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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Lightning Tools Data Viewer

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    The Data Viewer provides data visualization in the form of reports or charts that can be created and customized to suit a business's needs. Silos of data exist in most organizations and yet contain valuable insights into how well the organization is performing and where action is needed. Those silos often include Microsoft Excel workbooks, Microsoft SQL Azure databases, On-Premises data sources accessible through OData or Business Connectivity Services and even SharePoint Lists. These data…

    $2,200

    per year per installation

    Oracle Analytics

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AOracle Analytics is a solution used to visually explore data to create and share compelling stories. Oracle Analytics Cloud is a cloud native service, and Oracle Analytics Server is the on-premise option.N/A
    Pricing
    Lightning Tools Data ViewerOracle Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    Data Viewer OnPrem
    $1,000
    per year Per installation, 1 x WFE
    Data Viewer Online
    $2,200
    per year per installation
    Data Viewer OnPrem Enterprise Edition
    POA
    per year Per installation, 4+ WFE
    Data Viewer Online Enterprise Edition
    POA
    per year per installation
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Lightning Tools Data ViewerOracle Analytics
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices stated are minimum per installation for "stock" products. $2.20 per user / year on top of base price. Enterprise editions can be amended to suit business needs if deemed necessary, additional costs incurred and TBD. All packages include free technical support. Free upgrades available to latest versions of tool as they are released. (online version)Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Lightning Tools Data ViewerOracle Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Lightning Tools
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Lightning Tools Data ViewerOracle Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Lightning Tools Data Viewer and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Data Viewer
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Oracle Analytics
    8.1
    62 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Customizable dashboards9.11 Ratings8.161 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.11 Ratings8.361 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.055 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Lightning Tools Data Viewer and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Data Viewer
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Oracle Analytics
    8.0
    66 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Drill-down analysis6.41 Ratings8.464 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.11 Ratings8.265 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.11 Ratings8.162 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.145 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Lightning Tools Data Viewer and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Data Viewer
    3.6
    1 Ratings
    73% below category average
    Oracle Analytics
    7.8
    61 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)3.61 Ratings7.559 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.552 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.747 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Lightning Tools Data Viewer and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Data Viewer
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Analytics
    7.8
    63 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings7.755 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.762 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.753 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.958 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Lightning Tools Data Viewer and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Data Viewer
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Analytics
    8.4
    61 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.160 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.160 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.560 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.641 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Lightning Tools Data Viewer and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Data Viewer
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Analytics
    8.0
    48 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.046 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.033 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.044 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Lightning Tools Data Viewer and Oracle Analytics
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Data Viewer
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Analytics
    7.9
    36 Ratings
    2% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.231 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings7.930 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.223 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings7.931 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.531 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.924 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Lightning Tools Data ViewerOracle Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (76 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (57 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (57 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Lightning Tools Data ViewerOracle Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Lightning Tools
    Lightning Tools Data Viewer is well suited for re-surfacing data and customizing its look and feel.
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    Oracle
    Oracle Data Visualization is very effective if used in an enterprise context with huge volumes of data coming from different systems. It supports dashboard and reporting capabilities and is easy to scale. It also allows you to leverage machine learning capabilities to extract hidden data trends. Visualization capabilities are powerful but not so various if compared to other solutions on the market. If you want to present a dashboard to an executive audience and you want to make your dashboards beautiful you must adapt them through PowerPoint.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Lightning Tools
    • Shows Lists created on different sites to be seen and controlled on another site in a Tenant
    • Allows selection of layouts and coloring way beyond what other programs do.
    • Easy to learn and very functional.
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    Oracle
    • Available without of the box connectors for Salesforce and oracle Saas Cloud. This is a huge plus for our business since we don't need another middleware solution just for this sake.
    • We are able to connect to our on-prem SQL Server database where we have our RMA database and other applications seamlessly without writing custom APIs.
    • OAC writes directly into ADW which is another advantage for loading Excel files into ADW after dataflow transformations.
    • OAC allows replication of the database from fusion ERP and lets us create subject areas using the data modeler.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Lightning Tools
    • Data Viewer has a graph feature that is old school flat design. We loved the In House real 3D graph Lightning Tools program.
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    Oracle
    • More AI but with human back up.
    • Less mumbo jumbo so even IT guys/gals can more easily work.
    • More statistics (math) and orientation for those not familiar with it.
    • More live as well as virtual (live) show casing of real situations in business.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Scalability and rich integration capabilities. In the future, if we go with Hyperion for the Financial Consolidation and planning purposes -BI integration with Hyperion is going to be much simpler as it has native interface connectivity and even integration capabilities with well known CRM products (Siebel) and ERP Products (Oracle EBS, Peoplesoft, SAP) is going to be easy and straight forward.
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    Usability
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Great, if you are limited to using it along with other Oracle products; sadly, not if you are integrating with other products, which can be a challenge. It is a great product with tons of functionality and great integration with other in-house platforms. Great visuals and customization for data and analytics to provide decision-making data and analysis.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No problems, it's that simple.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Other than anomalies or expected quirks, there were never any earth-shattering delays.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Oracle Analytics Support team is very proactive and I have never had a situation where I had to wait for more than a day or two to get my issues resolved. This is a very big help for us and we appreciate Oracle and its team for guaranteeing that experience.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Oracle University offers very in-depth training.
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    Online Training
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    It was a private training site.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    A properly implemented Endeca solution performs extremely well on the largest of datasets and it positions your organization to immediately achieve your ROI.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Lightning Tools
    Lightning Tools Data Viewer is much easier and more powerful than Infowise similar viewer in their lineup. In this case, we use Data Viewer over the one offered by Infowise.
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    Oracle
    Oracle Analytics Cloud, is one of the most agile and secure data analysis platforms that according to the budget and the amount of use, you can use the resources you need under the cloud. The Oracle brand is also very well known in this field and can meet all the needs of an organization or industry in any sector.
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    Scalability
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    We have seen the results of this in our initial research and are not surprised that Oracle does this like it does soo many other things in this area, so well.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Lightning Tools
    • It allows us to do things that would take a great deal more time to duplicate in SharePoint
    • It cuts down on ugly looking built in SP list layouts
    • Users find it easy to access, thus this product is more productive
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    Oracle
    • We've used OBIEE (or it's previous named product) for over 13 years and it's still the most used tool for BI by the business.
    • We moved our largest business system off of Business Object into OBI so we could gain improved performance, reliability, and easier management of metadata.
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    ScreenShots

