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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BrightGauge

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ABrightGauge is a BI tool from ConnectWise that puts essential information in one place, providing visibility for more informed decisions. The user can customize BrightGauge dashboards and sync other business tools in its BI dashboard software for ultimate visibility. Users can also display data with embeddable gauges on public sites.

    $325

    per month

    Rational BI

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Rational BI provides analytics, data science and business intelligence in an analytical platform that connects to databases, data files and cloud drives including AWS and Azure data sources, enabling users to explore and visualize data. Users can build real-time notebook-style reports directly in a web browser with JavaScript and SQL with direct and live connections to data. Filter and query data with an SQL database embedded in the client, without network…

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    Pricing
    BrightGaugeRational BI
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $325
    per month
    Enterprise
    $449
    per month
    Enterprise+
    $635
    per month
    Free
    $0
    single user
    Professional
    $129
    single user
    Enterprise
    Varies
    single user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightGaugeRational BI
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$499 one-time feeOptional
    Additional DetailsSet up fee is waived for Enterprise+ customers. A discount is offered for annual billing.Additional cost per extra user (varies by edition)
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    Community Pulse
    BrightGaugeRational BI
    Considered Both Products
    ConnectWise
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
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    Features
    BrightGaugeRational BI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of BrightGauge and Rational BI
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    8.1
    14 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.210 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.814 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.113 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of BrightGauge and Rational BI
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.7
    14 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.414 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.513 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages4.67 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.213 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of BrightGauge and Rational BI
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.9
    14 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Rational BI
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Publish to Web9.410 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.414 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Report Versioning5.07 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.214 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.44 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of BrightGauge and Rational BI
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    5.9
    12 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Rational BI
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.012 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.26 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.06 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining2.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of BrightGauge and Rational BI
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    8.7
    14 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.614 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of BrightGauge and Rational BI
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    6.8
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile5.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of BrightGauge and Rational BI
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.4
    8 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)3.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BrightGaugeRational BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (14 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightGaugeRational BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ConnectWise
    BrightGauge lets us know when we have critical issues that need solving. A massive influx of tickets all at the same time triggers an investigation. Usually, it is tied to a server going down, which we can address. It would not be helpful for a small MSP or IT department with just a few daily tickets. The stats are better used to track a large amount of clients.
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    Rational BI
    Definitely well suited for small companies, but again many of their competitors are also well suited in this segment. We were in general happy with the solution provided, but I'm not blown away by their solution or support. If you want to get more data-driven visual boards with data displayed in nice graphics is in my opinion a good start, and here Rational BI delivers what it should.
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    Pros
    ConnectWise
    • SQL queries can be presented in many different ways to illustrate the data. They can be used in lists, graphs, meter, etc.
    • The datasets frequency of updates can be customized to from 5 minutes to annually. It's very granular in this respect.
    • It allows dashboards to be shared outside your organization with clients, partners, and vendors to maximize collaboration and reporting.
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    Rational BI
    • Arrange data.
    • Dashboard.
    • Automatic reports.
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    Cons
    ConnectWise
    • Annual or more than annualized data is desperately needed for MSPs to show trends, current limitation is previous 240 days for ConnectWise tickets
    • Alerts when datasets do not sync properly, I have to rely on my team to notice vs get an automated alert from BrightGauge
    • Small thing, but it would be nice to have more options on the report scheduler to enable a start date. If you wish to do it quarterly, you have to start the schedule exactly 3 months from the next run.
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    Rational BI
    • Not seeing anything at this time, comprehensive product.
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    Usability
    ConnectWise
    Usability is BrightGauge's strength. Granting the ability of virtually any user to be able to create a dashboard is incredibly valuable. If an organization very simple and straight forward reporting needs then BrightGauge is a perfect fit for them. Connecting to the dataset we used was very quick and easy and I imagine it would be the same for any major data source you would like to pull from.
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    Rational BI
    Overall Rational BI is a valuable enterprise reporting tool for any data driven organization. It offers great depth and breadth of features for reporting and analytics that can lead to better business outcomes. Its easy to use and highly configurable to evolve to changing reporting needs of organizations of any scale.
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    Support Rating
    ConnectWise
    Anytime I have reached out to the BrightGauge support team they have been quick, responsive, and solved my issue. They go out of their way to be helpful!
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    Rational BI
    I haven't used the support myself, but my colleagues have been satisfied with the support. As I have understood from my colleagues the support is as you could expect. Still, the documentation could be better and that could avoid the need to contact their support, but overall we're still happy with the support as well.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ConnectWise
    I'm not aware of any other competitors to Bright Gauge that we selected. They seem to be very close to managed IT service providers and have been great at tailoring their support to the PSAs like ConnectWise, AutoTask, etc. I can see Bright Gauge getting more and more popular as time goes by
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    Rational BI
    Rational BI allows a deeper data analysis with respect to the other software I experimented with. The velocity to perform the analysis is similar to the other one. The predictive analysis could be very useful, but at the moment I do not use it in my activities. Dashboards are nice and easy to understand.
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    Return on Investment
    ConnectWise
    • We were purchased by a large PE firm because we could easily show CSAT ratings.
    • The easily trackable stats are suitable for the C-Suite to see which division is the most profitable.
    • We won 60,000 MRR by displaying to potential customers how we track important issues with the gauges.
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    Rational BI
    • Allows folks to work on other items as reporting is done in the background.
    • Scheduling and delivery of reports with one click.
    • Single pane of management.
    • Ease of use.
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