Phocas Business Intelligence vs. XLCubed

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.

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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

Incentivized

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

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

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

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.

Incentivized

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

Phocas is easy to use for end users and can be used on desktops, laptops, and phones.

Incentivized

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

• It has given our business a view on data
• We can access it from anywhere
• You can have multiple dashboards for different information

Incentivized

• 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.