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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    D&B Connect

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AD&B Connect is an AI-driven Data Management Platform based on the D&B Cloud that provides businesses with customer data and market insights. With D&B connect, users can collaborate on data management tasks, visualize, monitor, and benchmark data, as well as assess overall data health. Integrations with Master Data Management Platforms, Customer Data Platforms, and CRMs enable automated data updates and anomaly detection through the identity resolution engine. MAP integrations allow for the…N/A

    DataFox (discontinued)

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    DataFox was a tool used to dentify new prospects and deliver actionable sales triggers from thousands of data sources. Oracle acquired DataFox in October 2018, and the product was sunsetted in 2023. It is no longer available.N/A

    Infor Birst

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/AInfor Birst offers multi-tenant cloud BI for deployment in a public or private cloud, or on-premises. It provides an in-memory columnar data store and a BI layer comprising a reporting engine, predictive analytics tools, mobile native apps, dashboards, discovery tools, and an open client interface.N/A
    Pricing
    D&B ConnectDataFox (discontinued)Infor Birst
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    D&B ConnectDataFox (discontinued)Infor Birst
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is offered on a customized basis. Buyers should contact D&B for specific quotes.Subscription pricing. Please contact DataFox for additional information.
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    Community Pulse
    D&B ConnectDataFox (discontinued)Infor Birst
    Considered Multiple Products
    Dun Bradstreet
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    Infor
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    27 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    D&B ConnectDataFox (discontinued)Infor Birst
    Data Quality
    Comparison of Data Quality features of D&B Connect and DataFox (discontinued) and Infor Birst
    Feature
    D&B Connect
    7.7
    17 Ratings
    11% below category average
    DataFox (discontinued)
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    Infor Birst
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    Data source connectivity8.117 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data profiling7.717 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Master data management (MDM) integration7.514 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data element standardization7.815 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Match and merge7.315 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Address verification7.817 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of D&B Connect and DataFox (discontinued) and Infor Birst
    Feature
    D&B Connect
    -
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    DataFox (discontinued)
    8.2
    8 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Infor Birst
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce integration00 Ratings8.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of D&B Connect and DataFox (discontinued) and Infor Birst
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    Infor Birst
    7.4
    77 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings00 Ratings7.068 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings00 Ratings8.077 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings00 Ratings7.159 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of D&B Connect and DataFox (discontinued) and Infor Birst
    Feature
    D&B Connect
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    Infor Birst
    7.0
    78 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings8.078 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings00 Ratings7.077 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings00 Ratings6.127 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings00 Ratings7.068 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of D&B Connect and DataFox (discontinued) and Infor Birst
    Feature
    D&B Connect
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    Infor Birst
    8.0
    75 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings00 Ratings8.052 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings00 Ratings8.067 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings00 Ratings7.28 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings00 Ratings9.066 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of D&B Connect and DataFox (discontinued) and Infor Birst
    Feature
    D&B Connect
    -
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    Infor Birst
    6.9
    72 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings00 Ratings8.072 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings00 Ratings7.058 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings5.833 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of D&B Connect and DataFox (discontinued) and Infor Birst
    Feature
    D&B Connect
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    Infor Birst
    8.3
    72 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings00 Ratings9.070 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings00 Ratings8.068 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings00 Ratings8.069 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of D&B Connect and DataFox (discontinued) and Infor Birst
    Feature
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    Infor Birst
    5.0
    54 Ratings
    43% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings00 Ratings7.052 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings00 Ratings3.034 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings00 Ratings3.042 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    D&B ConnectDataFox (discontinued)Infor Birst
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP Data Services
    Score7.8 out of 10
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    D&B ConnectDataFox (discontinued)Infor Birst
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (31 ratings)
