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What is Explo
Explo is an embedded analytics and reporting platform that lets software teams add dashboards, charts, and customer-facing reports into their own applications. It targets product and engineering teams that need multi-tenant analytics, self-serve reporting, and sharing/export workflows for end users. The product emphasizes embedding via components and APIs, with controls for theming, permissions, and data access to support SaaS use cases.
Purpose-built for embedding
Explo focuses on delivering analytics inside a host application rather than only in a standalone BI workspace. It provides embeddable dashboards and report experiences that can be integrated into product UI. This orientation typically reduces the amount of custom front-end work needed compared with building visualizations from scratch.
Multi-tenant SaaS support
Embedded BI commonly requires tenant-aware data access, row-level restrictions, and user-level permissions. Explo is designed for customer-facing analytics scenarios where different tenants see different slices of data. This aligns with SaaS product requirements such as per-customer dashboards and controlled sharing.
Developer-friendly integration model
Explo is positioned for product teams that want programmatic control over analytics experiences. Embedding approaches based on APIs/components can fit modern application stacks and CI/CD workflows. This can make it easier to version, theme, and manage analytics as part of the application lifecycle.
Not a full BI suite
Teams looking for an enterprise-wide semantic layer, complex governance workflows, or broad IT-managed BI capabilities may find an embedded-first tool less comprehensive. Some organizations still need a separate internal BI environment for analysts and centralized reporting. This can lead to a two-tool setup for internal and external analytics.
Requires data modeling readiness
Embedded analytics depends on well-structured, queryable data sources and clear metric definitions. If data pipelines, warehouse modeling, or metric governance are immature, implementation can stall or produce inconsistent results. Organizations may need additional work in their data stack before end-user reporting is reliable.
Customization can add complexity
While embedding reduces the need to build everything from scratch, tailoring analytics UX to match a product’s exact requirements can still require engineering effort. Managing permissions, tenant isolation, and performance at scale can be non-trivial. Costs and timelines can increase when deep customization or strict compliance requirements are involved.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Launch | Free | Use Explo for internal BI with unlimited internal dashboards, unlimited Explo creators and viewers, AI-powered dashboard builder, CSV/PDF exports and share links. |
| Growth | $795+ per month | Everything in Launch; 3 embedded dashboard templates included; 25 customer groups included; access to custom styling. |
| Pro | $2,195+ per month | Everything in Growth; unlimited embedded dashboard templates; tiered pricing (scales with customer groups); fully white-labeled dashboards; white-labeled share & download links; access to add-ons (Data Share, Report Builder AI). |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | Full platform with hands-on support and custom solutions: custom visualizations/features, dedicated Slack support channels, SAML SSO, custom deployments/connection methods, Report Builder and Email included — contact sales. |
| Data Share (add-on) | Contact sales | Export/delivery options (email, S3, SFTP, custom schedules); listed as a separate contact/sales item on the vendor site. |
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