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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon QuickSight

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $24

    per month per user

    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AThe OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting (formerly OpenText Information Hub (iHub)) component of OpenText™ Magellan™ Analytics Suite is a scalable analytics and data visualization platform that enables IT leaders and their teams to design, deploy, and manage secure, interactive web applications, reports, and dashboards fed by multiple data sources. Magellan BI & Reporting supports high volumes of users, and its integration APIs enable embedded analytic content in any app, displayed on any…N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon QuickSightOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Editions & Modules
    Reader
    $3
    per month per user
    Author
    $24
    per month per user
    Reader Pro
    $24
    per month per user
    Author Pro
    $50
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon QuickSightOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsProspective buyers can also purchase a set number of sessions or questions in lieu of a monthly subscription.
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    Features
    Amazon QuickSightOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Amazon QuickSight and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Amazon QuickSight
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    2% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.04 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.05 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.05 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Amazon QuickSight and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Amazon QuickSight
    7.2
    5 Ratings
    11% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Drill-down analysis8.05 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.05 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.05 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Amazon QuickSight and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Amazon QuickSight
    6.9
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Amazon QuickSight and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Amazon QuickSight
    5.8
    5 Ratings
    32% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.05 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.04 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics3.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Amazon QuickSight and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Amazon QuickSight
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    6% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.05 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.05 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.05 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Amazon QuickSight and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Amazon QuickSight
    3.9
    4 Ratings
    67% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application3.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Amazon QuickSight and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Amazon QuickSight
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    26% below category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    REST API6.12 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Javascript API6.62 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    iFrames7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API6.12 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Amazon QuickSightOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon QuickSightOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon Quicksight is a truly cloud-based solution so it works perfectly fine and saves a lot of expense in terms of hardware and maintenance. We can maintain it by ourselves by giving commands on UI. If you have connectivity issues then it can cause headaches because it's a cloud platform and it's a bit costly as compared to other services
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    OpenText
    iHub is a decent enough environment that it serves our needs. We can have unlimited users and it can tie into AD although we do not use that feature currently. It is a decent place to store all of the reports in one location, even though for us it is not visually appealing to the end users. iHub is not a place where you want to create robust/interactive dashboards for end users to drill through and follow a "story".
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Easily to set up for data sources, already supports quite a few of AWS and non-AWS data sources
    • Cost friendly since users are charged only for basis of usage
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    OpenText
    • It is fairly easy to set the sharing rules for a report/dashboard.
    • They have a decent amount of time frame options for setting a schedule to generate a report.
    • The support is mostly helpful and timely if you have an issue.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • It is still immature as a cloud-based BI tool.
    • Its functionality is about 40-50% of its competitor's products.
    • Application is still a little buggy and non-intuitive at times.
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    OpenText
    • Setting up a "dashboard" is extremely lacking in functionality. The different chart widgets you place on the page do not interact with each other. When you select an item from one do not expect it to highlight or filter another.
    • The speed and stability are not great, but maybe that is just our environment not being up to snuff...even though we are above the "recommended" settings.
    • The main GUI for a user is TERRIBLE. You log into a File Tree format where you have to navigate folders to reach the correct dashboard. There are ways around this, but it would either require an expensive payment to the Professional Services team to revamp to UI or another option they gave us was to create the "Default Dashboard" and provide that link to users and in that Dashboard, you use a new tab to include the navigation back to the main screen so that at least on the initial load the user is taken to a friendly looking dashboard instead of a file tree.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    It was helping us a lot as per our business needs. Reporting is way easy with QuickSight that helps us to understand the performance of campaigns effectively and so does the performance of sales individual. We can analyze the data and create a new strategies effectively. Setup and maintenance was way easy
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    OpenText
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    They provide proper support when needed. They are always ready to provide the box solution and make things easier for users.
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    OpenText
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    All of the other reporting platforms my organization has used previously were within our CRM and not a standalone program. In that we were very limited in being able to slice and dice the data the way that we wanted to
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    OpenText
    Our instance of iHub does not stack up against the other larger BI tools out today. It is a good place to store reports in a central location that allows users to run very specific reports on demand, but it is not a place I would want to store all of my "dashboards". As far as holding individual reports that are specific to an individual need, it is a great tool. If you want to create a report that will be used as a Template for a Form or a Label, iHub is a good choice to store and schedule the report or call it via API to generate it and return it to your calling app.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Cost Effective
    • Easy setup and maintenance
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    OpenText
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    ScreenShots

    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting Screenshots

    Screenshot of A Magellan dashboard that an individual can interact with and personalize to their needs, such as changing chart types or computations.Screenshot of An ad-hoc report being created through the Magellan Analytics Studio, a component of Magellan BI & Reporting.