Kalido Business Information Modeler vs. XLCubed

Suitability depends on your business model.

Incentivized

I have found XLCubed to be well suited to most organisation sizes. While we implement against Microsoft Dynamics we have also successfully used XLCubed against all types of data. This includes hospitals, manufactures, distributors and financial services providers. Is not well suited to "live" reports.

• Kalido has developed a data security and privacy manual for its personnel that is easy to understand and that provides direct guidance with respect to security requirements, including requirements related to support services to Kalido customers.
• Flexible master data modeling
• Kalido clearly establishes in its policy documents that Customer Database Information (CDI) is confidential information that must beprotected, and sets forth specific requirements for handling of CDI including encryption during electronic transmission and storage, as well as other controls.

Incentivized

• XLCubed's design grid is very intuitive, allowing our users to begin building their queries right away.
• XLCubed's recent v10 release includes very effective and attractive small multiple charts. And, since these are connected directly to live data, no time is wasted in copying and pasting data into Excel.
• XLCubed's web platform allows us to publish data to our third parties in an effective and rapid manner.

• Multiple rows, linked by pointers that makes data difficult to read. Could be structured in columns in a table.
• Kalido indicated in its survey response that it does not formally employ a standard configuration for its workstation builds, and/or it does not periodically review systems for deviations from the standard configuration. The Kalido DSP Manual indicates that Kalido does use a system security agent to maintain patches and anti-malware defense.

Incentivized

• Interactivity
• Web Logging and Auditing
• Promoting special features "how to"

Incentivized

I am happy with the usability. There is always some room for improvement

The support team is always available and I get my mails answered usually within one hour. That is amazing.

XLCubed is easy to setup and use. With Cognos you need a university degree to setup the product.

• The ability for users to build and own their reports has helped to push the concept of a single source of truth, replacing information housed in multiple Excel workbooks. Now users can query the cubes thru XLCubed for that source of truth, reducing the risk of a user working from outdated Excel workbooks.