We performed a comparison between ibi WebFOCUS and MicroStrategy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Embedded BI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution can read and write 500 different types of outputs."
"The most valuable feature is building ad hoc reports."
"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's highly scalable and can handle significant data volumes."
"It stands out for its ability to work across different platforms, support mainframe data, offer cloud integration, automate report scheduling, and provide a robust scripting language."
"The simplicity of MicroStrategy is what I like the most."
"Scalability is fantastic. It can go from a small operation up to a gigantic operation. "
"It plays a vital role in establishing a connection with predictive continuous improvement."
"The single stack solution will always be more profitable, scalable, and elastic for organizational needs."
"The most valuable features are the Visual Insights and the visualizations."
"The architecture is very solid."
"It has the potential to become a great evangelist for AI and other embedded analytics."
"The scalability is great. It was one of the selling points for us on MicroStrategy."
"The solution can be improved by adding more automated options for reporting."
"When it comes to customer support, we don't always reach the right person. Sometimes, we get junior-level reps who aren't as knowledgeable as we are."
"If there were to be any improvements right now, their documentation needs to get in sync with their product."
"The challenge lies not in what the tool can do but in how you use it and understand the data."
"This solution is missing enhanced features in the dashboards."
"Sometimes you can do something in reports, but you cannot do the same thing in documents."
"When we come to them with a problem, they might know more of a generalized solution, but not one targeted to our industry."
"You can now do data blending at the document level and data blending allows you to show results from different data sets in one grid, so to speak. I want to be able to create a data set that can receive data from multiple cubes, have it in one data set, and then bring it to the document, because then I can reuse it for other documents. Now, I have to do it in a document and then it's less reusable, because if I want to share that functionality, I have to copy the document, strip a lot of things, and then work on that basic element that I've built in that document."
"Our users tend to say the interface is a pain."
"The product could be improved by adding additional visualization."
"Consolidate the functional offering to be more concise in the front-end for web reports, dashboards, and self-service."
"They should give proper industry-based tutorials so that one can learn it easily and implement it based on the requirements. They should give more MMP files so that we can import a whole project altogether and learn from that project."
ibi WebFOCUS is ranked 10th in Embedded BI with 18 reviews while MicroStrategy is ranked 4th in Embedded BI with 156 reviews. ibi WebFOCUS is rated 8.8, while MicroStrategy is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ibi WebFOCUS writes "A flexible mainframe product with unique file features and a rock solid scheduling feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MicroStrategy writes "A robust solution for powerful data analytics". ibi WebFOCUS is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Databricks and Amazon QuickSight, whereas MicroStrategy is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, IBM Cognos, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Qlik Sense. See our MicroStrategy vs. ibi WebFOCUS report.
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