Business Intelligence Buyer's Guide

Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Advanced Analytics Platforms Solutions Directory

Below is a directory of BI and Data Analytics vendors, tools and software solutions including a company overview, links to social media and contact information for the Top 28 Business Intelligence providers. If you would like a printed version of this page including complete solutions profiles and a list of the top questions to ask in an RFP – Request for Proposal, click here for a Free PDF.

Solutions Overview

Altair offers an open, scalable, unified, and extensible data analytics platform with integrated data transformation and predictive analytics tools. Desktop-based data preparation is available via Altair Monarch, while Kn...

Altair offers an open, scalable, unified, and extensible data analytics platform with integrated data transformation and predictive analytics tools. Desktop-based data preparation is available via Altair Monarch, while Knowledge Hub features team-driven data prep and a centralized data marketplace to speed collaboration and governance. Machine learning and predictive analytics are made available inside Knowledge Studio. Altair Panopticon houses the company’s streaming processing and real-time visualization capabilities.

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Altair updated its entire line of data analytics software in June 2020, calling it “the most significant software update release in company history.” As part of the release collection, the vendor added automated machine learning (AutoML) to its Knowledge Studio predictive analytics solution. This update helps to optimize the modeling process while also giving users insights and understanding into how results are achieved. The company’s April 2020 Panopticon release saw the company add speed and flexibility enhancements. Altair serves customers in a number of verticals and is best used by technical data analysts and scientists.

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Alteryx is a self-service data analytics software company that specializes in data preparation and data blending. Alteryx Analytics allows users to organize, clean, and analyze data in a repeatable workflow. Business anal...

Alteryx is a self-service data analytics software company that specializes in data preparation and data blending. Alteryx Analytics allows users to organize, clean, and analyze data in a repeatable workflow. Business analysts find this tool particularly useful for connecting to and cleansing data from data warehouses, cloud applications, spreadsheets and other sources. The platform features tools to run a variety of analytic jobs (predictive, statistical, spatial) inside a single interface. Alteryx went public in 2017.

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Alteryx offers an expansive platform with many noteworthy analytic features, and its foray into data science tools figures to be a boon to citizen data scientists. In addition, the company acquired Menlo Park-based ClearStory Data in April 2019. Most known for its smart data discovery and automated data preparation features, the merger will enable Alteryx to create a natural extension of its own technology that will enable it to grow its data science capabilities. Alteryx also launched a new version of its Analytic Process Automation platform in May.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers business intelligence functionality through its cloud-native and serverless BI service called Amazon QuickSight. QuickSight is embeddable and features built-in machine learning as well. Th...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers business intelligence functionality through its cloud-native and serverless BI service called Amazon QuickSight. QuickSight is embeddable and features built-in machine learning as well. The product lets you create and publish interactive BI dashboards that can be queried using natural language. It can automatically scale to thousands of users without any infrastructure, and touts pay-per-session pricing so customers only pay when users access dashboards or reports.

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In addition to a broad range of data analytics tools within its AWS ecosystem, Amazon Web Services offers its own native BI capabilities inside Amazon QuickSight. QuickSight can be used for a number of different use cases and by organizations large or small. Its serverless architecture enables it to easily scale without setup or configuration. Enterprise functionalities include broad data source support, global collaboration and multi-tenancy, built-in security and compliance, and mobile app support.

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AnswerRocket offers a search-powered data analytics platform designed for business users. The product enables you to ask business questions in natural language, and no technical skills are needed to run reports or generat...

AnswerRocket offers a search-powered data analytics platform designed for business users. The product enables you to ask business questions in natural language, and no technical skills are needed to run reports or generate analysis. AnswerRocket features a combination of AI and machine learning, as well as advanced analytic functionality. The platform can also automate manual tasks and answer ad hoc questions quickly. AnswerRocket is mobile-friendly and includes native voice recognition. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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AnswerRocket features a breadth of augmented data discovery capabilities and was created for non-technical users. IQ Boosters sift through thousands of variables to pinpoint the most important data points to explore. Analytics can be accessed via desktop or mobile, and users can ask questions by typing or speaking. Dashboard building can be automated on the fly from natural language questions as well. AnswerRocket can be run on-prem or in the cloud via the major public cloud providers. The product is best suited for organizations in consumer goods, e-commerce, and the financial services.

