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."I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's highly scalable and can handle significant data volumes."
"The most valuable feature is building ad hoc reports."
"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 solution can read and write 500 different types of outputs."
"It's an open platform. That's also important. You can create your own data connectors. There's everything you can do with APIs. It's not closed like, perhaps, an SAP system might be."
"The most important feature is the way it handles ad hoc queries and provides formatted reports."
"The technical support is quite good."
"The solution's platform analytics gives us real-time analysis of how a particular user uses the report and how the systems behave."
"We use MicroStrategy as an integrated solution with some of their other CRM type applications."
"I have never had any problems with the stability."
"The most valuable features of MicroStrategy are user-friendliness and integration with the different data warehouse systems."
"Having the analytics capabilities on a single platform."
"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."
"The solution can be improved by adding more automated options for reporting."
"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."
"There are some challenges in our organization on how we store the data."
"If they can make it more stable, in terms of the connectivity, that would help."
"Our users tend to say the interface is a pain."
"They need to improve on having more professional, well-equipped premium support."
"I would like to see more Writeback capabilities that would allow our IT department not to be worried about the wild, Wild West of Writeback."
"There is room for improvement on the graphs."
"Getting our data to work with the tool is where we are having issues."
"The interface you can design in MicroStrategy is great, but I feel it needs to be refreshed, add a bit more functionality. I would like to see more capabilities on the mobile side, to bring it on par with apps that you see in the App Store."
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 Alteryx, 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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