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209 views|149 comparisons
76% willing to recommend
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1,683 views|1,503 comparisons
95% willing to recommend
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Pros
"Dashboards and self-service reports. These are widely used by customers in the EPM domain."

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"The most valuable thing I have found is the ability for Sisense to connect data from totally different sources.""Ability to work with very large data sources without the limitations of Excel.""Whenever we have an issue or are unsure how to proceed, they manage to simplify the issue and help us execute it in a graceful and scalable way.""The solution's technical support team is good.""Support is very responsive and clearly one of the strengths of Sisense. I have always received a fast response and the staff is very helpful.""This solution is easy to learn how to use.""The best part about this solution is how easy it is to mash up the data from many sources. Sisense is fast compared to other solutions.""The dashboard design interface is very intuitive and allows you to quickly and easily produce professional, innovative dashboards."

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Cons
"Customer support takes lot of time to get a solution."

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"The solution's setup process could be easier.""The initial version we purchased only ran on Windows servers, which was less than ideal for our DevOps team. I believe that has been remedied in the latest release.""At present there are additional costs involved if we wish to share our data queues within this solution, which we would like to see removed.""This solution does not have tabs. In order to have tabs, you have to download an add-on to mimic the tabs. They should be integrated to improve the solution.""I would like Sisense to improve its performance, particularly when we are dealing with large-scale data.""Larger datasets will sometimes give a "Accumulated logs" error when trying to make minor changes. T""The administrative side of Sisense is a little cumbersome and confusing.""They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard."

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  • "Please negotiate on the price and purchase the latest version."
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  • "This solution is more expensive than Tableau, Qlik and Dundas. It is an expensive tool. They charge $75,000 while Tableau is $45,000."
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    Top Answer:The solution's technical support team is good.
    Top Answer:Sisense is good in terms of visualization, but it has some drawbacks. For example, it doesn't have any way to sort or filter tables directly on the server side. Also, you can't have multiple tabs; it… more »
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    32nd
    out of 50 in Reporting
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    13th
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    5
    Average Words per Review
    373
    Rating
    7.4
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    Overview

    Birst Networked BI and Analytics eliminates information silos. Decentralized users can augment the enterprise data model virtually, as opposed to physically, without compromising data governance.

    A unified semantic layer maintains common definitions and key metrics.
    Birst’s two-tier architecture aligns back-end sources with line-of-business or local data. Birst’s Automated Data Refinement extracts data from any source into a unified semantic layer. Users are enabled with self-service analytics through executive dashboards, reporting, visual discovery, mobile tools, and predictive analytics. Birst Open Client Interface also offers integration with Tableau, Excel and R.

    Birst goes to market in two primary ways: as a direct sale, for enterprises using Birst on internal data to manage their business; and embedded, for companies who offer analytic products, by embedding and white-labeling Birst capabilities into their products.

    Birst’s is packaged in 3 available formats: Platform and per-user fee; by Department or Business Unit; by end-customer (for embedded scenarios).

    Sisense is an end-to-end business analytics software that enables users to easily prepare and analyze large, complex datasets. Sisense’s Single-Stack BI software includes data preparation, data management, analysis, visualization and reporting capabilities.

    Sample Customers
    Citrix Systems, Jive Software, SunnyD, Toshiba Medical Systems, Cisco OpenDNS, RB, Sunny D, Vertafore
    Ebay, WIX, Wave Accounting, ESPN.com, Magellan Luxury Hotel, Paylogic, Sony, Merck, EDA, One Hour Translation, NASA, Plastic Jungle, Philips, Yahoo
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Healthcare Company25%
    Retailer17%
    Insurance Company8%
    Computer Software Company8%
    REVIEWERS
    University17%
    Media Company13%
    Retailer8%
    Leisure / Travel Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Government6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise52%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business57%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise26%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise60%
    Buyer's Guide
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    April 2024
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    Birst is ranked 32nd in Reporting while Sisense is ranked 13th in Reporting with 39 reviews. Birst is rated 7.4, while Sisense is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Birst writes "The dashboards and Visualizer are valuable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sisense writes "Business intelligence solution that has improved automation and provided meaningful insights". Birst is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, ThoughtSpot and Alteryx, whereas Sisense is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Apache Superset, Qlik Sense and Amazon QuickSight.

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