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BOARD combines business intelligence, performance management, and predictive analytics into one platform. As a result, any change to data, data models, security profiles or business rules is immediately propagated to ever...

BOARD combines business intelligence, performance management, and predictive analytics into one platform. As a result, any change to data, data models, security profiles or business rules is immediately propagated to every application. The solution provides all the tools required to create and update databases, data presentations, analyses, and process models. The company also offers BOARD Cloud, a SaaS version of the platform, backed by Microsoft Azure.

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BOARD is offered on-prem or in the cloud, and the platform unifies any data source into a single logical view. BOARD is based on a proprietary data management technology called HBMP that was designed to enhance the performance of in-memory computing. The company’s flagship solution offers two authentication layers and advanced security management so users can delegate security administration to other key users. BOARD was founded in 1994 and has customers in a wide array of verticals. The provider was acquired by US-based private equity investor Nordic Capital in early 2019.

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Domo offers a cloud-based analytics and business intelligence platform for decentralized use cases. The provider added new R and Python integration capabilities, as well as support for embedded BI in recent months. Domo E...

Domo offers a cloud-based analytics and business intelligence platform for decentralized use cases. The provider added new R and Python integration capabilities, as well as support for embedded BI in recent months. Domo Everywhere enables users to embed interactive Domo cards in portals, on web properties and inside applications. The company’s platform is highly customizable, and the Analyzer feature can be tailored to filter out unnecessary data. Domo went public in June 2018.

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Domo is a cloud-based executive management platform that enables organizations to see key data in real-time from across the enterprise in one place and on any device. The company offers prepackaged dashboard content and functionality for filtering and sorting data visually in Domo Analyzer. Within the last calendar year, Domo has released a new multi-cloud data offering with 100 new modern BI features, as well as an updated version of its Domo Everywhere embedded analytics tool.

Hitachi Vantara
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Hitachi Vantara’s Pentaho Business Analytics platform allows organizations to access and blend all types and sizes of data. The product offers a range of capabilities for big data integration and data preparation. The Pen...

Hitachi Vantara’s Pentaho Business Analytics platform allows organizations to access and blend all types and sizes of data. The product offers a range of capabilities for big data integration and data preparation. The Pentaho platform is purpose-built for embedding into and integrating with applications, portals, and processes. Organizations can embed a range of analytics, including visualizations, reports, ad hoc analysis, and tailored dashboards. It also extends to third-party charts, graphs and visualizations via an open API for a wider selection of embeddable analytics. Pentaho is offered in on-prem and cloud versions.

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Pentaho was acquired by Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) in 2015. Post-merger, Pentaho had been offered as a standalone software platform until recently when Hitachi combined the Pentaho, HDS and Hitachi Insight Groups into a new unit called Hitachi Vantara. The Pentaho data platform is unique because it encompasses data integration and BI and analytic capabilities. Self-contained ETL and integration, data preparation, data storage and security make Hitachi an excellent choice for companies that want to implement only a single product.

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IBM offers an expansive range of BI and analytic capabilities under two distinct product lines. The Cognos Analytics platform is an integrated self-service solution that allows users to access data to create dashboards an...

IBM offers an expansive range of BI and analytic capabilities under two distinct product lines. The Cognos Analytics platform is an integrated self-service solution that allows users to access data to create dashboards and reports. IBM Watson Analytics offers a machine learning-enabled user experience that includes automated pattern detection, support for natural language query and generation, and embedded advanced analytics capabilities. Cognos is IBM’s ‘flagship’ BI and analytics tool, where Watson is the vendor’s entry into the emerging AI-powered tools arena.

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IBM has made real strides to modernize its analytic offerings, and with great success. Cognos remains one of the most widely adopted BI platforms in the enterprise, and Watson Analytics is on the cutting edge of AI-influenced tools. IBM’s BI software can be deployed both on-prem or as a hosted solution via the IBM Cloud. The company’s complete analytics portfolio also includes its SPSS Predictive Analytics, IBM Data Science Experience, and IBM Planning Analytics tools.

Solutions Overview

Infor offers a cloud-based analytics solution that connects an organization using a network of interwoven virtualized BI instances. The provider’s flagship product is its Networked BI platform. The tool features an adapti...

Infor offers a cloud-based analytics solution that connects an organization using a network of interwoven virtualized BI instances. The provider’s flagship product is its Networked BI platform. The tool features an adaptive user experience, multi-tenant cloud architecture, user data tier, and a completely virtualized data ecosystem. These capabilities enable use of BI across multiple regions, product lines, departments, and customers. Infor acquired Birst in April 2017.

