Azure Analysis Services vs. Clear Analytics
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![]() Azure Analysis Services | Score8.6 out of 10 | N/A | 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 |
Clear Analytics | Score8.8 out of 10 | Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | Clear Analytics is a business intelligence solution that enables non technical end users to perform analytics by leveraging existing knowledge of Excel coupled with a built in query builder. Some key features include: Dynamic Data Refresh, Data Share and In-Excel Collaboration. | $29 Per Seat per Month |
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | $800 Initial OnBoarding | ||||||||||||||
| Additional Details | — | Certain Enterprise level features can be made available to Small Business edition at additional cost. Such services include Scheduler and OLAP connectivity. Custom adapters can also be created to connect to SaaS services. | ||||||||||||||
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| Would buy again | ||
100% Would buy again 9 Answers | 100% Would buy again 8 Answers | |
| Delivers good value for the price | ||
100% Delivers good value for the price 9 Answers | 100% Delivers good value for the price 8 Answers | |
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100% Happy with the feature set 9 Answers | 100% Happy with the feature set 8 Answers | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 7 Answers | 100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 7 Answers | |
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100% Implementation went as expected 9 Answers | 100% Implementation went as expected 8 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | Cyfe Score4 out of 10 | Cyfe Score4 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | Zendesk Explore Score8.1 out of 10 | Zendesk Explore Score8.1 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | Jaspersoft Community Edition Score7 out of 10 | Jaspersoft Community Edition Score7 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Usability | - | 9.1 |
| Support Rating | - | 9.5 |
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