Compare BI360 and Salient - Mar 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - BI360 or Salient?

Salient is more expensive to implement (TCO) than BI360, and Salient is rated higher (90/100) than BI360 (75/100). BI360 offers users more features (15) than Salient (3).

Looking for the right Query and Report Writer solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Solver Vs. Salient Software, Inc

Solver: Solver is the leading provider of complete BI solutions for today’s mid-market enterprise and the company has been at the forefront of BI technology for over a decade. Solver’s BI360 solution is a powerful, Microsoft-based suite of modules for reporting, budgeting, dashboards, and data warehousing

Salient Software, Inc: Salient provides IT solutions that empower businesses to measure and manage their performance. With our software, you can collect, organize and analyze data to drive performance improvements by better aligning goals with metrics, increasing your operational efficiency and becoming more comfortable with the integrity of your numbers. Founded in 1...

Who is more expensive? BI360 or Salient?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Query and Report Writer 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 BI360 and Salient.

BI360 price starts at $312 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 BI360 is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Query and Report Writer software. Salient price starts at $60 per license , When comparing Salient to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Query and Report Writer software cost.

Bottom line: BI360 cost is around the same cost of Salient.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared BI360 Vs. Salient based on some of the most important and required Query and Report Writer features.

BI360: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Customizable Dashboard, Customizable Features, Dashboarding, Forecasting & Budgeting, Graphic Benchmark.

Salient: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

BI360 Suite was created to target small enterprises that are already using Microsoft Office as their main software but would want to push things a bit further by adding features that are not available in the default Microsoft package. and Salient's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.