Entrinsik Informer offers intrinsic value
March 28, 2014
Entrinsik Informer offers intrinsic value
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
4.4.1
Modules Used
- base, dashboards
Overall Satisfaction
Hampshire College purchased Entrinsik's Informer in 2010 to address the campus-wide need for operational (daily) reporting, ad-hoc requests as well as use in our datamarts for a quick view on analytic data. Informer helped Hampshire's IT department transition from "we'll write that for you" to "we'll show you how to write that report".
- Informer has an intuitive User Interface so even non-power users can grasp the use of the product for running report.
- Informer allows for quick report creation lending itself towards ad-hoc requests.
- Informer can connect to a variety of data sources from U2 and SQL databases to spreadsheets and/or Google Docs.
- Informer works well, but with large reports (250+ columns) tends to bog down at times.
- The price point of Informer is far less than many of it's competitors.
- The ease and usability have lead more end users to be able to write their own reports, freeing IT resources.
- The dashboard module allows for easy graphic visualizations for C-level executives who want a quick measure of the pulse of the institution.
We previously evaluated two other products and informer was a hands down winner. The comparisons included purchase price, implementation timeline and training, end user adoption and support, and ease of use.