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Entrinsik Informer vs Power BI Embedded Analytics comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Entrinsik Informer
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
36th
Ranking in Reporting
27th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Power BI Embedded Analytics
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
28th
Ranking in Reporting
18th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

it_user187596 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst / Data Architect at a university with 51-200 employees
Informer empowers end-users with the tools to retrieve their data quickly and efficiently
Customer Service: Excellent. Every case I've opened with them, or phone call I have had have been more than helpful. It is clear they care both about my needs as a customer and their product. Technical Support: Excellent. Each question I've asked, intelligent or not, has been met with the same level of professionalism and expertise. I always feel they will come to some resolution if possible and they do.
VishnuReddy2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consulting Enterprise Architect at R2V2.ai
Embedded analytics has unified diverse data sources and supports real-time operational decisions
I find Power BI Embedded Analytics to be a fairly good reporting tool and dashboarding tool. The color palette and everything about it is good. It would be beneficial to have reporting on top of a data warehouse, a lake house, or directly on an Excel-based solution. If Power BI can come as a full stack similar to SAP Analytics Cloud, it can embed with Azure very quickly. However, the full suite provided by SAP, starting from ERP through reporting, is somewhat loosely coupled, which can be helpful for some clients. Overall, Power BI is a very good tool for reporting. Embedded analytics may lack some features from the modeling perspective, such as dimension modeling, and there are multiple factors that lead us to prefer analytics on top of the warehouse rather than going for embedded analytics.

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

Pros

"We use informer constantly; it is integral, it is vital, it is invaluable."
"Entrinsik Informer is a great solution."
"The user friendly aspect of the interface and flexibility of usage."
"Informer has been one of the best purchases we have made."
"Informer allowed the IT department to focus on other systems instead of retrieving the data."
"Normally programs can take as long as 6 weeks during its review and approval of new release packages to the colleges, and the Informer product allows the easy flow in the approval process, especially with the incorporation of the Import and Export Packaging feature, which allows for a developer within one environment to share their reports to other developers in a different mapping of files and fields environment, saving time and the possibility of errors during conversion."
"Our organization uses Informer extensively, and because of the easily understandable UI, end users are able to retrieve their own data with little or no IT support."
"Once I became more familiar with the data and Java Script, I was able to build very nice reports."
"What I appreciate most about Power BI Embedded Analytics is that it is tightly integrated with Microsoft, which is a strong feature."
"The positive impact Power BI Embedded Analytics has made in my organization is the gain of time, the sharing of the same data, and the same information for all the stakeholders, leading to better decisions."
 

Cons

"You have to know Java scripting for getting over hurdles. I wish it was more user friendly out of the box."
"Sometimes we think Informer is running slowly, but I suspect that has more to do with how we have it installed at our institution."
"I would like to be able to use fields from third file links which is right now limited and difficult."
"The use of computer columns created locally will not work in the logic but does work in the reports columns."
"I would like to see further development on customizability options in the dashboard module."
"While not as robust as other platform/systems, informer could continue to expand its offerings in their dashboard offerings."
"The big issue for us is that there is no way to cancel a report from the browser."
"I wish there was a cron expression for bi-weekly. This becomes problematic with payroll audits."
"Embedded analytics may lack some features from the modeling perspective, such as dimension modeling, and there are multiple factors that lead us to prefer analytics on top of the warehouse rather than going for embedded analytics."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
23%
University
10%
Performing Arts
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
22%
Media Company
18%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Outsourcing Company
10%
 

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What needs improvement with Power BI Embedded Analytics?
Power BI Embedded Analytics is perfect right now as they continuously introduce new features, though it would be beneficial if they included an artificial intelligence assistant in the DAX syntax t...
What is your primary use case for Power BI Embedded Analytics?
My main use case for Power BI Embedded Analytics is that in my day-to-day work, I use Power Query to prepare data and Power BI Embedded Analytics Desktop, spending my time all day to create visuals...
What advice do you have for others considering Power BI Embedded Analytics?
An example of a decision our team made because of a Power BI Embedded Analytics report is when we decided to focus on selling a unique numeric product and avoid selling the physical product after u...
 

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Elon University, North Carolina Community College System, American University, American Museum of Natural History, New York Botanical Gardens, BP North America, Campbell University, Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, Linux Foundation, Julliard, Lake County Sheriff's Office, Raleigh Police Department, Loyola University, R & R Insurance, Schoolcraft College, Texas A&M, Two Rivers Insurance Company, University of Alabama, Advanced Medial Transport, Texas Title
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