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it_user156600 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I was not involved in the decision making process.

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PK
Database Architect at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We also use Tableau and I've had experience with ThoughtSpot. As a backend guy, I like MicroStrategy. As an end user, Tableau has a crisper visualization with a better color palette. On the other hand, Tableau generates a huge amount of log which is time-consuming to go through. That aspect is simplified in MicroStrategy where I can go to one place and see the error. Tableau doesn't provide any service unless you purchase their premium-level support whereas I have MicroStrategy on speed dial and I can call at any time to get help. On the other hand, everything has to be defined with MicroStrategy which is difficult whereas in a solution like ThoughtSpot, it's just a case of ensuring that all the keys are defined. The same thing that took a month to do using MicroStrategy was completed in three days using ThoughtSpot.

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RP
Northern Europe IT Business Intelligence Manager at Adecco

I'm trying to evaluate what MicroStrategy can do and possibly what Power BI can do. I think Microsoft has a strong point, maybe, on the semantic layer side, whereas Power BI has a strong visualization and transformation part. The question now is if the two tools can coexist. Let's say if you can connect Power BI directly to the semantic layer of MicroStrategy and drive the reporting capabilities from there. That would be an option for the business and something we're looking into.

In Power BI, you have, for example, a performance analyzer. It means that the user can switch the visuals. MicroStrategy doesn't have that and neither does Tableau. It's something really only specific to Power BI. Let's say that you have a bar chart. You, as an end-user, can change it to a tonal chart. You can format the end report as you like and save it as a bookmark, so everything you open the report you see it as your view. 

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it_user69156 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Expert at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees

I have evaluated multiple tools in the past such as Tableau, SAP BusinesObjects, SSRS, Crystal Reports, QlikView, SAS VA, Looker, etc. Each evaluation you perform depends on the use case you are focusing upon, and most of these leading tools have evolved recently. Therefore, analysis performed by me at that point could be obsolete by now. However, as far as overall architecture level, MSTR still holds the leading spot in the market.

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it_user514302 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. MicroStrategy Consultant at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Before choosing this product, we evaluated SAP Business Objects, Tableau, IBM Cognos, and QlikView.

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it_user111504 - PeerSpot reviewer
VP of Customer Experience at a consumer goods company with 501-1,000 employees

Before choosing this product, we evaluated several other options, the usual subjects: BO, SQL Server, Tableau, Qlick,...

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BC
Enterprise Analytics Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

We actually had Birst and Qlik on the shortlist. What made us choose MicroStrategy was its longer term benefits. While the other solutions seemed flashier, we would actually grow out of those solutions within a year or two.

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it_user514329 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner and Sr. MicroStrategy Enterprise Solution SME at a tech company

Before choosing this product, I did not evaluate other options.

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it_user513906 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a marketing services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I do not know if/what other products were evaluated prior to MicroStrategy.

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it_user5598 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Director, BI Architecture at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The other option was to stay with Cognos. View full review »
it_user238434 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

Before choosing this product, we also evaluated QlikView and Tableau.

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it_user512088 - PeerSpot reviewer
MicroStrategy Product Manager at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Before choosing this product, We didn’t evaluate other options.

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it_user511203 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Senior at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I wasn't involved in evaluating the various options. I joined when the decision was made to go with MicroStrategy.

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it_user123129 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Visalization Architect at MSD
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Director Departamento Data Analitics at a wellness & fitness company with 1,001-5,000 employees

No, we didn't. Currently, we have other tools that coexist with MicroStrategy (Power BI) but there are certain reports that by volume and functionality, we continue to develop them in Microstrategy.

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it_user807384 - PeerSpot reviewer
Platform Data Visualization Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

The mobile for MicroStrategy is the best of all the BI platforms. It has some drawbacks, but its functionality, if done by skilled developers, I am really not sure if there is anything better. Some people can consider, I would say dedicated mobile applications, for example, maybe SAP. Then, it is very nice for the end users as well. 

However, as a separate product for the mobile device, MicroStrategy is the entire BI platform. It is an enterprise solution, a separate unit, etc.

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it_user807381 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Management- Project at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

As a consultant, we have multiple tools which we are focusing on.

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it_user807339 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Applications Developer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

At corporate, up in the C-Suite office, they had chosen MicroStrategy. We wanted to fall in line with them. That ended up being the primary reason why we chose MicroStrategy rather than just going to jQuery and making a web page with some jQuery objects in it. 

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it_user807357 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Healthcare Economics at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

When I took the position we were already using MicroStrategy. We actually looked at Tableau 2 as an alternative, but we decided to stick with Micro Strategy because we thought it was a better solution for our business. 

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it_user262917 - PeerSpot reviewer
Retail Solutions Manager at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

That was a long time ago. I believe they were using Cognos and Crystal Reports.

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it_user198780 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Apart from MicroStrategy, there are a few other players in the market which are actually doing good. There are the in-memory BI tools like QlikView and Tableau, and traditional BI tools like Cognos.

We have found some aspects of MicroStrategy which actually suit our business model, so we went with it.

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it_user144300 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of BI / Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

We evaluated Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, BO, SSRS?MS Power BI, OBIEE, TIBCO.

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it_user702252 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

We evaluated SAP BusinessObjects as it was one of the enterprise-level tools at that point of time.

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it_user531798 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

I reviewed IBM Cognos along with MicroStrategy. MicroStrategy was a better fit for our company needs due to its robust architecture, mobile-ready dashboards and a good pipeline of features coming in the future.

I keep learning new technologies and products to stay relevant in the ever evolving BI market. MicroStrategy has a good place in the market right now and is used by many enterprises as their primary BI tool. It also has better in some capabilities (handling large databases, server architecture, mobile-ready) than other tools in the market and has a good pipeline of upcoming advancements.