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Birst is a data warehouse, reporting and visualization platform that operates independent of its parent company Infor. Customers most commonly use the product for BI provisioning, and because it is cloud-based, decentralized analytics as well. Reference customers speak highly of Birst’s service and support offerings, though some users note that interface integration needs some work. Birst introduced a new set of Smart Analytics solutions (powered by Infor’s Coleman AI) in January 2019. In May 2019, the company unveiled Birst 7 featuring a new user interface, enhanced data modeling features, and an updated administration module with auditing capabilities.

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Incorta’s Direct Data Platform speeds up data ingestion and provides hastened join performance. The vendor has dubbed its product “The Industry’s First No-ETL Data Warehouse.” Incorta features a Direct Data Mapping engine...

Incorta’s Direct Data Platform speeds up data ingestion and provides hastened join performance. The vendor has dubbed its product “The Industry’s First No-ETL Data Warehouse.” Incorta features a Direct Data Mapping engine which provides real-time aggregation of complex business data without needing a data warehouse. Users can drill from top line, aggregated KPIs, all the way to supporting transaction records with one click. Incorta also enables you to drill anywhere with user-defined drill paths and hierarchies.

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Incorta consolidates data management and analytics into a single integrated platform for data acquisition, storage, analysis, visualization, and reporting. It combines an open data lake with in-memory analytics for durable storage and responsive queries. The unique Direct Data Mapping feature enables users to ask questions and quickly explore in any direction. Incorta recently released version 5 of its flagship offering and a new mobile analytics app. The company also raised $120 million in Series D funding in June.

Solutions Overview

Looker offers a BI and data analytics platform that is built on LookML, the company’s proprietary modeling language. The company’s embedded analytics functionality in Powered by Looker utilizes modern database technologie...

Looker offers a BI and data analytics platform that is built on LookML, the company’s proprietary modeling language. The company’s embedded analytics functionality in Powered by Looker utilizes modern database technologies and an agile modeling layer that allow users to define data and control who can access it. Analytics can be deployed as an embedded iFrame or using Javascript. Organizations can use Looker’s full RESTful API or the schedule feature to deliver reports by email or webhook. Looker is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2011.

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Looker can be embedded in websites, portals and applications. The product’s application for web analytics touts filtering and drilling capabilities, enabling users to dig into row-level details at will. Recent sales analytics and developer tools added in expand Looker’s suite of purpose-built applications which already includes Looker for Digital Marketing and Looker for Web Analytics applications. The launch of Looker 7 was highlighted by the addition of customizable BI experiences to drive collaboration, enterprise security enhancements, and hosting and management capabilities.

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Microsoft is one of a handful of major players in enterprise BI and analytics. The company’s flagship platform, Power BI, is cloud-based and delivered on the Azure Cloud. On-prem capabilities also exist for individual use...

Microsoft is one of a handful of major players in enterprise BI and analytics. The company’s flagship platform, Power BI, is cloud-based and delivered on the Azure Cloud. On-prem capabilities also exist for individual users or when power users are authoring complex data mashups using in-house data sources. Power BI is unique because it enables users to do data preparation, data discovery, and dashboards with the same design tool. The platform integrates with Excel and Office 365, and has a very active user community that extends the tool’s capabilities.

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Microsoft offers perhaps the most robust BI and analytic product portfolio of any provider included in this buyer’s guide. The company’s Power BI platform is offered in ‘desktop’ and ‘premium’ versions, and connects to Excel spreadsheets, on-prem data sources, big data, streaming data, and cloud services. Microsoft enables organizations ease of use when running complex data analysis, and cost is a major benefit of the platform. However, its cloud-only approach and inability to handle very large data volumes is a caution buyers should be aware of.

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MicroStrategy provides out-of-the-box gateways and native drivers that connect to any enterprise resource, including databases, mobile device management (MDM) systems, enterprise directories, cloud applications and physic...

MicroStrategy provides out-of-the-box gateways and native drivers that connect to any enterprise resource, including databases, mobile device management (MDM) systems, enterprise directories, cloud applications and physical access control systems. Its embedded analytics tool allows MicroStrategy to be embedded in other web pages and applications such as portals, CRM tools, chatbots and even voice assistants like Alexa. The product enables users to build custom visualizations, connectors and applications, and proprietary APIs allow organizations to create custom product offerings and branded mobile applications.

