XLCubed vs Yellowfin comparison

Fluence Technologies and Yellowfin are both solutions in the Reporting category. Fluence Technologies is ranked #29, while Yellowfin is ranked #30. Fluence Technologies holds a 0.3% mindshare in RT, compared to Yellowfin’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of Fluence Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Yellowfin users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Yellowfin and XLCubed are competing products in the business intelligence and analytics category. Yellowfin offers a comprehensive pricing model and responsive support, while XLCubed stands out for its advanced features and integration with Excel, justifying its cost.

Features: Yellowfin provides intuitive data visualization, robust storytelling capabilities, and efficient reporting features. XLCubed is known for advanced features such as seamless Microsoft Excel integration, extensive data analysis, and powerful reporting tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Yellowfin's straightforward deployment is supported by an active customer service team. XLCubed excels in its seamless installation process, beneficial for users familiar with Excel.

Pricing and ROI: Yellowfin is recognized for competitive costs and promising return on investment through comprehensive insights. XLCubed, though potentially more expensive upfront, offers significant ROI for organizations utilizing Excel-based analytics.

To learn more, read our detailed XLCubed vs. Yellowfin Report (Updated: April 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

XLCubed

Ranking in Reporting

29th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Yellowfin

Ranking in Reporting

30th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (42nd), Data Visualization (26th), Embedded BI (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of XLCubed is 0.3%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Yellowfin is 0.3%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting

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it_user1391316

Head of Finance Systems at NHS

Cost effective with great capability, performance, flexibility and visuals

In general, we're happy with the solution but we're always looking to see what else is out there. The thing we've struggled with is our partnership with Tagetik UK, the consultants, and the issue we had gaining access to consultants to develop the solution on our behalf. Thankfully we connected directly with XLCubed and now have a pretty close and good relationship with them so the earlier problem we had of actually getting resources to help us develop has now been solved. One of the things that we've been asking for and would like as an additional feature is a sort of benchmarking functionality. The ability to be able to benchmark, directly against the company digital corporate numbers. That said, there seems to be improved functionality within the latest release that could help us develop that further.

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it_user86469

Director with 51-200 employees

Very scalable design and easy to implement. It can reside alongside more complex enterprise systems.

I have been involved with the implementation of many BI products; many products are expensive, require complex and difficult implementations, and once installed it is only the start of a lengthy consulting engagement to get the installation to where the customer wants it to be. Yellowfin is the antithesis of this; it installs easily, the configuration is done quickly, and the user can come up to speed quickly (especially if they have used other BI products). As an implementer, this changes how we operate, because we can focus on providing the customer what they want, not just on technical wizardry to get the product operational.

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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

"Great capability, performance, flexibility, visuals, and the solution is also very cost effective."

"I am looking forward to testing their full graphics that are available, as they looked very interesting in the demo."

"It is a central source of up-to-date data and information."

"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 able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout."

Cons

"Would like the ability to be able to benchmark."

"There should be a better or an easier way to establish that connection to external sources."

"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"14,000 Pounds per year for licensing."

"I am still using the two-week trial, but at first sight, the price is reasonable."

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Computer Software Company

28%

Educational Organization

13%

Government

10%

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Overview

Produce insightful, interactive reports on, company-wide metrics for any business audience. Now all in Excel.
Pixel-perfect financial reporting with the skill sets you already have. No IT required.
Meet XLCubed: The data-connected Excel add-in for all your reporting needs.

Fluence Technologies

Yellowfin offers a business intelligence (BI) platform that allows users to interact with big data in a variety of ways. Yellowfin works to provide big data access to companies of all sizes, from small business to billion-dollar enterprises. It is designed for providing data quickly and allowing users to filter for specific results, maximizing gain from big data. Yellowfin has a variety of dashboards so the user can filter, drill to detail, and have data analysis in the same browser. The data can also be easily shared with others via email, wiki embed, and reports. There is a mobile app as well, which works automatically with the desktop dashboards to allow users to access their data on the go, and alerts can be set up to notify a user via email or push to a mobile device if the data is indicating a critical event taking place. Yellowfin also can map data to locations, providing not only the what of data, but also the where. Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust provides its community in England with mental health and community care services. Using Yellowfin's mobile business intelligence capabilities to deliver reporting and analytics to approximately 6000 clinicians, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust was able to greatly improve the quality of its patient care. Yellowfin allowed the Trust to access and share independent data from mobile devices as well as create a Balanced Scoreboard to quickly gather and report information on the company's performance to its executives, management, and directors.

Yellowfin

Sample Customers

Marshalls Ltd, BP Exploration and Production, Thorntons, Ted Baker, Bristol-Myers, Rank Group, ING Bank Genve, Cargill Value Investment, Chloride Power, Auchan, Erste, UEFA, Novartis, Porsche Informatik, Raiffeisen Bank International

NCS, Universitat Konstanz, AT&T, PG&E, SingTel, InternetStores

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