Panorama Necto Reviews

I am in the process of suggesting a new BI tool to our management team and I am looking at the different BI tools available.

Certainly Necto is good when it comes to:

• Infographics
• Multiple database connections
• Security

It has nice social features which can give context based discussions, search for users and relevant content within the system.

Necto has a Twitter-like feeling since we can subscribe to users in Necto. Subscribing to one of our colleagues lets us follow all the changes made to his or her workboard.

I am disappointed at following points

• Lack of BigData talks
• Predictive analytics looks a bit immature

Nowadays everybody is moving towards BigData and in this scenario, if any tool falls short in this area then it is a red signal for all of us.

Less than 1 year

No

No

Yes. In my opinion, Necto isn't scalable for a large amount of data. It cannot handle BigData.

We have not used customer service so far.

We have not used technical support so far.

I am into the process of suggesting a new BI tool to our management team wherein I am looking at the different BI tools available on the market.

We have not used any BI tool so far and we may explore OBIEE next.

It was smooth

It was a trial version to check the feasibility.

Necto has not been implemented yet. We ran a POC to check the features and capabilities and hence there is no ROI so far.

Necto has not been implemented so far. We ran a POC to check the features and capabilities and hence there is no cost involved.

I would like to make one comment to the user community - if you are looking for powerful tool which can support large scale databases and BigData Analytics, Necto is NOT an option. Please refrain from using it.

• Good social and collaboration capabilities.
• Fair amount of documentation available considering a relatively new tool
• A very good self service BI tool
• Allows connecting multiple data sources

• Has improved the performance of the data analyst team
• Allows us to create dashboards quickly without much dependency on technical people

• The performance with large data volumes need to be improved
• Allow us to integrate xls data files on an existing dashboard

Less than a year

Didn't have many issues, however some performance issues need to be sorted before deploying to the wider community.

No, it's been pretty stable so far.

Very good

Very good

Yes, we are evaluating this tool against other BI tools available in the market like Qlik and BO.

• Some of the features it provides, are highly useful for the kind of requirements we have
• Highly interactive and eye catchy infographics
• Powerful exception handling capabilities
• It has got excellent collaboration capabilities
• It can work with multiple data systems

Currently being challenged by a very high priced Reporting tool with very limited flexibility, hence looking for a relatively less costly and end user centric tool with good info graphics and we think Necto could be a worthy option.

• Initially when one starts with the tool there are so many options on the console (it is a bit cluttered), one is a bit confused
• If it gave the same performance with a huge warehouse it would be a big hit
• I have seen many tools performance degrade when different widgets and infographics are used

We are currently being challenged by a very high priced reporting tool with very limited flexibility.  Hence, we are looking for a relatively less costly, and more end-user centric tool with good infographics, and we think Necto could be a worthy option.

• Users can start context-based discussions, and include context and annotations, which are saved as part of the work board to add more depth and foster knowledge sharing
• Subscribing to users - subscribing to one of our colleagues lets us follow all the changes made to his or her work board, and because you can view users' shared work boards, you can concentrate on those users that are active. Subscribing is easy. You just need to click a person in the social bar, then click the subscribe icon, and a second click will unsubscribe you.
• Necto has a Twitter like feeling
• Necto is available both as a client server and online service
• The Panorama website offers support through email, phone and tutorials

• Major improvement is needed in the way Panorama offers in-person training and online chat support
• Also, they should find the way to analyse big data

Almost a year.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

I'm not sure on the scalability, but a part of Necto may have issues with big data.

This is the reason we want to give a lower rating. The customer service is in a young state currently. Note that panorama does not offer in-person training or online chat support.

Good.

No previous solution was used.

It was straightforward to implement.

We set it up in house.

It was just a proof of concept, so no ROI.

We also looked at OBIEE.

I have been evaluating tools within our organization to be suggested to different clients which are less technical and more business user oriented for fast first hand analytics and I came across Necto.

I was thrilled with the capabilities of astonishingly ready to build and simplified, modern and in-cell infographics that can be used by just right clicking on the attributes. Another feature that I think stood out in this tool is of it being suggestive which leads to automated analysis and recommendations. I also observed that it uses crowdsourcing to recommend workboards. This tool also has a feature of it being collaborative in decision making experience wherein one can directly connect with the associates within the enterprise from within the tool.

Quick reporting without need of technical expertise

Quick connection to multiple data sources and data integration

Quick answers

Quick collaboration

Performance in case of huge datasets needs to be further analyzed.

A good application for basic analysts but more advanced features need to be released by the vendor for power users in coming versions.

Cost of implementing multiple analytical tools for different sect of users should be considered.

Technical documentation needs to evolve with time.

Over one year

None

None

The infographics are customizable and the tool is end-user centric. It has a commendable recommendation engine.

Will allow us to migrate towards end-user centric tools from our current developer-centric tools.

Administration is an area where it needs improvement as a huge set of scripts are required.

2 weeks

It is slow.

It's fine.

We are currently assessing BI tools available in the market for a customer of ours. We want to migrate from the existing one.

Straightforward

In-house

We're still evaluating others as well.

The collaboration capability of Necto BI is amazing. The infographics are very attractive. It's a smart self service BI application.

Very powerful tool which supports almost all data sources automatically. The ability to automatically build workboards is highly personalizable with just a few clicks. It can present any business data based on hierarchy in a very smart way (no matter how small or large your organization is). Their predefined workboard layouts suites your business language for better visualization. Regarding usability- the dashboards are all device friendly. Hence, I can use it anywhere.

There is need for improvement with report sharing and documentation. 

1 Week

It needs some enrichment in the knowledge base community. When using other BI applications you can find answers on forums without submitting a support ticket to the customer support team.

Panorama is a fully web based self service BI Solution with Powerful infographics. Various chart components are available for the dashboards. The look and feel is extremely catchy. I like the flip between one dashboard to another. Necto has the ability to subscribe to users through social features and thus follow the user's shared workboard.

It's exception tracking capability and notification to the users is one of the unique features. Necto can be seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Office and Sharepoint which is a great feature.

Very powerful collaborative tool offering context based discussion/likes/dislikes and other interactive features to ensure effective data analysis.

Panorama Necto has a group of highly experienced and knowledgeable resources to support any issue.

The self service capability of Necto has encouraged users to build their own dashboards which ensures cost reduction and maintenance.

Support for multiple languages is still under review and yet to be implemented.

I received support from the Necto team while doing the deployment. The support guys are really well mannered and would always listen to my problem carefully and provide the best solution.

No issues so far.

Necto can be run on 32 bit P4 CPU, 2 GB RAM and 6 GB of free space, which is minimal requirements compared to all legacy reporting tools.

I would rate customer service as excellent on a scale of 10 out of 10.

Highly knowledgeable technical support is very prompt and efficient. They are very responsive and I personally had a very good experience talking to their team.

In the past I've worked on legacy tools which are more complex to maintain and build reports. Also they would require client installation. However Necto is a web based self service BI solution with many unique features which are not available in other reporting tools. Its is also reasonably priced.

Initial setup was very easy as it is a web based solution including web based access and content security management.

I did in house implementation but received prompt support from the support team whenever required.

Eye catching infographics and very good collaborative capabilities providing context based discussion has really impressed our users within the organization. The self Service is click drag and run. Reduction in the maintenance effort and also its capability on Android and iOS has helped users view dashboards while they are traveling.

Yes, we evaluated other options but I have chosen this tool considering the features available for reporting as well as the reasonable price.

Necto has taken this new and interesting step toward improving self-service BI and I would strongly recommend users and different organizations give it a try.