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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Excel4apps

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AExcel4apps is a business intelligence software offering from Excel4apps.N/A

    Hashboard (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AHashboard (formerly Glean.io) was lightweight, business intelligence tool. It was acquired by Hex in 2025, and former users are encouraged to move to Hex.N/A
    Pricing
    Excel4appsHashboard (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Excel4appsHashboard (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details15% discount for yearly pricing.
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    Features
    Excel4appsHashboard (discontinued)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Excel4apps and Hashboard (discontinued)
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Hashboard (discontinued)
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    Pixel Perfect reports5.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards6.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Excel4apps and Hashboard (discontinued)
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.6
    4 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Hashboard (discontinued)
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    Drill-down analysis7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Excel4apps and Hashboard (discontinued)
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Hashboard (discontinued)
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    Publish to Web6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning5.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling6.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Excel4apps and Hashboard (discontinued)
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.7
    2 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Hashboard (discontinued)
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    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Excel4apps and Hashboard (discontinued)
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Hashboard (discontinued)
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    Multi-User Support (named login)9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Excel4apps and Hashboard (discontinued)
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Hashboard (discontinued)
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    Responsive Design for Web Access9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Excel4apps and Hashboard (discontinued)
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    3.4
    2 Ratings
    78% below category average
    Hashboard (discontinued)
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    REST API1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API5.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API5.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Excel4appsHashboard (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Excel4appsHashboard (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Excel4appsHashboard (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Excel4apps
    We have to calculate most all Lab / Pilot / Proposals sizing and results. The automated calculations in [Excel4apps] is awesome, as once you are familiar with them, it is easy to quickly implement them when needed.
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    Glean.io is exceptionally well for creating automation data visualisation dashboards. Exploring the data is again highly effective. Visualisations are easily customisable to best suit the requirements of the team. Collaborating and commenting around the dashboards is very smooth. If there are any changes in the system or any feature requests, the support team takes some time to respond
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    Pros
    Excel4apps
    • Easy to install and maintain. After the initial installation, there is little involvement by the technical administrators.
    • Cloning production to a test environment does not require any additional setups unlike Oracle EBS which does.
    • Loading data and reporting on this data is handled via EXCEL spreadsheets which is the "language" of our financial users.
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    • Workflow is easy and clear due to clean and state of the art interface
    • Model creation is easy
    • Possibility for custom SQL code for database connection is very helpful
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    Cons
    Excel4apps
    • It is possible but difficult to retrieve data or set criteria from different module into a single report or retrieve. If it is more user friendly instead of having to create a complex formula to retrieve the data, this function will be utilized more often.
    • It will be nice to have visual (graphs, etc.) report template available
    • It is helpful if we can retrieve data for a range of date, instead of just YTD, PTD etc. and multi-year data all at once for comparison too.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Querying has to be done by users only. There can be ways to automate querying using templates
    • Not able to clearly check the query run time
    • The customer support team can be little more proactive while communicating any changes and resolving any queries
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    Usability
    Excel4apps
    I am not a power user of Excel. So I find Exel4apps a friendlier version of the things that I could do on Excel and making it easier with a magic wand.
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    Support Rating
    Excel4apps
    I have not needed support yet
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    Alternatives Considered
    Excel4apps
    Excel4apps is more user friendly and can retrieve data much easier and in a nicer format than Jaspersoft. Qlik Sense is useful and have more visual reporting and dashboard. However, it is usually used for higher level of analyses and review. Yardi is used for specific purpose, which is different than Excel4apps. Excel4apps can pull all the financial data from Oracle, including billing and collections.
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    Discontinued Products
    For simple use cases, Glean.io is a lightweight alternative to SAP Analytics Cloud. Provisioning, testing, and documentation are easier and less intimidating in the Glean.io case. Thus, it is easy to explore without firing up the sales machinery of the big corporates. Thus, the process of looking into and testing it out was way more convenient. Further, the data ops features were new to use and seem to be unique with Glean.io.
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    Return on Investment
    Excel4apps
    • Increase team transparency
    • Increased reporting
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    • Optimised the DB management team by 30%
    • Reduce in data visualisation dashboards TAT by 50%
    • Increase in revenues and savings by 20%
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