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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BrightGauge

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ABrightGauge is a BI tool from ConnectWise that puts essential information in one place, providing visibility for more informed decisions. The user can customize BrightGauge dashboards and sync other business tools in its BI dashboard software for ultimate visibility. Users can also display data with embeddable gauges on public sites.

    $325

    per month

    Pricing
    BrightGauge
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $325
    per month
    Enterprise
    $449
    per month
    Enterprise+
    $635
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightGauge
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup Fee$499 one-time fee
    Additional DetailsSet up fee is waived for Enterprise+ customers. A discount is offered for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    BrightGauge
    Considered Both Products
    ConnectWise
    Chose BrightGauge
    BrightGauge is part of the ConnectWise suite, we use PSA and CPQ. We have BG integrated with PSA and QBO.
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightGauge
    BrightGauge is essentially Power Bi at the reporting level. In Power Bi, the data must be modeled, and reports must be created, developed, and shared. BrightGauge is a buffet of report creation in a more straightforward form. I use Power BI more than BrightGauge in my current …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightGauge
    BrightGauge offers a far better user experience, ease of use and richer data than using the built in reporting from ConnectWise PSA.
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightGauge
    BrightGauge is by far the easiest to learn/use of the BI tools I have experienced. We had managers building their own dashboards with no outside help. It is not incredibly versatile though so if you want to get much more beyond taking the data and putting it in a chart or table …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightGauge
    No comparison between the dashboarding available natively in ConnectWise Manage and what you can easily do in BrightGauge.
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightGauge
    We looked very briefly at Solar Winds, but due to Connectwise the reporting was not very accurate and was conflicted.
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightGauge
    I'm not aware of any other competitors to Bright Gauge that we selected. They seem to be very close to managed IT service providers and have been great at tailoring their support to the PSAs like ConnectWise, AutoTask, etc. I can see Bright Gauge getting more and more popular …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightGauge
    BG support is amazing. Connectsmart support is so bad, that's why I changed
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    BrightGauge
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of BrightGauge
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    8.1
    14 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.210 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.814 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.113 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of BrightGauge
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.7
    14 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.414 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.513 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages4.67 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.213 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of BrightGauge
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.9
    14 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.410 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.414 Ratings
    Report Versioning5.07 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.214 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.44 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of BrightGauge
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    5.9
    12 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.012 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.26 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.16 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining2.52 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of BrightGauge
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    8.7
    14 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.614 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.313 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.313 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.34 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.35 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of BrightGauge
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    6.8
    7 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.56 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile5.86 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of BrightGauge
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.4
    8 Ratings
    REST API8.26 Ratings
    Javascript API9.62 Ratings
    iFrames10.02 Ratings
    Java API6.01 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)3.53 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.03 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BrightGauge
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (6 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (6 ratings)