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MicroStrategy merges self-service data preparation and visual data discovery in an enterprise BI and analytics platform. MicroStrategy 2020 touts a ‘HyperIntelligence’ module that provides new ways for users to access data. Through this capability, MicroStrategy 2020 provides contextual insight via new apps for iOS and Android that work on any device. The latest version includes updated Dossier functionality via a new free-form canvas that users can leverage to create interactive designs, compound grids for data representation, custom-shaped geographies for mapping visualizations, and dossier-to-dossier linking.

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Oracle offers a broad range of BI and analytics tools that can be deployed on-prem or in the Oracle Cloud. The company provides traditional BI capabilities inside its Business Intelligence 12c solution. Oracle Data Visual...

Oracle offers a broad range of BI and analytics tools that can be deployed on-prem or in the Oracle Cloud. The company provides traditional BI capabilities inside its Business Intelligence 12c solution. Oracle Data Visualization provides more advanced features, and allows users to automatically visualize data as drag-and-drop attributes, charts, and graphs. The tool also enables users to save snapshots of an analytical moment-in-time via story points. Oracle has greatly expanded its feature capabilities in recent months to include data discovery and data science tools as well.

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Oracle offers traditional reporting and dashboards via the Business Intelligence 12c tool. Modern product capabilities are included in Oracle Data Visualization, which provides advanced data visualization, data preparation, self-service, and advanced analytics. The company’s Big Data Discovery feature set is a Hadoop-based data science platform that supports both on-prem and web-based authoring. Oracle’s software is largely available in both desktop and cloud versions. However, organizations that are not already “Oracle shops” may have trouble with deployment.

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Pyramid Analytics offers data and analytics tool through its flagship platform, Pyramid v2020. The solution touts a server-based, multi-user analytics OS environment that provides self-service capabilities. Pyramid v2020 ...

Pyramid Analytics offers data and analytics tool through its flagship platform, Pyramid v2020. The solution touts a server-based, multi-user analytics OS environment that provides self-service capabilities. Pyramid v2020 features a platform-agnostic architecture that allows users to manage data across any environment, regardless of technology. The tool enables those users to prepare, model, visualize, analyze, publish, and present data from web browsers and mobile devices. The company’s product portfolio remains highly integrated with Microsoft’s BI tools, offering an enterprise front-end to Microsoft SQL Server Analyses Services (SSAS). However, Pyramid has attempted to differentiate itself with its new product portfolio.

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Pyramid v2020 includes SAP BW Integration, which enables users to directly connect to SAP BW and natively interact with cubes and queries without ingesting data. Users can mash their SAP data with other sources as well. An ETL 2.0 feature (designed for power users and data scientists) upgrades the Pyramid Analytics data modeling and wrangling capabilities. The new Augmented Machine Learning Server in v2020 lets administrators create standard environments for specific machine learning projects. Users can then standardize distinct Python environments to ensure machine learning execution.

Qlik
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Qlik offers a broad spectrum of BI and analytics tools, which is headlined by the company’s flagship offering, Qlik Sense. The solution enables organizations to combine all their data sources into a single view. The Qlik ...

Qlik offers a broad spectrum of BI and analytics tools, which is headlined by the company’s flagship offering, Qlik Sense. The solution enables organizations to combine all their data sources into a single view. The Qlik Analytics Platform allows users to develop, extend and embed visual analytics in existing applications and portals. Embedded functionality is done within a common governance and security framework. Users can build and embed Qlik as simple mashups or integrate within applications, information services or IoT platforms. Qlik has added a slew of augmented analytics features in the last calendar year.

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Recent capabilities included in Qlik Sense Enterprise are aimed at advancing the company’s foray into 3rd-generation BI, which include data democratization, augmented analytics, and embedded analytics. In addition to deploying Qlik Sense on Qlik Cloud Services, customers can use the platform on Kubernetes in the public or private cloud of choice. Every Qlik deployment option now works as part of Qlik’s multi-cloud deployment framework that can be managed as one instance. Core capabilities of Qlik Sense Cloud Business includes self-service app creation, visual data preparation, smart search, and automated AI-generated insights.

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The Salesforce Einstein Analytics platform is available in a number of flavors based on role, industry and included features. The product’s automated data discovery capabilities enable users to answer questions based on t...

