Reference entries (10)
- reference Caveats for the dashboards brief: pervasive BI/embedded-analytics vendor sourcing; the viral "60-70%" stat is folklore; SMB data thin; retention claims unproven
- reference Dashboard rot: data sources change schemas, metric definitions drift across departments, organizational attention wanes; custom/embedded builds carry the heaviest ~20-30%/yr maintenance burden
- reference Custom-embedded 3-year TCO converges on $300K-$630K (multiple, mostly vendor sources) with 20-30% annual maintenance; hidden costs are multi-tenancy/RLS, performance at scale, perpetual maintenance
- reference Embedded-analytics platforms (2026): Luzmo $995-3,100/mo embedded plans; Explo $795/Growth, $2,195/Pro; Cube Core open-source + Cube Cloud consumption; Embeddable still in beta
- reference Metabase pricing (2026): Open Source free (AGPL v3 self-host); Cloud Starter $100/mo (5 users included, +$6/user); Pro $575/mo (10 users, +$12/user; white-label + embedded + RLS + SSO); Enterprise from ~$20K/yr
- reference Tableau pricing (2026): Cloud Standard Viewer $15 / Explorer $42 / Creator $75 per user/mo (annual); Enterprise $35/$70/$115; embedded/OEM year-1 floor reportedly $60K-150K
- reference Customer-facing embedded dashboard earns its keep in a NARROW BAND: recurring clients + frequently-updating data-rich results + retention/differentiation lever + support deflection
- reference Customer-facing dashboard use cases (real examples): agencies (client results), in-product analytics (Shopify, Strava, Zendesk), logistics tracking portals (FourKites, Shippeo, project44)
- reference "72% of users regularly abandon dashboards for spreadsheets" — Luzmo vendor-run *State of Dashboards 2025* survey of ~200 SaaS/product leaders; "Dashboards: Dead, Dying or Evolving?"
- reference Research brief: dashboards for SMBs — what's worth showing, and when an embedded one earns its keep (June 2026)
