Red Hat Insights vs ibi WebFOCUS comparison

Information Builders and Red Hat are both solutions in the Predictive Analytics category. Information Builders is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.0, while Red Hat is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.2. Information Builders holds a 2.8% mindshare in PA, compared to Red Hat’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Information Builders users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

ibi WebFOCUS

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

ibi WebFOCUS and Red Hat Insights compete in business analytics and IT operations. ibi WebFOCUS has an advantage in pricing and customer support satisfaction, while Red Hat Insights is valued for its robust features.

Features: ibi WebFOCUS is noted for its comprehensive analytics and reporting capabilities, ease of integration, and scalability. Red Hat Insights focuses on IT operations management, offering proactive analytics, vulnerability detection, and deep system insights.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ibi WebFOCUS offers straightforward deployment and strong customer service, beneficial for business environments. Red Hat Insights provides an efficient deployment framework tailored for IT infrastructure, though its customer service is less accessible.

Pricing and ROI: ibi WebFOCUS generally has a lower initial setup cost with an attractive ROI due to its cost structure. Red Hat Insights has a higher initial cost but offers advanced features that can lead to substantial long-term benefits.

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Categories and Ranking

ibi WebFOCUS

Ranking in Predictive Analytics

8th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Embedded BI (10th)

Red Hat Insights

Ranking in Predictive Analytics

6th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

3.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Predictive Analytics category, the mindshare of ibi WebFOCUS is 2.8%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat Insights is 2.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Predictive Analytics Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Red Hat Insights	2.5%
ibi WebFOCUS	2.8%
Other	94.7%

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Twanette Jurd

Technical Director / Solutions Architect at InfoBuild

Business Intelligence, reporting, data integration, ETL, data migration - everything is handled within one unified platform and highly scalable solution.

WebFOCUS goes beyond just dashboards. It's also used for operational reporting, making it crucial for mission-critical systems. In fact, a core strength is that it's not "just" a BI tool; it can be used to build complete applications. It is the best tool because of its all-in-one nature. Data integration, ETL, data migration, everything is handled within the same platform. Then, on the front end, it offers portals, reporting, distributed analysis, and more. For customers who have data in the right structure and right format, the WebFOCUS Designer tool is very powerful. It allows them to create self-service reporting applications.

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Shabab Ali

System Administrator at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

They've made significant improvements in storage compared to previous releases

Red Hat Enterprise Linux has made significant improvements in terms of storage. You can mount an 18 terabyte file system. It also supports NFS shares and the SIP share for the photos. There have been many features added since RHEL 6. It's more user-friendly and graphical. We use Ansible as a go-to for provisioning and hardening the servers. It's so much easier with Ansible because we used scripts in the past. We had to log into each server as such, and it took a long time. With Ansible, we just run one playbook, and it takes care of everything. I used Leapp for my upgrade from RHEL 7 to 8. It's an excellent utility tool. When I run the Leapp script, it tells me everything I need to take care of before I run a migration. Red Hat Insight is good because it tells you about the future patches available. We use Red Hat Enterprise Linux image builder. Our golden image is a real image. We harden it, and it's our golden server. When we need a new VM, we can just make a snapshot of that. If it's a physical server, then I have to do it manually.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution can read and write 500 different types of outputs."

"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's highly scalable and can handle significant data volumes."

"The most valuable feature is building ad hoc reports."

"It stands out for its ability to work across different platforms, support mainframe data, offer cloud integration, automate report scheduling, and provide a robust scripting language."

"The most valuable features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are the mobile applications and getting real-time notifications."

"It identifies bugs and security vulnerabilities."

"RHEL is the most reliable Linux flavor in terms of enterprise governance. I prefer it for its code stability, support, and integration. The lifecycle management features help us maintain compliance and keep the components updated."

"The most valuable feature of Red Hat Insights that I have found is the proactive information on issues that you don't see but are possibly going to happen in the environment."

"The product is optimized for resource utilization."

"The most valuable feature of Red Hat Insights is that it is dynamic."

"We use this product's built-in tracing and monitoring tools such as syslog and SAR (system activity reporter) to provide us with greater insight and visibility into what's going on."

"I have seen a return on investment, especially considering the time taken to resolve the problem where we bought some support from Red Hat."

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Cons

"If there were to be any improvements right now, their documentation needs to get in sync with their product."

"The solution can be improved by adding more automated options for reporting."

"When it comes to customer support, we don't always reach the right person. Sometimes, we get junior-level reps who aren't as knowledgeable as we are."

"The challenge lies not in what the tool can do but in how you use it and understand the data."

"The improvements, in my opinion, have to be done in the infrastructure of the Red Hat Satellite, it is very complex."

"AIX will be out of support in the next few years, so that is a problem because a lot of the clinical apps use AIX."

"A lot of improvement is required to get security compliance, especially with the privacy of the data, managing it, and storing it."

"What could be improved dramatically is the ability to have it used by an enterprise, which means to interlock with Ansible Automation Platform first."

"Sometimes, the product has outages that affect the site's ability."

"All resources should be available on the website."

"The cockpit server doesn't work and is useless. I don't like the images shown in GCP. I prefer the ones in AWS. It seems like the solution is in tune with what we deploy on the private cloud."

"There is potential for improvement when it comes to ease of use. It has become easier to use over the years but could be better still. Linux, in general, has never been a simple solution. It's usually a more complex solution than something like Windows. If there is a downside, it's that it is more complex than some of the other solutions."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the pricing a five out of ten, with ten being expensive."

"The prices are comparable, and good for what is being provided."

"If you have a subscription to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Insights is free."

"Regarding the prices, the new changes are actually not bad as it works for enterprise solutions."

"This is not a cheap solution but it gets you the support if you ever need it."

"RHEL is expensive. We have changed the cloud provider's subscription to a pay-as-you-go model."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	14

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	9

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Information Builders WebFOCUS?

I would rate the pricing a five out of ten, with ten being expensive.

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What needs improvement with Information Builders WebFOCUS?

Documentation could definitely be improved.

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What is your primary use case for Information Builders WebFOCUS?

I use it for supplying and developing business intelligence (BI) solutions, data management and reporting applications, and for the development of complete web-based applications. It's a versatile ...

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What needs improvement with Red Hat Insights?

I have not utilized the automation capabilities for remediation tasks within Red Hat Insights. The point is that we have a detached environment, so it is not really applicable. Here, what could be ...

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What is your primary use case for Red Hat Insights?

My usual use case for Red Hat Insights is to get the most useful information regarding proactive information to promptly fix issues beforehand. That's the first one and more important. Let's stick ...

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What advice do you have for others considering Red Hat Insights?

We do not use Red Hat as our cloud provider; we have everything on-premise. Red Hat Insights is embedded in my offer with RHEL for sure, so it's something that is already given, at least for us. Fo...

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WebFOCUS

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Overview

WebFOCUS is a strategic enterprise business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform that enables any executive, manager, analyst, employee, partner, or customer to execute smarter business from trusted data. The platform includes cutting-edge capabilities that provide organizations with everything they need to turn data into insight, and insight into impact.

Information Builders

Red Hat Insights provides highly scalable, prescriptive analytics across complete, hybrid infrastructures. Delivered as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering, Red Hat Insights takes advantage of Red Hat’s industry expertise as a leader in open source software to generate tailored remediations in real time. Red Hat Insights uses intelligent data to pinpoint technical risks and help IT resolve problems before business is affected. This modern, integrated platform supports operational analytics and automated resolution across physical, virtual, container, and private and public cloud environments.

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