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Overview

What is BizNet Software?

BizNet Excel Suite is a document management software offering from BizNet Software. It includes features such as a business reporting and analytics platform and provides real-time access to your business data from Microsoft Excel.

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Popular Features

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  • Formatting capabilities (5)
    8.5
    85%
  • Report Formatting Templates (5)
    8.3
    83%
  • Report sharing and collaboration (5)
    7.8
    78%
  • Drill-down analysis (5)
    6.5
    65%
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Pricing

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BizInsight 7 (Stand-alone)

$30

On Premise
per user, per month

BizInsight 7 (Stand-alone)

$30

Cloud
per user, per month

BizBroadcast

$65

On Premise
per user, per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • $4,500 per install plus starter pack licenses
    Optional

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

8.2
Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

7.6
Avg 8.1

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.9
Avg 8.4

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

7.3
Avg 8.1

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

8.9
Avg 8.6
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Product Details

What is BizNet Software?

BizNet Excel Suite connects you to your data and gets you the answers you want all within Microsoft Excel.

Examples of some Boardroom Ready Reports you can achieve easily with BizInsight:
-General Ledger Level Reports
-Monitor Inventory
-Track Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
-Get a handle on Sales and Purchase Orders, Buyers and Suppliers
The product also enables you to automate your periodic financial reporting processes.

BizInsight creates a real time connection to your databases for live access enabling the most accurate and current data in Excel-based spreadsheets. According to the vendor, better than standard query-type integration, BizInsight delivers actual Excel functions that understand your tables and other applications.

BizBroadcast provides an automated way to publish selected worksheets and workbooks to specific individuals in multiple formats, including Excel, CSV, HTML, and PDF.

Content Architect empowers the end user to create your own BizInsight functions to any of your data, enabling you to deliver a complete, custom ad-hoc reporting solutions.

BizNet Software Features

BI Platform Features

  • Supported: Live Connection to External Data
  • Supported: Snapshot of External Data
  • Supported: In-memory data model
  • Supported: ROLAP (SQL-layer querying)
  • Supported: Multi-Data Source Reporting (Blending)
  • Supported: ETL Scheduler

Supported Data Sources Features

  • Supported: MS Excel Workbooks
  • Supported: Text Files (CSV, etc)
  • Supported: Oracle
  • Supported: MS SQL Server
  • Supported: IBM DB2
  • Supported: MySQL
  • Supported: ODBC
  • Supported: SAP Hana
  • Supported: Sage 500
  • Supported: Salesforce
  • Supported: SAP
  • Supported: Google Analytics

BI Standard Reporting Features

  • Supported: Customizable dashboards
  • Supported: Report Formatting Templates

Ad-hoc Reporting Features

  • Supported: Drill-down analysis
  • Supported: Formatting capabilities
  • Supported: Predictive modeling
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages
  • Supported: Report sharing and collaboration

Report Output and Scheduling Features

  • Supported: Publish to Web
  • Supported: Publish to PDF
  • Supported: Output Raw Supporting Data
  • Supported: Report Versioning
  • Supported: Report Delivery Scheduling

Data Discovery and Visualization Features

  • Supported: Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
  • Supported: Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
  • Supported: Predictive Analytics
  • Supported: Support for Machine Learning models
  • Supported: Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages

Access Control and Security Features

  • Supported: Multi-User Support (named login)
  • Supported: Role-Based Security Model
  • Supported: Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
  • Supported: Report-Level Access Control
  • Supported: Table-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
  • Supported: Field-Level Access Control (BI-layer)

BizNet Software Screenshots

Screenshot of View inventory status for all products in ExcelScreenshot of Analyze your sales team data within ExcelScreenshot of Find trends within your customer base in ExcelScreenshot of Build dynamic income statements within ExcelScreenshot of Create dynamic executive dashboards to keep track of KPI and top metrics for the company within Excel.

BizNet Software Competitors

BizNet Software Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesNorth America, Europe, Asia, Central America, Australia, Caribbean, Africa
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, French

Frequently Asked Questions

BizNet Excel Suite is a document management software offering from BizNet Software. It includes features such as a business reporting and analytics platform and provides real-time access to your business data from Microsoft Excel.

Solver, SAP Crystal, and Jet Reports are common alternatives for BizNet Software.

