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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Epicor Grow

    Score6.3 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Grow, from Epicor since the March 2022 acquisition, is a business intelligence software that is designed to empower businesses to become data-driven and accelerate growth by aligning team objectives and inspiring strategic decisions.N/A
    Pricing
    Clear AnalyticsEpicor Grow
    Editions & Modules
    Personal
    $29
    Per Seat per Month
    Team
    $165
    upto 10 Seat per Month
    Department
    $265
    upto 25 Seat per month
    Organization
    $565
    Upto 100 per seat per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    Clear AnalyticsEpicor Grow
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$800 Initial OnBoardingRequired
    Additional DetailsCertain 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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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    8 Answers
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
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    Features
    Clear AnalyticsEpicor Grow
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Clear Analytics and Epicor Grow
    Feature
    Clear Analytics
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Epicor Grow
    8.0
    32 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.18 Ratings9.032 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.78 Ratings7.025 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Clear Analytics and Epicor Grow
    Feature
    Clear Analytics
    8.9
    8 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Epicor Grow
    7.7
    31 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Drill-down analysis9.28 Ratings7.027 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.78 Ratings7.028 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.98 Ratings9.030 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Clear Analytics and Epicor Grow
    Feature
    Clear Analytics
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Epicor Grow
    6.7
    29 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Publish to Web9.08 Ratings7.025 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.17 Ratings7.025 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.87 Ratings6.025 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Clear Analytics and Epicor Grow
    Feature
    Clear Analytics
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Epicor Grow
    7.0
    26 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.98 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.18 Ratings7.023 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Clear Analytics and Epicor Grow
    Feature
    Clear Analytics
    9.3
    8 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Epicor Grow
    7.0
    31 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.48 Ratings7.031 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.08 Ratings7.025 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.48 Ratings7.025 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Clear Analytics and Epicor Grow
    Feature
    Clear Analytics
    8.6
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Epicor Grow
    7.7
    26 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Mobile Application8.54 Ratings7.513 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.76 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Clear Analytics and Epicor Grow
    Feature
    Clear Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Grow
    7.0
    20 Ratings
    10% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings7.020 Ratings
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    Clear AnalyticsEpicor Grow
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    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Clear AnalyticsEpicor Grow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (32 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    7.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (8 ratings)
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (26 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (26 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Clear AnalyticsEpicor Grow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Clear Analytics
    Clear Analytics has almost all the features which are mostly required by the organizations for their data analytics and transformation activities. Clear Analytics is built on the support of a parallel query engine which makes it handle large volume requests and also provides optimized results. However, every solution has some limitations, Clear Analytics lacks advanced features such as Predictive Analytics which is a very demanding feature in the market as most organizations are adopting AI/ML automation for their businesses. Also, it needs to add a lot of advanced visualizations so that the user has the choice of selection. Overall a good solution to be recommended.
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    Epicor Software
    Grow.com is well suited if you have a lot of data or client data to manage. If you do not have tons of data, there are other options out there that are a bit more simple and easy to use and a better price.
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    Pros
    Clear Analytics
    • Quick management of the data through Excel thanks to the tools Clear Analytics provides such as filtering different information for an easier view.
    • Ability to add new KPIs to measure different areas of our business.
    • Drag and drop tool which makes an easier usage of Excel.
    • Cost-effective. I find Clear Analytics to be affordable considering the number of features added and the unlimited sharing and editing it provides.
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    Epicor Software
    • I love the fact that you have a team of developers who can help me build metrics or fix metrics that I do not create properly. I had to learn SQL in order to really build the metrics that mattered, which was a lot of fun, but resulted in many broken metrics. The vendor's team was great in responding to me requests for help!
    • Really, really appreciate the fact that Grow has SQL formulas to reference when building metrics. Again, as a novice, this accelerated my ability to learn and not have to leave your site and resources and stay within the Grow web properties.
    • Great account managers who check in regularly and are willing to help out whenever needed.
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    Cons
    Clear Analytics
    • For Charts and Graphs , getting the Power Point Deck would be helpful. As of now we use the data from Excel Reports
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    Epicor Software
    • There are basic labeling issues with some of the graph types. Wish there was more customizability here, especially on complex graphs.
    • Could help more with analysis of data and trends, but that's going into full-fledged BI territory.
    • The functionality of being able to snapshot data isn't quite there.
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    Usability
    Clear Analytics
    I have really enjoyed working with Clear Analytics. This platform has contributed to increased production and reliable data control processes. It has flexible user interface that can be operated by any organization member. Reports are shared on simple and transparent way in the dashboard for easy access. Data analytics from all departments have created manageable working environment that have increased production.
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    Epicor Software
    This tool is definitely a little bit difficult to be able to figure out at first, but after some time of learning you can definitely pick it up. I do wish there were more resources online that would be able to help speed up the learning process
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    Support Rating
    Clear Analytics
    I have had multiple scenarios where I had to reach out to the support team of Clear Analytics, be it access-related, general queries, during initial implementation, etc. My overall experience has always been good. I got the needed support every time without any delay. I can definitely recommend Clear Analytics simply on the basis of its excellent support team.
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    Epicor Software
    The support team is very helpful and in every situation we have needed help in, they have been able to assist. So I have had a good experience with them
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    Alternatives Considered
    Clear Analytics
    There are other great tools that are out there but Clear Analytics is reasonable for our business and provides a lot of features that we specifically needed
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    Epicor Software
    Grow doesn't have as many advanced analytics features and other capabilities as some other 'dashboard' platforms on the market. Simply, if you want a tool for internal use only that has high-level analytics capabilities (regressions, completely custom visualizations, modeling), Grow probably isn't the platform for you. To put it another way, if you have a team of data engineers and scientists doing complex analysis, Grow might not make the most sense. However, if you understand the value of data/visualization/dashboards, but lack some of those skillsets in your company, Grow might be the perfect fit. Not only is it incredibly scalable and reasonably priced compared to other market solutions, but their transform capabilities really stand out. They have many native data transformations that mimic SQL coding of a dataset, without requiring any knowledge of SQL. They've converted these transformations to easy-to-use tools in the platform, which are perfect for the less-technical user.
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    Return on Investment
    Clear Analytics
    • Super useful to get started immediately
    • Didn't have to rely on migrating data
    • Easy to add members
    • Easy to learn and build charts
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    Epicor Software
    • Made it so much easier and faster to access data across tools
    • Lessened the time exporting and uploading data to excel/sheets for analysis
    • Made data and metrics more easily accessible to others in our orgs
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    ScreenShots

    Clear Analytics Screenshots

    Screenshot of Clear Analytics integrated Excel panel essentially transforms standalone Excel into an enterprise strength, fully auditable, collaborative and centralized business intelligence platform.Screenshot of Users have the ability to dynamically query systems and render that data in any way they like.  No more waiting on IT to create reports.Screenshot of Your firms existing knowledge of Excel enables the firm to be product from day 1. Use the skills already present in your organization and don't pay for outside reporting consultants to create reports for you.Screenshot of Leverage the integration capability of Microsoft's Power BI to extend the reach of your data to web and mobile devices.Screenshot of Leverage all of Excels capabilities, from it's slicers to miniature spark-line charts to create incredibly informative and responsive dashboards.

    Epicor Grow Screenshots

    Screenshot of Marketing desktop dashboard in dark-mode.Screenshot of TV, desktop, and mobile dashboards.Screenshot of KPI desktop dashboard in light-mode.Screenshot of Chart builder and data visualization.