Turboard

What Turboard does

Turboard is a comprehensive business intelligence and data analytics platform developed by E-Kalite Yazılım Ltd. Şti., a Turkish software company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Ankara. The platform serves enterprise and government customers primarily in Turkey and EMEA, with named deployments spanning healthcare (Turkish Ministry of Health's SINA platform serving 200K+ named users), pharmaceuticals (white-labeled by PharmaCircle to 79% of big pharma), defense (HAVELSAN, Roketsan), telecommunications (Turkcell), banking, logistics, and international organizations (UNDP). Customer concentration skews toward regulated industries requiring on-premise deployment, data sovereignty (KVKK/GDPR compliance), and on-premise LLM integration.

The platform's core architecture combines Redis-based intelligent caching (patent-protected), columnar storage (MariaDB ColumnStore, ClickHouse, Vertica), and native database drivers for live connectivity. Its built-in GenAI assistant, JAS, enables natural-language dashboard creation, automated SQL generation, anomaly detection, and customizable AI personas for narrative explanations. The product surface is extended by a suite of add-on modules: EMB-S (embedded analytics with white-labeling and OAuth 2.0), GIS-S (geospatial visualization), PER-S (performance scorecards), FOR-S (form building), and ANA-S (Python-powered advanced analytics).

The business model combines annual software licensing (subscription, all features included without premium gating), OEM/white-label licensing for software vendors, and professional services for implementation and ongoing support. Pricing is quote-based with volume discounts for large user counts. Go-to-market is enterprise-focused with personalized demos, channel partners for mid-market, and direct sales primarily in Turkey. The company is privately held with no disclosed external venture or private equity investment, sustained by operational revenues and continuous TUBITAK R&D grants since 2011.

Name

Turboard

Legal name

E-Kalite Yazılım Ltd. Sti.

Website

https://turboard.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Turboard is a Turkey-based enterprise business intelligence platform offering self-service analytics with built-in GenAI assistance, on-premise deployment, and white-label OEM licensing for government, healthcare, pharma, telecom, defense, and banking customers across EMEA and select global markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ankara

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing: Commercial software licensing for Turboard BI platform. Comprehensive solution with all features included. OEM licensing available for software vendors embedding analytics in their products.
2. OEM Licensing: Flexible OEM licensing terms for software vendors. Allows upselling of software with embedded analytics. Reduced cost per user based on volumes for hundreds of users.
3. Professional Services: Implementation services, know-how transfer, and ongoing support services. No overpriced service fees with knowledge transfer to keep teams up-to-date.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Turboard is a comprehensive Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Platform that enables organizations to analyze, visualize, and extract insights from their data via a self-service drag-and-drop interface augmented by a built-in GenAI assistant (JAS). The platform supports hybrid data access through native live database drivers and columnar storage engines (MariaDB ColumnStore, ClickHouse, Vertica) with Redis-based intelligent caching, and is sold via annual software licensing, OEM/white-label embedding, and accompanying professional services.

Product overview

TURBOARD is a comprehensive Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Platform designed as a self-service, GenAI-augmented solution for organizations of all sizes. The platform operates as a unified core product (TURBOARD) enhanced by a suite of companion add-on modules. At its center is JAS, the built-in GenAI assistant that enables natural language data interactions, automated dashboard creation, and AI-powered analytics. The add-on module portfolio includes EMB-S for embedded analytics and white-labeling capabilities, GIS-S for advanced geospatial visualization, PER-S for performance scorecards, FOR-S for form building, and ANA-S for advanced Python-powered analytics. The platform features a hybrid architecture supporting both live database connections via native drivers and columnar storage (MariaDB ColumnStore, ClickHouse, Vertica), with Redis caching for performance acceleration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TURBOARD A comprehensive Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Platform combining self-service analytics with GenAI augmentation, enabling users to analyze, visualize, and gain insights through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface powered by the built-in AI assistant JAS.
• JAS (GenAI Assistant)

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% success rate vs 20% industry average for BI initiatives
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability9 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Turkish Science and Technology Agency (TUBITAK)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Since 2011, continuously supported by TUBITAK. Company is exempted from taxes in a renowned university campus. TUBITAK support has been instrumental in building Turboard as a comprehensive BI software.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Power BI: Microsoft's flagship BI and analytics platform bundled with Microsoft 365 / E5. Directly competes with Turboard in enterprise BI but offers deeper integration with the broader Microsoft ecosystem, Azure cloud services, and now Copilot GenAI features. Represents the dominant incumbent Turboard must position against.
• Looker (Google Cloud): Cloud-native BI platform owned by Google Cloud, focused on data modeling and embedded analytics. Comparable to Turboard in semantic-layer-driven analytics and embedded BI; bundled into Google Cloud's broader data and AI platform.
• MicroStrategy: Long-established enterprise BI and analytics platform with strong governance, mobile, and embedded analytics capabilities. Comparable to Turboard in enterprise/government BI deployments and in supporting on-premise architectures for regulated industries.
• IBM Cognos Analytics: Enterprise BI suite from IBM with AI-augmented analytics and reporting. Comparable to Turboard in regulated-industry deployments (banking, government, healthcare) and in on-premise deployment models; broader portfolio but overlaps directly in BI and reporting use cases.

Direct peers

• Tableau (Salesforce): Enterprise BI and visualization platform, now part of Salesforce, with Tableau GPT for natural-language analytics. Closely comparable to Turboard in self-service dashboarding, data visualization, and increasingly GenAI-augmented insights; competes for the same mid-market and enterprise customers.
• Qlik Sense: Self-service BI platform with associative data engine and embedded analytics. Direct peer in BI and OEM/embedded analytics use cases; competes with Turboard's EMB-S module and core visualization capabilities in enterprise and government deployments.
• Sisense: AI-driven analytics platform emphasizing embedded BI and code-first customization. Directly comparable to Turboard in OEM/embedded analytics positioning and in targeting software vendors that want to embed dashboards and analytics in their products.
• Domo: Cloud BI platform with strong focus on executive dashboards, mobile-first analytics, and business-user-friendly interfaces. Comparable to Turboard in self-service BI for managers and executives, with overlapping go-to-market in mid-market and enterprise segments.

Emerging players

• ThoughtSpot: AI-powered analytics platform using natural-language search and GenAI for business users. Closely comparable to Turboard's JAS-driven natural-language analytics positioning; targeted at the same AI-augmented BI shift, though ThoughtSpot is more cloud-native and commercial-stage.
• Yellowfin BI: Embedded analytics and BI platform with strong OEM/white-label capabilities. Comparable to Turboard in embedded analytics use cases (EMB-S equivalent) and in targeting software vendors that want to add dashboards and analytics to their products.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/turboard-business-intelligence
• Instagraminstagram.com/turboard

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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