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Infor Birst

186 Reviews and Ratings

MicroStrategy Analytics

269 Reviews and Ratings

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Infor Birst

    Score5.3 out of 10
    		N/AInfor Birst offers multi-tenant cloud BI for deployment in a public or private cloud, or on-premises. It provides an in-memory columnar data store and a BI layer comprising a reporting engine, predictive analytics tools, mobile native apps, dashboards, discovery tools, and an open client interface.N/A

    MicroStrategy Analytics

    Score8.5 out of 10
    		N/AMicroStrategy Analytics is an enterprise business analytics and mobility platform. Key features include automatic big data analysis and reporting, data discovery and visualization, digital security credentials, and support for mobile devices.N/A
    Pricing
    Infor BirstMicroStrategy Analytics
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Infor BirstMicroStrategy Analytics
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Must contact sales team for pricing information.
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    Community Pulse
    Infor BirstMicroStrategy Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Infor
    Verified User
    Chose Infor Birst
    Cognos - this tool is also more difficult to set up, takes more time to develop dashboards, harder for the business user to navigate
    MicroStrategy - this tool is also more difficult to set up, takes more time to develop dashboards, harder for the business user to navigate
    MS …
    Incentivized
    Ricardo Alexandre Bastos
    Analista De BI in Information Technology at Catho (Internet, 501-1000 employees)
    Chose Infor Birst
    We used PDI to create the ETL and data cleaning, and we evaluated MicroStrategy and other BI tools when we bought Birst. We evaluated the end-user experience, the dashboards/graphs capacity, and SQL compatibility. Birst was better in 2 of 3 of the criteria but has the better …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Infor Birst
    Tableau does not have a common semantic layer like BIRST does so we use Tableau for data discovery purposes and BIRST for enterprise BI.
    Within BIRST, we can increase the level of data governance.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Infor Birst
    Visualizations between the two are comparable. Processing and data access seems to be a bit faster with MS. Building dashboards is about the same, with Birst seeming to be a bit simpler (but that might be because I use it more). Have used Tableau and Spotfire and the …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Infor Birst
    Being able to OEM/embed the analytics solution in our product. Birst did very well against this requirement.
    Incentivized
    Jean Jennings
    Strategic Director in Sales at Principal Financial Group (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Infor Birst
    Much more complicated, harder to use and implement. Security within tool very restrictive compared to Birst.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Infor Birst
    Business Objects, Microsoft, Pentaho, JasperReports, GoodData. Birst provided the broadest set of functionality at the best cost of ownership. Ease of implementation and getting quickly up to speed provided the biggest cost savings vs the other packages. The keys to ease of …
    MicroStrategy
    Mario Ferrer
    BI / DW Architect in Information Technology at Achievers (Computer Software, 201-500 employees)
    Chose MicroStrategy Analytics
    I found Birst to be a good tool when using perfectly normalized data, like they do on their demo. If your data or model are not perfect, the tool doesn't automatically figure out anything, so you have to do a lot of manual work. Also, the tool is not mature enough. For …
    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
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Infor BirstMicroStrategy Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Infor Birst and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Infor Birst
    7.4
    77 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    26 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports7.068 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.077 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.159 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Infor Birst and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Infor Birst
    7.0
    78 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    24 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.078 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.077 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.127 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.068 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Infor Birst and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Infor Birst
    8.0
    75 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    23 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.052 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.067 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.28 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.066 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Infor Birst and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Infor Birst
    6.9
    72 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.072 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.058 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics5.833 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Infor Birst and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Infor Birst
    8.3
    72 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    21 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.070 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.068 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.069 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Infor Birst and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Infor Birst
    5.0
    54 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    9.7
    19 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.052 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Mobile Application3.034 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.042 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Infor Birst and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Infor Birst
    -
    Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    8 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Infor BirstMicroStrategy Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (96 ratings)
    10.0
    (47 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (35 ratings)
    9.9
    (27 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    3.2
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    4.1
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (19 ratings)
    2.2
    (5 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.3
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    6.0
    (24 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.6
    (76 ratings)
    8.8
    (18 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)