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How to Use Material UI to Build Dashboards
Material UI simplifies dashboard creation in React, offering customizable components for responsive design. Learn how to integrate charting libraries and discover the benefits of using Embeddable’s headless embedded analytics to streamline your data-driven application development.
November 15, 2024
How to Build Dashboards with Chart.js
Chart.js is a popular charting library that’s well liked for its simplicity. This article explores how to use Chart.js for building dashboards, compares it with other charting libraries, and shows how Embeddable adds advanced analytics features like exporting and drilldowns.
November 7, 2024
How to Build Dashboards with D3
Discover how to create flexible, custom dashboards with D3.js, a powerful Javascript charting library. Explore how Embeddable, when used alongside D3.js simplifies advanced features like drilldowns, exporting, and interactivity, making the development process more efficient.
November 7, 2024
One-Year Evolution of Embeddable UI
We look back at the evolution of the Embeddable UI over the last year, since it's early inception to the clean, functional and elegant UI we have today.
September 23, 2024
Embeddable Listed in Top Business Intelligence Software Tools for 2024 by Tekpon
We are excited to share that Embeddable has been announced as one of the Top Business Intelligence Software Tools for 2024 by the software recommendations and reviews site, Tekpon.
September 9, 2024
White Label Embedded Analytics
We explore what white labeled embedded analytics means, how can it benefit your business, and what some of the important things to consider are.
August 30, 2024
Embedded Self-Serve Analytics: What, Why and How
Creating a data experience for your customers is a powerful way to deliver value to your customers and differentiate your product. Self-serve analytics, which enables end-users to generate their own reports without having to make a data request to your team, takes this one step further. We explore what it is, why it's valuable and how to deliver self-serve analytics for your customers.
August 27, 2024
Embedded Analytics for Multi-tenant Database Architectures
In this article we’ll delve into why it’s complicated to serve multi-tenant architectures with embedded analytics, and how you can find a solution that gives you the full power of an embedded analytics tool on your multi-tenant architecture. 
August 6, 2024
Rockset Alternatives: What to do following their acquisition by OpenAI
As OpenAI integrates Rockset into its portfolio, existing Rockset customers are being transitioned off the platform and will have to find an alternative.
July 16, 2024
Partnership Announcement: amCharts
Embeddable announces partnership with leading Charting Library: amCharts to enable teams to deliver remarkable analytics experiences
July 11, 2024
Headless Embedded Analytics
Discover the benefits of headless embedded analytics. an approach to creating customer-facing analytics where you retain full control over the UX and UI, in code.
June 7, 2024
Database vs Data Warehouse vs Data Lake: A Guide to Choosing the Right Solution
From Netflix to Amazon, a lot of the apps we use every day are built on databases. But data warehouses and data lakes also have their benefits, particularly if you need advanced analytics and reporting. In this article, we’ll dig into the pros, cons, and best use cases of databases, data warehouses, and data lakes.
April 30, 2024
Onboarding: How we set our partners up for success
Find out how we think about our customer onboarding at Embeddable. How we optimise for success, and what's coming in the future.
April 30, 2024
GoodData Alternatives Based on its Reported Limitations
If you’re looking for alternatives to GoodData Embedded, it’s likely you want a tool that offers more customization freedom, a shallower learning curve, or a better price. In this article, we review our shortlist based on those criteria.
April 25, 2024
Embracing transformation: A new look for our no-code builder
We've made significant changes to our no-code builder, collapsing the dual utility panels on either side of our canvas and creating a single, tab-functional sidebar.
April 24, 2024
4 ThoughtSpot Everywhere alternatives for more custom user-facing analytics
ThoughtSpot Everywhere connects non-technical users to data insights, but is it the tool you need? In this article, we explore four alternatives to ThoughtSpot with more customization freedom and affordable pricing structures.
April 19, 2024
Preset Embedded Dashboards: 4 Alternatives for better user-facing analytics
Preset is one way to go about embedding analytics, but it does have some drawbacks. Even with all the configurability of an open source platform, it doesn’t offer much flexibility when it comes to customizing your analytics experiences. In this article, we review Preset Embedded Dashboards and take a look at the best alternatives on the market.
April 19, 2024
4 Alternatives to Vizzly for building embedded analytics experiences
Vizzly is a new player—a purpose-built platform embedding analytics experiences into websites and applications. In case you’re not ready to commit, here are 4 of the best alternatives that are more customizable, easier to use, or more budget-friendly.