Reviewers rate Report Versioning and Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete) highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of BizNet Software are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

BizNet Software Customer Size Distribution

Consumers2%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)55%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)35%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)8%
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

BizNet Excel Suite is a versatile software utilized by various businesses to streamline their financial reporting and analysis processes. With its integration capabilities, the software enables users to generate comprehensive reports in conjunction with accounting systems like Sage 100. By eliminating the need for separate reports and allowing for the combination of different GL details, BizNet Excel Suite addresses the problem of timely assimilation of financial information in a reliable and dynamic way.

This software is widely used by companies across multiple industries, including tribal businesses with multiple entities and county governments. The accounting department plays a vital role in developing reports that are then distributed to key personnel such as management, executive officers, the board of directors, and owners. Additionally, BizNet Excel Suite is also employed for other reporting needs such as detailed cost center reporting, sales reporting, financial statements, budget templates, load planning, forecasting, and other analytical reports.

By leveraging the power of Excel, BizNet Excel Suite provides flexible functionality to generate financial reports, automate processes, and enhance data accuracy. Users have reported significant time savings in report preparation, allowing them to focus on more critical tasks. This software has proven effective in improving efficiency and streamlining financial reporting for businesses of all sizes. However, it should be noted that while it excels in generating reports from accounting systems like Sage 100, it may not be equally effective in running queries in software like Raiser's Edge.

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • updates in real time to our ERP software
  • allows for creation of any type of report we need as having to used a canned reporting system
  • allows for detailed drill down of any line item
  • the ability to determine what data pulls in from a drill down
  • not having to open Excel first, then open BizNet and then open the desired file; being able to open anytime and having it work would be a great time saver and less frustrating
  • having a detailed PRINTED manual of every item within the capabilities
Jim Silver | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Consistent results across all users
  • Easy to create new reports
  • Financial statements can be created comparing many categories, Actual, Plan, Forecast, MTD, YTD, etc.
  • Some of our reports are very large and the time it takes to refresh data can often exceed 30 minutes. It seems complicated to problem solve reasons for this excessive time delay.
Amy Bergrud, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Consolidates large amounts of data from Intacct accounting software into one spreadsheet.
  • Consolidates multiple companies, while still being able to keep individual company data in the columns for reference.
  • Easy to format with typical Excel formatting techniques - does not require much training in the way of the Excel side.
  • The connector to Intacct is a bit precarious and it often loses the connection.
  • Awaiting the new connector that should hopefully solve this Intacct connection issue.
  • Working in a networked environment on a Citrix server is difficult at best - hoping new tool with address this issue as well.
Robert Schubert, CHAE | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Consolidating ERP data in Excel workbook where it can be better accessed.
  • Consolidating ERP data in Excel workbook where it can be better presented.
  • Consolidating ERP data in Excel workbook where it can be better sorted and distilled.
  • Could be a little more user friendly.
  • Support could be more knowledgeable about specific ERP platforms.
  • Company has exchange server versions of it's products, but doesn't seem have a sense of urgency about pushing them out.
Ryan Palumbo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Once a worksheet has been created, you can change a single cell and update the entire report. This makes it much easier than recreating a report every time you start.
  • It draws data directly from our database that can be filtered down in various ways. This allows us to get the data that we really need quicker.
  • The time it takes to draw information from the database can seem long and may make a person wonder if the program is working. It is, just be patient.
  • If you do not enable "Design Mode" while editing a worksheet, changing one cell can enable the data draw which interrupts workflow.
Kathryn DeBoer, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Once the statement has been created it is extremely easy to navigate from period to period
  • I really love the fact that I can change the structure of the report based on needs extremely easy. I have multiple departments and revenue centers that I can combine accordingly
  • I would like to be able to have the total overall over periods for project reporting
Viola Avery | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • BizNet eliminates the need to manually combine different GL details into a financial report.
  • BizNet allows for the ease of Excel-based manipulation of data for end-users needs.
  • Access to comprehensive training for new users is lacking. While the pay-based BizNet University has some useful videos it doesn't allow for other learning styles.
  • Having to create a separate OCBC data source and linked server for each arm of business opened is sometimes a hassle.
Steve Holmes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • The ability to create custom reports (pulling data directly from our accounting system) to combine or consolidate data that our accounting system's canned reports can't easily provide.
  • Quick ad-hoc reports for information to see where we may want to do a more detailed report
  • There are templates available to get started, that can then be tweaked to meet the desired need.
  • On occasion, the refresh may be a little slower than I'd like, but that is probably my own impatience and the fact that our accounting server resides at a third-party site.
September 12, 2017

