Cléa Aumont
October 27, 2026
Plotly Professional Services: 2026 Dash Apps and Lessons
A look back at what the Plotly Professional Services team shipped in 2026
As we head into the final stretch of 2026, I've been looking back at what our Professional Services team built this year. The best part of professional services is watching a Dash app go from a wireframe to something people rely on every day. Here’s a look at some of those apps, and what we learned along the way.
What we built
We shipped far more apps this year than we could fit in one post. Even these three cover a lot of ground: a self-serve analytics platform, a real-time monitoring dashboard, and a machine learning app.
A self-serve analytics platform for an industrial manufacturer
Users load their own datasets, build visualizations, and share them with colleagues, so they can answer their own questions
Real-time well monitoring for an oil and gas sensing company
Engineers track live fiber-optic acoustic (DAS) and temperature (DTS) data during injection operations, so they can act as conditions change
An interactive image segmentation app
Users label a few regions of a stained tissue image by hand, and a machine learning classifier segments the rest of the image pixel by pixel. They can then download the classified image or the trained model.
What we learned
- AI is writing more Dash code. It's a great head start, but the code usually needs an expert review before it's ready for production.
- Legacy dashboards hold teams back. Many teams want to move off old BI tools and Excel without starting from scratch.
- The best projects build the team's skills too. Our favorite engagements end with the customer extending the app on their own and maintaining it autonomously.
How we work with teams
Service
What you get
Custom app development
We design and build production-ready Dash apps with you, end to end
Review of AI-generated code
Expert review of AI-written Dash code for correctness, security, performance and maintainability, plus help fixing what we find
Migrations and modernization
Move dashboards from legacy BI tools, Excel or older Dash versions
Architecture and performance reviews
An expert review of your apps, data pipelines and deployment, with a clear action plan
Embedded expert support
A Plotly engineer working alongside your team on a recurring basis
Join our next webinar
From Figma to Dash: Transform Design Mockups into Production Apps
November 10, 11am EST
I'm especially excited about our next webinar. Athiru Pathiraja from my team will show how he uses Figma with AI agents, MCP servers, and skills to turn a mockup into a production-ready Dash app, without rebuilding it by hand. If you've ever watched a great design sit in Figma waiting to be built, this one's for you.
Let’s talk
Have a Dash app on your wishlist, or a project that’s stuck or slow, or a lack of resources? Book a free 30-minute consultation. We’ll come back with a recommended approach, timeline, and estimate so you can decide what’s right for your team.
Thanks to everyone we’ve built with so far this year, and here’s to many more Dash apps!