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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ClicData

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AClicData is a cloud-based data management and business intelligence platform for connecting, preparing, storing, visualizing, and distributing organizational data. The platform combines data integration, extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes, data warehousing, dashboard creation, automation, and artificial intelligence features. Key Capabilities Data connectivity: ClicData connects to business applications and databases to support automated data…

    $290

    per month

    Pentaho

    Score6 out of 10
    N/APentaho is a suite of open source business intelligence and analytics products, now offered and supported by Hitachi Data Systems since the June 2015 acquisition.N/A
    Pricing
    ClicDataPentaho
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $290
    per month
    Team
    $520
    per month
    Enterprise
    $835
    per month
    Dedicated
    Custom Quote
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ClicDataPentaho
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPlans start at $290/month and include unlimited dashboards, reports, and data flows, as well as a built-in data warehouse and data lake. User licenses are included in all plans (up to 25, 50, or 200 users depending on the plan), and dashboards can be shared with external users via live links at no extra cost. Plans and pricing vary based on the data connectors needed (Files & Storage, Web Services & Apps, or Databases), the number of table updates per month, and the level of automation required. SSO and White Label options are available on the Enterprise plan. AI-powered features are included in the Team and Enterprise plans. Dedicated Plans are also available for organizations requiring stable and predictable performance, higher data volumes, and faster processing times (Standard, Performance, and Self-Hosted options). Professional Services are available as paid add-ons: Onboarding (one-time fee for personalized training and shadowing sessions), Project (fixed cost with clearly defined deliverables), and Packages (ad-hoc hours of Data Analysts' time). A discount is available for annual billing.—
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    ClicDataPentaho
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    Features
    ClicDataPentaho
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of ClicData and Pentaho
    Feature
    ClicData
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Pentaho
    9.0
    20 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports10.01 Ratings8.618 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.03 Ratings9.918 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.718 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of ClicData and Pentaho
    Feature
    ClicData
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Pentaho
    8.7
    19 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.03 Ratings7.618 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.03 Ratings8.319 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.02 Ratings9.717 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings9.312 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of ClicData and Pentaho
    Feature
    ClicData
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pentaho
    9.7
    20 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Publish to Web10.02 Ratings9.618 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.02 Ratings9.819 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.02 Ratings9.713 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.01 Ratings9.917 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.310 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of ClicData and Pentaho
    Feature
    ClicData
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pentaho
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.03 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.02 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.314 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of ClicData and Pentaho
    Feature
    ClicData
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Pentaho
    9.1
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings9.320 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.02 Ratings9.918 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.619 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of ClicData and Pentaho
    Feature
    ClicData
    6.0
    2 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Pentaho
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.02 Ratings9.710 Ratings
    Mobile Application1.01 Ratings6.97 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.02 Ratings8.711 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of ClicData and Pentaho
    Feature
    ClicData
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Pentaho
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    iFrames10.01 Ratings7.39 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.01 Ratings8.910 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings8.310 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.79 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.610 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ClicDataPentaho
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    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
    ClicDataPentaho
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (31 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ClicDataPentaho
    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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    Hitachi Vantara
    Pentaho is very well suited to perform data extraction & data mining from various cloud storage & transform that data using various available data models. However, the software struggles when it comes to visualizing the extracted data in an appealing manner & can be difficult for end-users to get an understanding of data tables created using those models.
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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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    Hitachi Vantara
    • Integrate and synchronize with big data easily
    • Import data from any sources and different databases
    • Managing data in on-premise, hybrid and cloud environments.
    • Compatibility and flexibility of the platform with any type of scenario and any business or industry
    • Various tools in the software suite to transformation of data
    • Simple interface appearance and creative UI graphics
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    Cons
    ClicData
    • More widgets.
    • Sometimes it takes a while to refresh.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    • I think the relative obscurity of the tool is a downside, not as many developers, consultants or peers you can tap into.
    • Lack of a solid user community held us back, looking at Power BI and Qlik, they have huge user communities that help each other out. Would have liked that here.
    • Smaller company means smaller sales force, and the lack of a local presence made it hard to only interact online with the account rep. Other companies have someone local who often stops by with pre-sales developers to just pitch in free of charge when they have time.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ClicData
    No answers on this topic
    Hitachi Vantara
    I will use Pentaho until I find a better tool with a better, easier to use report designer client. For now, Pentaho has been the most powerful reporting tool for our clients because of its ability to connect to Odoo, integrate in Odoo (reports are accessible in Odoo) and the flexibility in report design and parameter integration
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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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    Hitachi Vantara
    The Pentaho tools are designed so you can start playing around on your own. Of course, you will need guidance at some point, but the training teams are good at guiding new users, and the online documentation is usually pretty up-to-date.
    Some of the tools, such as the Pentaho Data Integration tool and the Pentaho Server, are pretty self-explanatory. The other tools maybe are not so quickly and obvious to use, but again, with some documentation and some customer support, you can find your way around them.
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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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    Hitachi Vantara
    They were responsive to our questions when we raised issues. They gave us workarounds when required. They were quite knowledgeable when it came to issue analysis and providing fixes. They were forthright in informing us if a bug was not due for release soon.
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    Online Training
    ClicData
    No answers on this topic
    Hitachi Vantara
    Course Taken: DI1000 Pentaho Data Integration Fundamentals Setup A week before your class started, the instructor will start sending out class material and lab setup instructions. This is helpful so that you understand how the environment is laid out and can start reviewing the content. Ultimately it saved about a 1/2 day trying to setup with 10 other people online which was great! The Course The 3-day course was laid out like many other technical classes with 15-30 minutes instruction and 15-60 minutes of lab exercises. The instructor was very knowledgeable with the functionality from version to version and answered questions as we went along. I was amazed at some of the functionality that was available that I was not using at the time and quickly implemented changes to many existing transformations and jobs. The novice users seemed to catch on quickly and more experienced users explained how some of the functionality was used in their home environments. Towards the end there was enough time so that we were able to ask very directed questions about our own environments. Overall, I really found the class to be informative and deliver enough information to be dangerous. My skills improved and I was able to design better and efficient transformations for the HIE. Course Description: https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-training/pentaho-data-integration-fundamentals-di1000
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    Implementation Rating
    ClicData
    No answers on this topic
    Hitachi Vantara
    Get the right people in before starting implementation. Start small and build as you go approach is time consuming and involves lot of rework. Evangalize within the organization the capabilities and limitations equally so that correct delivery expectations are set. Set expectations with the Customer that the tool cannot replace proprietary software in terms of stability/usability and that timelines could change given the new ness of the product.
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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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    Hitachi Vantara
    Since the Pentaho platform offers a range of broad functionality across data preparation and advanced analytics, it also can be easily integrated to support many data sources and machine-learning frameworks. Based on that fact, we selected Pentaho to be used in our internal department. It also supports many of our BI use cases as required by company management or the business user. Last but not least, the Pentaho license is cheaper than their competitor.
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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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    Hitachi Vantara
    • Pentaho has improved our overall business process.
    • Pentaho has helped the Managers and Directors to analyze the numbers going up and down from time to time.
    • We have a started a big project using Pentaho that is going to include all the business processes in the organization.
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    ScreenShots

    ClicData Screenshots

    Product screenshotScreenshot of ClicData's data warehouse where company's data is centralized.Screenshot of Some of ClicData's connectors. 300+ data connections are available.Screenshot of Preview of a joint between datasets from two different sources. Basic or advanced data transformations can be performed with ClicData's ETL features.Screenshot of marketing metrics, from open rates to conversions.Screenshot of an Online Customer Acquisition dashboard example