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Phocas Business Intelligence vs. Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Phocas Business Intelligence
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Phocas helps users discover data and provides results in real time.  It is designed for non-technical users and delivers a simple yet powerful analytical capability that quickly turns data into a chart, graph or map.  It brings up data on local, regional or global sales, inventory, forecasts, prices, profit margins, budgets and more. Phocas, based in the United Kingdom, is a business intelligence firm with offices in…N/A
Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Prism was a business intelligence software offering from Prism Skylabs. It is a discontinued product.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPhocas has built its business model on exceeding customer expectations. We’ve operated on a subscription basis from the start and in the words of Phocas Group chairman and co-founder Paul Magee: ‘That puts the onus on us to perform’. And we like that. In fact, our whole company ecosystem is built around that ‘light bulb moment’ when customers achieve a breakthrough by seeing their business through fresh eyes.—
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Phocas Business IntelligencePrism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Phocas Business Intelligence
9.0
4 Ratings
11% above category average
Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
8.0
1 Ratings
1% below category average
Customizable dashboards9.04 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Phocas Business Intelligence
9.6
4 Ratings
18% above category average
Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
5.7
1 Ratings
34% below category average
Drill-down analysis10.04 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.04 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Phocas Business Intelligence
9.3
4 Ratings
12% above category average
Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
8.0
1 Ratings
3% below category average
Publish to PDF10.04 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Versioning8.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Phocas Business Intelligence
8.3
4 Ratings
3% above category average
Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
7.3
1 Ratings
10% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.04 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.04 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Phocas Business Intelligence
9.9
4 Ratings
15% above category average
Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
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Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Phocas Business Intelligence
9.5
3 Ratings
18% above category average
Prism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
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Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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Phocas Business IntelligencePrism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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TIBCO Jaspersoft Community Edition
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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Enterprises
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Phocas Business IntelligencePrism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(4 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Phocas Business IntelligencePrism, by Prism Skylabs (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Phocas
If you would like your data in one place with easy access, this is the software for you. You can have data from multiple systems and bring it into one view so that you have a quick and easily visible dashboard for the data you wish to see.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
I really like to use Prism, compared to other software, for data analysis. It allows a quick "plug and play" of the data and is very tolerant of many data formats. I typically resort to other software only when I need a more specific statistical analysis, or if I need a graphically cleaner visualization.
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Anonymous
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Pros
Phocas
  • Custom reports are simple to create.
  • The ability to manage users and their dashboards is solid.
  • Easy to navigate web interface makes the software accessible from anywhere.
KM
Kenny McGarrity
IT Infrastructure Manager
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  • Data manipulations
  • Data visualization
  • Ease of use
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Anonymous
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Cons
Phocas
  • Phocas needs to make it easier to connect to different types of databases.
  • The data in Phocas needs to be updated faster in some cases.
  • It needs to provide functions to create better charts and graphs.
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Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
  • Need a stronger interface with R
  • Advanced analysis is difficult to use
  • Graphically clumsy
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Anonymous
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Usability
Phocas
It is a very user-friendly product and is easy to understand. You can get your data from just a quick click and the dashboard loads. You can take the data and drill down easy to find what you are looking for.
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Discontinued Products
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Support Rating
Phocas
Support is responsive. You log a call and they will respond quickly and resolve your issues. We have only had great experiences with the support team.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
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Alternatives Considered
Phocas
Phocas is easy to use for end users and can be used on desktops, laptops, and phones.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
Excel would be the next best thing to use. It is free for the academic lab to use though the quality of the figure is lacking and not standardized. Excel also lacks easy to use built-in formulas for data manipulation and can be tedious to replicate the same data Prism can do with a single click.
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Anonymous
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Return on Investment
Phocas
  • It has given our business a view on data
  • We can access it from anywhere
  • You can have multiple dashboards for different information
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Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
  • Excellent figures for publications
Verified User
Anonymous
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ScreenShots

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