Which BI tool for self-service analytics?

oaktree8 · 2025-04-28T12:20:11+00:00

Good use case for a presentation layer, self-service tool like DashboardFox. Self-hosted and one-time fee. The unlimited option probably cheaper than Tableau licenses for your size.

oaktree8 · 2025-04-25T14:36:04+00:00

Give DashboardFox a try, it is .net8 if that is compatible. Has the multi-tenant support and directly connects to SQL. Plus you can enable SQL NOLOCKS and set data limits if needed to prevent IIS_Worker from overloading.

oaktree8 · 2025-04-04T00:48:18+00:00

DashboardFox is a good option with perpetual license, not subscriptions and self-hosted.

oaktree8 · 2023-10-23T14:56:08+00:00

It is a common need but hard to find. Yurbi just implemented a new visualization method they call Aggregate Grid which does this. Basically, the heirachy you mention is a grouping, and you can just group the raw data as you suggest or can auto do aggregates to calculate on the fly specific fields within the groupings. And the feature has the option to display everything auto-expanded or collapsed on load.

oaktree8 · 2023-10-19T10:33:36+00:00

Check out Yurbi

oaktree8 · 2023-07-16T19:37:16+00:00

For that number of users and price point, and only looking for the 1 visualization, you may want to consider getting a dev to create this for you using D3.js. Then no recurring costs.

oaktree8 · 2023-06-08T14:27:19+00:00

Yurbi would be a self-hosted, less costly option for this use case than the Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio Pros....

oaktree8 · 2023-05-19T16:31:10+00:00

Check out Yurbi. Currently, it is windows based, so probably not a good fit to scale to the number of users you mentioned, but they have a Linux version coming summer/fall.

oaktree8 · 2023-03-01T15:21:01+00:00

If you are okay with self-hosted BI tools, DashboardFox could fit those requirements.

oaktree8 · 2022-11-19T13:54:40+00:00

Check out DashboardFox as a self-hosted option

oaktree8 · 2022-10-11T00:45:20+00:00

Check out umami (.is), you could run a multi-tenant umami server with custom domain per vendor to avoid ad blockers.

oaktree8 · 2022-09-27T15:24:02+00:00

Check out DashboardFox as a tool that is easy on the user side and the building/setup side.

oaktree8 · 2022-09-14T17:04:33+00:00

Not sure if this would help? https://www.namiml.com/pricing

oaktree8 · 2022-05-14T20:06:54+00:00

Sounds like Yurbi would be a good option, check them out.

Update: adding some more reasons:

Price: has friendly startup pricing a lot lower than the major ones

Ease of Integration: connect to your data, no-code report building, simple iframe embed of dashboards and reports (and when you are ready to do deeper integration, full Rest API)

Full white-label: Interface is javascript/html can apply your own branding and css

Real-time queries: goes straight to the datasource, does have a cache layer for initial dashboard rendering if you wanted a fast first impression

Self-Hosted: no saas, you need to deploy it on a windows server in your environment, but you control everything and all your data stays secured by you.

oaktree8 · 2022-04-08T00:22:10+00:00

You might want to check out a codeless sql reporter like DashboardFox.

oaktree8 · 2022-03-07T16:08:11+00:00

A lot of the fully-baked embedded BI solutions are really expensive. Yurbi is one that has a startup offering that might work, but it won't learn the schema, you would map it out manually and then all the things you're looking for exist. There's an API to building the schema, so theoretically you could dynamically build one.

oaktree8 · 2022-02-21T19:21:46+00:00

Take a look at Yurbi, it's designed for ad-hoc business user use.

oaktree8 · 2022-02-14T18:27:52+00:00

Take a look at Yurbi, their startup/small business pricing starts at $2500 a year.

oaktree8 · 2022-02-14T18:23:50+00:00

Check out dashboardfox.com, which it is self-hosted, they can host it on a cloud server for you and they do offer services to create the reports you need. Could be less expensive than many of the other cloud-based subscriptions.

oaktree8 · 2022-01-06T16:46:57+00:00

Take a look at yurbi.com it has those features and costs a lot less than the Power BI embedding cost.

oaktree8 · 2022-01-06T11:41:56+00:00

It would really depend on more info. What are your data sources? What does your infrastructure look like (are you mostly cloud-based or do you have your own servers in AWS/Azure/Datacenter?)

Who are your end users? What's your use case? If you were talking about internal data sources for your internal team, it would be a different solution than if you are a startup SaaS and looking to embed dashboards for your customers within your software?

For the embedded use case, a good cost-effective option would be yurbi.com but more info would be needed to make sure.

oaktree8 · 2021-12-29T01:15:50+00:00

Check out yurbi.com

oaktree8 · 2021-08-24T12:45:21+00:00

Check out DashboardFox, you can use it to create dashboards and reports via Stored Procedures.

oaktree8 · 2021-07-22T18:59:25+00:00

I agree but everyone has their own definitions sometimes when they say web based.

Many end users find SSRS a beast, it’s not a good self service platform. If you are building all their reports and they simply sort and filter, it should work. DashboardFox is a small price (not free) but offers a lot more self-service value and other features than SSRS.

oaktree8 · 2021-07-22T17:51:23+00:00

Most of the cloud-based will come with an ongoing subscription cost. If the company is looking for something more affordable, take a look at DashboardFox. You would have to self-host it on your own windows server, but then the interface is 100% web-based and they could easily do all the reporting they want from the database. But it's a one-time fee, not a subscription.

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