The Salesforce Einstein Analytics platform is available in a number of flavors based on role, industry and included features. The product’s automated data discovery capabilities enable users to answer questions based on transparent and understandable AI models. Users can also tailor analytics to their use case and enhance insights with precise recommendations and specific guidance. Einstein lets you create advanced experiences using customizable templates, third-party apps, or custom-build dashboards as well.

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Salesforce offers a growing number of modern BI and analytics capabilities, as well as augmented data discovery and preparation. The platform can host both Salesforce and non-Salesforce data, though Einstein remains natively integrated with the Salesforce business application ecosystem. Salesforce touts perhaps the largest partner ecosystem of any provider listed in this buyer’s guide that makes use of the vendor’s embedded content features. Salesforce acquired in Tableau Software in June of 2019, a move that has enabled it to merge the two offerings together to offer customers a full-featured BI portfolio in the near future.

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SAP offers a broad range of BI and analytics tools in both enterprise and business-user driven editions. The company’s flagship BI portfolio is delivered via on-prem (BusinessObjects Enterprise), and cloud (BusinessObject...

SAP offers a broad range of BI and analytics tools in both enterprise and business-user driven editions. The company’s flagship BI portfolio is delivered via on-prem (BusinessObjects Enterprise), and cloud (BusinessObjects Cloud) deployments atop the SAP HANA Cloud. SAP also offers a suite of traditional BI capabilities for dashboards and reporting. The vendor’s data discovery tools are housed in the BusinessObjects solution, while additional functionality, including self-service visualization, are available through the SAP Lumira tool set. SAP is popularly chosen as a company-wide BI standard, especially if an organization also plans to use the company’s application offerings.

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SAP’s BI and analytics tools are available through a number of deployment channels. As a result, the company’s legacy BI functionality can be integrated into its newer offerings for modern use cases. SAP is available on-prem and in the cloud via its own HANA cloud platform. Organizations typically deploy SAP via a ‘vendor stack’, which, in this scenario where product offerings are so far advanced, is not a major issue. According to Gartner, product quality is a problem given the company’s attempt at developing two parallel product lines (BusinessObjects Enterprise, BusinessObjects Cloud).

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SAS is the largest independent vendor in the BI marketplace. The company’s flagship platform, SAS Visual Analytics, is available on-prem or in the cloud. Visual Analytics allows users to visually explore data to automatic...

SAS is the largest independent vendor in the BI marketplace. The company’s flagship platform, SAS Visual Analytics, is available on-prem or in the cloud. Visual Analytics allows users to visually explore data to automatically highlight key relationships, outliers, and clusters. Users can also take advantage of advanced visualizations and guided analysis through autocharting. SAS has made its name as a result of advanced analytics, as the tool can ingest data from diverse data sources and handle complex models. In addition to BI, SAS offers data management, IoT, personal data protection, and Hadoop tools.

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SAS is a major player in enterprise BI and analytics software. The company’s advanced and predictive analytic technologies, which include forecasting, text analytics, and decision trees, are excellent. Data scientists can extend these capabilities using the integrated Visual Statistics tool. SAS caters to a wide range of verticals, and users particularly enjoy ease of use in accessing Hadoop and NoSQL data. The company recently added new machine learning, computer vision, and natural language processing capabilities to its flagship platform. These developments are part of the company’s billion-dollar investment in AI.

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Sigma Computing offers a no-code business intelligence and analytics solution designed for use with cloud data warehouses. The product features an intuitive, spreadsheet-like user interface that provides users with the fa...

Sigma Computing offers a no-code business intelligence and analytics solution designed for use with cloud data warehouses. The product features an intuitive, spreadsheet-like user interface that provides users with the familiarity of Excel. Guided data warehouse access ensures that data remains secure, compliant, and in context. When users take action in Sigma, it automatically translates them into SQL. All queries are run live against the cloud data warehouse, and the results are passed back to Sigma. Sigma Computing was founded in 2014.

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Sigma Computing recently announced the release of a collection of major updates to its cloud BI and analytics platform which are highlighted by interactive dashboards that enable collaboration between technical and non-technical users. Sigma also unveiled a new Application Embedding capability that allows dashboards to be embedded into applications with inherited access roles and permissions. The new dashboards provide more choices for managing data updating in real-time as underlying data and analysis change. Sigma is a vendor to track closely in 2022.

