S3

S3 is a analytics software company. In practice that means turning data into dashboards and reports people actually read.

It makes the most sense for analysts and leadership teams. They also list Analytics, Financial Services, Service Industry and Stock Exchanges, so expect those to show up in the feature set. As a small product team themselves (11 to 50 people), they tend to serve customers of a similar scale best. Small vendors mean quick answers and real influence on the roadmap, but check who covers support when someone is out.

S3 is based in Austin, Texas and around since 2002. Their site is s3.com.

Our checklist for this category: data connectors, modeling layer, and viewer pricing. Ask for a trial on your own data, not a canned demo.

If you have worked with S3, tell the next buyer what you paid and what surprised you. That is the part of this page we cannot write.