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    7.5
    (99 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    9.0
    (35 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.1
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (19 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    5.3
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    -
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    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    6.0
    (24 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    7.6
    (76 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    D&B ConnectDataFox (discontinued)Infor Birst
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dun Bradstreet
    Overall, the program can assist any size company with all credit
    reference needs. We have not run into any issues other than the overall
    cost of the program and the fact that you have to use additional funds
    to seek information on international customers.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    It is a really good solution when it comes to insights on companies where you want to place your products because it tells you all the information where you can attach the use of your solution, the only thing is that it needs more information on mid-market.
    Incentivized
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    Infor
    Infor Birst OEM and embedded analytics are well suited for advanced analytics and business intelligence. It has flexible deployment features and a lot of configuration ability with low code - no coding ability. Ability to ingest data from multiple live data sources. Source data from multiple sources can be segregated into multiple sections based on business criteria. Easily searchable business terms (metadata) across all enterprise analytic content.
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    Pros
    Dun Bradstreet
    • Searching people who have the intent to buy your services or products.
    • It has as very good filter that helps pinpoint your targeted audience.
    • It has a large pool of contacts within the company, so helps to reach out to the right person via several connections.
    • The data available is fresh and current.
    Incentivized
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    • DataFox allows you to filter your company searches with very specific criteria. This ensures that you generate companies that are relevant to your customer segment and that will have promise.
    • DataFox has awesome export functionality. Once you create a list of companies, you can export it to Excel/CSV and import the list to Salesforce.
    • DataFox has a very clean and easy and approachable User Interface that is easy to navigate and learn quickly.
    Incentivized
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    Infor
    • End-to-end solution, from raw source data, ETL, warehousing and reporting, Birst is able to do everything we need in one package instead of needing to develop and maintain multiple technologies
    • Intuitive report development. The drag and drop creation of reports is simple. More complicated queries are easy to generate.
    • Very user-friendly and interactive. A lot of nice features are available both for developers and end users to streamline the process of preparing and consuming data
    • Rich API which allows us to programmatically interact with Birst
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Dun Bradstreet
    • in my opinion having to split usage between United States and International does not make sense on why this needs to be done....recommend eliminating this
    • need for improvement on error resolution....when an error is found the D&B resolution team is EXTREMELY difficult to work with...very clunky and automated when there is a need for personnal interaction
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • It has too little information on emerging markets like Latam.
    • Only big companies, you can't find info on small ones.
    • Making it easier to educate the AI.
    Incentivized
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    Infor
    • Birst prices are fairly expensive. License plus cost of users can add up pretty quickly
    • Depending on the size of data, rendering of reports can take a little bit. Need faster processing of data
    • Takes a little time to understand how to build reports, not the most intuitive UI
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dun Bradstreet
    Great tool
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Infor
    We have been able to overcome any of the drawbacks we've found with Birst easily and it has fulfilled almost all of our analytic needs to date. Having seen their roadmap it would be highly unlikely we would move away from this platform any time soon. You simply can't beat the functionality that Birst provides for the price and the things I see coming out of the company solidify that our decision to choose Birst was the best possible choice. We have never regretted the decision.
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    Usability
    Dun Bradstreet
    For more advanced uses, it's hard to get it functioning properly right out of the box. It definitely takes some fiddling to get the systems up and running, especially if you have multiple streams of data that need to be managed across systems.
    Incentivized
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    Infor
    I would like to see additional usability put into the ETL scripting. Recently, Birst added a nice function reference inline to formula creation which has kept me from having to return to documentation so much. The same in ETL would be very beneficial. The interface problems related to the Flex framework are being addressed in a rewrite to HTML 5, but for now they are still a hindrance to a higher usability rating.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Dun Bradstreet
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    Discontinued Products
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    Infor
    We frequently experience -103 errors due to us using the Live Connect functionality, which does not seem to handle even minor interruptions in connectivity, and treats all future connection attempts or data requests as errors, even if the issue does not exist any longer
