Discover the Best Dashboard Tools to Visualize Your Data Effectively

Dashboards are integral to presenting complex data in an accessible and actionable format. The right dashboard tools simplify data interaction, enabling users to monitor, analyze, and generate reports on key business metrics efficiently. Our analysis at BARC, based on user feedback and in-depth expert evaluations, identifies the top dashboarding tools that provide intuitive interfaces and customizable features. Enhance your decision-making process with BARC+ for deeper insights into the best practices in dashboard implementations.

Number of reviews: 122
Customer Satisfaction
7.6/10
7.6
User Experience
6.5/10
6.5
Functionality
8.2/10
8.2
Business Value
7.5/10
7.5

What is Bissantz DeltaMaster

Integrated product for (advanced) analysis, reporting, dashboards and planning. Vast array of intelligent analysis functions for large data volumes (including statistical and advanced analytics methods) and innovative chart types for data-dense reports and dashboards.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
● Advanced Analytics
●● Planning

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Number of reviews: 30
Customer Satisfaction
5.9/10
5.9
User Experience
7.6/10
7.6
Functionality
6.1/10
6.1
Business Value
5.9/10
5.9

What is Board

Flexible, fully web-based platform with tightly integrated system architecture of proprietary multidimensional in-memory database and front ends. Graphical no-code development environment for business power users to create tailored planning and performance management applications.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
– Advanced Analytics
●● Planning

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Number of reviews: 74
Customer Satisfaction
5.3/10
5.3
User Experience
5.8/10
5.8
Functionality
7.3/10
7.3
Business Value
7.4/10
7.4

What is MicroStrategy ONE

Integrated BI suite for reporting, analysis, dashboards with functions for mobile BI, operational BI and GenAI.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
● Advanced Analytics
– Planning

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Number of reviews: 28
Customer Satisfaction
8.4/10
8.4
User Experience
7.2/10
7.2
Functionality
8.5/10
8.5
Business Value
7.3/10
7.3

What is Pyramid Analytics

Integrated, web-based BI platform for dashboards, reporting, analysis and advanced analytics.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
●● Advanced Analytics
– Planning

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Number of reviews: 81
Customer Satisfaction
5.4/10
5.4
User Experience
6/10
6
Functionality
6.1/10
6.1
Business Value
6.4/10
6.4

What is Qlik Sense

BI platform for data visualization, set-based (assosiative) and visual analysis, dashboards and analytical applications, e.g. for embedding. Complementary data management products available.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
● Advanced Analytics
– Planning

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Number of reviews: 29
Customer Satisfaction
9.3/10
9.3
User Experience
7.4/10
7.4
Functionality
8.8/10
8.8
Business Value
7.8/10
7.8

What is TARGIT Decision Suite

End-to-end BI platform that automates reporting and equips users with flexible dashboards and data visualizations.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
– Advanced Analytics
– Planning

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Number of reviews: 28
Customer Satisfaction
3.4/10
3.4
User Experience
4.8/10
4.8
Functionality
5.9/10
5.9
Business Value
5.6/10
5.6

What is IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson

Web-based BI suite for reporting, analysis (visual, advanced), dashboards with a Jupyter Notebook integration.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
● Advanced Analytics
– Planning

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

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Number of reviews: 183
Customer Satisfaction
6.0/10
6.0
User Experience
5.3/10
5.3
Functionality
6.1/10
6.1
Business Value
5.5/10
5.5

What is Microsoft Power BI

Cloud-based and business user-oriented BI solution for creating dashboards, analyses and reports. Paginated reports available for print-oriented reporting. Also part of Microsoft Fabric.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
● Advanced Analytics
– Planning

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Number of reviews: 36
Customer Satisfaction
7.5/10
7.5
User Experience
6.2/10
6.2
Functionality
6.4/10
6.4
Business Value
4.5/10
4.5

What is MyReport

French BI tool for SMBs to visualize data using reports (Excel-based) and web-based dashboards

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
● Analysis
– Advanced Analytics
– Planning

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Number of reviews: 33
Customer Satisfaction
4.9/10
4.9
User Experience
3.6/10
3.6
Functionality
5.6/10
5.6
Business Value
4.5/10
4.5

What is Oracle Analytics Cloud

Cloud suite for reporting, dashboards and analysis. Predefined content for Oracle's operational systems available with OAC (operational analytics).

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
● Advanced Analytics
– Planning

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= Functional focus

Number of reviews: 26
Customer Satisfaction
7.3/10
7.3
User Experience
6.7/10
6.7
Functionality
6.5/10
6.5
Business Value
6.1/10
6.1

What is Phocas

Comprehensive cloud-based platform for BI and analytics, budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting and analysis. Flexible platform for business users to create individual planning, budgeting and forecasting applications, typically used in addition to Phocas’ BI and analytics capabilities.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
– Advanced Analytics
● Planning

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= Functional focus

Number of reviews: 40
Customer Satisfaction
4.4/10
4.4
User Experience
5/10
5
Functionality
4.7/10
4.7
Business Value
6.1/10
6.1

What is QlikView

Visualization and analysis platform (consisting of desktop and web client) with functionality for set-based (assosiative) analysis and creation of individual dashboard applications.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
● Advanced Analytics
– Planning

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

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= Functional focus

Number of reviews: 121
Customer Satisfaction
3/10
3
User Experience
2.5/10
2.5
Functionality
3.9/10
3.9
Business Value
3.3/10
3.3

What is SAP Analytics Cloud

Integrated business-user-friendly platform for enterprise planning and BI with embedded capabilities for augmented analytics and application design. Comprehensive capabilities for implementing custom planning applications with supporting workflow and collaboration functionality.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
● Advanced Analytics
●● Planning

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= Functional focus

Number of reviews: 68
Customer Satisfaction
1.8/10
1.8
User Experience
1.9/10
1.9
Functionality
3.3/10
3.3
Business Value
2.1/10
2.1

What is SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BO)

BI suite consisting of Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence and Analysis with a focus on reporting, analysis and dashboards, among others

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
– Advanced Analytics
● Planning

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

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= Functional focus

Number of reviews: 70
Customer Satisfaction
4.3/10
4.3
User Experience
5.4/10
5.4
Functionality
7/10
7
Business Value
6.6/10
6.6

What is Tableau (Salesforce)

Business user-oriented BI solution for visual (ad-hoc) data analysis, data preparation and dashboards with access to a variety of data sources and use of your own visual query language for data.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
●● Analysis
● Advanced Analytics
– Planning

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

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= Functional focus

Number of reviews: 33
Customer Satisfaction
7.3/10
7.3
User Experience
7.3/10
7.3
Functionality
8.2/10
8.2
Business Value
9/10
9

What is Zoho Analytics

Business user-oriented tool for (ad hoc) reporting, analysis and dashboards with a visual drag & drop user interface. Additional modules for e.g. data preparation and content for industries and topics available.

Functions (BARC classification)

●● Reporting / Dashboard
● Analysis
● Advanced Analytics
– Planning

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