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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

    Metabase

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMetabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.

    $85

    per month

    Pricing
    Excel4appsMetabase
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $85
    per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
    Starter
    $85
    per month up to 5 users
    Pro
    $500
    per month up to 10 users
    Growth
    $749
    per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
    Enterprise
    15,000
    per year
    Open Source
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Excel4appsMetabase
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Excel4appsMetabase
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Excel4apps and Metabase
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Metabase
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports5.43 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards6.13 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.44 Ratings6.34 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Excel4apps and Metabase
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.6
    4 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Metabase
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.54 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.24 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.52 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.14 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Excel4apps and Metabase
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Metabase
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Publish to Web6.73 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.22 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning5.83 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling6.23 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Excel4apps and Metabase
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.7
    2 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Metabase
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.02 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.02 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Excel4apps and Metabase
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Metabase
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.03 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.02 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.23 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.22 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Excel4apps and Metabase
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Metabase
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Excel4apps and Metabase
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    3.4
    2 Ratings
    78% below category average
    Metabase
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    REST API1.01 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Javascript API5.72 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    iFrames1.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Java API5.92 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)2.01 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)5.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    Excel4appsMetabase
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Excel4appsMetabase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 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
    Excel4appsMetabase
    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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    Metabase
    Metabase is an easy tool to use if you are interested in collecting and aggregating data from multiple platforms. It is also easy to set up and start receiving the data results as a report. It is also easy to integrate with other tools that generate visual reports and take the necessary actions based on the data details.
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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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    Metabase
    • We're currently using it to fetch reports for our products, such as daily sales, pipeline, visits, and attendance reports.
    • Data representation from database directly.
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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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    Metabase
    • Report Types
    • Updates
    • Colour/Branding
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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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    Metabase
    Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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    Support Rating
    Excel4apps
    I have not needed support yet
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    Metabase
    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.
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    Metabase
    It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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    Return on Investment
    Excel4apps
    • Increase team transparency
    • Increased reporting
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    Metabase
    • It is serving us whatever we're looking for, and we've recommended many organizations to implement it if they want better data analytics as it provides better functionality than we will build.
    • As a negative it gets difficult to get control over data to be fetch initially.
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