Compare Windward Engine and BI360 - Mar 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Windward Engine or BI360?

BI360 is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Windward Engine, and BI360 is rated higher (75/100) than Windward Engine (58/100). BI360 offers users more features (15) than Windward Engine (0). 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:

Windward Vs. Solver

Windward: Windward has specialized in easy-to-use reporting since 2003 and now has one of the easiest report design tools on the market. Striving to be the most flexible, powerful, and easiest reporting software available, Windward has made it's software work on both Java and .NET platforms, includes virtually any output format, and utilizes Microsoft Off...

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

Who is more expensive? Windward Engine or BI360?

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 Windward Engine and BI360.

Windward Engine accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Windward Engine is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Query and Report Writer software. BI360 price starts at $312 per user/month , When comparing BI360 to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Query and Report Writer software cost.

Bottom line: Windward Engine cost is around the same cost of BI360.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Windward Engine Vs. BI360 based on some of the most important and required Query and Report Writer features.

Windward Engine: We are still working to collect the list of features for Windward Engine.

BI360: Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Customizable Dashboard, Customizable Features.

Target customer size

Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises. 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.