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Posit vs Zoho Analytics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Posit boosted productivity and ROI, saving time and $3 million by streamlining analytics deployment and task prioritization.
Sentiment score
4.7
Zoho Analytics boosts decision-making, saves time, enhances sales, and offers great value with real-time data and positive feedback.
Posit simplifies the deployment of analytics outputs and reduces time spent on environment setup and troubleshooting, allowing teams to focus more on analysis and delivering insights.
Senior Manager, Scientific Computing at MSD
Since adopting Posit, by using the tool, we have saved about 57% on the amount of time needed to compile a systematic review.
Electrical Engineer Ii at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
I have seen a return on investment because Posit is the standard in the field for coding in R and deploying applications like Shiny apps, so a lot of time is saved with a very quality product.
Sr. Scientist at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
The integration with Zoho People is particularly important because I can access real-time data at any time, including what's happening in the last minute.
Associate Data Analyst at Monocept
After incorporating Zoho Analytics, now all our decisions come from its reviews.
Pricing Analyst at Transcend
Any time I've integrated customer data using Zoho, I've received great feedback and referrals, and Zoho has gotten me referrals and more customers.
Zoho Analyst BI Consultant at The Digital Monkeys
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Posit’s customer support is responsive but time zone delays occur; overall satisfaction is high with effective issue resolution.
Sentiment score
5.4
Zoho Analytics offers generally effective customer service, though response times and solution completeness can vary based on user experiences.
Whenever we encounter any issues or require assistance with configuration, we email support@posit.co and receive an immediate response.
Data Engineer at Bayer
I would rate the technical support team a six or seven because they operate on U.S. time, which can delay response times to 24 to 48 hours.
Principal Data Enigeneer at Oracle
I encounter delays when quick responses are needed for urgent issues.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The support team doesn't have full awareness of the system capabilities.
Senior people and systems analyst at B_labs & Mylo
Zoho support provides assistance through live chat to guide us.
Senior Zoho Developer at a cloud solution provider with self employed
If you need help with any issue you face, you can directly call them.
Senior Software Engineer at Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Posit offers efficient scalability with AWS tools, handling user expansion and varied clusters, though horizontal scaling needs improvement.
Sentiment score
6.3
Zoho Analytics is scalable, managing 1,000 to 2 million records, but needs improvements for better large-scale adaptability.
Posit's scalability is commendable, as we are running in EKS, so we can easily scale anywhere from 20 to 200 users with both the IDEs and app deployment.
Data Engineer at Bayer
While Posit Connect can scale vertically, horizontal scaling may be a prospective feature to consider.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Zoho Analytics can easily adapt to our needs when they grow, and you don't need much knowledge to adapt it; even basic Excel knowledge is sufficient.
Pricing Analyst at Transcend
You can utilize URL features to redirect users to their records in Zoho CRM or Zoho Desk with just a click.
Lead Software Engineer at Nexo Solutions Ltd
Zoho Analytics is scalable.
Data Analyst at Mobolution
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Posit is stable once set up but may struggle with large datasets and dependency issues during initial setup.
Sentiment score
7.2
Zoho Analytics is stable and reliable, with minimal downtime, though some users report challenges with specific features.
A major missing feature compared to Power BI is the ability to create multiple DAX measures or row-level context, which would be useful for showing custom profit and loss statements.
Data Analyst at Mobolution
The stability and reliability of Zoho Analytics have been good over time.
Lead Software Engineer at Nexo Solutions Ltd
The stability and reliability of the product is crucial for optimal performance.
Software Developer at Cloud Lion
 

Room For Improvement

Posit seeks to enhance resource management, CI/CD integration, SSH capabilities, AI, and Jupyter interfaces for enterprise use.
Zoho Analytics users seek enhanced visual tools, better support, improved AI, connectivity, and pricing, with faster sync times.
The time savings is an incredible feature and the horizontal deployability is great.
Electrical Engineer Ii at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Posit lacks a smooth solution for the build and release pipeline, requiring duplicate effort for production transitions.
Principal Data Enigeneer at Oracle
I hope for it to provide specific issue resolutions and suggestions, not just basic searches.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The collaborative features of Zoho Analytics have faced one issue: they have tried to reduce the sync time with most Zoho applications, but even with CRM, the sync still takes one hour.
Lead Software Engineer at Nexo Solutions Ltd
While Power BI uses Power Query, an intuitive and powerful tool that allows data manipulation in any way, Zoho Analytics has limitations.
Data Analyst at Mobolution
Having to pay for 25 users when only 11 are needed creates an issue with the pricing structure.
Senior Zoho Developer at a cloud solution provider with self employed
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Posit's licensing easy but anticipate price hikes; some economize using Workbench only during development.
Zoho Analytics provides cost-effective pricing with flexible billing, competitive against Tableau and Power BI for budget-conscious enterprises.
RStudio Pro and Workbench are quite costly.
Principal Data Enigeneer at Oracle
The licensing is straightforward for our enterprise environment and aligns well with our teams.
Senior Manager, Scientific Computing at MSD
The annual subscription cost of Zoho Analytics is equivalent to about half of the monthly cost of tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
Data Analyst at Mobolution
The pricing for Zoho Analytics is actually cheaper than the competitors for the kind of service they provide.
Senior Product Analyst at Bureau
 

