9 Spokes vs. MS SharePoint / SQL

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
MS SharePoint / SQL
Score 8.2 out of 10
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MS SharePoint / SQL refers to Microsoft Sharepoint, a web-based collaborative platform, being used in tandem with Microsoft SQL Server to provide business intelligence analytics and reporting. They can provide BI content such as data connections, reports, scorecards, dashboards, and more.N/A
Pricing
9 SpokesMS SharePoint / SQL
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
9 SpokesMS SharePoint / SQL
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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9 SpokesMS SharePoint / SQL
Features
9 SpokesMS SharePoint / SQL
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
MS SharePoint / SQL
7.2
62 Ratings
13% below category average
Customizable dashboards9.01 Ratings6.659 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.843 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.152 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
MS SharePoint / SQL
7.1
57 Ratings
12% below category average
Drill-down analysis7.01 Ratings6.446 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.057 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings5.334 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.854 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
10.0
1 Ratings
24% above category average
MS SharePoint / SQL
6.5
40 Ratings
19% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings5.738 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings6.035 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.533 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.96 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
MS SharePoint / SQL
8.4
74 Ratings
1% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.01 Ratings8.664 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.468 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.573 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.28 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.259 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
8.0
1 Ratings
2% above category average
MS SharePoint / SQL
8.1
64 Ratings
3% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access6.01 Ratings7.762 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.01 Ratings7.642 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.341 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
MS SharePoint / SQL
7.7
62 Ratings
7% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings7.655 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.452 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.452 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.542 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.535 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
9 Spokes
-
Ratings
MS SharePoint / SQL
7.0
42 Ratings
10% below category average
REST API00 Ratings7.633 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.932 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings6.331 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.728 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.037 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.927 Ratings
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User Ratings
9 SpokesMS SharePoint / SQL
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.1
(83 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(7 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(18 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
9 SpokesMS SharePoint / SQL
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
As I mentioned in my previous answers, MS SharePoint is very useful as a shared drive for the organization and is very easy to manage. It also helps us import data from SharePoint directly into PowerBI for creating reports. According to my understanding, only share link features should be improved.
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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
  • Flexible - able to make any changes we would like vs traditional service desk system.
  • ROI - We were already using SharePoint for internal intranet, so we are simply getting more use out of licensing we had already committed to.
  • Easy to use for end users.
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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
  • It is hard to setup and nightmare
  • It requires a of infrastructure, thus it could be costly because of requirement and licensing required for everything to run smoothly
  • If it is not setup and organized properly from the beginning it could be maintenance nightmare
  • It is hard to have "test" environment to do patches or similar
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Likelihood to Renew
9 Spokes International Limited
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Microsoft
This was a long-term buy-in from a corporate perspective, to remain in the SharePoint space. Migration is certainly possible, which is good for planning and having options further out. At this point, the only planned migration is to eventually move the architecture up to SharePoint/SQL 2013. At that point, we will be able to leverage some greater efficiencies, some enhanced content design and management features, and some more current social features. It is well worth a full consideration in any shop looking at a new implementation of or migration to SharePoint (although you will probably be considering 2013 versions or beyond in those discussions), but the platform should be a strong competitor to any alternatives. Realizing the capability of a fully-branded and customized website was not part of the original choice for the architecture at Lincoln, but seeing it implemented and functioning now with this capacity far beyond original expectations has certainly cemented plans to continue using it.
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Usability
9 Spokes International Limited
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Microsoft
I gave this rating due to MS SharePoint being a big help with our userbase. We have a lot of users that are just old enough to not have much technical skills or they have been in this industry long enough to where they haven't really needed to utilize much technology. MS SharePoint helped us move beyond that barrier without too many bumps and bruises.
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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
I've only had to call in to support on one occasion but they were able to work though our issue and find a solution that did fully resolve the issue in a timely manner. I can't always say the same about support from other companies so it was a refreshing change to have support that did help.
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Implementation Rating
9 Spokes International Limited
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Microsoft
Not implemented in best practice way, there are many customizations
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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
At the time of the two large projects, SharePoint was the enterprise solution so we were required to use that. We have since lobbied the enterprise teams to review and consider Atlassian Confluence and were successful. Confluence is cheaper than Sharepoint which is why we wanted to bring that in. The enterprise has now made Confluence an enterprise solution as an alternative to SharePoint. After using both I think SharePoint has many more add-ins than Confluence. It has much more customization ability than Confluence. SharePoint is not good for mobile readiness. Confluence is so there is a difference that might lead you to Confluence over SharePoint. I would also say that SharePoint is very document-centric and that Confluence has better KM than SharePoint does. even with the use of SQL Server. We were told that we could not use Google Drive even though it had features we liked.
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Return on Investment
9 Spokes International Limited
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Microsoft
  • ROI for ms SharePoint/SQL considering that is the best database engine with excellent features that help you to have all information in your hand.
  • Something negative could be license format.
  • These are the best relational databases in the market with powerful features that complement your system.
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