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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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Comparisons

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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.

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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December 10, 2018

BizNet Reigns

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use BizNet to generate all financial and sales reports.
  • Ease of creating new reports
  • Happy with everything.
We needed a solution to replace our unsupported FRX package and BizNet was just the ticket...even better!
  • FRX
Much easier to create reports.
BI Platform
N/A
N/A
Supported Data Sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting (2)
45%
4.5
Customizable dashboards
N/A
N/A
Report Formatting Templates
90%
9.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
75%
7.5
Drill-down analysis
100%
10.0
Formatting capabilities
100%
10.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
N/A
N/A
Report sharing and collaboration
100%
10.0
Report Output and Scheduling (4)
50%
5.0
Publish to Web
N/A
N/A
Publish to PDF
100%
10.0
Report Versioning
N/A
N/A
Report Delivery Scheduling
100%
10.0
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
60%
6.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
80%
8.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
N/A
N/A
Predictive Analytics
100%
10.0
Access Control and Security (3)
66.66666666666667%
6.7
Multi-User Support (named login)
100%
10.0
Role-Based Security Model
N/A
N/A
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
100%
10.0
Mobile Capabilities
N/A
N/A
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
N/A
N/A
  • More automated sales reports that saved many hours of monthly compilation.
5
Accounting, Sales and Market research.
1
A good grasp of MS Excel will keep you going.
  • Inventory management
  • Financial reports
  • Sales Reports
  • Forecasting and Budgeting
  • Consolidating financial statements
Yes
Frx. Microsoft was ending support of Frx.
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Vendor Reputation
Product usability...being able to create custom reports with MS Excel rather than special coding skills.
I would have included the A/R module and BizBroadcast from the start.
  • Third-party professional services
SWK
Yes
Our initial purchase was for the General Ledger module to replace Frx for financial reports. One year later we added the AR module and BizBroadcast to replace the manual sales report process.
Change management was minimal
  • Most significant was how easy implementation was. We participated in one product training class after which 3 users were able to create useful reports.
Use of a 3rd party provider was instrumental in quickly and smoothly implementing BizNet Software.
Yes
Support is included in the reasonable annual maintenance fee. I would call it Premium because it is exceptional.
We have only had a few occasions to call on the support team over 4 years, but every time our need was met in a superior manner.
No
On one occasion the support team reached out to ensure we were taking advantage of all the feature available in our BizNet package, including walking user through the installation of the Desktop Edition of BizNet.
  • Extracting customer and product information from MAS100
  • I haven't found any difficult functions yet.
Yes, but I don't use it
The simplicity by which complex data can be captured.
August 05, 2017

For spreadsheet Yodas

Lisa Beach | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
It is used by our company, I personally sell and support it. I also use it to calculate my monthly billings.
  • 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.
Great for financials, complex reports with multiple criteria and lists are more difficult. Also, calculation times can be slow.
  • Great product and easy to sell.
Easier to use and better price point. Great technical support.
3
Sales, support, VP
2
Understanding of Excel, good listeners and ability to translate clients lingo into a final report or troubleshooting a problem.
  • Financials
  • Monthly billing reports
  • Monthly billing reports
  • Client payroll overtime calculation report
  • Sales reports
Lack of communication from BizNet on new policies with the resellers, changes in the policies that affect the client aren't positive in my opinion.
Yes

Sage Intelligence - difficult to use

FRx - not supported any longer

F9 - slow, not user friendly, support is terrible

  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Prior Experience with the Product
  • Vendor Reputation
  • Existing Relationship with the Vendor
  • Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
We are a reseller - the price is competitive to Sage, it's easier to use than Sage, all our clients have purchased it mostly due to their relationship and trust with us as a reseller.
N/A
  • Professional services company
Bennett Porter
Yes
Installation, training, report writing
  • Converting reports
Easy
The support department at BizNet is the best department. I love the support team at BizNet.
Yes
Almost all of the issues I've reported have been resolved quickly. Two of them took a few months and one of them I was told they wouldn't resolve as it wasn't a bug, the problem is with Excel.
Linda Davis always provides the best support and she follows through regularly and checks to see if things are resolved to a satisfactory result. She's amazing!
  • Functions and adding simple criteria
  • Creating simple tables
  • Refreshing reports
  • complex functions with complex criteria
  • dynamic tables with sorting
  • creating and storing properties
No
It's a good product and easy to sell.
Rick Findley BS, MS, CGFM | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use Biznet excel suite to send reports to all departments in the county government. It does require a good working knowledge of the excel program to even begin to use it appropriately. It has made my job of sending reports out much easier. I would suggest it to anyone that has a good working knowledge of Excel and also uses Sage.
  • 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.
We are very pleased with the ability to make checks and balances on different departments. It also does make sending reports to several different email addresses very easy for me. Thanks to BizNet I have about 6 to 8 hours that I can spend on different things each month. I am beginning to learn how it may be used in the budget process at the county and am hopeful it will prove as useful there.
  • I know it has saved me time, and believe the treasurer's department would say the same.
Each of these have their positive and negative points. The point I like best about BizNet is the capability of sending out reports to several at once. I did like the Crystal Reports that I could build and still do some reports there, but BizNet is almost as robust and has the sharing capabilities. Frx was one that I would suggest needs lots of improvements. I used it because it was all that was available to me at the time.
5
There are only five on the creating end. Many on the receiving end.
2
  • Monthly reports.
  • Budget building and revision.
  • Special reports.
  • Better use in the budget building process.
Yes
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Existing Relationship with the Vendor
Would not change [my evaluation and selection process].
  • Professional services company
Steward consulting
Change management was minimal
  • We had to get the program configured right to match up with our servers.
We went pretty seamlessly into BizNet, but could have had lots of trouble if the professional service was not aware of our set up and use.
No
I found the tech support at the other end was willing to say he was not sure and it actually helped us both to work through a problem.
Yes
yes
I had spent many hours writing a report that I wanted to use to send out reports to my departments. The report worked fine until I decided to send it out to the several departments. I then found that biz broadcast was caught spending a lot of time trying to send those reports. I though it had found an loop that it was stuck in. The tech support was able to pair the report down and assure me that it was not caught in a loop. I then through trial and error did find that for some unknown reason the program was trying to send out not only the report I was seeing but also a very large number of blank lines. After fixing those by copying and pasting I was rewarded with a smooth and timely reporting process.
  • Many of the functions are easy to use, but not so easy to figure out what they are actually going to do.
  • The cumbersome part is the trial and error of finding what the functions actually do.
Excel knowledge is a prerequisite to use BizNet well.
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