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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Epicor Grow

    Score6.3 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Grow, from Epicor since the March 2022 acquisition, is a business intelligence software that is designed to empower businesses to become data-driven and accelerate growth by aligning team objectives and inspiring strategic decisions.N/A

    Kantata PSA

    Score9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Kantata Cloud (formerly Mavenlink + Kimble) provides project management and collaboration software for small to mid-sized professional services companies. Features include resource management, project dependencies, time and expense tracking, file sharing, versatile user permissions, private messaging, planning and reporting.N/A

    Tableau Desktop

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.

    $1,380

    per year (purchased via a Creator license)

    Pricing
    Epicor GrowKantata PSATableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Premier
    Contact Sales Team
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales Team
    Tableau Creator License
    $115
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Epicor GrowKantata PSATableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional Details——All pricing plans are billed annually. A Creator license includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and Tableau Pulse. Discounts sometimes available for volume.
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    Community Pulse
    Epicor GrowKantata PSATableau Desktop
    Considered Multiple Products
    Epicor Software
    Chose Epicor Grow
    Tableau and Klipfolio are both great options and we considered others but ultimately Grow had the best combination of pricing, report customization, and support that we were looking for. At one point, when we were only using Grow with our Sales Team, we thought about moving …
    Incentivized
    Chose Epicor Grow
    Grow.com has the easiest to use UI/UX out of the other business intelligence tools that I have used. It is a little more intuitive and takes less knowledge of SQL to really get what you want. The pre-built metrics really help to get up and going right out of the box, where …
    Incentivized
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
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    Tableau
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    92%
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    Features
    Epicor GrowKantata PSATableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Epicor Grow and Kantata PSA and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    8.0
    32 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    175 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Customizable dashboards9.032 Ratings00 Ratings9.2174 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.025 Ratings00 Ratings8.1151 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings00 Ratings8.0145 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Epicor Grow and Kantata PSA and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    7.7
    31 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    172 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.027 Ratings00 Ratings8.6167 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.028 Ratings00 Ratings8.6170 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.030 Ratings00 Ratings8.6165 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1126 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Epicor Grow and Kantata PSA and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    6.7
    29 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    166 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Publish to Web7.025 Ratings00 Ratings8.1155 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.025 Ratings00 Ratings8.2154 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling6.025 Ratings00 Ratings8.6128 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6120 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings00 Ratings8.978 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Epicor Grow and Kantata PSA and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    7.0
    26 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    164 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.024 Ratings00 Ratings8.7162 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.023 Ratings00 Ratings8.6156 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7131 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings00 Ratings7.87 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Epicor Grow and Kantata PSA and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    7.0
    31 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    9.1
    149 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.031 Ratings00 Ratings9.1145 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.025 Ratings00 Ratings9.1125 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.025 Ratings00 Ratings8.9136 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.01 Ratings00 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.017 Ratings00 Ratings9.383 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Epicor Grow and Kantata PSA and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    7.7
    26 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    7.9
    141 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.026 Ratings00 Ratings8.6130 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.513 Ratings00 Ratings7.5101 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.018 Ratings00 Ratings7.5122 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Epicor Grow and Kantata PSA and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Epicor Grow
    7.0
    20 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Kantata PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    7.7
    67 Ratings
    1% below category average
    REST API7.020 Ratings00 Ratings8.459 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings00 Ratings7.653 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings00 Ratings6.751 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings00 Ratings8.048 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings00 Ratings7.154 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings00 Ratings8.448 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Epicor GrowKantata PSATableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (32 ratings)
    9.1
    (50 ratings)
    9.1
    (204 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.5
    (41 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.4
    (73 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    1.0
    (57 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    9.0
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    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    10.0
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.1
    (26 ratings)
    -
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    7.9
    (115 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.0
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    9.0
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    Vendor post-sale
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    User Testimonials
    Epicor GrowKantata PSATableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Epicor Software
    Grow.com is well suited if you have a lot of data or client data to manage. If you do not have tons of data, there are other options out there that are a bit more simple and easy to use and a better price.
