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Birst vs GoodData comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Birst
Ranking in Embedded BI
20th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (28th)
GoodData
Ranking in Embedded BI
14th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Embedded BI category, the mindshare of Birst is 1.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GoodData is 2.8%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded BI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GoodData2.8%
Birst1.9%
Other95.3%
Embedded BI
 

Featured Reviews

SK
Principal Engineering Manager I at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Offers dashboards and self-service reports. The report performance is very slow.
Dashboards and self-service reports. These are widely used by customers in the EPM domain Most of our customers are interested in dashboards and self-service reports. We are able to offer them these features with this solution. Customer support takes lot of time to get a solution The report…
it_user241098 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engagement Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
​Setup is straightforward from a business user standpoint but MAQL needs to be easier.
Cloud connect Report generator MAQL needs to be easier Better row-level security for end-users I've used it for nine months, mainly for implementation and delivery to customers. No issues encountered. No issues encountered. When the source is big and/or the source is Netsuite there are…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We found technical support to be very good and responsive."
"In general, Birst as a cloud VI solution is a user-friendly tool that looks really nice and engages users straight away."
"Birst uses several connection methods to take data in from your data sources and stages it into its own data mart, and this staging from several sources makes Birst a fairly robust data warehouse solution."
"Dashboards and self-service reports. These are widely used by customers in the EPM domain."
"Birst has made it easier for us to provide embedded data visualization tools to our customers."
"Scalability is one of the core features of this product that makes Birst great."
"The fact that it is completely cloud based makes the maintenance easier since we don't have the onus of maintaining the server."
"The option to build and deploy analytical models quickly, within days rather than months."
"It's a good product for your end to end BI needs when its all on the cloud."
 

Cons

"I would like to see better connection functionality. It is not very intuitive and the UI is kind of neglected."
"The ability to filter out massive amounts of data and load it properly on screen needs to be improved."
"Owing to the above reasons, we could not make use of the Birst tool productively."
"I would like to see stronger in-built permissions capabilities."
"There were stability issues with Birst. A dashboard/report takes a lot of time to open if there is a lot of data."
"Error logging is cumbersome to work through to find issues."
"My own experience just made me think that this was a hidden cost that they tried to hide, but keeping that in mind, it might only be my experience as to how this surfaced for us, because I had this image of Birst that you pay this amount and get everything."
"Customer support takes lot of time to get a solution."
"When the source is big and/or the source is Netsuite there are issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Please negotiate on the price and purchase the latest version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
20%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise12
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