ClicData vs Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Ben Warren

Operations Manager Service USA

Atlas Copco USAMachinery, 10,001+ employees

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If you're already using Office 365, Power BI for O365 is an easy choice. Start playing around with the free version and then easily add individual Pro licenses with little risk. However, if you anticipate using this with many users, it can get expensive quickly.

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Jeremiah Miller

Associate Director IT Infrastructure

Mennonite Central CommitteeNon-Profit Organization Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

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Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

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Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Report sharing and collaboration

Integration with R or other statistical packages

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Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

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Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

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Multi-User Support (named login)

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Role-Based Security Model

Single Sign-On (SSO)

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Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Dedicated Android Application

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iFrames

Themeable User Interface (UI)

REST API

Javascript API

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

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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Verified User

Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Easy to make visual dashboards from SQL queries. Previously we had to use a third party application that had to run on a web server that was so complex to setup and run. PowerBI removes all that.
Ability to control who/which group has access to each dashboard or report. Ties in well with the rest of the Office 365 ecosystem.
Has many connectors to allow pulling data from various systems, both onsite (via gateway) or external (via APIs), and join the data to create a report/dashboard.
Ability to show data but also export the data, if permitted.
Easy to show PowerBI dashboards on SharePoint or on other websites via embedded code.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Computer Hardware Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

More widgets.
Sometimes it takes a while to refresh.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Finance and Accounting

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Licensing: Currently, Microsoft has a fixed pricing model for Office 365 users, regardless of role/function of the user. Most organizations have a small number of "power users" that create usable content and many more "consumers" that simply view/run reports created by power users. Microsoft does not differentiate between these users, and thus the pricing limits organizations from large deployments of the software.
Version incompatibility: Excel 2010 and 2013 workbooks are compatible with each other. However, workbooks created in 2010 that include PowerPivot databases must be upgraded to 2013 format to run in 2013. Subsequently, you cannot open these upgraded PowerPivot workbooks in 2010. This requires ALL users to be on the same version.
Visualization: Excel charting with PowerPivot workbooks is adequate for many users. Power View also contains a number of GREAT visualizations, including animated bubble charts and a very flexible dashboard/report design canvas. However, compared to some of the other self-service BI solutions, it is still limited in its visualization capabilities.

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Ken Raetz

Manager, DW/BI Services

LBMC Technologies, LLCInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued) 9.2

Based on 4 answers

I will continue to recommend this suite to folks looking for a reporting and analytics solution, as I find in MOST cases, it's great at meeting almost every requirement I've been given by a multitude of clients across a range of industries. I've built Capacity Planning solutions that allowed end user input which was then submitted to SharePoint, Executive Dashboards, custom applications, simple analytical tools for teams to easily slice and dice data, and super simple reports as well as some very complicated ones. If you haven't seen the demos online, do a search, and see for yourself - this is a great BI suite! (I do not work for Microsoft, although I do consult out there from time to time. I do occasionally make a recommendation for a different BI reporting tool, but in general, find Excel can accomplish quite a bit for less money and in less time.)

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Management Consulting Company, 51-200 employees

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Usability

ClicData 10.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Verified User

Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

ClicData 10.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

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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Ben Warren

Operations Manager Service USA

Atlas Copco USAMachinery, 10,001+ employees

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Oracle was nice, super expensive to implement if it's not in use already. JobDiva is choppy and heavy on the system while does not give great reports. Salesforce is good; remote access is good however their support is terrible

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Daniel J. Lewis

System Administrator

vdiscoveryInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

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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Verified User

Executive in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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As a Microsoft Partner implementing Business Intelligence solutions, Power BI has removed the barrier for our clients to begin the "BI journey". So often, projects get hung up in that early phase of procuring and installing/configuring expensive hardware and software. Just simply getting started and designing a beginning solution has allowed our clients to see results in 1-2 weeks using their data that might have taken months to achieve otherwise.
One significant ROI example is process improvement. In many cases, individuals or teams are spending days each month gathering data from multiple sources for reporting to their constituents. We are reducing these times to minutes by automating many of the data collection and integration processes that were previously manual.

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Ken Raetz

Manager, DW/BI Services

LBMC Technologies, LLCInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

$71*

* data volume, type of data source and level of automation

ClicData Editions & Modules

Edition

Premium	$79¹
Team	$259¹
Enterprise	$499¹
Dedicated	$890¹

per month

Additional Pricing Details

All 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.

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued) Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

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Likelihood to Recommend

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Feature Rating Comparison

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Report sharing and collaboration

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

Multi-User Support (named login)

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Role-Based Security Model

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Dedicated Android Application

iFrames

Themeable User Interface (UI)

REST API

Javascript API

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

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Cons

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Usability

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Alternatives Considered

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

ClicData Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued) Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

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