What is customer-facing embedded analytics?

Charts, dashboards, and usage reports that SaaS apps surface to their own customers, letting end-users explore their own data inside the product.

Why is Metabase or Looker not suitable for embedded analytics?

Both were built for internal BI teams. Multi-tenant customer isolation requires Metabase's enterprise plan (tens of thousands/yr) and Looker starts at $50K+/yr.

What percentage of B2B SaaS companies need customer-facing analytics?

Over 75% of B2B SaaS companies have or will need customer-facing dashboards, per Vizzly research. But only 12% currently monetize analytics as a feature.

What are alternatives to building embedded analytics from scratch?

Explo (acquired by Omni 2025), Embeddable, Vizzly, Upsolve AI, Sumboard, and Qrvey are purpose-built for customer-facing SaaS analytics.

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Customer-Facing Embedded Analytics Too Expensive and Rigid for Small SaaS Teams

Over 75% of B2B SaaS companies need customer-facing dashboards but Looker ($50K+/yr) and Metabase's embedded tier require enterprise plans and are built for internal BI, not multi-tenant customer reporting. Small SaaS teams are forced to either pay $50K+ annually for tools not built for their use case, or spend months building custom dashboards from scratch. Multiple YC companies (Vizzly, Explo, Upsolve AI, Embeddable) are attacking this gap, with Explo acquired by Omni in 2025, signaling strong demand but thin affordable tooling.

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Data Modeling SaaS Entitlements and Pricing

8/14/2024

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Performant Embedded Analytics at Scale

9/16/2025

Existing Solutions 4 competitors

Looker$50K+/yr, large enterprises

Enterprise BI platform with embedding

Metabase EnterpriseEnterprise tier, tens of thousands/yr

Multi-tenant embedded analytics requires enterprise plan

EmbeddableEarly growth, $500+/mo

Customer-facing analytics toolkit, own the frontend code

Vizzly (YC)YC-backed, early-stage

Customer-facing analytics for modern SaaS

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UnderservedExisting solutions leave gaps

Looker/Metabase built for internal BI not customer-facing multi-tenant; 4+ YC-backed startups filling the gap but priced $10K-$50K/yr, still out of reach for small teams.

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