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If you would like to submit a review for a specific product, please answer the questions in the appropriate customer feedback survey (Data Management, BI & Analytics, Planning).

The Data Management Survey 24 is an independent product survey about data management in the context of BI, analytics and data strategy, which enables participants to review the data management tools they use.

This BARC survey aims to examine data management products (e.g., data pipelining tools, data governance tools, tools for data virtualization, (cloud) data warehouses, analytical data engines and more) in terms of their functionality, application areas and usability.

The Data Management Survey is strictly vendor-independent: BARC does not accept vendor sponsorship of the survey, and the results are analyzed and published without any vendor involvement.

Business and technical users, as well as vendors and consultants, are all welcome to participate.
Your answers will be used anonymously, and your personal details will never be passed on to vendors or other third parties.

As a participant, you will:

  • Ensure that your experiences are included in the final analyses.
  • Be entered into a draw to win one of ten $50 Amazon vouchers.
    The Data Management Survey 24 should take about 15 minutes to complete.

For further information, please contact Rüdiger Johannsen at BARC.

Thank you in advance for participating!

‘The BI & Analytics Survey 24’ – formerly known as ‘The BI Survey’ – is the world’s largest survey of business intelligence (BI) and analytics users. BARC’s annual survey gathers input from a large number of organizations to better understand their buying decisions, their implementation cycles and the business benefits they achieve.

The BI & Analytics Survey 24 is strictly vendor-independent: BARC does not accept vendor sponsorship of the survey, and the results are analyzed and published without any vendor involvement.

You will be able to answer questions on your usage of a BI/analytics product from any vendor.

Your answers will be used anonymously, and your personal details will never be passed on to vendors or other third parties.

As a participant, you will…

  • Receive a summary of the results from the full survey.
  • Ensure that your experiences are included in the final analyses and
    Be entered into a draw to win one of ten $50 Amazon vouchers.
  • The BI & Analytics Survey 24 should take about 15-20 minutes to complete.

For further information, please contact Rüdiger Johannsen at BARC.

‘The Planning Survey’ is the world’s largest survey on the use of planning, budgeting and forecasting software. BARC’s annual survey gathers input from a large number of organizations to better understand their buying decisions, implementation cycles and the business benefits they achieve.
The Planning Survey is strictly vendor-independent: BARC does not accept vendor sponsorship of the survey, and the results are analyzed and published without any vendor involvement.

Business and technical users, as well as vendors and consultants, are all welcome to participate.

You will be able to answer questions on your usage of a planning product from any vendor.

Your answers will be used anonymously, and your personal details will never be passed on to vendors or other third parties.

As a participant, you will:

  • Ensure that your experiences are included in the final analyses.
  • Be entered into a draw to win one of ten $50 Amazon vouchers
    The Planning Survey should take about 15 minutes to complete.

For further information, please contact Ann-Katrin Oppmann at BARC.

Thank you in advance for participating!

Now in its second year, BARC’s annual Financial Consolidation & Group Accounting Survey gathers input from organizations to better understand their buying decisions, implementation cycles and the business benefits they achieve from using specialized software. We also offer you the opportunity to give feedback about performance levels, scalability and the problems (if any) you encounter with the software.

You are free to answer questions on your usage of a consolidation/group accounting product from any vendor.

The Financial Consolidation & Group Accounting Survey 25 is strictly vendor-independent: BARC does not accept vendor sponsorship of the survey, and the results are analyzed and published without any vendor involvement.

Your answers will be used anonymously, and your personal details will never be passed on to vendors or other third parties. Further information on data protection can be found on our website.

As a participant you will

  • Receive an exclusive summary of the full survey results.
  • Be entered into a draw to win one of ten $50 Amazon vouchers.
  • Ensure that your experiences are included in the final analyses.

The survey should take about 15 minutes to complete. If you have any questions, please contact Rüdiger Johannsen at BARC.

Thank you in advance for your help.

We would like to invite you to participate in our new survey Preparing and Delivering Data for AI: Adoption Trends, Challenges, and Best Practices.

This BARC survey examines the following core issues:

  • What does it take to make data usable for AI/ML and GenAI?
  • How can privacy risks be minimized?
  • What are the companies’ best practices

As a participant, you will…

  • receive a summary of the results from the full survey,
  • be entered into a draw to win one of ten $50 Amazon vouchers and
  • ensure that your experiences are included in the final analyses.

The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. If you have any questions, please contact Rüdiger Johannsen.

Thank you in advance for your help.

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