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it_user69087 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Data Analytics at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Microstrategy was the first our mature BI solution in the company. IBM Cognos BI was the next but it didn't get a lot of fans. IBM Cognos BI from our opinion is weaker in many places and not so handy.

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it_user807423 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Analytics And Data Management at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees

There were other vendors on the shortlist. I think initially, for us, it was some of the capabilities, the enterprise capabilities. And believe it or not, it was actually Transaction Services, that was really the part of the tool that made it very compelling for us, because it gave the opportunity to drive action.

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it_user185844 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior BI Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

I was not there for the initial choice. But I know they had a PoC on SAP BusinessObjects and Microsoft BI.

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it_user162021 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees

All products have been used depending on the customer.

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it_user516102 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager - BI and Analytics with 501-1,000 employees

Before choosing this product, I evaluated MicroStrategy, Cognos 8/9, Tableau’s very early versions and QlikView.

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it_user512919 - PeerSpot reviewer
Microstrategy Developer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Before choosing this product, we evaluated SAP BusinessObjects and IBM Cognos.

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it_user125418 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner/Principal at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I've also looked at Tibco Spotfire and Pentaho, and read reviews and evaluations of Tableau. All of these are seductive, but their solutions ignore the challenges of dealing with masses of data. MicroStrategy's single metadata also makes it possible to track every object and action in the system, and to autogenerate documentation. View full review »
it_user807426 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Functional Front End at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

We did evaluate other solutions. That's the whole RFP. There are so many things involved before I can answer that question. There will be political answers as well.

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TE
Sales Performance Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

We actually researched some of the other solutions. For options, price, and customer acceptance, this product has worked well for us.

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it_user519399 - PeerSpot reviewer
Freelance MicroStrategy Expert, MicroStrategy Master at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Of course, we evaluated Qlik, Tableau and MSBI Suite.

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it_user72435 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Before choosing this product, I did not evaluate other options.

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it_user487488 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Usually, we use Oracle BI, MSAS or Pentaho. For only two projects, MSTR was the best choice for our customers. We also can use SAP BO.

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MS
Senior Application Analyst at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Yes, we considered Tableau, SAP Business Objects and Cognitive Scale.

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it_user511212 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior BI Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We didn't evaluate any other tools; the requirements we received from customers instructed us to work with MSTR.

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it_user511446 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Before choosing this product, I did not evaluate other options.

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it_user507996 - PeerSpot reviewer
MicroStrategy BI Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Before choosing this product, I did not evaluate other options that much; just based on my previous experience.

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SR
Project Manager at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Before going ahead with MicroStrategy, we evaluated Tableau and QlikView, but in terms performance, data handling, and stability, we found this product scored highest. In fact, Tableau and QlilView are less stable and in no way match the Cube (cached data) functionality offered by MicroStrategy. A single report/dashboard can be created by pulling information from multiple cached data (called Cubes).

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it_user538236 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Staff BI Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I am not aware of any other evaluated solutions.

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it_user221904 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We were looking at SAP BO and Cognos.

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it_user70134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior business Intelligence consultant at Asociación SevillaUP

We evaluated Oracle, QlickView, Tableau, Microsoft BI

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it_user278022 - PeerSpot reviewer
Microstrategy Project Manager & Microstrategy Lead Architect at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We did not evaluate other options. As we know, it's the best solution.

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it_user505854 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Manager at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

The buying decision was made by a previous team. But other solutions are always evaluated, like Tableau and ClickView.

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it_user257493 - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Developer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We evaluated others but I was not part of that decision making so am unaware of other options being looked at.

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it_user406914 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Architect at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

We evaluated Oracle BI, Microsoft BI, Tableau and Cognos.

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it_user250524 - PeerSpot reviewer
Development Director at a government with 10,001+ employees

At that moment many of the current tools didn't yet exist.

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it_user132261 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sub-Manager of Development at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We evaluated an Oracle BI product, I think it was former PeopleSoft, but we choose MicroStrategy because .mht files cab be sent by email and you can use it without internet access.

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it_user26829 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Manager at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Before choosing this product, we also evaluated Oracle OBIEE and SAP BO.

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it_user164241 - PeerSpot reviewer
MicroStrategy Expert with 15 years exp. at Strategy BI Consulting

OBIEE, MS OLAP, Cognos, Tableau, QlikView

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it_user807336 - PeerSpot reviewer
FPNA Analysts at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Probably Tableau and some others, but I was not really involved in the decision process.

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it_user5331 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Engineer at a leisure / travel company with 10,001+ employees

Yes, Looker BI.

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it_user295878 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior BI Analyst at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

No other options were evaluated. My boss at the time didn't want to spend time with evaluations, unfortunately.

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it_user193482 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Publishing Portfolio Manager at a comms service provider

We evaluated BusinessObjects, Cognos and QlikView.

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it_user476271 - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I did an assessment of Microsoft and MicroStrategy but I realized that both fall into quite different leagues. Microsoft is an ideal fit for low to mid-level companies while MicroStrategy is perfect for huge enterprises. The assessment is a part of market study and will be used for future prospect engagements to position MicroStrategy.

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it_user442254 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

We're also using MicroStrategy.

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it_user135108 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Team Leader at a government with 501-1,000 employees

We evaluated Pentaho and OBIEE.

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GD
Project Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I was not involved in choosing this solution.

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it_user6837 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect with 1,001-5,000 employees

I do not recall whether we evaluated other options before choosing this solution.

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it_user807363 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineering Leader at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees

If MicroStrategy can do what Tableau does, then we would like to have one platform.

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it_user528906 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Before choosing this product, I did not evaluate other options.

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Buyer's Guide
MicroStrategy
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about MicroStrategy. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.