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What Is Toucan AI?

What Toucan AI does, what it is for, and where it stops.

Target Audience: Non technical users & Developers

TL;DR

A platform for embedding analytics and conversational dashboards into software products using AI-assisted or manual workflows.


Core and Crew

Toucan AI comes in two offers. With Core, you build your analytics experience yourself. With Crew, Toucan builds and runs it for you. The capabilities below are those of the platform both offers run on.


Platform Capabilities

  • Data Connectivity: Supports SQL databases and data warehouses.
  • Semantic Layer: Define metrics, dimensions, and relationships for consistent data logic.
  • Visualization: Generate charts using natural language (AI-assisted) or manual configuration.
  • Integration: Embed via web components, SDKs, or iframes.
  • Security: Built-in row-level security (RLS) and role-based access control (RBAC).
  • Deployment: Available as SaaS or self-hosted via Helm/Docker.

When to Use Toucan AI

Choose Toucan AI to:

  • Embed analytics into a product with minimal development effort.
  • Provide end-users with self-service data exploration.
  • Maintain centralized control over data access and compliance.

Boundaries

Toucan AI is not:

  • A general-purpose BI tool for internal business reporting.
  • A data warehouse or ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) platform.
  • A standalone "AI add-on" for external legacy dashboards.

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