    Lightning Tools Data Viewer Screenshots

    Screenshot of DISPLAYING EXTERNAL DATA WITHIN SHAREPOINT OR MICROSOFT TEAMS
The Data Viewer Client Side Web Part can be configured by Business Users within a few minutes to display Line of Business Data from Data Sources such as Excel,  SQL Azure, Business Connectivity Services, OData and SharePoint Lists.  Connections to an organizations data such as Customer Relationship Management Systems, Accounting Systems, or Custom Databases can be connected, giving business users a live up-to-date view of business information within the context of their SharePoint Team Sites or Microsoft Teams Tabs.Screenshot of HIGHLIGHTING KEY BUSINESS DATA (NO CODE)
Conditional formatting can be used to highlight key business data. Overdue Tasks, Low Stock, Currency Exchange Rates, Sales Revenue are examples of data to highlight visually allowing for a quick reaction time. Key Financial Indicators and Key Performance Indicators can be configured with a simple dialog and no need to write any code. Choose colours, icons or data bars to highlight key data.Screenshot of SELECTING AND STYLING ICONS
Icons can be chosen as part of the conditional formatting to make data stand out. The Office 365 Fabric icons can be selected and styled and applied to cell values. Pepper pots, Smileys, Envelopes and more icons are available. There are hundreds of options to choose from to highlight data that needs to be acted upon.Screenshot of DATA VIEWER CAN BE A GRID OF DATA OR A CHART IN SHAREPOINT OR MICROSOFT TEAMS
The Data Viewer can be used within Microsoft SharePoint Modern Sites or Microsoft Teams Tabs as a Grid of Data with styling or as a Chart which can be configured. The Charting Feature allows for Pie, Donut, Column, Line, Area, and Scatter Charts which can all be configured and displayed in 2D or 3D.Screenshot of TREEMAPS
summary information can be displayed within a TreeMap next to the detail. Users will be able to see trends, and how the business is performing  using the TreeMap view of data.Screenshot of CHARTS AND GAUGES
The Data Viewer is used to represent data in multiple ways using Gauges, TreeMaps, Multiple Series Charts, and Pie Charts.