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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

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM InfoSphere Information Server is a data integration platform used to understand, cleanse, monitor and transform data. The offerings provide massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities.N/A
    Pricing
    Excel4appsIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Excel4appsIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Excel4appsIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Excel4apps and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    26% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    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 IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.6
    4 Ratings
    5% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    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 IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    25% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    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 IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.7
    2 Ratings
    18% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    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 IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    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 IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    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 IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    3.4
    2 Ratings
    78% below category average
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    -
    Ratings
    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
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Excel4apps and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Excel4apps and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Excel4apps and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Excel4apps and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
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    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Excel4appsIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 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
    Excel4appsIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    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.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    Information Server is extremely useful to replace manual developments that require a lot of coding effort. It significantly increases the productivity of the initial development and the future maintenance of the processes since it has a visual development environment with self-documentation.
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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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    IBM
    • IIS best for ETL ,not ELT , and many and diffrent source systems.
    • It also can process big data , unstuctured data
    • It is not only DWH , you can use infosphere for analys and see the bigger architecture of your OLTP systems
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
    • Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
    • It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or Server.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Excel4apps
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Excel4apps
    I have not needed support yet
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
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    Return on Investment
    Excel4apps
    • Increase team transparency
    • Increased reporting
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
    • Better documentation and governance.
    • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
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