We performed a comparison between Board and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can build reports super fast."
"A lot of flexibility from the data modeling standpoint. It can add specific line items into our budget, for example, or if we want to make changes to the data model itself, we have that flexibility."
"BOARD technical support is knowledgeable and helpful."
"The reporting part has been very valuable as the capabilities of the tool do not have to change graphs, change how grids are displayed, and can create reports on the fly."
"All the reports are prepared automatically."
"The ease of being able to get the data into BOARD is what makes it nice for people with a semi-IT background."
"I liked the way that I felt as a user and administrator of it. There were a lot of clicks, drops, drags, etc. versus writing code."
"The support from the BOARD team and their consultants is great. Whenever I use technical support, they are good."
"I am impressed with the product's seamless integration. It can work with different databases like Oracle."
"We get good support from Microsoft."
"I like Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services' automated reporting feature."
"The solution is known for its robust security features."
"The solution's features are all just wrapped up in one nice easy package. I don't need a lot of toolsets to get everything I need done."
"I mainly use the solution for the ease of reporting and for executive dashboards."
"It is a stable solution."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It can have more functionality for narrative reporting. They should also improve their training courses, which are currently very lightweight. When you get into more complex things, it is quite difficult to figure out what you're supposed to do, and you have to look at a lot of videos before you actually understand, which is a bit frustrating. Their training can be more comprehensive."
"It would be huge in the future if BOARD offered a lot more graphs and presentations, and it was a lot easier to use."
"What could be better is the manual... nowadays, most people use a web client, but on the Board manual website, a lot of the information is only about the Windows client. If they could update that, it would be helpful."
"One thing that I personally would like to see is additional visualization tools for visuals."
"Sometimes, the data disappears from the product."
"One of the things that I would like to see is the ability to have a rule directly referenced on the cubes."
"It would be nice to have more connectors for other data sources. BOARD is a great tool to become the single source of the truth. Making it easier to connect data sources for niche software tools will make it easier to keep everything in one place."
"We have had some challenges with newer version of the rollout in terms of stability."
"I would like the solution to add the scheduling feature for reports."
"It doesn't have quite the flexibility of a Tableau or something like that. Many users are more comfortable with Tableau and I'm not quite sure why that is right now, but it seems to be the case."
"The solution's interface is old."
"Sometimes, we need to make sure that the configuration stays consistent across the reporting instances. They all connect to the same database. So, it shares that same backend, but the reporting services itself can also be configured. On the application level, for reporting level. And it is, based on my own experience, it is a manual effort to make sure that the reporting servers are configured the same across the environment."
"The product should improve its performance."
"The setup is difficult because you have to install different servers."
"Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services needs to improve performance."
"In this solution, the cost should be reduced for the enterprise edition."
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Board is ranked 19th in Reporting with 35 reviews while Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is ranked 8th in Reporting with 14 reviews. Board is rated 8.6, while Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Board writes "A stable solution with good user-experience, easy deployment but needs some improvement with engine ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services writes "Offers useful templates but needs to improve the connectivity offered". Board is most compared with Anaplan, SAP Analytics Cloud, IBM Planning Analytics, Oracle Hyperion and Microsoft Power BI, whereas Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, TIBCO Jaspersoft, Tableau, SAP Crystal Reports and Oracle OBIEE. See our Board vs. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services report.
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