Compare Microsoft BI and IntelliFront BI - May 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / May 22, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Microsoft BI or IntelliFront BI?

Microsoft BI is more expensive to implement (TCO) than IntelliFront BI, and Microsoft BI is rated higher (88/100) than IntelliFront BI (83/100). IntelliFront BI offers users more features (7) than Microsoft BI (6).

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:

Microsoft Vs. ChristianSteven Software

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.

ChristianSteven Software: in September 2002, Christian Ofori-Boateng and Steven Amani founded ChristianSteven Software Ltd. to bring their Crystal Reports scheduling and business automation software to market. Since that time, ChristianSteven Software has extended support to include Microsoft Access and SQL Server.

Who is more expensive? Microsoft BI or IntelliFront BI?

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 Microsoft BI and IntelliFront BI.

Microsoft BI price starts at $9.99 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Microsoft BI is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. IntelliFront BI price starts at $46 per user/month , When comparing IntelliFront BI to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Microsoft BI is more expensive than IntelliFront BI.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Microsoft BI Vs. IntelliFront BI based on some of the most important and required Business Intelligence features.

Microsoft BI: Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Customizable Features, Dashboarding, Graphic Benchmark, OLAP, Custom User Interface.

IntelliFront BI: Dashboard, OLAP, Performance Measurements, Data analysis, Dashboards & KPIs.

Target customer size

Microsoft BI is perfect for midsize and large enterprises but can be used by small companies too. The customers fully using the Intellifront BI are the entrepreneurs engaging in various small (with 10 to 100 employees) to medium-sized (with 100 to 1,000 employees) businesses and even large enterprise that enjoys the advantages offered by the IT, data and web hosting and related information services sectors, mainly with business intelligence and data visualization and analytics.

Microsoft BI

ITQlick rating
(3.7/5)

starts at $9.99 per user/month

Microsoft BI is a business intelligence solution that can help users to analyze data in an efficient way. The software is based on SQL server platform and can provide relevant reports without requiring any expe...

Categories: BI & Analytics, Data Warehousing, Document Management.

IntelliFront BI

ITQlick rating
(4/5)

starts at $46 per user/month

The Intellifront BI is a business intelligence/BI software designed to help users in automating, streamlining, analyzing and predicting data and insights in line with the development of the business.

Categories: Budgeting & CPM, Cloud BI, Dashboards & KPIs, Data analysis, Data visualization.

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Microsoft BI: 6 Features

Automatic Scheduled Reporting
Customizable Features
Dashboarding
Graphic Benchmark
OLAP
Custom User Interface

IntelliFront BI: 7 Features

Dashboard
OLAP
Performance Measurements
Data analysis
Dashboards & KPIs
Budgeting & CPM
Data visualization
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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Microsof...
ITQlick rating
3.7/5
Score
88/100
Pricing
5.2/10
License pricing
$9.99 per user/month
Functionality
9
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IntelliF...
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
83/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$46 per user/month
Functionality
17
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.