The document provides a comparison of the top 10 business intelligence software programs. It summarizes the key features and additional features of each software. The software packages compared include Epicor Informance EMI, Sisense, Domo, Birst, QlikView Business Discovery Platform, SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, BOARD All-in-One, Tableau Server, Infor d/EPM, and IQMS EnterpriseIQ Business Intelligence. For each it lists the company website, select customers, and highlights of their offerings.

1. TOP 10 BUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE
SOFTWARE
REPORT
Comparison of the Leading Business Intelligence Software Vendors
2015 EDITION

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Key Features
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Overview of Business Intelligence
Software Solutions
Hybrid
platform
Customizable
dashboards
Data
visualization
Ad hoc
analytics &
reports
3rd-party data
integration
On-premise
platform
Data collection
SaaS platform
Mobile
accessibility
Self-service

3. Top 10 Business Intelligence Software Comparison
Epicor Informance EMI
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Select Customers
Chirch Global, Enkeboll
Designs, Prince Industries,
TEAM Industries
Key Features
Additional Features
• Service-oriented
architecture (Epicor
True SOA) that offers
complete deployment
flexibility
• Sales management
includes rules-based
product configuration
• Monitoring, data and
communications
• Visibility, reporting and
analysis
• Quality management
• MS Office integration
• On-demand business
architecture
• Receive around-the-
clock support services
from a worldwide
network of support
centers
• Real-time insights
• Analytics and out-of-the-
box reports
Sisense
www.sisense.com
Select Customers
Act-On, Comcast, Dannon,
eBay, ESPN, Intuit, NASA
Key Features
Additional Features
• Join disparate data in
one centralized place
• Drag-and-drop joining of
multiple data sources
• Uncover insights using
beautiful, smart data
visualizations
• Query large amounts of
data quickly
• Ask an unlimited amount
of questions from any
device including mobile
and receive insights on
the go
• Share interactive
dashboards with
colleagues to empower
everyone with valuable
insights
• In-Chip technology
processes 100x more
data 10x faster than in-
memory solutions
Domo
www.domo.com
Select Customers
National Geographic,
Goodwill, eBay, Nissan
Key Features
Additional Features
• Automatically updates
key metrics with data
from any source
• Flexible and
customizable dashboard
• Forecasting and insights
• Accessible from any
device
• Real-time data
• Finance management
• Advanced analytics
• Identify opportunities
and risks
• People, pipeline and
performance metrics
• Sales and operations
management
• Integrate data from
different systems into a
single, intuitive platform
• Marketing ROI
• CSAT trends
• Supply chain
performance
Birst
www.birst.com
Select Customers
YMCA, Citrix, Altair,
Internap
Additional Features
• Unified business
analytics
• Collaborate and
distribute analyses
• Integrate data from
many systems
• Automate complex data
management tasks
• Deploy BI in weeks
• Single interface for
reports and queries
• Interactive data
visualizations
• Precise layout across
any medium
• Real-time alerts
• Secure report
distribution and
automated scheduling
• Report caching
• APIs to extend the
design on any report
• Point-and-click interface
QlikView Business
Discovery Platform
www.qlik.com
Select Customers
ADP, Nissan, Cisco,
Mercedes-Benz
Additional Features
• Consolidates data from
multiple sources into a
single application
• Social decision-making
through secure, real-
time collaboration
• Data visualizations with
state-of-the-art graphics
• Data search engine
• Interactive apps,
dashboards and
analytics
• Access, analyze and
capture data from
mobile devices
• Easily create and
manage data definitions
and transformations
• Quickly design Business
Discovery apps
www.epicor.com
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Key Features Key Features

4. SAP BusinessObjects
Explorer
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Select Customers
Air Force Material
Command, CEZ,
Walgreens, Forbes
Key Features
Additional Features
• Web intelligence
• Predictive workbench
• Mobile
• Event insight
• Integration
• Information lifecycle
management
• Data service
• Master data
management
• Data governance
• Data integrator
• Data migration
• Access risk
management
• Strategy management
• Planning and
consolidation
• Financial consolidation
• Profitability and cost
management
• Sales and operations
planning
BOARD All-in-One
www.board.com
Select Customers
Nike, Charlotte Russe,
US Navy, Pulaski Bank,
GlaxoSmithKline
Key Features
Additional Features
• A single integrated
framework for reporting,
viewing, querying,
analyzing and running
CPM applications
• Adaptable to any data
source
• Self-service business
user view of data
• Unlimited report authors
and consumers
• Multiple export formats
including Excel, XML,
HTML and CSV
• Flexible distribution
methods like centralized
access, personalized
access, email and
application integration
• Multilingual capabilities
to automatically deliver
reports in the user’s
working language
• Drag-and-drop function
Tableau Server
www.tableausoftware.com
Select Customers
Cars.com,Yale University,
RBC Wealth Management,
National Motor Club
Key Features
Additional Features
• Web and mobile
accessible
• Flexible data
architecture
• Scalable for hardware
and memory
• Automatic updates
• Embed, share, comment
on and subscribe to
interactive dashboards
• Publish dashboards
through Tableau
Desktop and share
within your organization
• Permission settings
• Dashboards
automatically optimized
for mobile devices
• Can extract from 35+
data sources
Infor d/EPM
www.infor.com
Select Customers
Bell Canada, LAPEYRE,
Navy Federal Credit
Union, Tommy Bahama
Key Features
Additional Features
• Create strategic plans
to cascade throughout
organization
• Trend prediction via
accurate data models
• Steamlines planning and
budgeting
• Quick access and
collection of data across
various systems and
supply chains
• Reporting automation
• Improve overall
governance quality
• Dashboards, analytics,
reporting, data mining
and in-memory OLAP
• Write-back for simulation
and planning
• Drill-through for deeper
analysis
• Work with any data
source including web,
Microsoft Excel and
mobile
IQMS EnterpriseIQ
Business Intelligence
www.iqms.com
Select Customers
Donnelly Manufacturing,
Gill Industries, Tessy
Plastics, Mar-Bal Inc
Key Features
Additional Features
• Robust product lifecycle
management (PLM)
module
• Create unlimited
scenarios based on
different requirements
• Track activities
• Track and automate
workflows
• Cross-application
visibility, collaboration
and traceability in real
time
• Customized dashboards
• KPIs and analytics
• Real-time interactive
reporting
• RSS feeds
• Accessible by
smartphones, tablets,
PC, PDAs and more
Top 10 Business Intelligence Software Comparison
www.sap.com
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