FAQ — Why buy MyReportPortal? (Opportunity cost & expertise)

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This FAQ is for teams evaluating whether to build their own Sigma customer portal vs. buying MyReportPortal (MRP).

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1) What problem does MRP solve?

MRP provides a production-ready, white‑label customer portal purpose-built for embedding Sigma securely—so you can ship embedded analytics without building (and maintaining) a full portal layer.

2) I have Sigma dashboards, but no app/portal—what are my options?

If you want to share customer-facing analytics from Sigma but don’t have an existing SaaS app, portal, or website to embed into, there are a few straightforward paths. Because Sigma embeds as secure, responsive iframes, you often don’t need to build a custom application from scratch.

Here’s a practical breakdown, roughly ordered by security + multi-tenant needs:

Option A — White‑labeled no‑code portal (recommended for multi‑customer, sensitive data)

• If you need a branded experience and strict separation between customers (Client A can’t see Client B), a dedicated portal is typically the cleanest approach.
• MyReportPortal is purpose-built for this use case: a turnkey, white‑label portal layer for Sigma embeds, roles, and RLS patterns—so teams without an engineering bench can launch securely in weeks (or faster), not quarters.

Option B — General-purpose low‑code/no‑code portals (works, but you’ll stitch things together)

• Tools like Softr/Glide (often backed by Airtable/Sheets) can host an embedded Sigma iframe inside a portal-like UI.
• SharePoint / Google Sites can work for quick, low-overhead internal/external portals if customers already live in that ecosystem.
• Notion can work for a minimalist “consulting” vibe (private pages per customer + embedded dashboards), but it’s rarely the best fit for enterprise-grade multi-tenant + RLS.

Option C — Public embed (only for non-sensitive data)

• If the content is truly public or non-sensitive (e.g., marketing/benchmarking), Sigma’s Public Embed URL can be shared directly—no portal required.

Option D — Invite customers directly into Sigma (standard BI sharing)

• For a small number of high-value customers, you can provision direct access (viewer accounts) and segment via folders/workspaces.

Note on RLS / Secure embeds

If you need true customer-level isolation, you’ll generally rely on Secure (signed) embeds (e.g., JWT-signed URLs) plus a clean role model. Doing this “no-code” with generic tools often still requires some server-side signing logic (serverless helper, Zapier/Make, etc.). MyReportPortal is designed to remove that glue work and ship with safer defaults and guardrails.