Compare Silverlight and Rapid Insight - Apr 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Silverlight or Rapid Insight?

Silverlight is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Rapid Insight, and Rapid Insight is rated higher (85/100) than Silverlight (56/100). Rapid Insight offers users more features (5) than Silverlight (3). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Rapid Insight!

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. Rapid Insight Inc.

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.

Rapid Insight Inc.: Rapid Insight was founded with a mission of empowering people of all skill levels with the ability to build predictive models and perform advanced data analyses. Our groundbreaking technologies are simplifying everything that used to be complex in the world of business intelligence and predictive analytics. We love our customers and we love enablin...

Who is more expensive? Silverlight or Rapid Insight?

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 Silverlight and Rapid Insight.

Silverlight accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Silverlight is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Business Intelligence software. Rapid Insight price starts at $4,000 per year , When comparing Rapid Insight to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Silverlight is more expensive than Rapid Insight.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Silverlight Vs. Rapid Insight based on some of the most important and required Business Intelligence features.

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

Rapid Insight: Dashboard, Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Budgeting & CPM, Sales Management, Data visualization.

Target customer size

Silverlight has both individual home customers as well as corporate clients. Customers of the software chiefly include small and medium businesses.