MicroStrategy Analytics vs. NetSuite ERP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MicroStrategy Analytics
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
MicroStrategy Analytics is an enterprise business analytics and mobility platform. Key features include automatic big data analysis and reporting, data discovery and visualization, digital security credentials, and support for mobile devices.N/A
NetSuite ERP
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
NetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in an on-premise edition.N/A
Pricing
MicroStrategy AnalyticsNetSuite ERP
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MicroStrategy AnalyticsNetSuite ERP
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing information.Users subscribe to NetSuite for an annual license fee. The license is made up of three main components: core platform, optional modules and the number of users. There is also a one-time implementation fee for initial setup. New modules and users and can be added as a business grows.
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MicroStrategy AnalyticsNetSuite ERP
Features
MicroStrategy AnalyticsNetSuite ERP
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
10.0
26 Ratings
20% above category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
10.0
24 Ratings
22% above category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
10.0
23 Ratings
19% above category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Publish to Web10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
10.0
22 Ratings
22% above category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics10.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
10.0
21 Ratings
16% above category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
9.7
19 Ratings
22% above category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application10.015 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
10.0
8 Ratings
25% above category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
REST API10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
1.1
15 Ratings
148% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings1.013 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings1.010 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings1.39 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.2
74 Ratings
21% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings9.264 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings9.947 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.7
81 Ratings
15% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.762 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.880 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.9
72 Ratings
30% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings9.971 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings9.970 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings9.970 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
7.9
319 Ratings
3% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.3313 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.4289 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.926 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.928 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings9.341 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings9.935 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings9.937 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.1
48 Ratings
14% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings10.047 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings8.928 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings9.635 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.4
257 Ratings
18% above category average
Pricing00 Ratings9.953 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings7.9253 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings8.937 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings9.548 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.921 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
7.9
255 Ratings
6% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings8.5244 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings9.927 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings9.831 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.927 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings9.935 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
6.6
32 Ratings
14% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings6.026 Ratings
Project Costing00 Ratings6.023 Ratings
Cost Capture00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
Capital Project Management00 Ratings4.014 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings6.922 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
4.1
17 Ratings
52% below category average
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings3.311 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings3.010 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings3.68 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.1
12 Ratings
82% below category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings3.57 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.3
19 Ratings
72% below category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings1.910 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings3.613 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.1
11 Ratings
72% below category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings1.911 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings3.57 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.1
17 Ratings
75% below category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings2.89 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings2.88 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings2.88 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings9.914 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings2.511 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.4
16 Ratings
24% above category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings8.912 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings9.910 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
8.4
173 Ratings
16% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings8.817 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.7170 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
MicroStrategy Analytics
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.9
13 Ratings
60% below category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings2.610 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings3.29 Ratings
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User Ratings
MicroStrategy AnalyticsNetSuite ERP
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(47 ratings)
8.4
(410 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(27 ratings)
8.5
(50 ratings)
Usability
3.2
(5 ratings)
7.9
(272 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(16 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(15 ratings)
Support Rating
2.2
(5 ratings)
6.0
(217 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(5 ratings)
6.4
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(4 ratings)
5.4
(17 ratings)
Configurability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
4.8
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
MicroStrategy AnalyticsNetSuite ERP
Likelihood to Recommend
MicroStrategy
MSTR is great for any organization that is looking for a way to deliver complicated data in an uncomplicated way. From business teams to marketing and finance, several departments benefit from using MSTR to keep track of KPIs enabling teams to make optimizations along the way. MSTR provides great visual representations of data enabling team members to distill thousands of data points into easily digestible charts and graphs
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NetSuite
It is suited well for its scalability and offerings of options as you need them. Auditing Where lesser ERPs require multiple 3rd party connections to get certain functionality, NetSuite ERP offers it as part of the core already or as an advanced feature you can opt into. It is still a part of the NetSuite environment and managed by NetSuite.
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Pros
MicroStrategy
  • They sell the product well, and make promises you will actually believe
  • "checks the box" for most features a company would need. Doesn't actually deliver them though
  • They answer the phone in a timely manner. Can't answer your questions or provide support, but the queue time isn't bad
  • They have online documentation. It's not up to date, and likely doesn't reflect the version of software you are using, but hey... they can point to it.
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NetSuite
  • Tracks fixed assets and debt activity for month end rollforwards.
  • Creates a solid audit trail and supporting documentation path for anyone to follow, internally or externally (auditor).
  • Maintains reporting structure and workflow processes for better implementation as training or process improvement/overhaul.
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Cons
MicroStrategy
  • The graph options are not as robust as an Excel user might want.
  • The metadata layer can sometimes be slower, and it takes a long time for reports to run.
  • Viewing the data feed entered can be cumbersome at times, in terms of validation with reports.
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NetSuite
  • I have found it to be a bit slow sometimes when saving.
  • I am not sure if this is Chase Bank or NetSuite, but a direct link to upload bank transactions or credit card transactions would be nice.
  • This is too hard, bc Netsuite works really well.
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Likelihood to Renew
MicroStrategy
I would always choose to renew MicroStrategy as long as they lead the market in features, functionality and price. The support of MicroStrategy is timely and professional, I frequently get answers to my questions within 24 hours and normally have solutions within 48 hours. Training available for MicroStrategy completely covers everything required to be able to expertly use MicroStrategy and understand data warehousing.
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NetSuite
NetSuite is able to cover all of our needs, spanning multiple departments and managerial levels. We use it daily for a multitude of functions, including creating promotions, estimating inventory, pulling historical reports, forecasting sales, and more. Overall, we're very satisfied with NetSuite as an ERP solution and recommend it to medium to large businesses.
