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    Reveal

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AReveal is a True SDK embedded analytics and business intelligence platform built for software teams shipping customer-facing dashboards, reporting, and AI insights inside their own applications. Unlike iFrame-based or bolt-on BI tools, Reveal embeds natively — with full control over UX, branding, and architecture, and no separate licensing or infrastructure overhead. End users get self-service analytics including drag-and-drop dashboard creation, conversational AI…

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft SQL Server is a relational database.

    $1,418

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    Pricing
    RevealMicrosoft SQL Server
    Editions & Modules
    Embedded Analytics - Contact Us!
    $0.00
    Subscription
    $1,418.00
    Per License
    Enterprise
    $13,748.00
    Per License
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    RevealMicrosoft SQL Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    RevealMicrosoft SQL Server
    Considered Both Products
    Infragistics
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    81%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    45 Answers
    Features
    RevealMicrosoft SQL Server
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Reveal and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    Reveal
    7.0
    10 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Reveal and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    Reveal
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
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    Drill-down analysis7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Reveal and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    Reveal
    7.6
    8 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
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    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Reveal and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    Reveal
    6.7
    10 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
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    Multi-User Support (named login)6.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.68 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)5.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Reveal and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    Reveal
    6.0
    6 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
    -
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    REST API2.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    Score8 out of 10
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    Score5.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    RevealMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    7.9
    (107 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    7.6
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    RevealMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Infragistics
    As a company responsible for people money we have to deal with following challenges every day: Clients who want to track the status of their transfers. Licensing agencies who need to ensure professional standards are met. Internal team managers who need to track client and staff progress to ensure company progression and success. Reveal does a good job as self-service tool enabling the accountable parties to have full access to important insights 24/7. The prebuilt dashboard themes save time and investment as we don’t need to hire a dedicated data analyst. The interactive dashboards give full transparency. The ability to easily create, analyze and report keeps clients, partners and stuff on the same page.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft SQL is ubiquitous, while MySQL runs under the hood all over the place. Microsoft SQL is the platform taught in colleges and certification courses and is the one most likely to be used by businesses because it is backed by Microsoft. Its interface is friendly (well, as pleasant as SQL can be) and has been used by so many for so long that resources are freely available if you encounter any issues.
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    Pros
    Infragistics
    • Ease of Use - Reveal is super intuitive when it comes to creating dashboards. You don't need to be a data expert, which is key for me.
    • Sharing - The ability to share across our teams, locations, and with clients is great. We create teams for our different clients and share dashboards there that also are connected to our company dashboards.
    • Support and Roadmap - Reveal support has been great. They care about the needs of their customers. They have released 3 updates in the last few months, and they are adding a lot of value.
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    Microsoft
    • Easy to configure and use with Visual Studio and Dot Net
    • Easy integration with MSBI to perform data analysis
    • Data Security
    • Easy to understand and use
    • Very easy to export database and tables in the form of SQL query or a script
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    Cons
    Infragistics
    • There are a limited number of templates, but this is something they say they are working on.
    • Cost is reasonable for individual personal use, but prohibitive to small companies looking to embed their services in their own App.
    • Responses to emails for support can be delayed, but what else is new?
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    Microsoft
    • Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise edition has a high cost but is the only edition which supports SQL Always On Availability Groups. It would be nice to include this feature in the Standard version.
    • Licensing of Microsoft SQL Server is a quite complex matter, it would be good to simplify licensing in the future. For example, per core vs per user CAL licensing, as well as complex licensing scenarios in the Cloud and on Edge locations.
    • It would be good to include native tools for converting Oracle, DB2, Postgresql and MySQL/MariaDB databases (schema and data) for import into Microsoft SQL Server.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Infragistics
    As a developer of the project, I feel comfortable with this tool for its peculiarities: acceptable costs, simple configuration, creation and maintenance of simple reports, fairly complete account management, also, not least, I appreciate the work done by their technical support always timely intervention and, above all, resolutive.
    Furthermore, as far as end users are concerned, I found a good appreciation of the proposed reports
