MicroStrategy Reviews

I use MicroStrategy for reporting purposes because I have worked across different organizations in different domains, including retail, mortgage, and banking.

The most effective features of MicroStrategy for data analysis in my experience are the security, the metadata management, and the administration, along with the options of different workarounds available to accommodate different types of requirements.

MicroStrategy's data visualization capabilities are great, and I would rate them nine out of 10.

I am a database developer with experience using both MicroStrategy and Microsoft Power BI. I usually recommend MicroStrategy to my customers. I work at a service company.

The most effective features of MicroStrategy for data analysis are those that cater to user needs. However, I find Power BI to be more useful when comparing some features, but my company does not choose Power BI due to certain code restrictions. The MicroStrategy interface is not as good as Power BI, especially concerning the user-friendly aspects.

Our customers use it as a BI tool, and we handle end-to-end project development. We use MicroStrategy for the front end to develop metadata and dashboards.

MicroStrategy's OLAP data site is a significant advantage for BI tools. We are able to manage to get very in-depth and detailed management of the data model on the backend. It makes dashboards more powerful in terms of performance. It also enables more efficient data management.

Data Security and Multi-User Capabilities

MicroStrategy's security management is very powerful. We can use various security filters for role-based security and it has a direct connection to Active Directory, allowing us to manage numerous groups effectively.

AI Capabilities

I haven't had much chance to use the AI capabilities, but I know that only licensed parties can use these features.

I was an architect and developed a BI solution, and I used the transaction feature in MicroStrategy, which lets you write to the database. We used that feature heavily.

Almost all the features are great, but I was particularly impressed by the enterprise features. Security, like how MicroStrategy stores user passwords and the performance, especially the queue. It was very powerful. 

So, the core features of MicroStrategy, enterprise security and performance, were what set it apart, especially compared to other products at the time. Maybe Power BI and Tableau have improved performance now, but back then, MicroStrategy was exceptional. 

And the ability to integrate with PPT is another plus. The platform's ability to write back data directly to the database is also good. 

And, the interactive chart features are all common and valuable.

At our insurance product-based company, we are using MicroStrategy to develop organizational reports, including financial reports and other in-house project reports. 

The product simplifies and accelerates the attribute and maze creation process compared to OBIEE. The dossiers of MicroStrategy are more user-friendly than those of OBIEE. The visualization feature of MicroStrategy is also better than that of its competitors. 

I use its Discovery Analytics feature, particularly in the context of KPI analysis for management.

It plays a vital role in establishing a connection with predictive continuous improvement. This approach proves highly valuable for teams involved in continuous improvement efforts, especially in early production and industrial settings, as it contributes to enhancing overall performance and productivity.

We use MicroStrategy for reporting on retail analytics, platform analytics, and tracking user usage.

Since it's an enterprise tool, MicroStrategy gives an end-to-end understanding of the system. The solution's platform analytics gives us real-time analysis of how a particular user uses the report and how the systems behave. At times, MicroStrategy comes in very handy to invoice the overall infrastructure. On the user adoption side, our business users find it very easy to use. The solution's dossier functionality comes in very handy.

We use it for reporting, it's enterprise-wide reporting. There are tons of different things, some scheduled by MicroStrategy. Those old-fashioned reports, PDFs, Excel, and even portfolio and task stuff. Works for many industries now, different business lines, finance, supply chain, etc.

MicroStrategy has become an obsolete product. It might still be around for another 10, 15, maybe even 20 years, but I wouldn't recommend using it for any specific use cases. Unless you already have a MicroStrategy license, in which case it might be worth sticking with MicroStrategy for cost reasons. However, I wouldn't buy new MicroStrategy licenses.