9 Spokes vs. Azure Analysis Services

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
9 Spokes
Score 10.0 out of 10
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9 Spokes is a smart dashboard that is designed to help companies see their business more clearly. Key metrics across essential areas of the user’s business are displayed in one place, revealing exactly how it's performing. The vendor’s value proposition is that 9 Spokes makes it easier for companies to make the right calls to manage or grow their business. According to the vendor, key benefits for SMEs include: One smart dashboard for your cloud business apps…N/A
Azure Analysis Services
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Azure Analysis Services delivers enterprise-grade BI semantic modeling capabilities with the scale, flexibility, and management benefits of the cloud. Azure Analysis Services helps transform complex data into actionable insights. Azure Analysis Services is built on the analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.N/A
Pricing
9 SpokesAzure Analysis Services
Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
9 SpokesAzure Analysis Services
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details9 Spokes is free to use - that’s joining, using the smart dashboard and connecting your apps to it. You'll only pay for any new apps you decide to purchase, but you can trial most of the app recommendations for free! If you want to purchase an app, we'll direct you to the app's website so you can sign up with them. If you sign up to a plan, you'll pay the apps directly and then you can connect the app to your dashboard.
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Community Pulse
9 SpokesAzure Analysis Services
Features
9 SpokesAzure Analysis Services
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
9.0
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Azure Analysis Services
8.6
8 Ratings
5% above category average
Customizable dashboards9.01 Ratings8.77 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.58 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
7.0
1 Ratings
14% below category average
Azure Analysis Services
8.8
8 Ratings
9% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.01 Ratings8.96 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
10.0
1 Ratings
22% above category average
Azure Analysis Services
9.0
7 Ratings
12% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings9.46 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.66 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
9.0
1 Ratings
6% above category average
Azure Analysis Services
9.3
8 Ratings
9% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.01 Ratings9.27 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.38 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.38 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
8.0
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Azure Analysis Services
8.6
7 Ratings
11% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access6.01 Ratings8.47 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.01 Ratings8.35 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
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Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
9.0
8 Ratings
9% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.97 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings9.37 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
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Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
8.8
7 Ratings
13% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.96 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.76 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
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User Ratings
9 SpokesAzure Analysis Services
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
9 SpokesAzure Analysis Services
Likelihood to Recommend
9 Spokes International Limited
Good for letting your investors, employees and others know at a glance how your company is doing. The interface is clean and organized well. I just wish more of the app's functionality was available for testing and implementation. "Coming soon" is not really encouraging when we already have been waiting for a year or more.
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Microsoft
We would have many technical issues and glitches with previous similar providers but found that Azure Analysis Services can simply handle our workload and memory better. I remember we lost an account due to cloud issues not fully saving or corrupting some files. Granted, this is rare with any cloud but haven't had that issue with the same load of memory with Azure Analysis Services.
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Pros
9 Spokes International Limited
  • Grouping several apps in one place for easy viewing.
  • Clean dashboard interface that looks uncluttered when viewing several apps at once.
  • Setting up the apps is a breeze when the platform supports them.
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Microsoft
  • Providing role based access or we can say privilege based on the role to the user if it is integrated with Azure active directory and hence securing the access to sensitive data.
  • We use to run different type of analytics services to get the better result which is hectic if done manually or with human efforts.
  • We also use to collect bulk of data with the help of this tool and run customized test cases for better efficiency of result and better decision making. The result are very crucial and helps in taking big decision.
  • It supports different or we can say heterogeneous database vendors like the Oracle, SQL, and hence make the task easy.
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Cons
9 Spokes International Limited
  • Integration with apps that are listed. Some of them are not supported yet and it seems the wait is taking longer than I'd like.
  • iPhone support. It would be nice to have this in the app store. Not available as of 04/25/2018.
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Microsoft
  • There is very least content available on Microsoft docs and the Internet to get through with AAS.
  • i faced lots of connection issues while implementation.
  • The need for serious platform experience or expertise.
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Support Rating
9 Spokes International Limited
Support was helpful in the beginning but no longer needed because I didn't use the software as much. The experience that I did have with support was very friendly but not enough to give a good review. If the support team was called for initial setup, video chat or messenger app was used.
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Microsoft
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Alternatives Considered
9 Spokes International Limited
I actually chose QuickBooks (currently using) and Method (used for a month) before deciding that 9 Spokes is just good for looking at a few apps in one place. I'll keep checking back with them to see if they have improved. I wouldn't be surprised if 9 Spokes improves their product within the next 6-12 months.
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Microsoft
The platform has vast number of features and modules. The UI is sleek and once you get to use to it, you will be able to do a lot of stuff. Also support for data sources is more in Azure Analysis Services.
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Return on Investment
9 Spokes International Limited
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Microsoft
  • The tool has helped us a lot for taking critical decision which has resulted in the increase of profit of organization by 18 percent.
  • Return on investment is 70 percent as we are unable to utilize the tool with full functionalities, so we are still testing some of the use cases.
  • Human effort has been reduced and task has become automated hence helped in cost management
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