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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Phocas Business Intelligence

    Score8 out of 10
    N/APhocas helps users discover data and provides results in real time.  It is designed for non-technical users and delivers a simple yet powerful analytical capability that quickly turns data into a chart, graph or map.  It brings up data on local, regional or global sales, inventory, forecasts, prices, profit margins, budgets and more. Phocas, based in the United Kingdom, is a business intelligence firm with offices in…N/A

    Tableau Desktop

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ATableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.

    $75

    per month

    Pricing
    Phocas Business IntelligenceTableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
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    Tableau
    $75
    per month per user
    Tableau Enterprise
    $115
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Phocas Business IntelligenceTableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPhocas has built its business model on exceeding customer expectations. We’ve operated on a subscription basis from the start and in the words of Phocas Group chairman and co-founder Paul Magee: ‘That puts the onus on us to perform’. And we like that. In fact, our whole company ecosystem is built around that ‘light bulb moment’ when customers achieve a breakthrough by seeing their business through fresh eyes.All pricing plans are billed annually.
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    Phocas Business IntelligenceTableau Desktop
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    Chose Phocas Business Intelligence
    Phocas is easy to use for end users and can be used on desktops, laptops, and phones.
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    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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    Features
    Phocas Business IntelligenceTableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Phocas Business Intelligence and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Phocas Business Intelligence
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.3
    167 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.04 Ratings8.4166 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.04 Ratings7.8145 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.8139 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Phocas Business Intelligence and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Phocas Business Intelligence
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    164 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis10.04 Ratings8.6159 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.04 Ratings9.2162 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.04 Ratings9.2157 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Phocas Business Intelligence and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Phocas Business Intelligence
    9.3
    4 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.1
    158 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.04 Ratings7.9149 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.03 Ratings8.2116 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.94 Ratings9.2123 Ratings
    Publish to Web00 Ratings7.3149 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.073 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Phocas Business Intelligence and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Phocas Business Intelligence
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    156 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.04 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.03 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.04 Ratings8.6126 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Phocas Business Intelligence and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Phocas Business Intelligence
    9.9
    4 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.94 Ratings9.0139 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.94 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.93 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Phocas Business Intelligence and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Phocas Business Intelligence
    9.5
    3 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.0
    135 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.03 Ratings8.2124 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.03 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.097 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Phocas Business Intelligence and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Phocas Business Intelligence
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    9.0
    64 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings9.256 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.051 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.446 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Phocas Business IntelligenceTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (194 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (63 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (56 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.9
    (115 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)