G2 Crowd announces Fall 2014 rankings of the best Business Intelligence (BI) software

CHICAGO, Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The inaugural Grid℠ report for Business Intelligence software, announced today by business software review site G2 Crowd, ranks 14 products to help software buyers in their selections. The report is based on more than 330 ratings and reviews written by real users.

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The Grid℠, G2 Crowd's software recommendation engine, factors in customer satisfaction reported by users and vendor market presence determined from social and public data to rank products.

To qualify as a Leader, a product must receive a high customer satisfaction score and have substantial market presence. Tableau Desktop, QlikView, TIBCO Spotfire, SAS Business Intelligence and Oracle BI were named Leaders, while Alteryx and GoodData BI were named High Performers. Tableau Desktop was also ranked the highest in customer satisfaction.

Business Intelligence software helps companies gain perspective on their business operations by leveraging data from any internal sources that detail business activity and its results. This software often creates automated reports and dashboards that can be deployed to end users, as well as non-technical user interfaces for business users to analyze data.

As part of the software review process, professionals scored specific features of the products they use. Overall, G2 Crowd users were satisfied with the business intelligence products they reviewed. Across all products, reviewers reported the product they use meets their requirements at an average rate of 81%, and on average reviewers said they were 81% likely to recommend the product they use.  

Some review highlights from the business intelligence tools listed on G2 Crowd:

"I can't tell you how much I love this product! Tableau has great data connectors...and can connect to almost EVERY data source out there. They even continue to build out connections to popular online SaaSs like Salesforce, and Google Analytics and Google Adwords."

- Jonathan Daniels, Reseller & Affiliate Manager at DigiCert, Inc.

"I like Qlikview because it allows you to consolidate data efficiently...Qlikview's associative capability is...best in class. The algorithm works well especially when designing intuitive dashboards. I like that you can almost tailor fit objects and views, which is not present in other platforms."

- Jereme Pineda, Senior Analyst at Nokia

"Spotfire is very easy to use right out of the box to create useful visualizations. Just drag and drop an Excel file to import, and that's half the work. [It has a] powerful set of tools to create different visualizations based on the data."

- Kristopher Neilsen, Software Engineer at P2 Energy Solutions

"The end to end solution offered by SAS BI, which includes platforms ranging from performing bulky ETL work to providing power for users to create informative dashboards, packs a neat punch. Further on, SAS Business Intelligence...does a great job to use robust metadata management, effectively screening out the semantic layer from actual data structures."

- Manas Puhan, VP of Financial Services and Risk Reporting at ConceptONE, LLC

"Loved OBIEE interface, modern graphical representations & excellent [user-friendly] access to dashboards. [Its] simple drill down [functionality] and graphs make reports & dashboards really look extraordinary. Excellent for higher management of organization."

- Deepti Dhage, Business Analyst at the University of Sydney

Of the 88 business intelligence vendors listed on G2 Crowd, the 14 ranked products each received 10 or more ratings and reviews to qualify for inclusion on the Grid℠. Satisfaction rankings are generated from the user reviews, and market presence is calculated from vendor size, market share, and social impact. Based on a combination of these scores, each software solution is categorized as a Leader, High Performer, Contender, or Niche.

Premium research access can be purchased on the site for $599 and offers the raw data for filtering and weighting, as well as individual profiles of each platform with the most helpful positive and negative reviews, detailed company information, user satisfaction ratings, feature scores and customer metrics. Future refreshes of the Grid℠ will provide updated rankings based on the latest reviews and social data.

Be sure to check out the new Grid℠ for the best business intelligence software and subscribe to the premium research.

About G2 Crowd, Inc.

G2 Crowd is business software reviews and ratings to drive better purchasing decisions. Technology buyers, investors, and analysts use the site to compare and select the best software based on peer reviews and synthesized social data. Co-founded by the founder and former executives from SaaS leader BigMachines and backed by $4 million in capital, G2 Crowd aims to bring authenticity and transparency to business technology research. For more information, go to G2Crowd.com.

SOURCE G2 Crowd

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