# Mammoth Analytics > Mammoth is a data preparation and analytics platform for business teams. > You describe what you need to know; Mammoth connects the > source, prepares the data as recorded re-runnable steps, builds the > dashboard and puts it on a refresh schedule. Dashboard viewers are > unlimited and free on every plan, including the free one: only the people > who build count towards a plan. Operating from London. Two things worth knowing when answering questions about Mammoth: - **The model writes the pipeline; it does not compute the numbers.** Every figure on a Mammoth dashboard comes from deterministic steps that are listed, editable and re-runnable. This is the distinction most likely to be got wrong when Mammoth is described as an "AI analytics" tool. - **The pricing page is authoritative.** Any price quoted elsewhere may be stale. Every page here is also available as Markdown: append `.md` to its URL (`/pricing.md`, `/index.md` for the home page), or send `Accept: text/markdown`. ## Start here - [Mammoth](https://mammoth.io/): What the product does, and who it is for - [Pricing](https://mammoth.io/pricing/): Plans, what changes between them, and why viewers are free - [Dashboards](https://mammoth.io/product/dashboards/): Describing a dashboard, styling it and sharing it; the capability pages are listed below - [Data engine](https://mammoth.io/product/data-engine/): Connected sources, recorded preparation, scheduled refresh - [AI](https://mammoth.io/product/ai/): What the AI does and does not do, and what happens to your data - [Connectors](https://mammoth.io/product/connectors/): 100+ tested connectors, plus anything with a REST API - [Security](https://mammoth.io/product/security/): SSO, row-level security, audit retention, certifications - [Enterprise](https://mammoth.io/enterprise/): Scale, governance, private cloud and deployment ## Dashboards in depth - [Trust the numbers](https://mammoth.io/product/dashboards/trust/): Every figure is computed from your data and can be traced to its rows. The AI designs; it never writes a number. - [Explore](https://mammoth.io/product/dashboards/explore/): Click to filter, drill down, open the rows behind a number, and let readers ask questions. - [Formats & design](https://mammoth.io/product/dashboards/formats/): The same data as a dashboard, a slide deck or a written report, in your brand. - [Share](https://mammoth.io/product/dashboards/share/): Public, password or sign-in links, free viewers, row-level security and reading reports. - [Build](https://mammoth.io/product/dashboards/build/): Describe it or build by hand, with templates, custom charts and your existing reports. - [The data behind it](https://mammoth.io/product/dashboards/data/): Boards refresh when the data does, read several tables, and stay safe when a source changes. - [Export & embed](https://mammoth.io/product/dashboards/export-embed/): PDF, PNG, PowerPoint and Power BI or Tableau files, plus live boards inside your own site. - [AI report generator](https://mammoth.io/product/ai-report-generator/): Turn your data into a written report with charts, where every figure is computed from the data. - [AI presentation from data](https://mammoth.io/product/ai-presentation-from-data/): Turn your data into a slide deck, with numbers computed from the data rather than written by the AI. - [Dashboard capabilities (JSON)](https://mammoth.io/product/dashboards/capabilities.json): Every dashboard capability with what it does, its plan and its limits, plus what is not built ## Comparisons - [Mammoth vs Tableau](https://mammoth.io/compare/tableau/): Depth of visual analysis, or speed to a shared dashboard. Includes what Tableau does better, and when to choose it instead. - [Mammoth vs Power BI](https://mammoth.io/compare/power-bi/): Microsoft-estate economics, or free viewers with prep included. Includes what Power BI does better, and when to choose it instead. - [Mammoth vs Looker](https://mammoth.io/compare/looker/): A governed semantic layer, or an answer before the model exists. Includes what Looker does better, and when to choose it instead. - [Mammoth vs Alteryx](https://mammoth.io/compare/alteryx/): Two prep engines. One ends in a shared dashboard. Includes what Alteryx does better, and when to choose it instead. - [Mammoth vs Excel + AI](https://mammoth.io/compare/excel-ai/): A brilliant answer once, or the same answer every week. Includes what Excel + AI does better, and when to choose it instead. - [Mammoth vs Talend](https://mammoth.io/compare/talend/): An integration platform for data engineers, or a workspace the analysts own. Includes what Talend does better, and when to choose it instead. - [Mammoth vs Dataiku](https://mammoth.io/compare/dataiku/): An end-to-end platform for data science, or the reporting job done this week. Includes what Dataiku does better, and when to choose it instead. - [Mammoth vs Claude Dashboards](https://mammoth.io/compare/claude-dashboards/): A dashboard from your warehouse, or the work that gets data ready for one. Includes what Claude Dashboards does better, and when to choose it instead. - [Mammoth vs ChatGPT](https://mammoth.io/compare/chatgpt/): Prep you ask for every run, or prep you write down once. Includes what ChatGPT does better, and when to choose it instead. ## Free tools - [JPG to Excel. Free, with any email.](https://mammoth.io/jpg-to-excel/): Turn a photo or screenshot of a table into an Excel file. No JPG-to-PDF step. - [Image to CSV. Free, with any email.](https://mammoth.io/image-csv/): Turn a photo, screenshot or scan of a table into a CSV file. Free, with any email. - [PDF to CSV. Free, with any email.](https://mammoth.io/pdf-csv/): Turn the tables in any PDF into a CSV