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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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 Visio

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers Visio, a diagramming tool for building flowcharts, diagrams (e.g. network diagrams), org charts and floor plans, available online as a subscription and also in enterprise level packages (e.g. Visio Professional).

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    RevealMicrosoft Visio
    Editions & Modules
    Embedded Analytics - Contact Us!
    $0.00
    Visio Plan 1
    $5.00
    per month per user
    Visio Plan 2
    $15.00
    per month per user
    Visio Standard 2024
    $309.99
    one-time fee On-premises diagramming solution, licensed for one PC
    Visio Professional 2024
    $579.99
    one-time fee On-premises diagramming solution, licensed for one PC
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    RevealMicrosoft Visio
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    RevealMicrosoft Visio
    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
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    90%
    Would buy again
    54 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    81%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    56 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    RevealMicrosoft Visio
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Reveal and Microsoft Visio
    Feature
    Reveal
    7.0
    10 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft Visio
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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 Visio
    Feature
    Reveal
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Microsoft Visio
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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 Visio
    Feature
    Reveal
    7.6
    8 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft Visio
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    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 Visio
    Feature
    Reveal
    6.7
    10 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Microsoft Visio
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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 Visio
    Feature
    Reveal
    6.0
    6 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Microsoft Visio
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    Ratings
    REST API2.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    RevealMicrosoft Visio
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    Score9.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Power BI Embedded
    Score8 out of 10
    OmniGraffle
    Score9.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    RevealMicrosoft Visio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    8.1
    (79 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    7.8
    (14 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    RevealMicrosoft Visio
    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
    Visio is by far and away the best tool that I have used to do Value Stream Mapping sessions with the warehouse I support. It has all of the shapes needed built in to be able to represent all areas of the processes. I also like how you are able to make the drawing as big as needed and when printing it out of Visio you have the ability to use the necessary paper size. The biggest complaint that I have with the software if how it can be cumbersome for non-Visio users (that is, people without a license in the orgnaization) to interact with the Visio Map. We normally have to dedicate one Visio SME to be able to make the changes that Process SME's find since they do not have access to the software.
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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
    • Microsoft Visio is excellent for organizing thought processes related to our more complex research.
    • The diagrams created with Microsoft Visio are ideal for graphically displaying the internal organization of work and research groups through flow diagrams.
    • Microsoft Visio is a great tool for managing our students' activities by creating flowcharts that help us graphically visualize the steps of their group work.
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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
    • When navigating through swim lanes, the user must be careful between switching from the point to the connection features as it can be difficult to remember which mode you’re in.
    • When drawing “decision points,” it can be difficult to type words like “yes” or “no” between the connection lines.
    • The exporting options aren’t ideal. They are hard to create in PDF format.
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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 use Microsoft Visio to keep our diagrams updated and to that end we will need the subscription to keep using the software. Otherwise we will be left with PDF versions of the diagrams.
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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
    I have always struggled with some basics, such as connection points, object alignment, font consistency, arranging layers and their order (bring forward, send backward), and managing overlap. I usually need to create an initial rough draft and then do a separate cleanup pass to bring the diagram up to my quality standards. If I skip that step, the result generally does not look very good. And once a diagram becomes busy or the file gets large, Visio has been unstable for me in the past, including occasional crashes that caused non-recoverable edits.
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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
    No answers on this topic
    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
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Infragistics
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Overall, I feel that Microsoft's support is weak. They are now such a behemoth that their model of putting documentation online for their users to sift through is totally outgrown. Given the amount of money you pay for these licenses, Microsoft should provide easy one-on-one support for their products via email or chat. The idea of paying their rates for support incidents is ridiculous. If you have an enormous amount of time on your hands, use their support websites and you will eventually find a solution most of the time.
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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
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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
    Even though it’s a more expensive solution, Vizio is built for the enterprise. Therefore, it integrates perfectly with our existing Microsoft stack, and quite frankly, because it’s such a more mature product, it provides exactly the functionality we need and expect.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    • Reduces the amount of time I need to create process flow diagrams. In the past I would use Powerpoint or Word which required a lot more effort and time and never looked as good. Visio just takes that headache away.
    • Only negative is that I personally believe it should always have been part and parcel of the Office suite, thus giving more users the opportunity to use it rather than specifically having to justify its separate purchase within our organisation. Different now with Office 365 of course!
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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.