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Sisense is a global business analytics software company with offices in New York City, Phoenix, Tokyo, and Tel Aviv. The company’s BI software makes it easy for organizations to reveal business insight from complex data i...

Sisense is a global business analytics software company with offices in New York City, Phoenix, Tokyo, and Tel Aviv. The company’s BI software makes it easy for organizations to reveal business insight from complex data in any size, and from any source. Sisense allows users to combine data and uncover insights in a single interface without scripting, coding or assistance from IT. Its BI and analytics platform is sold as a single-stack solution with a back end for preparing and modeling data. It also features expansive analytical capabilities, and a front-end for dashboarding and visualization.

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Sisense offers a single platform that runs on in-chip technology for visual data discovery on web-based dashboards. Due to unique technology and an emphasis on end-user experience, Sisense is most appropriate for organizations that want to analyze large amounts of data from multiple sources. The company’s OEM partner network is strong, and users report high praise for customer experience. The ability for organizations to white label Sisense and use APIs to extend analytic content are also major value-adds. Sisense unveiled a new AI-driven analytics platform called Sisense Fusion in February 2021.

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Tableau offers an expansive visual BI and analytics platform, and is widely regarded as the major player in the marketplace. The company’s analytic software portfolio is available through three main channels: Tableau Desk...

Tableau offers an expansive visual BI and analytics platform, and is widely regarded as the major player in the marketplace. The company’s analytic software portfolio is available through three main channels: Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, and Tableau Online. Tableau connects to hundreds of data sources and is available on-prem or in the cloud. The vendor also offers embedded analytics capabilities, and users can visualize and share data with Tableau Public. Tableau was acquired by Salesforce for nearly $16 billion in June 2019.

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Tableau 2021 features the introduction of Business Science, a “new class of AI-powered analytics” that enables business users to take advantage of data science techniques. Business Science is delivered via Einstein Discovery. The release also touts key additions aimed at simplifying analytics at scale and expanding the Tableau ecosystem to help different user personas understand their environment. Subsequent patches have seen the product get new augmented analytics tools and enterprise-focused subscription plans.

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TARGIT’s flagship BI product is Decision Suite, an integrated platform that offers visual data discovery, self-service analytics, reporting, and dashboards. The solution features a range of deployment options, and users c...

TARGIT’s flagship BI product is Decision Suite, an integrated platform that offers visual data discovery, self-service analytics, reporting, and dashboards. The solution features a range of deployment options, and users can access the tool through Windows, web, or mobile clients. Organizations can also embed TARGIT into the applications they use most. TARGIT touts an in-memory database and back-end tool set, which means the platform can be run as a complete end-to-end solution. TARGIT was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was acquired by GRO Capital in February of 2017.

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TARGIT offers a modern BI and analytics platform that includes built-in data integration capabilities. The solution runs securely on-prem, in the cloud or in a hosted environment. TARGIT Decision Suite supports all major relational and multidimensional database technologies. The provider’s 2019 platform refresh included an entirely new design experience, fully integrated reporting, super intelligent documents, and new mobile apps. TARGIT has also upgraded to the tool’s installer to improve the entire upgrade and installation process.

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Tellius offers a search and AI-powered data analytics platform. The product features a proprietary Genius AI Engine that is designed to allow business users ask questions about their data. Tellius has natural language pro...

Tellius offers a search and AI-powered data analytics platform. The product features a proprietary Genius AI Engine that is designed to allow business users ask questions about their data. Tellius has natural language processing that interacts with users in plain language and creates narratives alongside data visualizations as well. The tool can also provide personalized recommendations by anticipating needs and automatically offering related insights and suggestions. Tellius is built on the Apache Spark distributed architecture.

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Tellius is a key player in the burgeoning augmented analytics space. Its platform supports complex analytical search and other ad hoc comparisons and calculations. Recommendations are based on user questions and user’s learned behavior. Explainable AI is a main feature of the product, and the Genius Insights Engine helps users understand why something has changed, as well as get answers to questions automatically by analyzing a combination of data points. The company released a new Quick Start capability inside a major platform update last May.

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ThoughtSpot offers an artificial intelligence-driven analytics platform that features what the company dubs ‘the world’s first relational search engine.’ The tool combines relational search with a custom-built, in-memory ...

