Compare Infor Birst and FME - Jan 2023

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jan 03, 2023

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Infor Birst or FME?

Infor Birst is more expensive to implement (TCO) than FME, and Infor Birst is rated higher (92/100) than FME (87/100). Infor Birst offers users more features (25) than FME (3).

Looking for the right Business Intelligence 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:

Birst Vs. Safe Software

Birst: Birst is among the fastest growing business-to-business software providers. Selling directly to businesses as well as other software vendors who seek to embed analytics into their applications, more than 1,000 organizations currently rely upon Birst for their business analytics needs.

Safe Software: Safe Software Inc. is the maker of FME® and the global leader in spatial data transformation technology that helps GIS professionals and organizations master their data interoperability challenges.Most leading GIS and database vendors also rely on FME to improve their own products, meeting their customers' needs for true data interoperability. You ...

Who is more expensive? Infor Birst or FME?

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 Infor Birst and FME.

Infor Birst price starts at $30,000 per 20 users/year , On a scale between 1 to 10 Birst is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. FME price starts at $3,000 per license , When comparing FME to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Infor Birst is more expensive than FME.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Infor Birst Vs. FME based on some of the most important and required Business Intelligence features.

Infor Birst: 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, Graphic Benchmark, Performance Measurements.

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

Target customer size

Birst is a web-based service that can be useful to customers in all types of organizations and industries. Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large corporations.



Infor Birst

ITQlick rating
(4/5)

starts at $30,000 per 20 users/year

Birst is a Business Intelligence and analytics platform for medium to large businesses. Its key features include ad hoc reporting, charting, data import and export, visual analytics, customer service analytics,...

Categories: Business Intelligence, Business performance management, Dashboards & KPIs, Reporting.

FME

ITQlick rating
(4.7/5)

starts at $3,000 per license

FME is a cloud-based as well as on-premise data transformation and business intelligence software. FME offers services including but not limited to spatial analysis, image exploring, and labeling.

Categories: Data analysis, Data visualization.

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Infor Birst: 25 Features

Ad-Hoc Analysis
Ad-Hoc Reporting
Automatic Scheduled Reporting
Customizable Dashboard
Customizable Features
Dashboarding
Graphic Benchmark
Performance Measurements
Predictive-Analysis
Trend Indicators
Ad-Hoc Analysis
Ad-Hoc Reporting
Automatic Scheduled Reporting
Customizable Dashboard
Customizable Features
Dashboarding
Graphic Benchmark
Performance Measurements
Predictive-Analysis
Profit Analysis
Trend Indicators
Data visualization
Data warehouses
Collaboration Management
Document Indexing

FME: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
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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ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
$30,000 per 20 users/year
Functionality
43
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FME
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$3,000 per license
Functionality
5
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Qlik Sen...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$30 per user/month
Functionality
15
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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.