Excel Review

Jeffrey Mohn Jr | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We are able to track our data in one place.
  • We can compare data through analytics not offered by other services.
  • We can allow multiple users to access the information which is a great benefit.
  • They could help explain what their program has to offer to separate market sectors rather than one broad product.
  • In construction we use spreadsheets a lot, and we could benefit from some pre-built templates.
  • The products offered could be better described on the website.
August 05, 2017

For spreadsheet Yodas

Lisa Beach | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
  • Financials
  • Storing data as BizProperties
  • Complex calculations made easier using BizInsight 7
  • Make the Excel add-in more stable. It seems like any Windows update or change breaks the add-in.
  • Tables don't always refresh correctly, ability to sort tables upon refresh and ability to make dynamic - these functions are there, but don't work well.
  • Make complex calculations easier - recently did a payroll report for overtime and needed to contact support for assistance with the calculations and it wasn't able to do it - had to use a workaround with Excel functions combined with BizInsight functions and lots of hidden columns.
July 10, 2017

BizNet does it all

Travis Floyd | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Accessing your company data directly in Excel.
  • Providing a drilldown to details in Excel.
  • Bizbroadcast is an awesome product that saves hours emailing routine reports.
  • Flexibility with the filtering of the data with the criteria arguments in Excel function ability.
  • Excel doesn't handle the amount of data well sometimes. The error messages are not very helpful to understand the problem when there is one.
  • I've had problems with Biznet 7 on terminal services. The other products Bizinsight, Broadcast and BizArchitect work well.
  • Bizarchitect is a good product but could be better and simplified.
March 28, 2017

BizNet

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • It has been great for creating reports on the fly.
  • The drill down option has made it much faster for us to see the account detail than using our general ledger reports for the account detail.
  • The fact that it is an Excel add on is tremendous. It allows for so much more customization than our general ledger software reports.
  • The time it takes for reports to refresh could be improved.
Sherma Thorne | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Provides a seamless link between our accounting software and our reporting functions.
  • Distributes an endless amount of reports to an endless amount of other people just with the click of a button.
  • The customer service and training support are incredibly helpful.
  • More established templates would be great!
  • I recently opened Excel and the BizInsight was working fine, but my BizBroadcast had become nonfunctional. Regardless of the updates that take place overnight through our servers, it should stay anchored into Excel.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • BizProperties are very useful. The ability to identify segments based upon their description allows for easier report creation.
  • The inclusion or exclusion of segments and/or segment ranges is much more intuitive than in our previous reporting software.
  • BizBroadcast makes distribution so much easier and efficient. The ability to send different formats, locations, departments, etc. to different users is invaluable.
  • YTD debit and credit balances aren't available in our version (XL Connect v5). If they aren't included in BizInsight7, I think they should be!
  • A more detailed instruction guide could be helpful.
January 26, 2017

The Buzz around BizNet

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Comparing month to month and year to year expense reporting
  • Generating financial reports for third party and internal users
  • Having the ability through BizBroadcast to send excel versions of reports to multiple parties with one click
  • Calculating reports takes some time and you ability to do other excel items while calculating is not possible
  • Only financial reporting is available with our version of BizInsight but as I understand I will be able to pull non financial data through Biznet 7
  • Being able to transfer files from one version of BizInsight to the next would be a huge benefit. Right now I have to recreate 100+ reports to be able to use them in BizInsight 7
Rick Findley BS, MS, CGFM | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • After I learned how to make some checks I am very confident in the accuracy of any reports I send out.
  • The ability to send out reports to several different departments/people is wonderful.
  • Excel is something most people understand some, but the better they deal with excel the better they deal with BizNet.
  • It has some inadequacies when you are pulling from Sage into BizNet and want to save that report as an Excel file. The formulas carry into the saved file unless you do a save as.
  • I had a lot of trouble when I dealt with a report that had several spreadsheets in it and somehow one copied a ton of blank lines. BizNet became very slow. That was a hard error to find.
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