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XLCubed vs Zoho Analytics comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

XLCubed
Ranking in Reporting
30th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zoho Analytics
Ranking in Reporting
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (9th), Data Visualization (10th), Embedded BI (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of XLCubed is 1.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho Analytics is 2.3%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Reporting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Zoho Analytics2.3%
XLCubed1.3%
Other96.4%
Reporting
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1489434 - PeerSpot reviewer
Junior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Connection should be simplified, but it's priced well
For anyone who intends to implement this solution, I would recommend contacting technical support the first time it doesn't work. At this time, I cannot recommend this solution to others because I cannot connect. Because of the connection issues that we are experiencing, I would rate this solution a five out of ten.
Sai Nandan Sambu - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Data Analyst at Monocept
Has improved HR insights through seamless data integration and real-time reporting
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 Analytics is related to pivot tables. When using two text fields, such as client and project, with numerical data, sorting becomes impossible. However, with one text field and multiple numerical data fields, sorting works properly. I have escalated several cases for Zoho Analytics. In one instance, we needed a specific chart type that wasn't available in Zoho Analytics, unlike Power BI where new charts can be added. After multiple escalations, they provided a feature to add charts using JavaScript. Additionally, we have escalated the pivot table sorting issue multiple times, but it remains unresolved.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I am looking forward to testing their full graphics that are available, as they looked very interesting in the demo."
"The solution has great capability, performance, flexibility, visuals, everything, and we also have a very good relationship with the consultants and the solution is also very cost effective."
"As a product analyst, one of the best features in Zoho Analytics is its ability to allow stakeholders to access raw data for any kind of metric I've created, significantly reducing my dependency to share data sets repeatedly, saving a lot of time."
"The variety of reports, tables, and dashboards that are automatically generated and ready to use are applicable to many different demands, saving a lot of time and allowing the business analyst to focus on content and insights."
"The front end of this solution including the graph generation using SQL has been most useful."
"The solution’s dashboard is very good."
"Based on my experience with different customers, Zoho Analytics has positively impacted their organizations."
"Ask Zia is a great feature that I use to quickly decide what improvements I need to make in order to present the data that I want to show."
"We use the solution for financial and sales analytics. It brings data from our IT incident management tool. Hence, we have three business use cases for IT support, sales and financials."
"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."
 

Cons

"Would like the ability to be able to benchmark."
"At this time, I cannot recommend this solution to others because I cannot connect."
"It's quite a stable solution although we sometimes encounter issues internally within our IT department with regard to the structure."
"There should be a better or an easier way to establish that connection to external sources."
"I would let the users delete and copy as many cells as they want. It is absolutely uncomfortable for me to do it one by one."
"I remember that cleaning up data was a challenge, and on several occasions we had to upload data sets again after making changes in another program."
"The analytics plans are very complex because they depend on the users, while other Zoho plans operate on a per-user basis."
"Zoho Analytics can improve by offering more options in the reports, as there are situations where the types of reports offered are a little limited, and I would like additional types of reports along with more functions in the SQL for queries."
"They should provide white labeling with a cheaper option."
"The ability to copy a full database is lacking, making it difficult to create test environments."
"This solution does not support manufacturing facilities."
"I find it very difficult to handle more than two subqueries or CTE, as I can only have one subquery in the SQL code."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am still using the two-week trial, but at first sight, the price is reasonable."
"14,000 Pounds per year for licensing."
"Zoho Analytics costs $ 4,200 per month, billed yearly."
"I don't feel that price is an issue for this product."
"For one license the pricing is about $35 a user."
"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."
"It is very reasonable, and it gives me a good return on investment. Compared to other tools, it is the best choice in terms of pricing."
"An exact ROI is hard to calculate. However, we have definitely made sales that would have been much harder, or unlikely, as a result of the speed with which we were able to prepare comprehensive analysis."
"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."
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Construction Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

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Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise5
 

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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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