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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

    Workato

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AWorkato is a cloud or on-premise automation and integration platform with enterprise-grade capabilities and no coding required. Workato provides pre-built connectors to integrate with over 300 business applications and enables task automation across apps.N/A
    Pricing
    Excel4appsWorkato
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Excel4appsWorkato
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Excel4appsWorkato
    Considered Both Products
    Excel4apps
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    Workato
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    57%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    50%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    71%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Excel4appsWorkato
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Excel4apps and Workato
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Workato
    -
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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 Workato
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.6
    4 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Workato
    -
    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 Workato
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Workato
    -
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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 Workato
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.7
    2 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Workato
    -
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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 Workato
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Workato
    -
    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 Workato
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Workato
    -
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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 Workato
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    3.4
    2 Ratings
    78% below category average
    Workato
    -
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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
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Excel4apps and Workato
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    -
    Ratings
    Workato
    8.0
    38 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pre-built connectors00 Ratings10.038 Ratings
    Connector modification00 Ratings10.036 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings5.034 Ratings
    Data quality services00 Ratings6.031 Ratings
    Data security features00 Ratings9.034 Ratings
    Monitoring console00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Excel4appsWorkato
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Make
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    IBM App Connect
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    TIBCO Integration (including BusinessWorks and Flogo)
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Excel4appsWorkato
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (38 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Excel4appsWorkato
    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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    Workato
    Workato is brilliant to make separate applications work together without much effort or specialists being needed. When specific events on software A should trigger actions on B (or more) and you want that to happen without any development or big budgets, that's where Workato comes into play. It's a great help if you want tasks automated, communications flowing and data synced between different applications.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    • The Workato product interface is brilliantly thought through and designed. The learning curve for first timers is easy enough to get started and build useful things, and Workato really shines in their ability to handle complex triggers and interactions. Workato allows people to build software apps so much faster than by coding each functionality.
    • Workato has fantastic documentation, making things accessible without any holes in the product. The product just works, never has any bugs, never lags, and just generally allows us to see and change exactly what we need to.
    • Workato has an absolutely amazing support team. We tried the free version for a while, then realized it was the single most important software tool we have, and we upgraded. The support at the paid tier is A+, seriously the best from any company we've worked with. Feels more like a good friend then a support rep.
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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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    Workato
    • Customer support - responsive, but often not equipped to help efficiently identify root cause of issue. Need to improve escalation to technical resources and turnaround time
    • Recipe organization and sharing. Can be challenging to copy recipes, or grab recipes from publicly available site. There are often dependencies and errors that have vague descriptions.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Excel4apps
    No answers on this topic
    Workato
    We need to develop Enterprise Application Integrations and Workato was not designed for this
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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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    Workato
    The sheer work Workato eliminates from people's daily jobs is simply a great contribution to people's productivity and a boost to capability. It actually strikes the balance between business and tech teams. It also reduces dependency on developers, and speeds up their delivery too. The only reason it's not a full 10/10 is for the price - it's a bit expensive for what we'd like, and their batch or high data volume processing can be improved.
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    Support Rating
    Excel4apps
    I have not needed support yet
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    They employ an extremely knowledgeable team of problem solvers. I've never had a disappointing interaction or one that has left me still searching for answers. I know that when I ask for help, they'll partner with me until we find a solution together
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Excel4apps
    No answers on this topic
    Workato
    We discovered that we could not use Workato for our more complex, large enterprise integrations. It was useful for simple workflows that matched the prebuilt recipes.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    We already used Zapier, but since it doesn't support NetSuite we had to choose another automation platform. Now that we've been using Workato for a few months, we have plans to move the stuff we're going through Zapier to Workato. We set up a trial account with all the other platforms, and they were all more expensive and A LOT more complicated than Workato.
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    Return on Investment
    Excel4apps
    • Increase team transparency
    • Increased reporting
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    • As business consultants, Workato has greatly improved our offerings to our clients as well as improved the time frame to implement automated workflows and integrations.
    • For our clients, the return on investment is almost immediate. Once a Workato recipe is up and running (which can be done very fast), data is integrating, duplicate data entry and user errors are eliminated, and cross-company KPI metrics are easier to report than ever.
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