    Incentivized
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    It is appropriate and even exceeds expectations 90% of the time. It makes project tracking very easy and visually accessible for most cases. The only occasion where Mavenlink came slightly short was for a special project that required more interaction options among project members. I am certain there are ways to work around that issue, but we did not find them.
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    Tableau
    The best scenario is definitely to collect data from several sources and create dedicated dashboards for specific recipients. However, I miss the possibility of explaining these reports in more detail. Sometimes, we order a report, and after half a year, we don't remember the meaning of some data (I know it's our fault as an organization, but the tool could force better practices).
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    Pros
    Epicor Software
    • I love the fact that you have a team of developers who can help me build metrics or fix metrics that I do not create properly. I had to learn SQL in order to really build the metrics that mattered, which was a lot of fun, but resulted in many broken metrics. The vendor's team was great in responding to me requests for help!
    • Really, really appreciate the fact that Grow has SQL formulas to reference when building metrics. Again, as a novice, this accelerated my ability to learn and not have to leave your site and resources and stay within the Grow web properties.
    • Great account managers who check in regularly and are willing to help out whenever needed.
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • With Mavenlink when starting to assign tasks to people, set deadlines and milestones, and add files to our projects we can look at it all from a variety of perspectives, including a task tracker view and a Gantt chart view
    • Through Mavenlink each project also includes an activity stream where we can view all project details as they come up, as well as an activity feed for all the projects it is linked to.
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    Tableau
    • An excellent tool for data visualization, it presents information in an appealing visual format—an exceptional platform for storing and analyzing data in any size organization.
    • Through interactive parameters, it enables real-time interaction with the user and is easy to learn and get support from the community.
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    Cons
    Epicor Software
    • There are basic labeling issues with some of the graph types. Wish there was more customizability here, especially on complex graphs.
    • Could help more with analysis of data and trends, but that's going into full-fledged BI territory.
    • The functionality of being able to snapshot data isn't quite there.
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • The Gantt chart does not allow for baselines to be stored
    • There is no means to upload an excel task tracker and build a plan using an upload
    • The schedule does not allow for planning of holidays
    • The status report functionality needs to be improved
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    Tableau
    • Pricing should be more user-friendly and usage-driven
    • Making edits to the production reports is fairly tough and has a vast scope of additional capabilities
    • Tableau Desktop should be able to differentiate itself from the Tableau server else there is no major meaning of two different products being offered
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Although the company I currently work for does not use the product I have recommended that we do switch to Mavenlink. We will be opening some new sites internationally this year and I can see that Mavenlink would be a great product for us to use
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    Tableau
    Our use of Tableau Desktop is still fairly low, and will continue over time. The only real concern is around cost of the licenses, and I have mentioned this to Tableau and fully expect the development of more sensible models for our industry. This will remove any impediment to expansion of our use.
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    Usability
    Epicor Software
    This tool is definitely a little bit difficult to be able to figure out at first, but after some time of learning you can definitely pick it up. I do wish there were more resources online that would be able to help speed up the learning process
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    I think Kantata is one of the most robust and best project management tools out there for an organization like ours. However, some of our staff feel like it isn't as user-friendly as it could be. From a Director point of view or a Project Manager point of view, Kantata is exceptional. From the point of view of a task-doer, it could be more visually appealing. Also, the mobile version isn't great.
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    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop has proven to be a lifesaver in many situations. Once we've completed the initial setup, it's simple to use. It has all of the features we need to quickly and efficiently synthesize our data. Tableau Desktop has advanced capabilities to improve our company's data structure and enable self-service for our employees.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Mavenlink gives advance notice for system upgrades, and they're not during our business day. Mavenlink has always been available when we needed it.
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    Tableau
    When used as a stand-alone tool, Tableau Desktop has unlimited uptime, which is always nice. When used in conjunction with Tableau Server, this tool has as much uptime as your server admins are willing to give it. All in all, I've never had an issue with Tableau's availability.
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    Performance
    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Very good integration with Google apps. Some complexity is called however in the synchronization between Google Tasks and Maven links tasks. This can sometimes lead to duplicate records in Google Tasks. It has been dissolvable that becomes cumbersome if not properly curated.
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    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop's performance is solid. You can really dig into a large dataset in the form of a spreadsheet, and it exhibits similarly good performance when accessing a moderately sized Oracle database. I noticed that with Tableau Desktop 9.3, the performance using a spreadsheet started to slow around 75K rows by about 60 columns. This was easily remedied by creating an extract and pushing it to Tableau Server, where performance went to lightning fast
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    Support Rating
    Epicor Software
    The support team is very helpful and in every situation we have needed help in, they have been able to assist. So I have had a good experience with them
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Kantata support is fantastic! Any issues that arise are always handled quickly and efficiently. Granted, we haven't had many issues to report. Typically, my team tends to only reach out to support if they need assistance remembering how to do something or asking about an improvement. We had Kantata build an integration when we first started using the software, and the support team worked hard to listen and improve the integration.
