Entrinsik Informer vs. Phrazor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Entrinsik Informer
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Entrinsik Informer is a web-based reporting and business intelligence application popular in the higher education vertical market. It helps organizations transform real-time data into actionable information by delivering ad-hoc reporting, data analysis, and interactive dashboards.N/A
Phrazor
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Phrazor summarises data into a few bullet points, highlighting key insights required for decision making. It aims to help enterprises make their reports and insights easier to comprehend by writing a narrative along with each report. With Phrazor, users don't have to spend time analyzing numbers. Phrazor writes language to explain the key insights in words. Key Features: CREATE EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND REPORTS with language-based narratives. EXPLORE HIDDEN…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros

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Features
Entrinsik InformerPhrazor
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Entrinsik Informer
7.4
8 Ratings
9% below category average
Phrazor
8.5
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports5.51 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.17 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.67 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Entrinsik Informer
8.6
11 Ratings
7% above category average
Phrazor
7.0
1 Ratings
14% below category average
Drill-down analysis9.19 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.110 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.110 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Entrinsik Informer
9.1
11 Ratings
9% above category average
Phrazor
9.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Publish to Web9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.19 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report Versioning9.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Entrinsik Informer
7.3
1 Ratings
9% below category average
Phrazor
5.5
1 Ratings
37% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.31 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Entrinsik Informer
9.1
11 Ratings
7% above category average
Phrazor
8.0
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.111 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.19 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.18 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Entrinsik Informer
9.1
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Phrazor
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Responsive Design for Web Access9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Entrinsik Informer
8.2
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Phrazor
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REST API8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Entrinsik InformerPhrazor
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(77 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(67 ratings)
-
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Usability
9.1
(14 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.3
(2 ratings)
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Support Rating
10.0
(11 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
7.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(5 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Entrinsik InformerPhrazor
Likelihood to Recommend
Entrinsik
It makes creating queries very easy for end users so not only research or technicians can do it. The availability for creating Live reports that are accessible via Excel on the network has given many of our users the ability to get the information they need in a format they can use without needing someone to translate the raw data
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vPhrase Analytic Solutions Pvt Ltd
Phrazor is well suited for use in larger companies, especially those that operate globally and need to get region-specific or country-specific data and reports. I found Phrazor to be less appropriate for use in smaller companies (especially non-profit organizations) that may not benefit from extensive reporting. Non-profit organizations don't necessarily have projected sales growth and inventory costs.
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Pros
Entrinsik
  • Simple user-interface: Informer is relatively easy to learn and end users can begin running reports and creating new reports quickly.
  • Email "burst" functionality: This feature allows emails to be sent out based on data in the report. So for example, a report could be scheduled that would email all student employment managers listing out the specific employees that report to them that haven't submitted their time sheets. Each manager would only see the rows that correspond to their email address.
  • Analytics and grouping: Users can quickly drag columns to group and sub-total, and can use the analytics tab to get deeper insights into the data.
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vPhrase Analytic Solutions Pvt Ltd
  • Custom reporting.
  • Report templates.
  • Unique data not found elsewhere.
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Cons
Entrinsik
  • There are a lot of reports that we have in Informer that say they have never been run, even though I know they have been run. So that makes it really difficult to determine which reports can be deleted to keep a tidy report list.
  • The only other complaint I have about Informer is that there doesn't seem to be a properly detailed error code/message when the student information system can't be accessed. For example, I am currently trying to move Informer to its own standalone server and I get an error message saying that our license isn't valid. Informer Support sent a new license, which prompted the same message, and the only explanation they have given me is that Informer can't reach the student information system. I would think that if that were the case, the error message would say that instead of an invalid license.
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vPhrase Analytic Solutions Pvt Ltd
  • More training videos for beginners.
  • Customizable report printing layouts.
  • Additional reporting measures.
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Likelihood to Renew
Entrinsik
Informer has been handily meeting most of our reporting needs, and we've created a library of hundreds of reports that are used every day. They have a terrific support service to help when you have questions, and I've found them to be great at listening to what customers would like and adding new features. They are a small company that really listens and really cares, and I've been very pleased over the past few years getting to know them.
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vPhrase Analytic Solutions Pvt Ltd
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Usability
Entrinsik
From the perspective of the new user and a seasoned user I would say eight would represent both parties. It presents a 'familiar' interface and easy to navigate display. Tagging is quite nice and allows for organization of reports based on those tags. These have to be monitored like anything else to keep them consistent but provides a better than average means of organizing reports.
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vPhrase Analytic Solutions Pvt Ltd
Our company experienced some difficulty during implementation trying to get data imported and uploaded. We reached out to support and received much-needed assistance, and we were able to move forward with data importation. Several of our users, including myself, experienced some difficulty in understanding the system, so it took some time to use it fully. For a first-time user, there were almost too many filters and options to choose from.
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Reliability and Availability
Entrinsik
We have 10 concurrent licenses and we average between 6-8 at any given time during the day; and we host the application.
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vPhrase Analytic Solutions Pvt Ltd
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Support Rating
Entrinsik
I would have given 10 but no one and no system is perfect. The only issue with support is not the staff nor the response but the support Wiki and support pages in general run very slow at times. I believe this has been addressed by the company but the technical speed of the pages have been an issue.
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vPhrase Analytic Solutions Pvt Ltd
Great! Anytime I needed assistance and reached out to support, I received amazing help, and everyone was always very nice. The reason I did not rate support a ten is that often the hold time was quite long. When you are in a time crunch and need data immediately, it is frustrating not to get immediate support.
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Implementation Rating
Entrinsik
We bought the product on a Thursday morning, and we were writing reports on Friday afternoon. We did take about a month to manage the Mapping, Linking and Security to allow us to open it up across campus. We are now mapping from as many third-party vendors as we can to enable the creation of more ad-hoc reporting.
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vPhrase Analytic Solutions Pvt Ltd
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Alternatives Considered
Entrinsik
I have experience with Advizor AnalystX, and it was just awful. It is advertised as an interactive reporting tool, in which you can use your mouse to select and segment constituents by where they live (by clicking on a map), how much they've given to your institution, when they last gave, etc. In practice, their map feature was unusable; it's a static map image (imagine a paper map hung on your wall), rather than draggable and zoomable Google Maps, and it required hours of work to configure one map region. As far as computing constituents' giving statistics, it required way too much back-end work to build simple giving totals.
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vPhrase Analytic Solutions Pvt Ltd
I enjoyed using Phrazor better; however, as a new user, I was a bit frustrated getting started. Microsoft Power BI had more videos available online than I found. Phrazor had more adaptability and customization for our company, which overall made it a better fit over competitive products. My coworkers and I demoed Sisense, and we chose not to purchase it due to it not being a good fit.
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Return on Investment
Entrinsik
  • We have definitely improved customer service due to better reporting using Informer. All departments are better empowered to help our students in a more timely and accurate manner.
  • Using Informer has given us the ability to eliminate functionality within our ERP system and offload reporting to a data store instead of the transactional system. This has resulted in successfully upgrading our core systems and improved response times.
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vPhrase Analytic Solutions Pvt Ltd
  • Great tool for creating annual budgets.
  • Reports and graphs that can be included in annual report - saved on marketing costs.
  • Able to import from excel which is a cost-saving tool for our company.
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