April 8, 2024
Introducing the Flare: A Unique Element in Our Brand
Our journey to unveil the core of our brand was influenced by premium product trends. Although gradients are popular, we aimed to utilize them differently. We started to draw inspiration from unconventional sources.
April 2, 2024
4 Powerful alternatives to Metabase for embedded analytics in 2024
Metabase is one of the most popular BI platforms with dual hosting options. It’s also more affordable than other mature tools in the market. However, Metabase falls short when it comes to embedded analytics. So, we put together a list of four different alternatives to help you make a decision. Take a look at the comparison inside.
March 26, 2024
4 Alternatives to Looker Embedded in 2024 that address its limitations
Looker is Google’s answer to business intelligence, and just so happens to have embedding capabilities. But is it worth the hefty price tag? Here’ what you need to know about choosing Looker for embedded analytics—and four alternatives to consider.
March 14, 2024
The Evolution of the Embeddable Brand
Erin, Head of Design, shares our journey toward the Embeddable brand and logo, how we get here, and what it reflects about Embeddable.
March 14, 2024
4 Best Alternatives to Tableau for Embedded Analytics
Users love Tableau when it comes to internal BI, but it has visible gaps as an embedded analytics platform. In this article, we dissect four alternatives to Tableau, specifically for embedded analytics. Check out our comparison, based on embedding method, pricing, features, and downsides.
March 11, 2024
Power BI Embedded: 4 Strong alternatives for user-facing analytics in 2024
Power BI is a giant in the BI space, but it falls short when embedding analytics into other apps. Firstly, you have minimal control over how analytics appear in your product. Plus, implementation is complex and costly. We’ve reviewed the top alternatives to Power BI Embedded—to help you serve your customers with awesome embedded analytics.
March 4, 2024
Building better SaaS dashboards: the basics and the longtail features
Creating a unique, user-delighting SaaS dashboard requires addressing a longtail of features beyond basic design, catering to diverse data consumption and workflow needs. In this post we explore common longtail feature requests and requirements.
February 28, 2024
Sigma for Embedded Analytics: 4 Alternatives to consider
Sigma is one of the most popular BI platforms in the market. But it still falls short when embedding those analytics into external apps—mostly because it embeds through an iframe. If you want to serve your customers with remarkable user-facing analytics, try out one of these four suitable Sigma alternatives.
February 26, 2024
Headless Architectures in Modern Software Development
In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, one concept has been gaining significant traction in recent years is headless architectures. In this article, we'll delve into the definition of headless architectures, explore their key characteristics, and examine their implications for modern software development.
February 23, 2024
Community Creations: Examples of awesome analytics experiences built with Embeddable
We explore some of the examples of awesome analytics experiences which have been built with Embeddable, and explore what makes them so unique and impactful.
January 30, 2024
Headless BI: What it is, what it’s good for, and how it differs from a semantic layer
In this piece, we unravel the concept of headless BI, exploring its unique benefits and explaining how it stands apart from a semantic layer. We also explore how it’s beneficial for your embedded analytics project (if you want to achieve consistent results).
December 11, 2023
Power BI Embedded vs Looker Embedded: Everything you need to know
Both PowerBI and Looker offer embedded analytics solutions. But with limitations like iframe reliance and customization constraints—are they worth it? Compare their customization, security, performance, and cost, and discover how Embeddable offers a bespoke, developer-friendly alternative with an SDK and no-code builder.
November 28, 2023
Rockset, ClickHouse, Apache Druid, or Apache Pinot? Which is the best database for customer-facing analytics?
If you want your analytics experience to load in real-time, you need a database that supports low latency and high concurrency–among other features. In this article, we explore the differences between Rockset, ClickHouse, Apache Druid, and Apache Pinot for you to choose the best one for your needs.
November 20, 2023
5 examples of awesome customer-facing analytics experiences (Part 2)
In this article, we share five more of our favorite examples of user-facing analytics. You’ll find out why we chose them and learn what makes a remarkable customer-facing analytics experience.
November 16, 2023
6 JavaScript Charting Libraries for Powerful Data Visualizations in 2024
Software engineer Lucas van Egeraat recommends the top six charting libraries and reviews each one according to customizability, ease of use, and compatibility with TypeScript. This article will help you choose the right library for your project.
November 7, 2023
What To Consider When Building Customer-Facing Analytics: Lessons From Experts
We interviewed three experienced developers who built user-facing analytics into their apps. This article is a compilation of their wins and challenges for you to learn from them and avoid making the same mistakes.