Valuable Features

Posit offers an integrated R and Python platform for seamless data analysis, visualization, collaboration, deployment, and enterprise security.
Zoho Analytics enhances decision-making with customizable dashboards, AI-driven insights, seamless integration, and user-friendly reporting and visualization tools.
Posit has significantly increased the productivity of our team by allowing us to incorporate AI tools and other computational tools to reduce the stress and workload of scientists so that they can continue to do science without having to worry about organization and structure.
Electrical Engineer Ii at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Posit Workbench serves as a shared IDE for users and stands out as one of the best features Posit offers.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Posit has positively impacted my organization by definitely increasing the productivity of data scientists, saving a lot of time, and moving all biostatisticians and data scientists from their desktop to the cloud, which helps scale their work and collaborate to achieve better results for the company overall.
Data Engineer at Bayer
The AI called Zia in Zoho Analytics is extremely useful. Whenever I build a chart or dashboard, I can generate a summary of insights using this AI tool, which is very convenient for both leadership and manager level teams to understand the data concepts.
Data Analyst at Mobolution
The best feature is that in the same tool, we can use SQL and business intelligence capabilities.
Associate Data Analyst at Monocept
Regarding integration capabilities, I have found Zoho Analytics' 100+ integrations very effective in consolidating data from various sources.
Business Analyst at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Posit
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
16th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zoho Analytics
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (6th), Data Visualization (7th), Embedded BI (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Posit is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho Analytics is 1.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Zoho Analytics1.1%
Posit0.7%
Other98.2%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

MK
Data Engineer at Bayer
Unified analytics has transformed collaborative drug research and clinical reporting workflows
Posit can be improved as they are constantly listening to our feedback; currently, we have Databricks and Snowflake support, and we have been trying to ask for more in the LLM space, as previously only Anthropic and GitHub were available, and now we see AWS Bedrock has been added. They continue to engage with the user community across multiple customers and keep adding features. If they keep progressing in this innovation space, it would be fantastic for a company Posit to adopt more Posit. An improvement needed for Posit that I haven't mentioned yet is possibly providing more user-level training for vendors such as us; not just monthly, but at least quarterly deep dives into their features would be beneficial.
VR
Data Analyst at Mobolution
Has supported trend analysis and forecasting but needs major fixes in customization and reliability
There are some areas where Zoho Analytics needs improvement compared to Power BI. Uploading and interpreting data inside the interface needs enhancement. While Power BI uses Power Query, an intuitive and powerful tool that allows data manipulation in any way, Zoho Analytics has limitations. I usually prepare data in Excel before uploading it to Zoho Analytics. The charts in Zoho Analytics are not as customizable as in Power BI. While all chart types are available, they can only be modified at a basic level, not an advanced level. Though trend analysis features are provided, creating anything out of the box is challenging.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Healthcare Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Government
8%
University
8%
Construction Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for Posit?
My main use case for Posit involves coding, executing, and deployment. A quick specific example of how I use Posit for coding, executing, or deployment is coding in R and running it on Posit Workbe...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Posit?
Our team is pretty happy with what we pay regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
What needs improvement with Posit?
Posit has its Jupyter Notebook-based interface, which can be improved significantly. There is a way I could use Copilot-related features on Posit Workbench, but due to enterprise limitations and pr...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zoho Analytics?
Compared to other analytic tools, Zoho Analytics is cost-effective. The annual subscription cost of Zoho Analytics is equivalent to about half of the monthly cost of tools such as Tableau or Power ...
What needs improvement with Zoho Analytics?
For our strategic initiatives, the AI functionality is not useful because it cannot provide requirement-specific insights. It only gives an overview of the report. One major issue I face in Zoho An...
What is your primary use case for Zoho Analytics?
We are using an HRMS tool, Zoho People. We use automations for our people's convenience. We use automations in Zoho People. For insights regarding Zoho People data, we use Zoho Analytics. In the HR...
 

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Sample Customers

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Suzuki, American Pacific Mortgage, KPMG, Air Canada, University of Michigan, BricozOr, WorldWide Express, The University of Melbourne, Novartis, SAIC
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