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    Microsoft
    We understand that the Microsoft SQL Server will continue to advance, offering the same robust and reliable platform while adding new features that enable us, as a software center, to create a superior product. That provides excellent performance while reducing the hardware requirements and the total cost of ownership of our solution.
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    Usability
    Infragistics
    Reveal has a great usability for any level of computer user. The only major thing I see that is not exactly user friendly, is the color scheme issue I stated earlier in my review. Although, I am coming from a graphic design background, I need a platform that every team member in our office can use.
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    Microsoft
    SQL Server mostly 'just works' or generates error messages to help you sort out the trouble. You can usually count on the product to get the job done and keep an eye on your potential mistakes. Interaction with other Microsoft products makes operating as a Windows user pretty straight forward. Digging through the multitude of dialogs and wizards can be a pain, but the answer is usually there somewhere.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Infragistics
    This assessment is due to the fact that I have not yet found Reveal not available for use. Apart from some problems of development crash, then fixed by the product assistance service, I have not found any particular problems or loss of time caused by the instrument.
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    Microsoft
    Its does not have outages.
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    Performance
    Infragistics
    The pages load rather quickly even in the presence of several elevations in the same dashboard that insist on different data sources and with visualizations that insist on different types of graph. I can only be satisfied with these performances.
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    Microsoft
    SSAS data cubes may some time slow down your Excel reports.
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    Support Rating
    Infragistics
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    We managed to handle most of our problems by looking into Microsoft's official documentation that has everything explained and almost every function has an example that illustrates in detail how a particular functionality works. Just like PowerShell has the ability to show you an example of how some cmdlet works, that is the case also here, and in my opinion, it is a very good practice and I like it.
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    In-Person Training
    Infragistics
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    It was good
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    Online Training
    Infragistics
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    very hands on and detailed training
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    Implementation Rating
    Infragistics
    None in particular, however, would be welcome if improvements were made in the personalization of the prospects and in the connection between them (perhaps being able to transfer the selections present in one prospect to another recalled by the first).
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    Microsoft
    Other than SQL taking quite a bit of time to actually install there are no problems with installation. Even on hardware that has good performance SQL can still take close to an hour to install a typical server with management and reporting services.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Infragistics
    Lacks ability to generate analytics as complex as Tableau and not as easy to embed and interface with other software and databases as Looker. But a very good option for those not needing the complexities found in other products.
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    Microsoft
    [Microsoft] SQL Server has a much better community and professional support and is overall just a more reliable system with Microsoft behind it. I've used MySQL in the past and SQL Server has just become more comfortable for me and is my go to RDBMS.
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    Scalability
    Infragistics
    This evaluation is the result of the fact that I have not had the opportunity to deepen the Reveal interface with other tools and / or other software, so the evaluation that I am giving follows what I have been able to read regarding the characteristics of the product online.
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    Microsoft
    SQL server does handle growing demands of a mid sized company.
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    Return on Investment
    Infragistics
    • We have the best platform for visualizing data for better understanding
    • The drag and drop features saves time
    • With data from multiple sources, we get the right intelligence to drive our business forward.
    • While it is expensive, the benefits outweighs the high cost
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    Microsoft
    • Increased accuracy - We went from multiple users having different versions of an Excel spreadsheet to a single source of truth for our reporting.
    • Increased Efficiency - We can now generate reports at any time from a single source rather than multiple users spending their time collating data and generating reports.
    • Improved Security - Enterprise level security on a dedicated server rather than financial files on multiple laptop hard drives.
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    ScreenShots

    Reveal Screenshots

    Screenshot of full control over deployment, user access, and the look, feel, and behavior of the embedded BI experience.Screenshot of self-service dashboard creation, allowing app users to view, edit, and build their own dashboards within the application, reducing support requests to development teams.Screenshot of Reveal's flat-rate pricing model, offering robust analytics capabilities without hidden costs or usage-based price increases.Screenshot of Reveal's true embedded SDK architecture, which eliminates the need for iFrames and provides full client- and server-side API support for a secure, in-context analytics experience.Screenshot of full theming and branding control, allowing the analytics experience to match the host application's brand.Screenshot of the analytics interface supporting both read-only dashboards and full self-service BI in a single, visually rich experience.