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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Clari (legacy product)

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AClari is a predictive sales analytics and sales forecasting solution from the company of the same name headquartered in Sunnyvale.N/A

    Microsoft BI (MSBI)

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft BI is a business intelligence product used for data analysis and generating reports on server-based data. It features unlimited data analysis capacity with its reporting engine, SQL Server Reporting Services alongside ETL, master data management, and data cleansing.

    $14

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Clari (legacy product)Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Editions & Modules
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    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Clari (legacy product)Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Clari (legacy product)Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    Clari (legacy product)Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Clari (legacy product) and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Clari (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    53 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.546 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.653 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.951 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Clari (legacy product) and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Clari (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    53 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.548 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.253 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.342 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.953 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Clari (legacy product) and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Clari (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    52 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.348 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.148 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.444 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.547 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.426 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Clari (legacy product) and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Clari (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.7
    52 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.651 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.748 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.745 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.76 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Clari (legacy product) and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Clari (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.3
    53 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.449 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.347 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.949 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.36 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.431 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Clari (legacy product) and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Clari (legacy product)
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    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.0
    42 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.239 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.739 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Clari (legacy product) and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Clari (legacy product)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    24 Ratings
    9% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings9.221 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings8.821 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.820 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.718 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Clari (legacy product)Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (38 ratings)
    8.9
    (77 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (16 ratings)
    8.9
    (19 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Clari (legacy product)Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    We use Clari as the primary way to manage our sales business, our opportunities, and our forecasting. Clari provides a very clean, digestible, and easy to manipulate format to view and manage all of the Salesforce information. The fact that Clari is able to provide an easily customizable set of columns and groups, coupled with the ability to write back to Salesforce is fantastic. Anyone in a mature sales organization will find Clari highly effective at helping manage their funnel of opportunities and their business.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft BI has a lot of features and is a very powerful tool, especially if you have folks on your team that know how to utilize all of its capabilities. To truly unlock all that it can do, it does require people to have a deep understanding of its capabilities. That's where the software really shines. If you are looking for a simpler, more basic reporting tool, there are other programs available that do not require such a steep learning curve.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Creates call summary and add them in created tags to help us to targeted monitoring.
    • Help us create battlecards that agents can use on live calls.
    • Help us create library and playbook of good and bad calls for training.
    • Help us provide a call overview by team.
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    Microsoft
    • Comparatively easy to use compared to other data analytics solutions, collaborating with other colleagues on data work is simple.
    • Using Visual Studio for database, ETL, reporting, and analytics development save time and money.
    • Transfer of data from one application to another via Excel and comparison of data attributes between applications
    • Dashboard functionality, as well as Python support, are available, allowing you to add additional charts and graphs.
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    Cons
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    • Sometimes we'll update everything and it won't save so GTM teams have to do it again. Not sure if it's whenever we do platform updates.
    • As a manager I'm not able to reorder my teams names in the rows. I have to ask our Admin to sort A-Z which is time wasted
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    Microsoft
    • MSBI designs can work on increasing data processing capabilities enough to handle the huge datasets etc.
    • It would be a lot better if it is a little low on cost.
    • it needs to create opportunities little more than they do regarding customization of some very unique visualization effects
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    I will renew my Clari Subscription for many reasons. 1. Streamlines Sales - Clari automates many manual tasks like note-taking and transcripts. This frees my sales team so they can focus on closing deals. 2. Increased customer retention - Clari helps me identify potential churn risks and take proactive measures. 3. AI-Driven Insights
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft BI is fundamental to our suite of BI applications. That being said, Northcraft Analytics is focused on delighting our customers, so if the underlying factors of our decision change, we would choose to re-write our BI applications on a different stack. Luckily, mathematics are the fundamental IP of our technology... and is portable across all BI platforms for the foreseeable future.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Clari's UI does not resonate with new users. The backend query updating takes quite long time to update. Lots of fixes are needed without answers or solutions offered by the Clari team. If set up correctly with clear recommendations from the Clari team, all the previous issues may be resolved, however the usability is tied closely to set up.
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    Microsoft
    The Microsoft BI tools have great usability for both developers and end users alike. For developers familiar with Visual Studio, there is little learning curve. For those not, the single Visual Studio IDE means not having to learn separate tools for each component. For end-users, the web interface for SSRS is simple to navigate with intuitive controls. For ad-hoc analysis, Excel can connect directly to SSAS and provide a pivot table like experience which is familiar to many users. For database development, there is beginning to be some confusion, as there are now three tool choices (VS, SSMS, Azure Data Studio) for developers. I would like to see Azure Data Studio become the superset of SSMS and eventually supplant it.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    becasue end of year or around end of Q due to background changes my total number dissapear and make it hard in that week to see forecast numbers accurate
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    Microsoft
    The product has been reliable.
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    It always performs well and make sure i am good at what i need to do
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    Microsoft
    SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) can drag at times. We created two report servers and placed them under an F5 load balancer. This configuration has worked well. We have seen sluggish performance at times due to the Windows Firewall.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Clari is very willing to jump in and build out use cases. They will work to do anything for you. That said, their follow up is not great. We have had to reach out for follow up several times on a project, which is still not complete. I wish they taught us how to complete what we want, rather than doing it in house for us
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    Microsoft
    MSBI natively has a site that allows you to vote on user enhancements and bug fixes. This allows the largest nagging issues to float to the top and the development team can prioritize accordingly. As mentioned earlier, the large community base of MSBI developers assist technical resources in handling technical questions.
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    We had one session of in-person training conducted in our office.
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    Microsoft
    This training was more directed toward what the product was capable of rather than actual programming.
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    Clari has good training materials, videos, and documentation.
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    Microsoft
    I have used on-line training from Microsoft and from Pragmatic Works. I would recommend Pragmatic Works as the best way to get up to speed quickly, and then use the Microsoft on-line training to deep dive into specific features that you need to get depth with.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No more the better there is a plan and technical support the business needs and functionalities can be created for the company to use it like that
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    Microsoft
    We are a consulting firm and as such our best resources are always billing on client projects. Our internal implementation has weaknesses, but that's true for any company like ours. My rating is based on the product's ease of implementation.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    At the time of selection, Clari was a more mature product than Xactly Forecasting. We did not want to experience growing pains with Xactly. Pipeline Inspection from SFDC was just becoming available. We had already selected Clari before we learned about Pipeline Inspection.
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    Microsoft
    We have used the built in ConnectWise Manager reports and custom reports. The reports provide static data. PowerBI shows us live data we can drill down into and easily adjust parameters. It's much more useful than a static PDF report.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    Due to system error in metrics in SFDC sometimes i need to manually add numbers to my forecast that do not show up in clari
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Discontinued Products
    I believe the services provided to our company were always good to help with installing and improving the product
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    Microsoft
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • I no longer spend hours reconciling spreadsheets or guessing which opportunities are real - Clari shows me exactly where to focus to drive results.
    • I have consistently hit my quota the last 3 quarters thanks to Clari's precision and detailed insights.
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    Microsoft
    • As a SaaS provider we see being able to provide self-service BI to our client users as a competitive advantage. In fact the MSSQL enabled BI is a contributing factor to many winning RFPs we have done for prospective client organisations.
    • However MSSQL BI requires extensive knowledge and skills to design and develop data warehouses & data models as a foundation to support business analysts and users to interrogate data effectively and efficiently. Often times we find having strong in-house MSSQL expertise is a bless.
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