Altair Monarch vs. Orbit Reporting and Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Altair Monarch
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Altair Monarch (formerly Datawatch Monarch, acquired by Altair in December, 2018) works with both relational and multi-structured data including support for a wide range of formats including PDF, XML, HTML, text, spool and ASCII files. The product can access data from invoices, sales reports, balance sheets, customer lists, inventory, logs and more. According to the vendor, the system is easy to use, allowing users to quickly select any data source and automatically convert it into…N/A
Orbit Reporting and Analytics
Score 6.0 out of 10
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Orbit Reporting + Analytics is a self-service reporting and BI solution for all ERP, Custom and Cloud applications from the company of the same name in Alpharetta. Orbit integrates with ERP and key business applications, providing access to real-time data from all data sources -- empowering business users to build interactive reports, charts, and dashboards.N/A
Pricing
Altair MonarchOrbit Reporting and Analytics
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Altair MonarchOrbit Reporting and Analytics
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Altair Monarch
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Ratings
Orbit Reporting and Analytics
5.7
2 Ratings
35% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Altair Monarch
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Ratings
Orbit Reporting and Analytics
6.5
2 Ratings
21% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Altair Monarch
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Ratings
Orbit Reporting and Analytics
6.0
2 Ratings
32% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Altair Monarch
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Ratings
Orbit Reporting and Analytics
6.7
2 Ratings
17% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Altair Monarch
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Ratings
Orbit Reporting and Analytics
5.8
2 Ratings
37% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Altair Monarch
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Ratings
Orbit Reporting and Analytics
7.0
2 Ratings
12% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Altair Monarch
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Ratings
Orbit Reporting and Analytics
6.0
2 Ratings
27% below category average
REST API00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
Altair MonarchOrbit Reporting and Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(6 ratings)
6.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.2
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Altair MonarchOrbit Reporting and Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
Altair Engineering, Inc.
The product is especially useful when you have real-time and/or time series data to analyze. If you have more mundane, simpler requirements, other products might do the job you need for less money (there are even some decent open source visualization tools you can find.) I know the product is very widely used in capital markets applications to monitor and analyze risk and price and volume changes; if you're working in that area, I don't think there's a better tool to use.
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Orbit Reporting + Analytics
It is very good for analytics and performs precisely well under the feature of data reporting. The gigantic amount of data that can be fed into the system and can be read and understood well, and also analytics can be performed well under the tools that the platform presents. Overall it is a decent product.
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Pros
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • Creating a basic model to extract data from a report is very easy.
  • Advanced features like Calculated Fields and External Lookups allow you to augment the raw data.
  • You can create a "project" to automate the data extraction. Combined with Datapump (a separate DW app), you can fully automate the process once the raw report is generated.
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Orbit Reporting + Analytics
  • User-Friendly
  • Results-Driven
  • Aesthetically Pleasing
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Cons
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • Recently, we had some major sticker-shock when we wanted to upgrade Data Pump. It is an exceptional product, but when the price jumped from $6,000 to over $60,000, it was impossible to get the funds approved internally for the upgrade.
  • We also paid for yearly maintenance contracts which included Professional Services, but rarely found those services beneficial. However, we did receive all software upgrades for Datapump as part of the contract which we found to be very beneficial. However, with the new pricing, that is not longer the case.
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Orbit Reporting + Analytics
  • Sometimes it becomes difficult as to how to go about a particular function
  • Lagging
  • Unclear User Interface
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Likelihood to Renew
Altair Engineering, Inc.
Even though we do not utilize it on a daily basis, I do hope my current company renews it's license. If not, I intend to purchase myself.
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Orbit Reporting + Analytics
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Usability
Altair Engineering, Inc.
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Orbit Reporting + Analytics
ORBIT is so incredibly user-friendly. It makes things so much easier and it makes them go so much quicker.
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Support Rating
Altair Engineering, Inc.
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Orbit Reporting + Analytics
I never had a chance to work with the support team for Orbit Reporting and Analytics, hence cannot really comment here.
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Alternatives Considered
Altair Engineering, Inc.
Datawatch is very good value of money compared to QlikView; QlikView is really more of a BI tool and has a lot of functions that I didn't need. Datawatch is very strong in the real-time area where Tableau, Panorama, and Qlik don't do very well. If you need to set up a visual monitoring dashboard, Datawatch is the best product I've seen for that. if you want to do a lot of in depth statistical analysis of large databases, Tableau is probably a good option.
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Orbit Reporting + Analytics
It provides a wide range of functionalities that are absent in the other platform. There are a large number of customizable services offered. It is very user-friendly and output-driven which makes it easier to interpret. It also supports ad-hoc reporting and data stories in an easier manner and format which makes it easier to use for users who are just beginners.
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Return on Investment
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • Data Pump reduces complexity of report solutions by offering a standardized approach for organizing and scheduling
  • 97% service level for past 5 years for all of our jobs going through Data Pump
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Orbit Reporting + Analytics
  • Good reporting
  • Better Analytics
  • Enhanced decision making abilities
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