OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting vs. Visual KPI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
Score 7.3 out of 10
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The OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting (formerly OpenText Information Hub (iHub)) component of OpenText™ Magellan™ Analytics Suite is a scalable analytics and data visualization platform that enables IT leaders and their teams to design, deploy, and manage secure, interactive web applications, reports, and dashboards fed by multiple data sources. Magellan BI & Reporting supports high volumes of users, and its integration APIs enable embedded analytic content in any app, displayed on any…N/A
Visual KPI
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Visual KPI is a business intelligence software offering from Transpara.N/A
Pricing
OpenText Magellan BI & ReportingVisual KPI
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
OpenText Magellan BI & ReportingVisual KPI
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
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Features
OpenText Magellan BI & ReportingVisual KPI
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
5.0
1 Ratings
32% below category average
Visual KPI
8.2
2 Ratings
0% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.01 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Customizable dashboards2.01 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates6.01 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
7.7
1 Ratings
1% below category average
Visual KPI
8.4
2 Ratings
4% above category average
Drill-down analysis6.01 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.01 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.01 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
7.0
1 Ratings
7% below category average
Visual KPI
7.6
2 Ratings
6% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.01 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.01 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
8.7
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Visual KPI
7.3
2 Ratings
16% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)10.01 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model6.01 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.01 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
7.0
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Visual KPI
8.0
1 Ratings
1% above category average
REST API7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
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Ratings
Visual KPI
8.2
2 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings6.42 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
-
Ratings
Visual KPI
7.8
2 Ratings
2% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
OpenText Magellan BI & ReportingVisual KPI
Likelihood to Recommend
OpenText
iHub is a decent enough environment that it serves our needs. We can have unlimited users and it can tie into AD although we do not use that feature currently. It is a decent place to store all of the reports in one location, even though for us it is not visually appealing to the end users. iHub is not a place where you want to create robust/interactive dashboards for end users to drill through and follow a "story".
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Transpara
[Visual KPI is well suited for:] 1. Maintenance or field worker in oil & gas/chemical/ process industry mostly; machines status on the map & functionality for tracing exact location of the machines. 2. Key personnel of the site is always in move within the site/plant; useful for monitoring key performance indicators of the plant 3. KPIs to be built based on multiple data sources as well as integration with ERP tool
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Pros
OpenText
  • It is fairly easy to set the sharing rules for a report/dashboard.
  • They have a decent amount of time frame options for setting a schedule to generate a report.
  • The support is mostly helpful and timely if you have an issue.
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Transpara
  • The latest user interface makes it easier to use.
  • The search function helps find projects quickly.
  • It covers a lot of areas of your business so there is intrinsic value to how robust it is.
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Cons
OpenText
  • Setting up a "dashboard" is extremely lacking in functionality. The different chart widgets you place on the page do not interact with each other. When you select an item from one do not expect it to highlight or filter another.
  • The speed and stability are not great, but maybe that is just our environment not being up to snuff...even though we are above the "recommended" settings.
  • The main GUI for a user is TERRIBLE. You log into a File Tree format where you have to navigate folders to reach the correct dashboard. There are ways around this, but it would either require an expensive payment to the Professional Services team to revamp to UI or another option they gave us was to create the "Default Dashboard" and provide that link to users and in that Dashboard, you use a new tab to include the navigation back to the main screen so that at least on the initial load the user is taken to a friendly looking dashboard instead of a file tree.
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Transpara
  • Intelligent prediction & AI
  • Deep integration is limited to OSISoft's PI AF; bit time consuming for large integration for other historians > mapping hierarchy
  • Template to create Apps like OEE, Cycle time etc for rapid deployment
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Usability
OpenText
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Transpara
1. At large it was successful implementation. - [Users] are empowered to find out performance measures easily - issues like machine downtime, trend analysis, location specific downtime information, roll out functionalities, up time of the machines or area, alert based on run hour of the machines/ pumps, manual data entry to capture reason code for any downtime
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Support Rating
OpenText
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Transpara
1. Online documentation 2. How to do videos 3. Very supportive customer support 4. Excellent & user centric sales team
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Alternatives Considered
OpenText
Our instance of iHub does not stack up against the other larger BI tools out today. It is a good place to store reports in a central location that allows users to run very specific reports on demand, but it is not a place I would want to store all of my "dashboards". As far as holding individual reports that are specific to an individual need, it is a great tool. If you want to create a report that will be used as a Template for a Form or a Label, iHub is a good choice to store and schedule the report or call it via API to generate it and return it to your calling app.
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Transpara
Most of these products serve as the master source for managing data, but they all seem to have their own focus for what kind of data and metrics they monitor, visualize and analyze. I think Visual KPI holds its own against the competition because it serves so many purposes for so many departments at your organization.
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Return on Investment
OpenText
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Transpara
  • Duration to realize the benefit is less
  • OpEx requirement is steady since system is very robust
  • Minimum to no training required for users; VisualKPI is very intuitive
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ScreenShots

OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting Screenshots

Screenshot of A Magellan dashboard that an individual can interact with and personalize to their needs, such as changing chart types or computations.Screenshot of An ad-hoc report being created through the Magellan Analytics Studio, a component of Magellan BI & Reporting.