A great cost-effective BI Package - Dundas BI
Updated March 15, 2021

A great cost-effective BI Package - Dundas BI

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Dundas BI

We are using Dundas BI for Data Analysis and Reporting purposes by our Data Analysis department. It allows us to generate reports, graphs, dashboards, etc for our members. Our prime requirement is to provide real-time data access to our large base of members which Dundas BI fulfills in a very cost-effective manner.
  • Their biggest strength is their customer support. I have not seen any other product company being so supportive and helpful for any issues being faced by the customers.
  • Dundas BI has a very intuitive and easy to learn UI. This enables a quick pickup.
  • They are very quick on updates and keep on adding newer features with frequent version upgrades.
  • Some of the features relating to the Look and Feel section are not so easy to grasp and in some places, they are kind of redundant. Need some work there.
  • Also, they ought to add a few more types of filters for working on data like a sliding calendar range filter
  • Coming from an SQL based standard delivery model, Dundas BI has provided a fantastic rate of ROI.
  • The preparation and delivery time has reduced from weeks to just a few hours.
We have tested Tableau prior to Dundas BI and though Tableau is a great package in itself, Dundas BI is much more cost-effective for our needs and requirements and hence zeroed in on Dundas BI.

We have also tried microstrategy but it has a very dated UI and doesn't suit our needs in today's more modern world.

Do you think Dundas BI delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Dundas BI's feature set?

Yes

Did Dundas BI live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Dundas BI go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Dundas BI again?

Yes

It's very user-friendly with an appealing UI and easily recognizable Icon use for different features and tools. Also, it is very easy to program any features that are not available via out-of-the-box UI options.

Obviously, there is room for improvement with the sometimes confusing placement of some of the editing options.
Their customer support is second to none. They are always available on call/chat. I have received answers and/or solutions and fixes for every issue I have encountered with Dundas BI. And that too in quick time with patient and nicely explained detail. For that, they deserve nothing less than 10 stars!
For all the scenarios I have so far worked on or I am currently working on, Dundas BI has proved to be more than adequate and apt to handle all of those. It is a very easy-to-use tool with quick shortcuts enabling you to prepare ad-hoc reports or dashboards in a matter of minutes.

Dundas BI Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
8
Customizable dashboards
10
Report Formatting Templates
8
Drill-down analysis
10
Formatting capabilities
10
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
8
Publish to Web
9
Publish to PDF
9
Report Versioning
9
Report Delivery Scheduling
Not Rated
Delivery to Remote Servers
Not Rated
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
10
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
9
Predictive Analytics
Not Rated
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Role-Based Security Model
10
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10
Single Sign-On (SSO)
10
Responsive Design for Web Access
10
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated
REST API
Not Rated
Javascript API
10
iFrames
Not Rated
Themeable User Interface (UI)
Not Rated
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
Not Rated

Dundas BI Support

ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
None
Yes - Yes, it was resolved with a bug fix within a few weeks.
There was this issue regarding the export to pdf for which I had to get back to them many times but every time I received a response and they were always very pleasant to communicate with making the overall experience very nice. They didn't have the solution at hand but they went out of their way to find and provide me with a workaround so that I could generate my reports on time.