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    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…

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    Visual KPI

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AVisual KPI is a business intelligence software offering from Transpara.N/A
    Pricing
    Rational BIVisual KPI
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    single user
    Professional
    $129
    single user
    Enterprise
    Varies
    single user
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    Pricing Offerings
    Rational BIVisual KPI
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    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 BIVisual KPI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Rational BI and Visual KPI
    Feature
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Visual KPI
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports7.63 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.74 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.54 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Rational BI and Visual KPI
    Feature
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Visual KPI
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.73 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.24 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.03 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.24 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Rational BI and Visual KPI
    Feature
    Rational BI
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Visual KPI
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Publish to Web9.03 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.04 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.63 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.24 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.33 Ratings6.42 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Rational BI and Visual KPI
    Feature
    Rational BI
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Visual KPI
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.24 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.33 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.93 Ratings5.52 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Rational BI and Visual KPI
    Feature
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    Visual KPI
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Rational BI and Visual KPI
    Feature
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    Visual KPI
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Rational BI and Visual KPI
    Feature
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    Visual KPI
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Rational BIVisual KPI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Rational BIVisual KPI
    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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    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
    Rational BI
    • Arrange data.
    • Dashboard.
    • Automatic reports.
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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
    Rational BI
    • Not seeing anything at this time, comprehensive product.
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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
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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.
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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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    Rational BI Screenshots

    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