Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ClicData
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
ClicData is a 100% cloud-based business intelligence platform that allows users to connect, process, blend, visualize and share data from a single place. As an automated platform, users are able to rely on the latest version of company data, to ensure users make the right decisions. Hundreds of data connectors ClicData has connectors that allow users to pull data automatically from hundreds of business applications and databases. Data warehousing and ETL…
$79
per month
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Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Hashboard (formerly Glean.io) was lightweight, business intelligence tool. It was acquired by Hex in 2025, and former users are encouraged to move to Hex.N/A
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft 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
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Editions & Modules
Premium
$79
per month
Team
$269
per month
Business
$525
per month
Enterprise
Custom Quote
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Power BI Pro
$14
per month per user
Power BI Premium
$24
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNoNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$71 data volume, type of data source and level of automationNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll plans include multiple users licenses but dashboards can be shared with external users via live links, no license needed. Plans and pricing vary based on the data connectors, refreshes, and the level of automation needed. A few hours of Expert Service are including in all plans but more hours can be purchased. A white label option is also available for consultants and agencies.15% discount for yearly pricing.
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Community Pulse
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Features
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BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ClicData
10.0
3 Ratings
20% above category average
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Ratings
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
9.5
51 Ratings
15% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings9.344 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.03 Ratings00 Ratings9.651 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings00 Ratings9.649 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ClicData
9.0
3 Ratings
11% above category average
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Ratings
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
9.1
51 Ratings
13% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.03 Ratings00 Ratings9.346 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.03 Ratings00 Ratings8.951 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration10.02 Ratings00 Ratings8.651 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings00 Ratings9.540 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
ClicData
8.5
3 Ratings
3% above category average
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Ratings
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
9.3
50 Ratings
12% above category average
Publish to Web10.02 Ratings00 Ratings9.346 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.02 Ratings00 Ratings9.346 Ratings
Report Versioning7.02 Ratings00 Ratings9.042 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.01 Ratings00 Ratings9.345 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings00 Ratings9.525 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
ClicData
8.5
3 Ratings
6% above category average
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Microsoft BI (MSBI)
9.3
50 Ratings
15% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.03 Ratings00 Ratings9.649 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.02 Ratings00 Ratings9.346 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings8.943 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
ClicData
10.0
2 Ratings
16% above category average
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Ratings
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
9.2
51 Ratings
8% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings9.348 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings9.048 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings00 Ratings9.345 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings00 Ratings9.330 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
ClicData
6.0
2 Ratings
25% below category average
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Ratings
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.3
40 Ratings
7% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access7.02 Ratings00 Ratings8.537 Ratings
Mobile Application1.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.028 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.02 Ratings00 Ratings8.437 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
ClicData
10.0
1 Ratings
26% above category average
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Ratings
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.7
23 Ratings
12% above category average
iFrames10.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.919 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings8.620 Ratings
REST API00 Ratings00 Ratings9.520 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings00 Ratings8.920 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings00 Ratings8.918 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings00 Ratings7.619 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(3 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
10.0
(73 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
-
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8.0
(25 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
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10.0
(15 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
-
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9.5
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(15 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(3 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(7 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
ClicData
We used ClicData dashboards in a somewhat unorthodox way: we used "Indicators", or icons within tables to represent data, and the results looked great. The ability to integrate 3rd party HTML into dashboards was valuable (although Clic Data correctly warns that response time may suffer). The ability to start small and release dashboards incrementally suited our needs very well. We also valued the responsive account team getting us quickly pointed in the right direction.
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Glean.io is exceptionally well for creating automation data visualisation dashboards. Exploring the data is again highly effective. Visualisations are easily customisable to best suit the requirements of the team. Collaborating and commenting around the dashboards is very smooth. If there are any changes in the system or any feature requests, the support team takes some time to respond
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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
ClicData
  • Ease of use, I can put together a dashboard in about an hour that is used by daily.
  • Support, their support team is super helpful and always has detailed insight.
  • Connectors, they have a huge number of connectors that allow easy integration of your data sources.
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  • Workflow is easy and clear due to clean and state of the art interface
  • Model creation is easy
  • Possibility for custom SQL code for database connection is very helpful
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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
ClicData
  • More widgets.
  • Sometimes it takes a while to refresh.
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  • Querying has to be done by users only. There can be ways to automate querying using templates
  • Not able to clearly check the query run time
  • The customer support team can be little more proactive while communicating any changes and resolving any queries
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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
ClicData
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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
ClicData
Like I mentioned before, the ease of use means we not only get very quick results and beautiful dashboards in minutes, it means my team is actually using it because they aren't frustrated in the learning curve or wasting time trying to accomplish simple tasks.
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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
ClicData
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Microsoft
The product has been reliable.
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Performance
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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
ClicData
We've only needed support a couple times in the beginning as we were learning the system and how to display our data in interesting ways. Every time we reached out we got very detailed responses and were connected to someone that you could tell was very interested in making sure we were happy with how things were going.
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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
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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
ClicData
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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
ClicData
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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
ClicData
ClicData was the most flexible. It is cloud-based and even has WebService access. You can publish your data for access from other applications. The sheer number of data connectors is amazing. The ability to not only create dashboards, but you can schedule them to be delivered to specific recipients on a scheduled basis via PDF or a static HTML page.
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Discontinued Products
For simple use cases, Glean.io is a lightweight alternative to SAP Analytics Cloud. Provisioning, testing, and documentation are easier and less intimidating in the Glean.io case. Thus, it is easy to explore without firing up the sales machinery of the big corporates. Thus, the process of looking into and testing it out was way more convenient. Further, the data ops features were new to use and seem to be unique with Glean.io.
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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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Return on Investment
ClicData
  • ClicData was by far the most reasonable cost-wise, and we were able to get ROI within just minutes of using it.
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Discontinued Products
  • Optimised the DB management team by 30%
  • Reduce in data visualisation dashboards TAT by 50%
  • Increase in revenues and savings by 20%
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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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Screenshot of Screenshot of ClicData's data warehouse where all your company's data is centralized.Screenshot of Some of ClicData's connectors. 250+ data connections are available.Screenshot of Preview of a joint between datasets from two different sources. Do basic or advanced data transformations with ClicData's ETL features.Screenshot of Daily Sales Productivity dashboard exampleScreenshot of Financial KPIs Dashboard example