Epicor Grow vs. ibi WebFOCUS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Epicor Grow
Score 7.8 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
ibi WebFOCUS
Score 7.0 out of 10
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The ibi™ WebFOCUS® product is an enterprise business intelligence and analytics solution equipped with data management, visual discovery, predictive analytics, and visualizations. Combining these capabilities and data science in one unified containerized platform, the WebFOCUS® solution can be used to make data-driven decisions across the enterprise and provide reports, dashboards, and customer-facing applications at scale.N/A
Pricing
Epicor Growibi WebFOCUS
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Epicor Growibi WebFOCUS
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Epicor Growibi WebFOCUS
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
8.0
33 Ratings
2% below category average
ibi WebFOCUS
7.7
11 Ratings
6% below category average
Customizable dashboards9.033 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.026 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
7.7
32 Ratings
5% below category average
ibi WebFOCUS
9.3
13 Ratings
14% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.028 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.029 Ratings10.013 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.031 Ratings10.012 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
6.7
30 Ratings
22% below category average
ibi WebFOCUS
8.2
11 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web7.026 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Publish to PDF7.026 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling6.026 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings6.010 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
7.0
27 Ratings
14% below category average
ibi WebFOCUS
6.3
10 Ratings
25% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.025 Ratings6.08 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.024 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.07 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
7.0
32 Ratings
21% below category average
ibi WebFOCUS
9.0
11 Ratings
5% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)7.032 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.026 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.026 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)7.018 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
7.8
27 Ratings
2% below category average
ibi WebFOCUS
5.9
11 Ratings
30% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.027 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Mobile Application7.414 Ratings3.32 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.419 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Epicor Grow
7.0
21 Ratings
12% below category average
ibi WebFOCUS
8.6
3 Ratings
8% above category average
REST API7.021 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
Epicor Growibi WebFOCUS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(33 ratings)
7.0
(16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(5 ratings)
Usability
7.4
(6 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(6 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Epicor Growibi WebFOCUS
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.
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IBI (Information Builders)
I would less recommend it because it looks like IBI is receding a bit from the European market. I would not be certain for future support. Knowledge in the market in western Europe is limited Functional wise the application suits almost all situations. I would for sure recommend it purely based on its capabilities
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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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IBI (Information Builders)
  • One thing that has always been good at WebFOCUS is how they interact with the customer on items. They take suggestions and implement them. In addition technical support is timely and very detailed.
  • I think they keep up with and lead in implementing new technologies in the BI space. One case of this are the ability for user to create their own easy dashboard using the green plus buttons. Also the ability to link d3 into and have the ability to implement new types of graphs is nice.
  • I have been to a spoke at one of their user conferences and they are worth going to. In addition to all of the great seminars the interaction you get with vendors and other users is key in the growth of your knowledge. I've learned so much for my time at these conferences.
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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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IBI (Information Builders)
  • The newest versions of WebFOCUS have an unnecessarily complicated security layout that makes configuration difficult to accomplish without bringing in the vendor for installs.
  • This software tries to cover too many bases allowing you to switch from writing code manually to creating reports using only GUI tools. This sometimes complicates screens and functionality where the two methods don't always work well together. -though its nice to have the choice.
  • The sales force is not as top notch as many software companies
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Likelihood to Renew
Epicor Software
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IBI (Information Builders)
This software is deeply engrained with my organization and has become a tool that would not easily be replaced without spending more money and resources to get the same results. License cost is comparable to other report writing tools and the capabilities are greater than the competition without having to buy multiple apps to do the same thing.
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Usability
Epicor Software
Grow.com is structured in [...] such a way that it is easy to get started for individuals that known SQL. For individuals that are not as well versed at SQL, the learning curve is much steeper. In such cases, it would be better for users to learn SQL and then go for data visualization with Grow.com.
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IBI (Information Builders)
Best BI tool/product I have used. The others don't compare overall. Some can look fancier, but when you actually use them with large data and data from numerous systems/sources that is where most of the competition falls away. I also don't like downtime. I have basically none for a large user base with WebFocus. Even SAP Crystal Reports went down for 4 days once - 4 days because the admin password got locked out due to a glitch and we had zero reports for 4 days. WebFocus has never had more than a few minutes of downtime. It's like a tank that just keeps rolling. There is no other choice for reliable BI.
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Reliability and Availability
Epicor Software
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IBI (Information Builders)
Tracking availability formally for almost two years and we are at 99.8%
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Support Rating
Epicor Software
If there is one area that Grow.com excel[s] upon much better than other data visualization tools, it is Grow.com's customer/tech support. Grow.com responds much quicker and does a better job of getting to a solution [than] any other business intelligence tool on the market. The support staff gets the big picture [...] and knows how to help.
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IBI (Information Builders)
They have extremely knowledgeable techs that I have worked with over the years. Some have actually become really good friends of mine. I see them often at local user groups and when we show them how we are using their tools to save millions of dollars throughout the company
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Online Training
Epicor Software
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IBI (Information Builders)
It's hit and miss, the last class was overcrowded and people were having trouble connecting which took up much of the time. Instructors vary
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Implementation Rating
Epicor Software
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IBI (Information Builders)
Plan ahead on what data will be accessible and the type of security required on the database and if you will want to use security that is built into the software. It is worth consulting with the vendor on what your plan is and how they recommend you proceed in order to get results you are happy with.
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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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IBI (Information Builders)
Webfocus handles the side of our business that is involved with our catalogs. Our catalogs is a huge revenue driver for us and this tool has been extremely useful with planning feature catalogs. Tableau is used more for marketing and merchandising purchases since we can filter data based on website sales.
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Return on Investment
Epicor Software
  • Grow.com has been a positive ROI in that it has improved management communication and discussion.
  • Grow.com has been a positive ROI in that it has improved coordination among individuals at the same business.
  • Grow.com has sometimes been a negative ROI for entities that don't change their behavior to use the software the best way.
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IBI (Information Builders)
  • We are not yet a success story. Though we've been implementing WebFOCUS for over a year, we have very few products in our Production portal. Of course, this is not all the responsibility of Information Builders, but we were ill-advised by our 'training coordinator' in our training of staff and coming up to speed with the tools has been very slow.
  • Once skilled analysts and professional IT staff achieve a grasp of the products, they are able to very quickly create polished and well-received products.
  • The DW/BI project has helped us to establish standards and protocols of communication that will allow us to more quickly meet knowledge transfer requirements
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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.