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BA Insight vs Office 365 comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

BA Insight
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (20th)
Office 365
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
98
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

BA Insight and Office 365 aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. BA Insight is designed for Indexing and Search and holds a mindshare of 0.7%, down 1.4% compared to last year.
Office 365, on the other hand, focuses on Content Collaboration Platforms, holds 6.3% mindshare, down 6.5% since last year.
Indexing and Search
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

it_user265773 - PeerSpot reviewer
Refiners help to easily narrow down results based on metadata applied to content. Previews allow users to take action from search results without opening the document.
The preview feature made the results page take too long to load. It also took a long time to generate document previews. Randomly, it would show “cannot load preview”. I do not know the reason, but that happened a lot and we had to turn this feature off. Preview load time could be reduced. We saw that it takes forever to load a document preview, and at times, after waiting, it just gave a ‘cannot load preview error’.
Minos Pitsillides - PeerSpot reviewer
Excellent technical support, easy to install, but the price, while affordable, could be improved
Office 365 is scalable, but it is dependent on the situation. We don't have a problem with it from an organizational standpoint. They started with 100 employees and then added another 500 after six months, for a total of 600 employees. The setup of new users, new emails, and new applications to be assigned to the new users is straightforward. They also provide the PowerShell command, which they provided more, development type, like, for example, you can create users, not manually, but through a script that can create users, for example, 100 users in two, three minutes, and you don't do it manually. They're fantastic. My portfolio contains approximately 50 companies. Office 365 is our primary platform for the 50 companies. I only have one on G Suite, and the majority of them will be migrating from G Suite to 365 in the coming month.
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
77%
Computer Software Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
2%
Government
2%
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Office 365?
I am not aware of the cost at work, but the cost for personal use has increased significantly and feels expensive.
What needs improvement with Office 365?
Moving from the original Outlook to Outlook 365 was problematic because I couldn't transfer a lot of my previous emails. This is an area where improvement is needed to make the transition smoother....
What is your primary use case for Office 365?
I use Office 365 ( /products/office-365-reviews ) strictly for sales. As a small office, we utilize products like Outlook and Word.
 

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Also Known As

BA Insight Enterprise Search Essentials, BA Insight Enterprise Search
Microsoft Office 365, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E5, Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 F1
 

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AARP, Amgen, Blank Rome, Chevron, Australian Government, EY, Hogan Lovells, Keurig Green Mountain, OFWAT, Pfizer, Stanford University, US Army, White & Case
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