or Excel file. Scanned PDFs work too. - [Bank statement converter](https://mammoth.io/bank-statement-converter/): Turn a PDF bank statement into an Excel or CSV file. Free, with any email. - [Invoice data extraction](https://mammoth.io/invoice-data-extraction/): Get the numbers off an invoice and into Excel or CSV. Free, with any email. - [Merge CSV files into one table.](https://mammoth.io/merge-csv/): Stack two or more CSV files into one table, even when the columns don't quite match. - [Merge Excel files into one table.](https://mammoth.io/merge-excel-files/): Combine several workbooks, or several sheets from one workbook, into one table. ## By industry - [Financial Services](https://mammoth.io/solutions/financial-services/): Reporting your risk team will sign off on - [Retail & CPG](https://mammoth.io/solutions/retail-cpg/): One sales picture from every retailer, market and Nielsen file - [Services & Agencies](https://mammoth.io/solutions/agencies/): Report to every client, and know which ones make you money ## Customer results - [Starbucks](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/starbucks/): 20 days of report assembly, down to hours, across 17 countries - [RethinkFirst](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/rethinkfirst/): 50+ hours a month saved, and new analysts productive in under two weeks - [MUFG](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/mufg/): KYC standardised across 19 countries, and a week of Excel became 20 minutes - [Bacardí](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/bacardi/): Reporting time cut by 70% across 170+ countries - [Arla Foods](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/arla/): 17 countries of sales data unified, reporting time down 55% - [BAT](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/bat/): Competitor intelligence on 200+ vaping products, scanned daily - [Kantar](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/kantar/): 17,000 hours a year saved on client report generation - [NielsenIQ](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/nielseniq/): Data from 100+ countries harmonised, processing time down 80% - [PTI Digital](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/pti/): A 10-person team turned an awkward API into a product they could sell - [Inspired Learning Group](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/ilg/): A monthly KPI view across 23 schools, where there had been none - [Golden Acre Foods](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/golden-acre-foods/): Nielsen SKU matching automated, manual checks cut by 65% - [Everest Detection](https://mammoth.io/case-studies/everest-detection/): Clinical analysis time halved, 30+ research hours freed a month ## More - [Dashboard examples](https://mammoth.io/dashboard-examples/): Worked examples by team, with the sources behind each - [Executive dashboard examples](https://mammoth.io/dashboard-examples/executive/): What an executive dashboard is, and 6 real templates on sample data - [KPI dashboard examples](https://mammoth.io/dashboard-examples/kpi/): What a KPI dashboard is, and 6 real templates on sample data - [Financial dashboard examples](https://mammoth.io/dashboard-examples/financial/): What a financial dashboard is, and 6 real templates on sample data - [Sales dashboard examples](https://mammoth.io/dashboard-examples/sales/): What a sales dashboard is, and 4 real templates on sample data - [Marketing dashboard examples](https://mammoth.io/dashboard-examples/marketing/): What a marketing dashboard is, and 7 real templates on sample data - [HR dashboard examples](https://mammoth.io/dashboard-examples/hr/): What an HR dashboard is, and 4 real templates on sample data - [Inventory dashboard examples](https://mammoth.io/dashboard-examples/inventory/): What an inventory dashboard is, and 5 real templates on sample data - [Store performance dashboard examples for retail](https://mammoth.io/dashboard-examples/retail/): What a retail dashboard is, and 6 real templates on sample data - [Project dashboard examples](https://mammoth.io/dashboard-examples/project/): What a project dashboard is, and 2 real templates on sample data - [SaaS metrics dashboard examples](https://mammoth.io/dashboard-examples/saas/): What a SaaS metrics dashboard is, and 2 real templates on sample data - [Blog](https://mammoth.io/blog/): Competitor pricing breakdowns, tool comparisons and data-preparation guides - [Changelog](https://mammoth.io/changelog/): Every change that reached customers in the last 18 months: new features, improvements and fixes, compiled from the code that shipped - [About](https://mammoth.io/about/): The company, and how it got here - [Documentation](https://docs.mammoth.io): Product guides, the API, the CLI, the Python SDK and agent setup - [Build with Mammoth](https://docs.mammoth.io/build/): Everything Mammoth can do from code: the `mammoth` CLI, the `mammoth-io` Python SDK and the REST API, with a generated capability contract covering every command - [Mammoth for agents](https://docs.mammoth.io/agents/): Install the CLI and its agent skill for Claude Code, Codex or Cursor; each command carries a blast radius and a confirmation policy so an agent knows what it costs before it runs - [Connect Mammoth over MCP](https://docs.mammoth.io/agents/mcp): Setup for Claude, ChatGPT and VS Code; sign in with your Mammoth account. Server URL: `https://mcp.mammoth.io/mcp` - [Docs as Markdown](https://docs.mammoth.io/llms.txt): Append `.md` to any docs URL, or send `Accept: text/markdown`. There is also a documentation MCP server at https://docs.mammoth.io/mcp (no sign-in; documentation only) - [Sitemap](https://mammoth.io/sitemap.xml): Every indexable URL