Switch from Omni to Toucan

Toucan and Omni both help SaaS teams embed analytics directly into their products, but they take different approaches to how analytics is built and experienced by end users.

Toucan enables product teams to deliver deeply integrated, branded analytics enhanced with AI-powered capabilities. With AI-assisted insights, flexible dashboard creation, and strong governance, Toucan is designed to make analytics feel native to your product while scaling across complex, multi-tenant environments.

Omni combines embedded analytics with a modern BI approach, offering data exploration through SQL, point-and-click interfaces, and AI-assisted querying on top of a governed semantic layer.

This comparison highlights how Toucan and Omni differ in AI capabilities, customization, scalability, and time-to-value — so you can choose the platform that best fits your product strategy.

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Why Toucan Is a Stronger Alternative to Omni

We’ve compared both platforms side by side to show where Toucan offers more flexibility, deeper product integration, and faster time-to-value than Omni.

Toucan
Omni
Embedded Analytics
✔ Product-first embedded analytics experience
✔ Embedded dashboards with customizable integration options
End User Dashboard Creation
✔ Users can build and customize dashboards natively
✔ Point-and-click UI plus flexible exploration
White-labeling
✔ Full look & feel control
✔ Custom branding possible for embedded analytics
Custom CSS Styling
✔ Extensive CSS and UI control
✔ Supports custom styling via configuration
Localization
✔ Multi-language analytics support
✔ Can localize embedded content
Multi-tenant Architecture
✔ Built for complex multi-tenant SaaS products
✔ Enterprise-ready governance and permissions
AI-Assisted Insights
✔ Integrated AI analytics and insight automation
✔ Semantic layer-based AI for natural queries and insight generation
Custom Visualizations
✔ Code-friendly visualization options
✔ Flexible visualizations via UI, SQL, or formulas
Interactivity & Filters
✔ Advanced interactive controls
✔ Powerful interactive filtering and exploration
Scalability
✔ Designed to scale with SaaS growth
✔ Scales with enterprise data governance and caching
Data Preparation & ETL
✔ Native integration and transformation tools
✔ Built-in semantic model and model exploration
Customer-Facing Reporting
✔ Purpose-built for customer analytics
✔ Strong support for embedded, externally shared reports
Real-Time Data Updates
✔ Real-time and near-real-time data support
◑ Fast caching and smart query cache (not always real-time)
API & SDK
✔ Full API & SDK for deep embedding
◑ APIs available with good integrations but evolving documentation
Data Governance & Auditing
✔ Strong governance and audit controls
✔ Governed semantic layer and consistent metrics :contentReference

From Data to Insight in Just a Few Steps

Deliver astonishing analytics in your product in a 4 step process.

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Unleash Your Data, Instantly

Dozens of connectors

Native connectors for state of the art data warehouses and data bases on the market and a web service connector to connect to any API using Rest.

Built-in Storage

Store your metrics Toucan to reduce calls to your data stack. Automate refreshes and combine with live connection if you need the freshest data.

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Transform Your Data with Ease

No-Code Data Preparation

Prepare your datasets without writing a single line of code, using YouPrep™ for data joins, filtering, aggregation, and more.

SQL expert? Create your own optimized and complex queries, you can jot down some SQL in our editor.

Comprehensive DataHub

Manage all your datasets in one place. Easily create, edit, duplicate, tag, retrieve and delete datasets.

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Bring Your Data to Life

Intuitive Dashboard Builder - Fully Customizable

Create stunning, user-friendly dashboards with our intuitive drag-and-drop interface.

Tailor every chart to your brand with customizable colors, layouts, and styles to match your brand.

Data Storytelling

Transform your charts into compelling stories, by enriching them with contextual text, tips, glossaries, medias and more.

Manage multiple languages to reach a global audience.

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Deliver Insights Where They Matter

Effortless Product Integration

Embed your dashboards into your product with a few lines of code. Provide your users with real-time, interactive insights—right where they need them.

Security down to row-level

Ensure the right people see the right data with granular access controls, personalized views, and a built-in token management system that keeps users on your side without replication.

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Connect

Unleash Your Data, Instantly

Dozens of connectors

Native connectors for state of the art data warehouses and data bases on the market and a web service connector to connect to any API using Rest.

Built-in Storage

Store your metrics Toucan to reduce calls to your data stack. Automate refreshes and combine with live connection if you need the freshest data.

Learn more
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Computer

Transform Your Data with Ease

No-Code Data Preparation

Prepare your datasets without writing a single line of code, using YouPrep™ for data joins, filtering, aggregation, and more.

SQL expert? Create your own optimized and complex queries, you can jot down some SQL in our editor.

Comprehensive DataHub

Manage all your datasets in one place. Easily create, edit, duplicate, tag, retrieve and delete datasets.

Learn more
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Visualize

Bring Your Data to Life

Intuitive Dashboard Builder - Fully Customizable

Create stunning, user-friendly dashboards with our intuitive drag-and-drop interface.

Tailor every chart to your brand with customizable colors, layouts, and styles to match your brand.

Data Storytelling

Transform your charts into compelling stories, by enriching them with contextual text, tips, glossaries, medias and more.

Manage multiple languages to reach a global audience.

Learn more
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Embed

Deliver Insights Where They Matter

Effortless Product Integration

Embed your dashboards into your product with a few lines of code. Provide your users with real-time, interactive insights—right where they need them.

Security down to row-level

Ensure the right people see the right data with granular access controls, personalized views, and a built-in token management system that keeps users on your side without replication.

Learn more
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Create dashboard in minutes

Turn your data into an engaging and accessible experience. Discover how Toucan can help you integrate interactive dashboards and enhance your analytics effortlessly.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Toucan and Omni?

Toucan and Omni both support embedded analytics, but they are designed for different product strategies. Toucan focuses on delivering deeply integrated, branded analytics experiences that feel native to SaaS products, with strong customization, governance, and AI-assisted insights. Omni combines embedded analytics with a modern BI approach, offering SQL, point-and-click exploration, and a governed semantic layer for internal and external analytics use cases.

Is Toucan or Omni better suited for customer-facing analytics?

Toucan is purpose-built for customer-facing analytics, making it easier to embed dashboards directly into products with full control over the user experience, branding, and permissions. Omni also supports embedded analytics, but its strengths are often aligned with teams looking for a unified BI platform that serves both internal users and embedded use cases.

How do Toucan and Omni compare on AI capabilities?

Both platforms leverage AI to improve analytics workflows. Toucan integrates AI-powered capabilities to assist with insight discovery and analytics creation within embedded experiences. Omni uses AI on top of its semantic layer to support natural language queries and guided data exploration. The main difference lies in how these AI features are applied within embedded, customer-facing analytics.

Can I customize dashboards and branding with Toucan?

Yes. Toucan offers extensive customization options, including layout, theming, and branding, so analytics can fully match your product’s design system. Omni also supports customization for embedded dashboards, but Toucan is particularly focused on delivering analytics that feel fully native to the product experience.

Is Toucan a good fit for complex, multi-tenant SaaS products?

Toucan is designed to scale across complex, multi-tenant SaaS environments, with fine-grained permissions, governance, and performance optimizations. Omni supports enterprise-grade analytics and governance as well, but Toucan is especially optimized for teams embedding analytics at scale for large numbers of external users.

Can I try Toucan before choosing a solution?

Yes. Toucan offers a free trial so you can explore its embedded analytics capabilities, customization options, and AI-assisted features before committing.

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