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We performed a comparison between Birst and XLCubed based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Dashboards and self-service reports. These are widely used by customers in the EPM domain."

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"Great capability, performance, flexibility, visuals, and the solution is also very cost effective.""I am looking forward to testing their full graphics that are available, as they looked very interesting in the demo."

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Cons
"Customer support takes lot of time to get a solution."

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"There should be a better or an easier way to establish that connection to external sources.""Would like the ability to be able to benchmark."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Please negotiate on the price and purchase the latest version."
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  • "14,000 Pounds per year for licensing."
  • "I am still using the two-week trial, but at first sight, the price is reasonable."
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    Overview

    Birst Networked BI and Analytics eliminates information silos. Decentralized users can augment the enterprise data model virtually, as opposed to physically, without compromising data governance.

    A unified semantic layer maintains common definitions and key metrics.
    Birst’s two-tier architecture aligns back-end sources with line-of-business or local data. Birst’s Automated Data Refinement extracts data from any source into a unified semantic layer. Users are enabled with self-service analytics through executive dashboards, reporting, visual discovery, mobile tools, and predictive analytics. Birst Open Client Interface also offers integration with Tableau, Excel and R.

    Birst goes to market in two primary ways: as a direct sale, for enterprises using Birst on internal data to manage their business; and embedded, for companies who offer analytic products, by embedding and white-labeling Birst capabilities into their products.

    Birst’s is packaged in 3 available formats: Platform and per-user fee; by Department or Business Unit; by end-customer (for embedded scenarios).

    Produce insightful, interactive reports on, company-wide metrics for any business audience. Now all in Excel.
    Pixel-perfect financial reporting with the skill sets you already have. No IT required.
    Meet XLCubed: The data-connected Excel add-in for all your reporting needs.

    Sample Customers
    Citrix Systems, Jive Software, SunnyD, Toshiba Medical Systems, Cisco OpenDNS, RB, Sunny D, Vertafore
    Marshalls Ltd, BP Exploration and Production, Thorntons, Ted Baker, Bristol-Myers, Rank Group, ING Bank Genve, Cargill Value Investment, Chloride Power, Auchan, Erste, UEFA, Novartis, Porsche Informatik, Raiffeisen Bank International
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Healthcare Company25%
    Retailer17%
    Insurance Company8%
    Computer Software Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Energy/Utilities Company5%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise52%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise64%
    Buyer's Guide
    Reporting
    March 2024
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    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Birst is ranked 32nd in Reporting while XLCubed is ranked 26th in Reporting. Birst is rated 7.4, while XLCubed is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Birst writes "The dashboards and Visualizer are valuable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of XLCubed writes "Cost effective with great capability, performance, flexibility and visuals". Birst is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Alteryx and ThoughtSpot, whereas XLCubed is most compared with Microsoft Power BI and Tableau.

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