Compare BOARD and Infor Birst - Jan 2023

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jan 03, 2023

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

Infor Birst is more expensive to implement (TCO) than BOARD, and Infor Birst is rated higher (92/100) than BOARD (75/100). BOARD offers users more features (43) than Infor Birst (25).

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:

BOARD International Vs. Birst

BOARD International: Founded in 1994 BOARD International is the provider of the industry’s only programming-free toolkit for rapid and cost-effective development of Corporate Performance Management and Business Intelligence applications.  A toolkit approach to Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) represents a new, unique and cost effe...

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.

Who is more expensive? BOARD or Birst?

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 BOARD and Birst.

BOARD accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 BOARD is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. Birst price starts at $30,000 per 20 users/year , When comparing Birst to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: BOARD cost is around the same cost of Birst.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

BOARD: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Customizable Categories, Mobile Access, On Premise, Online Customer Support, Web Hosted Solution, Budgeting & Forecasting, P&L Statement, Sales Reporting.

Birst: Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Customizable Dashboard, Customizable Features.

Target customer size

BOARD is the preferred BI and CPM tool for more than 3000 companies around the globe. Birst is a web-based service that can be useful to customers in all types of organizations and industries.



BOARD

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

BOARD is a business analytics and performance management software developed for small to large enterprises. Its key features include ad hoc analysis and reporting, budgeting, planning & forecasting, business in...

Categories: Accounting & Finance, Budgeting & CPM, Business Plan, Billing & Provisioning.

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, KPI.

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BOARD: 43 Features

Customizable Categories
Mobile Access
On Premise
Online Customer Support
Web Hosted Solution
Budgeting & Forecasting
P&L Statement
Sales Reporting
Ad-Hoc Analysis
Ad-Hoc Reporting
Automatic Scheduled Reporting
Customizable Dashboard
Customizable Features
Dashboarding
Forecasting & Budgeting
Graphic Benchmark
Multy Languages
OLAP
Performance Measurements
Predictive-Analysis
Profit Analysis
Trend Indicators
Business Performance Optimization
Data mining
Data visualization
Data warehouses
Decision Support Systems
Enterprise Performance Management
Executive Information Systems
MOLAP
Scorecarding
Strategic Enterprise Management
"What If" Scenarios
Capital Asset Planning
For Service Organisations
Profit / Loss Statement
Real Time Comparisons
Run Rate Tracking
Sales budget
Dashboard Creation
Filtered Views
Relational Display
ETL

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
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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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BOARD
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
75/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
71
Review
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Infor Bi...
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
$30,000 per 20 users/year
Functionality
43
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.