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Exago BI
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
What it is
Exago BI is an embedded, web-based business intelligence application for adding reporting and self-service analytics to customer-facing software. It offers dashboards, drag-and-drop ExpressViews, spreadsheet-like Advanced Reports, and multi-page Chained Reports. Advanced Reports can include geographic maps, crosstabs, repeating groups, complex joins, filters, sorts, and drilldowns to linked child reports. Reports can be exported as PDF, Excel workbook, RTF, or CSV, subject to system, session, and report settings.
The software connects to relational and non-relational databases, data warehouses, files, OLAP, web services, and .NET assemblies. It queries reporting sources with read-only access and does not store or cache source data by default; an optional execution cache is available per report. Teams can embed it in a host application and connect through .NET or REST APIs. The host application handles login authentication and passes user identity for access controls. Deployment options include cloud, private servers, or a client site. Pricing is on request.
For and against
For
- Offers dashboards and four report formats.
- Advanced reports support maps, crosstabs, and drilldowns.
- Connects to databases, files, OLAP, and web services.
- Queries source data with read-only access by default.
- Deploys on cloud, private servers, or client sites.
Against
- Pricing is available on request.
- Host application must provide login authentication.
- REST API offers fewer calls than the .NET API.
- Production CData drivers require paid licenses after trial.
The verdict
Exago BI combines multiple reporting formats, data connections, and embedding options for customer-facing applications. Consider the host application's authentication responsibilities and request pricing and licensing details before choosing it.
Who it suits
Exago BI suits software teams that want to add self-service analytics to a customer-facing application, including teams serving both technical and non-technical users. The host application must handle user authentication and configure access privileges.
On the record
- APIs
- Exago provides a .NET API and a REST Web Service API, with the REST API offering a subset of the .NET API calls.support.exagoinc.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Audience
- insightsoftware describes Exago as an embedded BI solution for customer-facing web applications that lets software teams offer self-service analytics.insightsoftware.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data connections
- It supports flat files, relational and non-relational databases, and data warehouses, and can join objects across data sources, though cross-source joins may be less performant.support.exagoinc.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data connectivity
- The documentation lists connections to relational and non-relational databases, data warehouses, files, OLAP, web services, and .NET assemblies.support.exagoinc.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- Exago queries reporting data on demand with read-only access and does not store or cache that data by default; an optional execution cache is available per report.support.exagoinc.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data source limitation
- The vendor notes that additional CData database connections require paid driver licenses for production use after an initial 30-day trial.support.exagoinc.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Exago runs on Windows or Linux servers, on-premises or in the cloud, and the documentation names Azure virtual machines, AWS EC2, Docker, web farms, and standalone servers as deployment options.support.exagoinc.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Embedding and APIs
- It can be embedded using iframes or its JavaScript API and connects to host applications through .NET or REST APIs.support.exagoinc.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Reports can be exported as PDF, Excel workbook, RTF, or CSV, subject to system, session, and report settings.support.exagoinc.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Exago can be embedded in a host application using an iframe, redirected page, or popup window.support.exagoinc.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The deployment guide describes serving both technical users such as developers and database administrators and non-technical users such as business analysts and project managers.support.exagoinc.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Permissions
- Permissions can be set by user or group for data objects, fields, rows, and field values, with roles used to restrict access.support.exagoinc.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Pricing availability
- The Exago BI product page lists no price or plan details and directs existing customers seeking additional licenses to contact insightsoftware.insightsoftware.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Product purpose
- Exago is an embedded BI solution for adding self-service analytics to customer-facing web applications.insightsoftware.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Exago BI is a web-based embedded BI application for adding reporting and analytics to a host application.support.exagoinc.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Read-only data access
- Exago requires only read-only access to reporting data sources and does not store or cache source data by default.support.exagoinc.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Report features
- Advanced Reports support geographic maps, crosstabs, repeating groups, complex joins, filters and sorts, and drilldowns to linked child reports.support.exagoinc.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Reports
- Exago BI supports dashboards, ExpressView, Advanced Reports, and Chained Reports.support.exagoinc.com · read 3 Oct 2026
