BIME Analytics (discontinued) vs. ibi WebFOCUS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BIME Analytics (discontinued)
Score 7.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
BIME, which was acquired by Zendesk, was a customer analytics platform that helped businesses measure and understand the customer experience from customer data. The product has been discontinued.
$490
Per Month (Billed Annually)
ibi WebFOCUS
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
The ibi™ WebFOCUS® product is an enterprise business intelligence and analytics solution equipped with data management, visual discovery, predictive analytics, and visualizations. Combining these capabilities and data science in one unified containerized platform, the WebFOCUS® solution can be used to make data-driven decisions across the enterprise and provide reports, dashboards, and customer-facing applications at scale.N/A
Pricing
BIME Analytics (discontinued)ibi WebFOCUS
Editions & Modules
Base Plan
$490
Per Month (Billed Annually)
Big Data
$690
Per Month (Billed Annually)
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BIME Analytics (discontinued)ibi WebFOCUS
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
BIME Analytics (discontinued)ibi WebFOCUS
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BIME Analytics (discontinued)
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
ibi WebFOCUS
7.7
11 Ratings
5% below category average
Customizable dashboards10.01 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.01 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BIME Analytics (discontinued)
9.3
1 Ratings
15% above category average
ibi WebFOCUS
9.3
13 Ratings
15% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.01 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Formatting capabilities10.01 Ratings10.013 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration10.01 Ratings10.012 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
BIME Analytics (discontinued)
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
ibi WebFOCUS
8.2
11 Ratings
1% below category average
Publish to Web10.01 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Publish to PDF10.01 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling10.01 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings6.010 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
BIME Analytics (discontinued)
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
ibi WebFOCUS
6.3
10 Ratings
23% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings6.08 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.01 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.07 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
BIME Analytics (discontinued)
10.0
1 Ratings
16% above category average
ibi WebFOCUS
9.0
11 Ratings
6% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)10.01 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.01 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
BIME Analytics (discontinued)
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
ibi WebFOCUS
5.9
11 Ratings
30% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access10.01 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.01 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings3.32 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
BIME Analytics (discontinued)
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Ratings
ibi WebFOCUS
8.6
3 Ratings
9% above category average
REST API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
BIME Analytics (discontinued)ibi WebFOCUS
Small Businesses
Cyfe
Cyfe
Score 8.8 out of 10
Cyfe
Cyfe
Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Reveal
Reveal
Score 10.0 out of 10
Reveal
Reveal
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Jaspersoft Community Edition
Jaspersoft Community Edition
Score 9.7 out of 10
Jaspersoft Community Edition
Jaspersoft Community Edition
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
BIME Analytics (discontinued)ibi WebFOCUS
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(5 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
BIME Analytics (discontinued)ibi WebFOCUS
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Well suited if you need to create multiple reports and send them out easily to multiple clients. It is not well suited if you need a lot of data sources. It slows the product way down and makes reports take forever to load.
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IBI (Information Builders)
I would less recommend it because it looks like IBI is receding a bit from the European market. I would not be certain for future support. Knowledge in the market in western Europe is limited Functional wise the application suits almost all situations. I would for sure recommend it purely based on its capabilities
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • Easy to create reports
  • Easy to edit
  • Easy to customize
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IBI (Information Builders)
  • One thing that has always been good at WebFOCUS is how they interact with the customer on items. They take suggestions and implement them. In addition technical support is timely and very detailed.
  • I think they keep up with and lead in implementing new technologies in the BI space. One case of this are the ability for user to create their own easy dashboard using the green plus buttons. Also the ability to link d3 into and have the ability to implement new types of graphs is nice.
  • I have been to a spoke at one of their user conferences and they are worth going to. In addition to all of the great seminars the interaction you get with vendors and other users is key in the growth of your knowledge. I've learned so much for my time at these conferences.
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • It was SLOW!
  • Some of the graphs can be confusing
  • Not really set up for a single vertical company.
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IBI (Information Builders)
  • The newest versions of WebFOCUS have an unnecessarily complicated security layout that makes configuration difficult to accomplish without bringing in the vendor for installs.
  • This software tries to cover too many bases allowing you to switch from writing code manually to creating reports using only GUI tools. This sometimes complicates screens and functionality where the two methods don't always work well together. -though its nice to have the choice.
  • The sales force is not as top notch as many software companies
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Likelihood to Renew
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IBI (Information Builders)
This software is deeply engrained with my organization and has become a tool that would not easily be replaced without spending more money and resources to get the same results. License cost is comparable to other report writing tools and the capabilities are greater than the competition without having to buy multiple apps to do the same thing.
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Usability
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IBI (Information Builders)
Best BI tool/product I have used. The others don't compare overall. Some can look fancier, but when you actually use them with large data and data from numerous systems/sources that is where most of the competition falls away. I also don't like downtime. I have basically none for a large user base with WebFocus. Even SAP Crystal Reports went down for 4 days once - 4 days because the admin password got locked out due to a glitch and we had zero reports for 4 days. WebFocus has never had more than a few minutes of downtime. It's like a tank that just keeps rolling. There is no other choice for reliable BI.
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Reliability and Availability
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IBI (Information Builders)
Tracking availability formally for almost two years and we are at 99.8%
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
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IBI (Information Builders)
They have extremely knowledgeable techs that I have worked with over the years. Some have actually become really good friends of mine. I see them often at local user groups and when we show them how we are using their tools to save millions of dollars throughout the company
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Online Training
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IBI (Information Builders)
It's hit and miss, the last class was overcrowded and people were having trouble connecting which took up much of the time. Instructors vary
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Implementation Rating
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IBI (Information Builders)
Plan ahead on what data will be accessible and the type of security required on the database and if you will want to use security that is built into the software. It is worth consulting with the vendor on what your plan is and how they recommend you proceed in order to get results you are happy with.
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
BIME was more accurate with sending out reports than RavenTools, and had a lot more customizable options. GDS has suited us well though, because it integrates with a lot of different platforms and allows us to deliver our reporting for no additional cost.
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IBI (Information Builders)
Webfocus handles the side of our business that is involved with our catalogs. Our catalogs is a huge revenue driver for us and this tool has been extremely useful with planning feature catalogs. Tableau is used more for marketing and merchandising purchases since we can filter data based on website sales.
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Return on Investment
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IBI (Information Builders)
  • We are not yet a success story. Though we've been implementing WebFOCUS for over a year, we have very few products in our Production portal. Of course, this is not all the responsibility of Information Builders, but we were ill-advised by our 'training coordinator' in our training of staff and coming up to speed with the tools has been very slow.
  • Once skilled analysts and professional IT staff achieve a grasp of the products, they are able to very quickly create polished and well-received products.
  • The DW/BI project has helped us to establish standards and protocols of communication that will allow us to more quickly meet knowledge transfer requirements
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