What data sources does Geltese connect to?
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Geltese supports 800+ native integrations including all major cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks), CRMs (Salesforce, HubSpot), financial systems (NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero), product analytics tools (Mixpanel, Amplitude, Segment), and custom databases via our REST API and JDBC connector. If your tool exists, we almost certainly support it.
How long does onboarding take?
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Most customers are fully live within 48 hours of signing. Our onboarding team handles connector setup, semantic layer configuration, and initial narrative templates. For complex enterprise environments with custom schemas or strict security requirements, implementation typically takes 5–10 business days.
Absolutely. Geltese is SOC 2 Type II certified, GDPR-compliant, and HIPAA-ready for healthcare customers. All data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.3) and at rest (AES-256). We operate on a zero-data-retention model — your raw data is never stored on our servers. Narrative generation happens in isolated, customer-specific compute environments. SSO, MFA, and role-based access controls are included on all plans.
Can Geltese replace our BI tool?
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For most teams, yes — especially if your primary use case is reporting, narrative generation, and executive communication. Geltese doesn't produce interactive dashboards for ad-hoc exploration, so some teams run it alongside a BI tool in the early stages. That said, the majority of our customers find that Geltese replaces 80–100% of their existing BI usage within the first quarter.
Do we need a data team to use Geltese?
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No. Geltese is designed specifically to remove the dependency on data teams for day-to-day reporting and analysis. Business users — including CFOs, GMs, and product leaders — can configure, read, and act on Geltese outputs without any SQL, Python, or BI expertise. That said, if you do have data engineers, they can use our API and dbt integration to build highly customized metric definitions and narrative templates.