XLCubed vs Zoho Analytics comparison

Fluence Technologies and Zoho are both solutions in the Reporting category. Fluence Technologies is ranked #35, while Zoho is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.8. Fluence Technologies holds a 0.4% mindshare in RT, compared to Zoho’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of Fluence Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Zoho users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Zoho Analytics and XLCubed are competing analytics platforms that cater to businesses seeking data visualization and reporting solutions. XLCubed has the upper hand in advanced data manipulation, while Zoho Analytics is appreciated for affordability and broad application.

Features: Zoho Analytics provides powerful data blending, intuitive drag-and-drop report building, and strong integration with other Zoho products. XLCubed offers sophisticated Excel integration, advanced analytics capabilities, and real-time reporting.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zoho Analytics benefits from a straightforward cloud-based deployment model, simplifying team setup. XLCubed's desktop-based architecture can involve a complex deployment but offers specialized support for intricate scenarios.

Pricing and ROI: Zoho Analytics presents budget-friendly pricing, enabling cost-effective scaling with a high return on investment for small to medium enterprises. XLCubed, while costlier upfront, delivers high ROI through substantial analytical capabilities, suited for enterprises with complex needs.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

XLCubed

Ranking in Reporting

35th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zoho Analytics

Ranking in Reporting

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (7th), Data Visualization (6th), Embedded BI (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of XLCubed is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho Analytics is 1.1%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Zoho Analytics	1.1%
XLCubed	0.4%
Other	98.5%

Reporting

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it_user1391316

Head of Finance Systems at NHS

Cost effective with great capability, performance, flexibility and visuals

In general, we're happy with the solution but we're always looking to see what else is out there. The thing we've struggled with is our partnership with Tagetik UK, the consultants, and the issue we had gaining access to consultants to develop the solution on our behalf. Thankfully we connected directly with XLCubed and now have a pretty close and good relationship with them so the earlier problem we had of actually getting resources to help us develop has now been solved. One of the things that we've been asking for and would like as an additional feature is a sort of benchmarking functionality. The ability to be able to benchmark, directly against the company digital corporate numbers. That said, there seems to be improved functionality within the latest release that could help us develop that further.

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Nadeem Asghar

Senior Zoho Developer at a cloud solution provider with self employed

Experience with advanced analytics and visualization features boosts decision making

I think the team would know how to predict what needs to be improved. Every business has its own predictions, so providing specific fields based on which to calculate predictions would be helpful. The analytics plans are very complex because they depend on the users, while other Zoho plans operate on a per-user basis. The analytics plan has different features for one user, 10 users, and 25 users. Having to pay for 25 users when only 11 are needed creates an issue with the pricing structure.

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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

"I am looking forward to testing their full graphics that are available, as they looked very interesting in the demo."

"Great capability, performance, flexibility, visuals, and the solution is also very cost effective."

"We can create advanced-level reports with the tool. We can get data from different Zoho applications and also from other third-party applications. We can create schedules for syncing data from third parties to Zoho Analytics. We can also use table queries for getting data from more than one table."

"What I appreciate most about Zoho Analytics is the pivot table functionality, as in the pivot table and scheduler table, if we want data in one report, we can use an SQL query and get data from different modules."

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

"Zoho Analytics' data visualization features have helped me improve decision-making overall by making it easier to draw a story from complex data, backtrack my data, and ensuring accuracy."

"Zoho Analytics is the best software for giving reports to customers and we can create any report that is required."

"The solution’s dashboard is very good."

"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."

"We really like that it's user friendly and has a lot of combinations and charts. They're good compared to other tools. We used a free Elastic product, comparatively, this solution is good because of their support, UI, and connecting to databases is very easy."

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Cons

"There should be a better or an easier way to establish that connection to external sources."

"Would like the ability to be able to benchmark."

"I would appreciate enhanced features in Zoho Analytics that offer greater customization options."

"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."

"I find it very difficult to handle more than two subqueries or CTE, as I can only have one subquery in the SQL code."

"The navigation on the interface is not intuitive."

"The support team doesn't have full awareness of the system capabilities."

"The platform's pricing needs improvement."

"I would appreciate enhanced features in Zoho Analytics that offer greater customization options."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"14,000 Pounds per year for licensing."

"I am still using the two-week trial, but at first sight, the price is reasonable."

"The product is expensive."

"The pricing is okay. It is fair compared to the market."

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

"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 product's licensing is reasonable."

"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."

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

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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?

In Zoho Analytics, I don't think there is something that could be improved, but in Zoho itself, I have many concerns about Zoho People.

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Zoho Reports

Overview

Produce insightful, interactive reports on, company-wide metrics for any business audience. Now all in Excel.
Pixel-perfect financial reporting with the skill sets you already have. No IT required.
Meet XLCubed: The data-connected Excel add-in for all your reporting needs.

Fluence Technologies

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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Sample Customers

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