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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…

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    Vizlib

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AVizlib builds value-added products for Qlik Sense. Their solutions aim to empower data-driven organisations to extend their analytics capabilities. Simplicity that supports data literacy and helps data users and consumers uncover meaningful insights independently – unlocking the true potential of data. Leveraging its capabilities, the vendor states organisations go from mere data reporting to data storytelling in seconds, close the analytics loop, and significantly boost their time-to…N/A
    Pricing
    Rational BIVizlib
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    single user
    Professional
    $129
    single user
    Enterprise
    Varies
    single user
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    Pricing Offerings
    Rational BIVizlib
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    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 BIVizlib
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Rational BI and Vizlib
    Feature
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Vizlib
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports7.63 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.74 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.54 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Rational BI and Vizlib
    Feature
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Vizlib
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.73 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.24 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.24 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Rational BI and Vizlib
    Feature
    Rational BI
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Vizlib
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Publish to Web9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.04 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Rational BI and Vizlib
    Feature
    Rational BI
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Vizlib
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.24 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.93 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Rational BIVizlib
    Small Businesses
    Chartio (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Chartio (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Rational BIVizlib
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Rational BIVizlib
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    I have read reviews where Vizlib is performing well. That was not our experience integrating Vizlib with Qlik Sense cloud as a write back capability. So, my experience is that integrating Vizlib with Qlik Sense cloud as a write back capability is probably not an area where they perform well
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    Pros
    Rational BI
    • Arrange data.
    • Dashboard.
    • Automatic reports.
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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • Visualizations
    • Forecasting
    • Storytelling
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    Cons
    Rational BI
    • Not seeing anything at this time, comprehensive product.
    Incentivized
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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • Vizlib promised a writeback capability that it just was not able to deliver. We bought additional developer licenses for QlikSense that were not planned in the initial Vizlib discussions, but even with they were not able to implement a writeback capability.
    • I feel Support was horrible... very slow, and with inadequate expertise.
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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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    We haven't had any troubles
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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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Vizlib support is awesome! We have quick turnaround times and regular updates when we open cases. It’s so good we often ask them Qlik Sense questions, rather than going to Qlik support
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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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    I selected Vizlib based on several positive Qlik community forum comments. It would seem that they had a different use case than we did
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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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • Faster time to dashboards and reports
    • Improved communication to donors of our key mission metrics
    • Better support than from Qlik
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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