Plotly vs Zoho Analytics comparison

Plotly and Zoho are both solutions in the Reporting category. Plotly is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.7, while Zoho is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.0. Plotly holds a 1.2% mindshare in RT, compared to Zoho’s 0.8% 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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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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Categories and Ranking

Plotly

Ranking in Reporting

19th

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

11th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (15th), Data Visualization (10th), Embedded BI (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Plotly is 1.2%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho Analytics is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

VenkateshJuloori

Founder & CEO at Ira

A flexible tool that offers an open-source version

It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine to ten out of ten. In my company, there are around five resources that use the product. My company's clients use the product a lot on a daily basis. I use the product twice a week in my company before I get any call from our clients.

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Laban Kipngeno

Network Security and Data Specialist at JW Seagon

It's come along way, reviewing it in 2025, and it's a lot more versatile than it was 2 years ago.

Zia serves as a powerful tool for efficiently navigating and retrieving insights from extensive datasets. It enables users to perform rapid searches and gain quick access to relevant information, streamlining the process of analyzing and understanding large volumes of data. This capability significantly enhances decision-making by providing timely and accurate insights tailored to the user's needs.

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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

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

"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."

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

"The integration interface is very easy to use and allows you to directly connect to a variety of APIs."

"We moved the data from Zoho Creator to Zoho Analytics and created reports."

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

"The solution’s dashboard is very good."

"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."

"The data source is the most valuable feature as it can perform any function."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"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 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."

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

"The platform's pricing needs improvement."

"In terms of improvement, they have a limited number of graphs available in their store. They should come up with more graph style forms. They should have more charts and at the same time, you can't create panels like with Microsoft BA."

"I like the solution's Query Table feature which helps me write SQL queries. We can get data from different tables and then use it to create reports."

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

"There is a limitation that we cannot create more than 300 columns in a worksheet on Zoho Analytics."

"The solution does not provide call center facilities for customer support."

"The support for Zoho Analytics is pathetic."

"A higher degree of artificial intelligence could be included in this solution. The data and overall insights could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"The price is high. The solution advertises that it provides products for 55 AED per user, but these products contain only the basic features. Most of the features are locked. The version of the product that includes Zoho Analytics costs around 199 AED per user per month."

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

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

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

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

"The product is expensive."

"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."

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

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Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

11%

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Educational Organization

61%

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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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