The Yellowfin BI alternative built on one flat license
Bold BI embeds white-labeled dashboards into your product under a single per-application license. Yellowfin BI asks you to pick from five different pricing models first. See how the two compare before you request a quote.
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One license per application
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30 day free trial
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Cloud, private cloud, or on-premises
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Three requirements that start the search
Yellowfin BI works well for broad analytics deployments: wide chart coverage, 200+ connectors, and pricing models built around how you sell. This page is for a narrower case: shipping dashboards inside your own product, where the licensing meter, deployment options, and trial access are requirements Yellowfin's model wasn't built around.
A license you can plan around
Named User, Server, User-Type, Revenue Share, or Aligned Utility. Before you can compare a quote, you first have to work out which of five formulas applies to how you sell. Bold BI licenses the application itself, so the meter doesn't change as you grow.
A trial that doesn't wait on a sales call
Yellowfin's trial pages are request forms, a team member follows up before you get access. Bold BI opens with a 30-day free trial you start yourself, full features, no credit card required.
Support terms you don't have to ask about
Hours, channels, and response commitments aren't listed on Yellowfin's site. Bold BI publishes 24/5 support with unlimited tickets in every edition.
Control every layer of the embedded experience
Design, data, infrastructure, and distribution, all under your brand.
Embed the full designer, not just a viewer
Yellowfin gives you a JavaScript API for embedded reporting. Bold BI gives you a JavaScript SDK that embeds the entire dashboard designer into your app. Your end users create, edit, and explore, all inside your product.
import { BoldBI } from '@boldbi/embedded-sdk'
BoldBI.create({
serverUrl: "https://your-app.com/bi",
dashboardId: "sales-overview",
embedContainerId: "#analytics",
}).loadDashboard()White-label every pixel, not just the chrome
Fonts, colors, logos, and UI chrome are fully rebranded, and Bold BI's own branding is removable entirely. Your customers see your product, not a vendor's logo bolted onto the corner.
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Your logo and colors
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Your own custom domain
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Bold BI branding fully removed
Pay per application. Not per user. Ever.
Whether your dashboards serve 50 customers or 5,000, the license stays flat. No named-user counts, no CPU-core tiers, no revenue-share cut, no surprise overages. BI cost becomes a predictable line item.
Scales
with users, cores, or revenue, depending on the model
Flat
per application, always, the line doesn't move
Your infrastructure. Full stop.
Windows, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, your own cloud, or fully air-gapped. The same complete feature set in every deployment model. Not an add-on. Not a premium tier.
Windows
Linux
Docker
Kubernetes
Cloud
Private Cloud
On-Premises
Air-gapped
AI Assistant included, no query cap
Describe a dashboard in plain language and get a working layout back. No per-query metering, and no tier where the AI Assistant is held back.
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Bold BI vs. Yellowfin BI
Both are capable embedded analytics platforms. The comparison usually comes down to these eleven criteria.
| Criterion | Yellowfin BI | Bold BI |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One flat license, per application | Five models to choose from: user, server, user type, revenue share, utility |
| Licensing unit | Per application, not metered per viewer | Depends on the model: named users, CPU cores, user type, or revenue |
| Getting started | Self-serve, 30-day free trial, no credit card | Request-a-trial form, sales team follows up before access |
| Deployment | Cloud, Managed Private Cloud, or On-Premises, matching features | Self-hosted, your own cloud, or Yellowfin-managed hosting |
| Embedding | iFrame or JavaScript SDK, 20+ frameworks and languages | JavaScript API for embedded reporting and integration |
| White-labeling | Full rebrand, Bold BI branding fully removable | Pixel-perfect white-label styling, dedicated OEM guide |
| AI features | AI Assistant included in every edition, no metered query cap | Guided NLQ, Ask Yellowfin, and Signals; tier coverage not stated |
| Visualization types | 40+, included in every edition | 50+, including trellis charts and infographics |
| Data connectors | 140+, with built-in ETL | 200+, powered by CData |
| Support | 24/5, unlimited tickets, included in every edition | Hours, channels, and SLA not published |
| Compliance | 24/5, GDPR, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, VPAT | SOC 2 Type II, GDPR process, UK Cyber Essentials |
| Criterion | Yellowfin BI | Bold BI |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One flat license, per application | Five models to choose from: user, server, user type, revenue share, utility |
| Licensing unit | Per application, not metered per viewer | Depends on the model: named users, CPU cores, user type, or revenue |
| Getting started | Self-serve, 30-day free trial, no credit card | Request-a-trial form, sales team follows up before access |
| Criterion | Yellowfin BI | Bold BI |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Cloud, Managed Private Cloud, or On-Premises, matching features | Self-hosted, your own cloud, or Yellowfin-managed hosting |
| Embedding | iFrame or JavaScript SDK, 20+ frameworks and languages | JavaScript API for embedded reporting and integration |
| White-labeling | Full rebrand, Bold BI branding fully removable | Pixel-perfect white-label styling, dedicated OEM guide |
| Criterion | Yellowfin BI | Bold BI |
|---|---|---|
| AI features | AI Assistant included in every edition, no metered query cap | Guided NLQ, Ask Yellowfin, and Signals; tier coverage not stated |
| Visualization types | 40+, included in every edition | 50+, including trellis charts and infographics |
| Data connectors | 140+, with built-in ETL | 200+, powered by CData |
| Support | 24/5, unlimited tickets, included in every edition | Hours, channels, and SLA not published |
| Compliance | 24/5, GDPR, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, VPAT | SOC 2 Type II, GDPR process, UK Cyber Essentials |
How the two licensing models differ
One meters by application. The other gives you five different meters to choose from. That difference decides which is simpler to plan around.