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Usability
MicroStrategy
The standard grid reporting could look more like the styling and object used for the Import and Visual Insight products. In addition, object properties almost seem to be hidden when first using the product. It's as if they are asking the engineers to only use the presets we make available...and, these presets are 10+ years old. On the positive side, Microstrategy seems to be the only product, not named Cognos, which can scale to Big Data. The product is "hackable" via the SDK or tricking the Intelligence Server to do uncommon things. The Microstrategy development team also seems to be very involved with their OEM partners; especially when it comes to features and enhancements. A large majority of the improvements we suggested have made it into the product or on the roadmap for future enhancements. Only suckas fall for the shiny objects from most other vendors; Microstrategy is really the only choice for Enterprise BI.
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NetSuite
NetSuite is a cloud tool, and is easy to implement for mid-sized organizations. It comes with standard forms/ printing layouts, and financial reporting (both summary and detailed), which are very handy for business users. In addition to these, with 99.99% service availability, NetSuite makes it one of the most reliable ERP tools available on the market.
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Reliability and Availability
MicroStrategy
I've never had an issue with MicroStrategy not being available due to MicroStrategy application malfunction. It is very robust and only failures I've seen were due to user error or the platform the machine running the service failed some how.
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NetSuite
It has been very reliable. I can only think of 1-2 times in 4.5 years that we have had issues getting in, and in each case were able to get back in within 1 hour. There has not been a major downtime
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Performance
MicroStrategy
Being able to customize the performance based on the business need is extremely powerful. Proper configuration and understanding of the usage pattern is key, if the technical ability of the architect is not at top level, then the product will not be configured correctly which will lead to poor performance.
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NetSuite
Most of the time the performance is very good. Pages load in a few seconds; financial reports take less than 5 seconds; basic searches take a few seconds. But performance can be sporadic throughout the day and cause the run time to triple.
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Support Rating
MicroStrategy
Good user community. Support team is available if you are under AMC. You get decent support after raising the support ticket. If it is product bug they will inform you and let you know which patch will resolve the same.
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NetSuite
I would like to give 8 rating for NetSuite support and reason for that is below: Whenever we faced any technical or functional issues we tried to reach out to NEtSuite support but response was not immediate. We told them about the urgency of the issue but still we were not getting response on time. Then, we have to reach out to AE to get things resolved.
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In-Person Training
MicroStrategy
No answers on this topic
NetSuite
I had in person training for a day when first got the software. The training was good. The challenge was that there was a large gap between training and when we went live so we forgot quite a lot
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Online Training
MicroStrategy
I have attended many trainings offered by MicroStrategy; both distance and in-person training. I earned my CRD (Certified Report Developer) certification via the online training. I found the training to be well organized and concise. Overall I will definitely continue to increase my knowledge with MicroStrategy via the online training offering.
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NetSuite
Online training is quite strong. I have used for specific pieces of functionality.However it is not sufficient in all areas.
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Implementation Rating
MicroStrategy
We measured following KPI for the success
  • Increase in Business Feeds Loads
  • Reduction in Controllers Manual Work.
  • Conversion of Manual Work into Systematic Workflows.
  • Increase in Customer Spend
  • Reduction in Service costs
  • Reduction in time-to-market for new campaigns
  • Increase in cross sell and Up sell
  • Error reduction in customer Identification
  • Existing client retained
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NetSuite
I felt NetSuite Professional Services did an excellent job of guiding us in the implementation. I also felt our internal teams were a little resistant to the change and engagement of new software. Had we performed better engaging and buying into the new software, I would be able to rate the implementation better. Therefore, the lower number should not be viewed as a deficiency with the software or the professional services teams, but as an reminder of how important complete buy-in from the local users is.
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Alternatives Considered
MicroStrategy
Tableau is probably MicroStrategy Analytic's biggest competitor I've noticed over time, and I'm not sure why. Tableau only covers visualizations independently for each business user, which then creates the issues of every employee creating their own version of the data, and then you have 20 versions of the truth. A enterprise data warehouse and MicroStrategy's Visual Insight is a better method.
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NetSuite
Advanced features that Netsuite had. Easy integration with other financial and CRM systems. Implementation and governance can be easy handled. Easy to maintain and support. Handles very high volume of data. More new features are in pipeline. As it is used across many company and around the globe, it has good community, so no resource constraint.
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Scalability
MicroStrategy
This software is extremely scaleable, one can add more core servers which performs as a load balancing. The configurations available to manage usage patterns and daily activity are as high a caliber as any other enterprise level software. This product can be installed on both a windows and unix platform allow for integration on a budget.
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NetSuite
We have been able to scale our business 25X without any major overhaul with Netsuite. Its dashboard setup makes onboarding new employees very easy and allows data to be shared across multiple offices. Its cloud setup does not put any pressure on IT to scale servers or other infrastructure. We have been able to become much more efficient in all aspects of the business.
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Return on Investment
MicroStrategy
  • MicroStrategy was helpful for reducing the amount of time we needed to spend number crunching large data sets, and in doing so, allowed me as the primary users to spend more time gleaning insights from the data that in turn informed our leadership team to make strategic decisions.
  • By creating numerous canned reports available to all members of the team through email distribution or basic access to the platform, we were able to reduce the time I spent showing people how to pull the data in Microsoft Excel by nearly 40% .
  • We ended up needing to make many changes to the way our DMP was feeding data into MicroStrategy due to incorrect reporting that caused complications in accounting and finance.
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NetSuite
  • NetSuite software has improved our process controls and enhanced cash management, especially in huge projects.
  • The software has helped us with budgeting, forecasting, and real-time financial reporting.
  • Introduction of NetSuite ERP into our organisation has completely changed the way we do things by enhancing compliance, ensuring real-time project milestone tracking, and enabling portfolio management.
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Screenshot of one view into the most critical business processes.Screenshot of Netsuite's mobile-friendly design