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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Rational BI

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Rational BI provides analytics, data science and business intelligence in an analytical platform that connects to databases, data files and cloud drives including AWS and Azure data sources, enabling users to explore and visualize data. Users can build real-time notebook-style reports directly in a web browser with JavaScript and SQL with direct and live connections to data. Filter and query data with an SQL database embedded in the client, without network…

    $0

    single user

    Cyfe

    Score4 out of 10
    N/ACyfe is all-in-one dashboard software for analyzing data from online services like Google Analytics, Salesforce, AdSense, MailChimp, Amazon, Facebook, etc, from Traject.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    Rational BICyfe
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    single user
    Professional
    $129
    single user
    Enterprise
    Varies
    single user
    Starter
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $39
    per month
    Pro
    $65
    per month
    Premier
    $119
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Rational BICyfe
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAdditional cost per extra user (varies by edition)—
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    Features
    Rational BICyfe
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Rational BI and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Cyfe, by Traject
    6.6
    28 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports7.63 Ratings6.817 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.74 Ratings4.028 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.54 Ratings9.120 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Rational BI and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.2
    26 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.73 Ratings8.715 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.24 Ratings8.120 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.03 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.24 Ratings2.026 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Rational BI and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Rational BI
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Cyfe, by Traject
    5.0
    23 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Publish to Web9.03 Ratings4.015 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.04 Ratings4.021 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.63 Ratings6.89 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.24 Ratings1.017 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.33 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Rational BI and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Rational BI
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.2
    19 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.24 Ratings3.018 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.33 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.93 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Rational BI and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.1
    22 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings6.314 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.416 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Rational BI and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    9.3
    19 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.418 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.713 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Rational BI and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.0
    7 Ratings
    10% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings2.05 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings5.94 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings5.83 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Rational BICyfe
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    Score7.5 out of 10
    Excel4apps
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Rational BICyfe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (27 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (27 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Rational BICyfe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Rational BI
    Definitely well suited for small companies, but again many of their competitors are also well suited in this segment. We were in general happy with the solution provided, but I'm not blown away by their solution or support. If you want to get more data-driven visual boards with data displayed in nice graphics is in my opinion a good start, and here Rational BI delivers what it should.
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    Traject
    Cyfe might be for you if you are looking for a cost-effective way to display all of your marketing metrics in one place. If you are looking for a detailed, fine-tuned, niche, or extremely specific metrics, this might not be the best solution. Cyfe is good for a general health check-up of marketing, but not a finely tuned examination.
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    Pros
    Rational BI
    • Arrange data.
    • Dashboard.
    • Automatic reports.
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    Traject
    • Has preset metric groups that pull similar stats together in one "bucket" saving you the time of setting up each stat-line one by one
    • Allows you to easily adjust the timeframe for what stats you want to see, so you can find YOY stats or just last month's stats rather quickly
    • Colored visualizations of stats make it easy to notice when campaigns are taking off
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    Cons
    Rational BI
    • Not seeing anything at this time, comprehensive product.
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    Traject
    • I'd love to see additional functionality to customize colors. The light/dark option is very nice, but a little more flexibility in the colors would go a long way, especially if it was possible at the dashboard level rather than just the account level. Along the same lines, being able to customize the charts a little more, for example being able to show an x-axis on single data type graphs, could make them easier to read in some cases.
    • Being able to choose to report on converted clicks or conversions in AdWords would be helpful.
    • Needs the ability to show the date range on the shared URL dashboards. Would be even better if the date range was adjustable on that view, too.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Rational BI
    No answers on this topic
    Traject
    It has become a part of our internal tools so unless a competitor comes out with similar functionality as a similar price point it is unlikely that we would not renew. One area that would cause us not to renew would be if a competing service came out with more third-party integrations that match our needs. Price at this point is no longer an issue as it would allow us to automate a somewhat manual process that we have now connecting Cyfe widgets to Google Sheets.
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    Usability
    Rational BI
    Overall Rational BI is a valuable enterprise reporting tool for any data driven organization. It offers great depth and breadth of features for reporting and analytics that can lead to better business outcomes. Its easy to use and highly configurable to evolve to changing reporting needs of organizations of any scale.
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    Traject
    I gave it a rating of 7 because it does a good job at what it does, but there are missing that are missing which I would have benefited from. For instance, if I was able to drill down more on the specific metrics I was able to see, that would have been helpful.
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    Support Rating
    Rational BI
    I haven't used the support myself, but my colleagues have been satisfied with the support. As I have understood from my colleagues the support is as you could expect. Still, the documentation could be better and that could avoid the need to contact their support, but overall we're still happy with the support as well.
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    Traject
    Because I had a very minor question and I was able to speak directly to the founder through LinkedIn and through email. I know that as they grow this may not always be an option but the fact that he made himself available to answer my questions said a lot about his passion for the product.
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    Implementation Rating
    Rational BI
    No answers on this topic
    Traject
    Cyfe is a 15 minutes implementation, then some time to get your data sources created. This is an easy one person job that will not result in down time or unnecessary wasted man hours.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Rational BI
    Rational BI allows a deeper data analysis with respect to the other software I experimented with. The velocity to perform the analysis is similar to the other one. The predictive analysis could be very useful, but at the moment I do not use it in my activities. Dashboards are nice and easy to understand.
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    Traject
    The Salesforce dashboard is comparably flexible and intuitive, but designed more to its internal CRM focus. SumAll shares the social media dashboard capabilities, but lacks all others. Its interesting feature is side-by-side graph analysis for cross-channel performance. Cyfe might borrow from SumAll's default weekly email summary of performance from the dashboard, but implementation could be too complex. Nuvi dashboard is exclusively for social media marketing, but lacks Cyfe's flexibility for third party integration and window customization settings.
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    Return on Investment
    Rational BI
    • Allows folks to work on other items as reporting is done in the background.
    • Scheduling and delivery of reports with one click.
    • Single pane of management.
    • Ease of use.
    Incentivized
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    Traject
    • Cyfe allows us to provide real time data to our clients
    • Cyfe allows us to provide detailed analytics to our clients showing actual results
    • Cyfe reduced our need to provide monthly "reports" to our marketing clients
    • Cyfe allows us to have better situational awareness and know what is going on throughout our multiple organizations
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    Screenshot of Modern Business IntelligenceScreenshot of Drag-and-drop InsightsScreenshot of Accessible for everyone, power when you need itScreenshot of Beautiful analytics on every screen and deviceScreenshot of Scheduled reporting: Broadcast your findings to everyoneScreenshot of Connect all your data no matter where it lives