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The Best Reporting Tools to Streamline Your Business Communications

Effective reporting tools are crucial for businesses to communicate complex data clearly and concisely. These tools are designed to help organizations automate and refine the process of generating structured reports that are essential for both internal decision-making and external communications. At BARC, we assess reporting tools based on their ease of use, flexibility, and integration capabilities. Explore our findings and learn how reporting tools can cater to your business needs. Subscribe to BARC+ to access in-depth reviews and benefit from expert advice on selecting the right reporting tools.

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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

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= Functional focus

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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

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= Functional focus

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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

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= Functional focus

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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

● = Function covered
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= Functional focus

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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

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●●
= Functional focus

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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

● = Function covered
●●
= Functional focus

Number of reviews: 27
Customer Satisfaction
6.1/10
6.1
User Experience
6.1/10
6.1
Functionality
7.2/10
7.2
Business Value
4.5/10
4.5

What is evidanza

Platform for building individual analytics and performance management applications (reporting, analysis, planning) with additional functions for collaboration.

Functions (BARC classification)

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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

● = Function covered
●●
= Functional focus

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

● = Function covered
●●
= Functional focus

Number of reviews: 102
Customer Satisfaction
6.4/10
6.4
User Experience
7.9/10
7.9
Functionality
5.7/10
5.7
Business Value
7.2/10
7.2

What is IBM Planning Analytics

Flexibile platform for business power users to create tailored planning, budgeting and forecasting as well as analytics applications based on a high-performance and scalable in-memory database. Comprehensive functionality for preparing individual content in Excel and publishing it to the web.

Functions (BARC classification)

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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

● = Function covered
●●
= Functional focus

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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

● = Function covered
●●
= Functional focus

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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

● = Function covered
●●
= Functional focus

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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

● = Function covered
●●
= 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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

● = Function covered
●●
= 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

● = Function covered
●●
= 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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

● = Function covered
●●
= 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

● = Function covered
●●
= 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

● = Function covered
●●
= 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

= Function covered, ●● = Functional focus

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= Functional focus

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