Bold BI
One license, one meter
A single license per application, regardless of edition or deployment. Embedding, multi-tenancy, and the AI Assistant are part of that license, not sold separately. There's nothing to model beyond the application count.
Yellowfin BI
Five models, pick one
Named User
Priced per named user
Server
Based on CPU cores
User-Type
Separates writers from viewers
Revenue Share
Tied to add-on module revenue
Aligned Utility
By site, app, or device
What this means for you: Yellowfin's flexibility is real. A business with an unusual sales motion may find a model that fits better than a flat license. The cost is that modeling five formulas against your growth curve takes real work before you can compare a Yellowfin quote to a Bold BI quote on equal terms.
Built for analytics inside your own product
If you ship dashboards to your customers rather than your colleagues, tenant isolation and per-customer cost are what decide the build.
Tenant isolation, configured not coded
Multi-tenancy with row-level security is part of the license, so one dashboard definition returns only the rows a tenant is entitled to.
White-labeling past the viewer chrome
Fonts, colors, logos, and UI chrome are fully rebranded, with Bold BI's own branding removable, so the embedded experience reads as part of your product.
Licensed per application, not per viewer
A dashboard can go in your free tier without modeling what each new customer costs, since the license doesn't count viewers.
Deployment control and governance, in one platform
Enterprise evaluations turn on where the data has to live and how easy it is to prove that governance actually holds.
Run it, or have it run for you
Cloud Edition, an isolated Managed Private Cloud, or On-Premises across Windows, Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes, including air-gapped operation.
Compliance stated plainly
GDPR, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, and VPAT are listed directly on Bold BI's security page, ready for your next procurement review.
The same feature set everywhere
Cloud, Managed Private Cloud, and On-Premises share the same core features, so enabling a capability for a thousand users is a configuration change, not a second purchase.
Prove it in four steps, inside your trial
A 30-day trial is enough to settle the questions that matter for embedded analytics. Run these four steps in order and you'll know before procurement starts.
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Connect a real data source
Point Bold BI at the database or warehouse behind your product, not a sample set. Credentials and a connection string are usually all it takes.
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Rebuild your hardest dashboard
Pick the one your team argues about, with the awkward filters or row-level rules, and validate the numbers against your current output.
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Embed it in your own app
Generate an embed token from your backend, drop in the SDK call, and check that branding, filters, and interactions behave inside your product.
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Add a second tenant
Provision another tenant, pass a different filter in the token, and confirm each customer sees only their own tenant's data, nothing more.
Is Bold BI the right Yellowfin BI alternative for you?
Your sales motion doesn't map to "per application."
Yellowfin's Aligned Utility and Revenue Share models are built for teams that price by site, device, or a share of their own product revenue.
You run a large deployment on fixed infrastructure.
The Server model prices by CPU core, which can be efficient when headcount grows faster than your server footprint.
You need to separate builders from viewers in your license.
The User-Type model prices report authors and dashboard consumers differently.
Raw connector and chart count is your filter.
Yellowfin publishes more of both.
You want automated anomaly detection as a named feature.
Signals is marketed as a distinct product pillar that automates data discovery, something Bold BI doesn't package the same way today.
You want one licensing formula, not five.
A flat per-application license replaces the need to model several pricing mechanics against your growth curve.
You want to try it yourself before you talk to sales.
A self-serve 30-day trial with no credit card required, no request form and no waiting on a callback.
You need support and AI included at every tier.
No separate premium support plan to buy into, no metered AI queries
You need ISO 27001 on file for procurement.
It's listed directly on Bold BI's security page.
You'd rather have depth than a bigger number.
Yellowfin publishes more connectors and chart types. Bold BI's 140+ connectors ship with built-in ETL, and its 40+ visualization types are the same set in every edition, nothing held back for a higher tier.
Questions this page hasn't answered yet
It depends on your priorities, but Bold BI is a strong option if you want one simple license instead of five different pricing models.
Usually for three reasons: a simpler license, a trial they can start without a sales call, and support terms that are actually published.
Yes. You get 30 days free, with no credit card and no sales call required to start.
Yes. Choose Cloud, Managed Private Cloud, or On-Premises. All three have the same features.
React, Angular, Vue, Blazor, .NET, and more than 20 others.
No. Full white-labeling, including removing Bold BI's own branding, is included by default.
Bold BI charges one flat price per application. Yellowfin offers five different pricing models to choose from.
Yes, but it's a request form, you submit your details and a Yellowfin team member follows up before you get access, rather than starting instantly.
Yes. It's built specifically for embedding dashboards inside your own product.
Your data connections usually carry over as they are. Dashboards need to be rebuilt, and we help with that.
Yes. Multi-tenancy and row-level security come with every license, at no extra cost.
Yes. Bold BI meets SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and VPAT standards.
Ready to see if Bold BI fits better than Yellowfin BI?
Run your own dashboards free for 30 days and judge for yourself, or talk to us first and we'll map your Yellowfin setup to a Bold BI quote.