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    Performance
    Dun Bradstreet
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    Discontinued Products
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    Infor
    Everything runs very fast and smoothly. The only process that I wish was faster would be processing the data after uploading new data or making changes to the existing data model. It can take 15-20 minutes (roughly) to upload and process new data once you start getting into 10's of millions of rows. Given my experience with how long it takes me to pull the same data using SQL Server Management Studio, I don't think Birst is unreasonably slow - but for me to give a higher rating, I would want it to be unreasonably fast
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    Support Rating
    Dun Bradstreet
    Great Support
    Incentivized
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    Infor
    • Poor turnaround time
    • Low response rate when the problem at hand are large
    • Lack of infrastructural knowledge when it comes to scaling solutions
    • Lack of inter team work noticed
    • Most of the tickets are open for a long period of time
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Dun Bradstreet
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    Infor
    I have attended two different training sessions. The first one was my initial training on the system. It was well paced, clear and concise. If there were questions that were not able to be answered by the instructor, he took down the question and actually followed up and provided us a response quickly. The second session was specific to the dashboard and report design components. This training was very good though there were some attendants who had little or no experience and their questions slowed the class.
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    Online Training
    Dun Bradstreet
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    Discontinued Products
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    Infor
    Although I found the online resources helpful, a lack of appropriate examples for certain tasks key to report creation and advanced modeling make the online training/documentation less than perfect. For an inexperienced BI professional, the online training would not enable a streamlined launch of the product.
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    Implementation Rating
    Dun Bradstreet
    Very Satisfied
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Infor
    Have clean data! Birst flexibility allows - Start small, then introduce functionality and complexity along the way. If you try to present all the functionality [bells and whistles] and wow them, but bad data is uncovered, the end user blames the new application and turns away.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dun Bradstreet
    Not at the top, but pretty good compared to others. The price and overall usability of the solution would put it in the top 5 options from what I have used. If D&B can make more updates and improvements, then there is potential to be better in the near future.
    Incentivized
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    We utilize both for the most accurate information in terms of employee count of company, location of headquarters address, validity of what current technology that may be using today. Also cross reference this information with LinkedIn and other sites to get the best info possible to determine rules of engagement for reps.
    Incentivized
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    Infor
    Birst was better than Domo for our needs because we could get in and tinker with it. Our impression of Domo was that it had a lot of connectors and ready to go reports, but it made too many assumptions about applications we use. We customize too much to use a "ready to go" solution like that. When we looked at Tableau, we liked its visualization capabilities, but it wasn't going to help us do the extractions, ETL, and warehousing of data. It may have come some distance since then.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Dun Bradstreet
    slightly on the higher side but worth it.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Infor
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    Scalability
    Dun Bradstreet
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    Infor
    we can see that loading a lot of data can cause a noticable slow down in performance. Birst support indicated that they don't really consider anything less than 30 seconds to be an issue, but that is not the case for our customers, so we have had to change some of implementation to address this
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    Return on Investment
    Dun Bradstreet
    • ROI can be achieved anywhere between 6 to 12 months depending upon your business.
    • The product is expensive but the data provided is good to an extent and a big sale can help achieve your ROI.
    • The data accuracy sometimes can be bad leading to bad domain reputation.
    Incentivized
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    • Relatively cheap when compared to the other alternatives we looked at and already beginning to show value in terms of new TAM
    Incentivized
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    Infor
    • Being a manufacturing company we tend to lag behind technologically. But having all the data for different ERP systems in one place has been an eye opener for the executives. It has lessened the need to convert some legacy ERP systems.
    • Having such a simple reporting tool is a great asset to some of our sites that have traditionally had trouble gathering data from AS400 systems.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    DataFox (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of DataFox allows you to filter our leading database based on granular key words, such as CyberSecurity or HealthTech, region, etc.  We do not use NAICS or SIC code filters and go incredibly deep on SMB and middle market tech companies.Screenshot of Sales triggers alert reps to new opportunities in their territory and help open doors with prospective buyers.Screenshot of Salesforce integration.

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