November 2, 2023
How to Design Dashboards, Charts, and Graphs: 5 Design Principles to Consider
A great visual dashboard inspires trust in its users, drives action with useful insights, and increases overall engagement with your app. In this article, we discuss 5 important design considerations to get the most out of your charts and graphs.
October 20, 2023
Embedded Analytics Tools Pricing in 2024: How much do top tools cost?
Explore the cost-effective ways to add user-facing analytics to your product. Learn about different embedded analytics platforms, their pricing models, and key factors that impact costs. Discover solutions for startups and enterprises to build interactive, customizable analytics into your app.
October 16, 2023
7 Top Platforms for User-Facing Analytics in 2024
Discover the top embedded analytics tools that offer seamless integration, customizable dashboards, and interactive data visualizations to enhance your user experience. Learn about their features, pros, cons, and how they can simplify building user-facing analytics in your app.
October 12, 2023
What is Embedded Analytics? Benefits, Methods, & Best Practices
Learn about embedded analytics, what it is, its benefits, methods, and best practices. This article goes into detail about embedding user-facing analytics into your app and the different ways to do it.
October 5, 2023
The triple win: How customer-facing analytics benefits user engagement, retention, and revenue
Adding user-facing analytics to your platform can enhance your product’s real and perceived value. This leads to many benefits, including increased engagement and user retention, a distinct competitive advantage, and revenue growth. Read to learn how.
October 4, 2023
6 Incredible User-Facing Analytics Examples for 2024
In this article, we talk about our favorite examples of user-facing analytics. You’ll find out what we like about each one and see screenshots of them in action. We’ll also discuss a few popular use cases for embedding analytics into your app. We hope this gives you inspiration for your own plans.
September 28, 2023
Guide: How to approach your Embeddable project
Here’s our guide on some of steps that you might want to consider in the building of your Embeddable analytics experience. You’ll likely have your own existing process, but we hope this guide will present some ideas for you to consider, and serve to provide a framework for you if you don’t already have one.
September 14, 2023
Embeddable’s Private Beta Launches on Product Hunt: Why We Need Your Support
We're incredibly excited to announce that we have launched the Private Beta for our next-generation customer-facing analytics tool on Product Hunt today (and asking for you to support us with an upvote)!
September 8, 2023
How we designed the Embeddable Logo
We sat down with Erin and Denis from our Design team to understand how they developed our beautiful new Embeddable Logo. Here's what they had to say...
September 7, 2023
Building a Chat Community for Embeddable
Building a community is really important to get right - but it doesn’t have to be on the first go! When we kicked off the Embeddable journey, we knew we needed an awesome chat community. Somewhere our customers could go for teamwork, swapping ideas, and giving each other a hand.
September 1, 2023
How The Lighthouse Programme Changed Our Game
Learn about the approach we took to developing the first version of Embeddable, including why we created the Lighthouse Programme and what we gained from it.
August 29, 2023
How complex is it to build customer-facing analytics into my app?
If you’re exploring options for implementing customer-facing analytics, you’ve probably identified an opportunity to deliver value to your customers and quickly discovered that it’s not quite as simple as it might seem. Maybe you’re in the product team and trying to get your visions to life, or maybe you’re in engineering and have been asked to look into an analytics project by your product team.
August 25, 2023
Building Embeddable: A Q&A with Jozef, Head of Engineering
We sat down with Jozef, the Head of Engineering at Embeddable, to delve deeper into the essence of this transformative product. Join us as we unravel the story behind Embeddable and how it will revolutionize the way companies deliver customer facing analytics.
August 22, 2023
Interview: Why we're building Embeddable
We sat down with Tom Gardiner, CEO at Trevor.io, to learn more about the company's new offering: Embeddable and why it's changing the game for customer-facing analytics. Read the transcript and watch the highlights video!
August 8, 2023
The Best Way to Embed Analytics into your App in 2024
Embedded analytics involves incorporating data analysis and visualization tools into your application or workflow.Its main goal is to provide an engaging and useful reporting experience for customers, users, partners, investors, or other stakeholders, giving them access to insights and actionable information.
August 3, 2023
The Launch: How to get involved ⚡️
We've had overwhelming interest in Embeddable since we first started to whisper about it's upcoming launch a few weeks ago, so we wanted to share a couple of ways that you can get involved, show your support, and access early-adopter benefits 🎁
July 12, 2023