Compare Balanced Scorecard and SmartCore - Mar 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Mar 12, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Balanced Scorecard or SmartCore?

SmartCore is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Balanced Scorecard, and Balanced Scorecard is rated higher (92/100) than SmartCore (78/100). Balanced Scorecard offers users more features (6) than SmartCore (5). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Balanced Scorecard!

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Ninth Wave: Ninth Wave is a UK based software and consulting company, established in 1995 and specialising in providing programme, project and IT management software and services. At Ninth Wave we work closely with all our customers to establish which of our SmartCore solutions will best fit their needs and requirements. Our aim is always to provide you with...

Who is more expensive? Balanced Scorecard or SmartCore Software?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Business Intelligence software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Balanced Scorecard and SmartCore Software.

Balanced Scorecard price starts at $125 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Balanced Scorecard is rated 8, which is higher than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. SmartCore Software price starts at $6.13 per user/month , When comparing SmartCore Software to its competitors, the software is rated 8 - higher than the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Balanced Scorecard cost is around the same cost of SmartCore Software.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Balanced Scorecard Vs. SmartCore based on some of the most important and required Business Intelligence features.

Balanced Scorecard: Basic Reports, Dashboard, Data Import/Export, Online Customer Support, Data analysis, Project Collaboration.

SmartCore Software: Budget & Expense Management, Resource Management, Project Budgeting, Human Resources Module, Enterprise Resource Planning.

Target customer size

Customers of the software include small and medium businesses from a variety of industries. and SmartCore Software's target customer size include: Large business.

Balanced Scorecard

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $125 per user/month

Balanced Scorecard is a cloud-based and on-premise strategic planning & management system tailored for small size and medium businesses. The software helps organizations to communicate their goals, align their ...

Categories: Budgeting & CPM, Business Intelligence, Dashboards & KPIs, Data analysis.

SmartCore

ITQlick rating
(2.8/5)

starts at $6.13 per user/month

SmartCore Software is a growing cloud-based Project Management software, it is designed to support large size business. SmartCore Software received a rating of 2.5 from ITQlick team. The software cost is consid...

Categories: Budgeting & CPM, Strategic Planning, Team Collaboration, Data integration, Enterprise Resource Planning.

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Balanced Scorecard: 6 Features

Basic Reports
Dashboard
Data Import/Export
Online Customer Support
Data analysis
Project Collaboration

SmartCore Software: 5 Features

Budget & Expense Management
Resource Management
Project Budgeting
Human Resources Module
Enterprise Resource Planning
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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Balanced...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
8/10
License pricing
$125 per user/month
Functionality
16
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SmartCor...
ITQlick rating
2.8/5
Score
78/100
Pricing
9.4/10
License pricing
$6.13 per user/month
Functionality
15
Qlik Sen...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$30 per user/month
Functionality
15
SuiteAna...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$499 per month + $99 per user
Functionality
10
Sisense
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$83 per employee/month
Functionality
35

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.