Compare BI360 and Silverlight - Mar 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - BI360 or Silverlight?

Silverlight is more expensive to implement (TCO) than BI360, and BI360 is rated higher (75/100) than Silverlight (56/100). BI360 offers users more features (15) than Silverlight (3). There is a clear winner in this case and it is BI360!

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. Microsoft

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

Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.

Who is more expensive? BI360 or Silverlight?

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 Silverlight.

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. Silverlight accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , 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.

Bottom line: Silverlight is more expensive than BI360.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared BI360 Vs. Silverlight 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.

Silverlight: 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. Silverlight has both individual home customers as well as corporate clients.