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    Tableau
    Tableau support has been extremely responsive and willing to help with all of our requests. They have assisted with creating advanced analysis and many different types of custom icons, data formatting, formulas, and actions embedded into graphs. Tableau offers a weekly presentation of features and assists with internal company projects.
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    In-Person Training
    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    We prepared questions in advance, and our trainer was an expert in what Mavenlink was and wasn't able to do. We were able to have multiple people trained at once.
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    Tableau
    It is admittedly hard to train a group of people with disparate levels of ability coming in, but the software is so easy to use that this is not a huge problem; anyone who can follow simple instructions can catch up pretty quickly.
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    Online Training
    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    The training was very well-organized. We were able to send questions in advance so the instructor knew what to cover, and the brought up related topics to maximize the usefulness of what they were teaching us.
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    Tableau
    I think the training was good overall, but it was maybe stating the obvious things that a tech savvy young engineer would be able to pick up themselves too. However, the example work books were good and Tableau web community has helped me with many problems
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    Implementation Rating
    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    Dedicate as much internal time to the implementation effort as possible, even if you're using a 3rd party or Mavenlink services. Your team knows your processes the best
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    Tableau
    Again, training is the key and the company provides a lot of example videos that will help users discover use cases that will greatly assist their creation of original visualizations. As with any new software tool, productivity will decline for a period. In the case of Tableau, the decline period is short and the later gains are well worth it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Epicor Software
    Grow doesn't have as many advanced analytics features and other capabilities as some other 'dashboard' platforms on the market. Simply, if you want a tool for internal use only that has high-level analytics capabilities (regressions, completely custom visualizations, modeling), Grow probably isn't the platform for you. To put it another way, if you have a team of data engineers and scientists doing complex analysis, Grow might not make the most sense. However, if you understand the value of data/visualization/dashboards, but lack some of those skillsets in your company, Grow might be the perfect fit. Not only is it incredibly scalable and reasonably priced compared to other market solutions, but their transform capabilities really stand out. They have many native data transformations that mimic SQL coding of a dataset, without requiring any knowledge of SQL. They've converted these transformations to easy-to-use tools in the platform, which are perfect for the less-technical user.
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    We have since switched over to JIRA and let me tell you, it was probably the best decision we have made as a company. We chose Mavenlink based on promises from the sales team about future roadmap work that really never happened. We thought Mavenlink would easily integrate with our billing software but we couldn't have been more wrong. We ended up never utilizing Mavenlink invoices as they don't even allow you to fully customize your invoices that go out to clients!
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    Tableau
    I have used Power BI as well, the pricing is better, and also training costs or certifications are not that high. Since there is python integration in Power BI where I can use data cleaning and visualizing libraries and also some machine learning models. I can import my python scripts and create a visualization on processed data.
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    Scalability
    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    It's very easy to add users and contractors into Mavenlink. There's also an option that let's you manage access for teams in multiple locations.
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    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop's scaleability is really limited to the scale of your back-end data systems. If you want to pull down an extract and work quickly in-memory, in my application it scaled to a few tens of millions of rows using the in-memory engine. But it's really only limited by your back-end data store if you have or are willing to invest in an optimized SQL store or purpose-built query engine like Veritca or Netezza or something similar.
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    Return on Investment
    Epicor Software
    • Made it so much easier and faster to access data across tools
    • Lessened the time exporting and uploading data to excel/sheets for analysis
    • Made data and metrics more easily accessible to others in our orgs
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    Kantata (Kimble + Mavenlink)
    • Manvenlink is perfect for showing expenses and income over time and across people.
    • Manvenlink is adaptable for the integration and automation of the processes of each of our projects in order to optimize resources and improve operational performance.
    • Mavenlink allows us to determine if our projects are profitable or not, as well as save significant time by automating components such as recurring tasks and having templates, among other things.
    • Manvenlink is advantageous for our operations due to its simple portfolio management of our projects: manage several projects at once and receive a complete perspective of the development of each one at a glance.
    • Manvenlink kindly provides us with robust discussion threads, access restrictions, and built-in document management, allowing us to contextualize communications.
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    Tableau
    • Tableau was acquired years ago, and has provided good value with the content created.
    • Ongoing maintenance costs for the platform, both to maintain desktop and server licensing has made the continuing value questionable when compared to other offerings in the marketplace.
    • Users have largely been satisfied with the content, but not with the overall performance. This is due to a combination of factors including the performance of the Tableau engines as well as development deficiencies.
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    ScreenShots

    Epicor Grow Screenshots

    Screenshot of Marketing desktop dashboard in dark-mode.Screenshot of TV, desktop, and mobile dashboards.Screenshot of KPI desktop dashboard in light-mode.Screenshot of Chart builder and data visualization.

    Kantata PSA Screenshots

    Screenshot of real-time project status tracking.Screenshot of visualizations that help track resources with confidence.Screenshot of at a glance capacity and staffing monitoring.Screenshot of financials and project margin monitoring.Screenshot of revenue tracking, to scale a business with confidence.