ThoughtSpot offers an artificial intelligence-driven analytics platform that features what the company dubs ‘the world’s first relational search engine.’ The tool combines relational search with a custom-built, in-memory relational data cache to speed up queries that are run over many lines of data. ThoughtSpot connects with any on-prem, cloud, big data, or desktop data source. ThoughtSpot includes a feature called Answer Explorer that helps users find the right questions to ask by serving up suggestions based on terms frequently used with similar data sets. This allows users to accept suggestions to filter, add or compare metrics, or break them down by dimensions. The company is located in Palo Alto, CA, and was founded in 2012.

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ThoughtSpot’s analytics platform is heavily influenced by artificial intelligence and automation. While it may seem complex, ease of use is actually a strength of the product. It features a full-stack architecture and intuitive insight generation capabilities via the in-memory calculation engine. A distributed cluster manager provides customizable scaling options, and support for existing ETL solutions ensures proper connectivity to desired data sources. The ThoughtSpot Embrace service allows you to run search and AI analytics directly in existing databases, and adds support for Google Cloud Storage as well. ThoughtSpot raised $100 million in venture capital in 2021.

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TIBCO’s product capabilities are expansive, and range from data integration and API management to visual analytics, reporting, and data science. The company’s BI and analytics portfolio comes in two main iterations: TIBCO...

TIBCO’s product capabilities are expansive, and range from data integration and API management to visual analytics, reporting, and data science. The company’s BI and analytics portfolio comes in two main iterations: TIBCO Spotfire and TIBCO Jaspersoft. TIBCO Spotfire is the company’s more modern platform. It features interactive visualization, data preparation, enterprise-class governance, and advanced analytic capabilities. TIBCO Jaspersoft supports traditional reporting and embedded BI functionality. TIBCO is publicly traded and based in Palo Alto, California.

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TIBCO offers perhaps the most feature-rich BI and analytics portfolio of any provider listed in this resource. In addition, the traditional BI functionality offered in Jaspersoft, Spotfire provides expert users with the features they need to run complex analysis. Spotfire users report satisfaction with the integration of TIBCO’s data science tools, and a growing user community helps to offset what some see as an increasingly complex product to use. However, license costs are a barrier to deployment. As a result, organizations commonly utilize other BI and analytics tools alongside TIBCO.

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Yellowfin is an Australia-based BI and analytics company that specializes in dashboards and data visualization. Its platform features a machine learning algorithm called Assisted Insights that provides automatic answers i...

Yellowfin is an Australia-based BI and analytics company that specializes in dashboards and data visualization. Its platform features a machine learning algorithm called Assisted Insights that provides automatic answers in the form of easy-to-understand best practice visualizations and narratives. Yellowfin comes pre-built with a variety of dashboards, and users can embed interactive reports into third-party platforms, such as a web page, wiki, or company intranet. The company also offers native apps for mobile devices.

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Yellowfin has high customer ratings for ease of use and feature functionality. The company’s data platform is a viable option for organizations that wish to deploy BI and analytics in the cloud. The most prominent use case for Yellowfin is embedded BI, and the tool offers a completely web-based user interface. The Yellowfin 9.7 release includes a new suite of Guided NLQ natural language query tools. Guided NLQ guides users through thousands of comprehensively modelled question types and sequences so they can ask questions in plain language.

Zoho
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Zoho Analytics (previously Zoho Reports) is a self-service BI and data analytics tool that lets you incorporate data from a wide range of sources, blend it together, and create cross-functional reports and dashboards. The...

Zoho Analytics (previously Zoho Reports) is a self-service BI and data analytics tool that lets you incorporate data from a wide range of sources, blend it together, and create cross-functional reports and dashboards. The product features a simple drag-and-drop designer, as well as different visualization tools to drill down to specifics. A “smart” assistant called Zia can answer user questions in the form of reports and KPI widgets via AI, machine learning and natural language processing. Users can share and publish reports and smart data alerts ping you when outliers or anomalies happen. Zoho also includes a suite of integrations for popular business apps.

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Zoho Analytics is a web-based BI tool best used for dashboard and report creation and features broad data integration and data source connectivity. The solution includes a variety of charts, widgets, pivot tables and tabular view components as well. Users can combine multiple reports into a single dashboard using the drag-and-drop designer. Zoho also allows you to insert images, formatted text, widgets and web components in a designer layout. Zoho dropped a new self-service and AI-powered version of its product in summer 2021.