# What Is Toucan AI? (/overview/what-is-toucan-ai) **Target Audience:** Non technical users & Developers ### TL;DR [#tldr] A platform for embedding analytics and conversational dashboards into software products using AI-assisted or manual workflows. *** ### Core and Crew [#core-and-crew] Toucan AI comes in two offers. With [Core](/core), you build your analytics experience yourself. With [Crew](/crew), Toucan builds and runs it for you. The capabilities below are those of the platform both offers run on. *** ### Platform Capabilities [#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 [#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 [#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.