needs to improve the dimensions and measures."

"The customer service and support for this solution could be improved by faster response times."

"The improvement needed is regarding the number of API calls. Currently, Zoho Analytics only allows us to update data hourly. It would be much better to have updates more frequently every half an hour."

"The hourly pricing needs improvement."

"The support for Zoho Analytics is pathetic."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an open-source tool. My company hasn't explored Plotly's premium services yet, but I believe the prices could be on the premium side."

"I only use the free tier of the product."

"The tool's pricing is similar to other Zoho applications and is affordable."

"This solution is reasonable as far as pricing is concerned."

"For one license the pricing is about $35 a user."

"An exact ROI is hard to calculate. However, we have definitely made sales that would have been much harder, or unlikely, as a result of the speed with which we were able to prepare comprehensive analysis."

"I would recommend looking at your usage and whether the Zoho One license model would work for your organisation. It is very cost effective if you use other Zoho tools."

"It is very reasonable, and it gives me a good return on investment. Compared to other tools, it is the best choice in terms of pricing."

"Zoho Analytics costs $ 4,200 per month, billed yearly."

"I don't feel that price is an issue for this product."

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

13%

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Educational Organization

76%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Plotly?

It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine to ten out of ten.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Plotly?

It is an open-source tool. My company hasn't explored Plotly's premium services yet, but I believe the prices are on the premium side. I rate the product price as five or six on a scale of one to t...

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What needs improvement with Plotly?

I believe that the price of the tool's paid services is on the premium side, so the pricing model can be considered for improvement.

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What do you like most about Zoho Analytics?

Zoho Analytics's most valuable feature is the ability to provide excellent analytics through a single platform.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zoho Analytics?

I rate the tool's pricing seven out of ten. The licensing costs are yearly.

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What needs improvement with Zoho Analytics?

The improvement needed is regarding the number of API calls. Currently, Zoho Analytics only allows us to update data hourly. It would be much better to have updates more frequently every half an hour.

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Overview

Plotly creates leading open source tools for composing, editing, and sharing interactive data visualization via the Web.

Our collaboration servers (available in cloud or on premises) allow data scientists to showcase their work, make graphs without coding, and collaborate with business analysts, designers, executives, and clients.

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Zoho Reports is a powerful, easy-to-use and highly scalable cloud-based reporting and business intelligence platform for small to medium-sized businesses. Its flexible pay-as-you-go pricing model and scope for customization allow businesses to tailor it to their unique needs.

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