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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Entrinsik Informer

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AEntrinsik Informer is a web-based reporting and business intelligence application popular in the higher education vertical market. It helps organizations transform real-time data into actionable information by delivering ad-hoc reporting, data analysis, and interactive dashboards.N/A

    Mathematica

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AWolfram's flagship product Mathematica is a modern technical computing application featuring a flexible symbolic coding language and a wide array of graphing and data visualization capabilities.

    $1,520

    per year

    Pricing
    Entrinsik InformerMathematica
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard Cloud
    $1,520
    per year
    Standard Desktop
    $3,040
    one-time fee
    Standard Desktop & Cloud
    $3,344
    one-time fee
    Mathematica Enterprise Edition
    $8,150.00
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Entrinsik InformerMathematica
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discounts available for students and educational institutions. The Network Edition reduce per-user license costs through shared deployment across any number of machines on a local-area network.
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    Features
    Entrinsik InformerMathematica
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Entrinsik Informer and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    Entrinsik Informer
    7.3
    8 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    9.9
    6 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports5.51 Ratings9.84 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.17 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.57 Ratings9.96 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Entrinsik Informer and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    Entrinsik Informer
    8.6
    11 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    9.9
    9 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Drill-down analysis9.19 Ratings9.98 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.210 Ratings9.98 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.21 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.110 Ratings9.99 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Entrinsik Informer and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    Entrinsik Informer
    9.1
    11 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    9.3
    8 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Publish to Web9.14 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.19 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.13 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.17 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.11 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Entrinsik Informer and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    Entrinsik Informer
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    9.9
    9 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.31 Ratings9.99 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.31 Ratings9.98 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings9.98 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Entrinsik Informer and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    Entrinsik Informer
    9.1
    11 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Entrinsik Informer and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    Entrinsik Informer
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Entrinsik Informer and Wolfram Mathematica
    Feature
    Entrinsik Informer
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Wolfram Mathematica
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Entrinsik InformerMathematica
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (77 ratings)
    9.9
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (67 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Entrinsik InformerMathematica
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Entrinsik
    It makes creating queries very easy for end users so not only research or technicians can do it. The availability for creating Live reports that are accessible via Excel on the network has given many of our users the ability to get the information they need in a format they can use without needing someone to translate the raw data
    Incentivized
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    Wolfram
    We are the judgement that Wolfram Mathematica is despite many critics based on the paradigms selected a mark in the fields of the markets for computations of all kind. Wolfram Mathematica is even a choice in fields where other bolide systems reign most of the market. Wolfram Mathematica offers rich flexibility and internally standardizes the right methodologies for his user community. Wolfram Mathematica is not cheap and in need of a hard an long learner journey. That makes it weak in comparison with of-the-shelf-solution packages or even other programming languages. But for systematization of methods Wolfram Mathematica is far in front of almost all the other. Scientist and interested people are able to develop themself further and Wolfram Matheamatica users are a human variant for themself. The reach out for modern mathematics based science is deep and a unique unified framework makes the whole field of mathematics accessable comparable to the brain of Albert Einstein. The paradigms incorporated are the most efficients and consist in assembly on the market. The mathematics is covering and fullfills not just education requirements but the demands and needs of experts.
    Mathematica is incompatible with other systems for mCAx and therefore the borders between the systems are hard to overcome. Wolfram Mathematica should be consider one of the more open systems because other code can be imported and run but on the export side it is rathe incompatible by design purposes. A better standard for all that might solve the crisis but there is none in sight. Selection of knowledge of what works will be in the future even more focussed and general system might be one the lossy side. Knowledge of esthetics of what will be in the highest demand in necessary and Wolfram is not a leader in this field of science. Mathematics leves from gathering problems from application fields and less from the glory of itself and the formalization of this.
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    Pros
    Entrinsik
    • Simple user-interface: Informer is relatively easy to learn and end users can begin running reports and creating new reports quickly.
    • Email "burst" functionality: This feature allows emails to be sent out based on data in the report. So for example, a report could be scheduled that would email all student employment managers listing out the specific employees that report to them that haven't submitted their time sheets. Each manager would only see the rows that correspond to their email address.
    • Analytics and grouping: Users can quickly drag columns to group and sub-total, and can use the analytics tab to get deeper insights into the data.
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    Wolfram
    • It allows straightforward integration of analytic analysis of algebraic expressions and their numerical implemented.
    • Supports varying programmatic paradigms, so one can choose what best fits the problem or task: pure functions, procedural programming, list processing, and even (with a bit of setup) object-oriented programming.
    • The extensive and rich tools for graphical rendering make it very easy to not just get 2D and 3D renderings of final output, but also to do quick-and-dirty 2D and 3D rendering of intermediate results and/or debugging results.
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    Cons
    Entrinsik
    • There are a lot of reports that we have in Informer that say they have never been run, even though I know they have been run. So that makes it really difficult to determine which reports can be deleted to keep a tidy report list.
    • The only other complaint I have about Informer is that there doesn't seem to be a properly detailed error code/message when the student information system can't be accessed. For example, I am currently trying to move Informer to its own standalone server and I get an error message saying that our license isn't valid. Informer Support sent a new license, which prompted the same message, and the only explanation they have given me is that Informer can't reach the student information system. I would think that if that were the case, the error message would say that instead of an invalid license.
    Incentivized
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    Wolfram
    • Should include more libraries and functions.
    • Should include more functions that can be used in Machine Learning.
    • Should include more functions that can be used in Data Science.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Entrinsik
    Informer has been handily meeting most of our reporting needs, and we've created a library of hundreds of reports that are used every day. They have a terrific support service to help when you have questions, and I've found them to be great at listening to what customers would like and adding new features. They are a small company that really listens and really cares, and I've been very pleased over the past few years getting to know them.
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    Wolfram
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Entrinsik
    From the perspective of the new user and a seasoned user I would say eight would represent both parties. It presents a 'familiar' interface and easy to navigate display. Tagging is quite nice and allows for organization of reports based on those tags. These have to be monitored like anything else to keep them consistent but provides a better than average means of organizing reports.
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    Wolfram
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Entrinsik
    We have 10 concurrent licenses and we average between 6-8 at any given time during the day; and we host the application.
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    Wolfram
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Entrinsik
    Always able to get acceptable solutions in reasonable time from friendly support staff. Initial contact is always with knowledgeable person - not someone reading from a script trying to screen calls. Thanks Entrinsik for being in tune with my needs.
    Incentivized
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    Wolfram
    Wolfram Mathematica is a nice software package. It has very nice features and easy to install and use in your machine. Besides this, there is a nice support from Wolfram. They come to the university frequently to give seminars in Mathematica. I think this is the best thing they are doing. That is very helpful for graduate and undergraduate students who are using Mathematica in their research.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Entrinsik
    We bought the product on a Thursday morning, and we were writing reports on Friday afternoon. We did take about a month to manage the Mapping, Linking and Security to allow us to open it up across campus. We are now mapping from as many third-party vendors as we can to enable the creation of more ad-hoc reporting.
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    Wolfram
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Entrinsik
    I have experience with Advizor AnalystX, and it was just awful. It is advertised as an interactive reporting tool, in which you can use your mouse to select and segment constituents by where they live (by clicking on a map), how much they've given to your institution, when they last gave, etc. In practice, their map feature was unusable; it's a static map image (imagine a paper map hung on your wall), rather than draggable and zoomable Google Maps, and it required hours of work to configure one map region. As far as computing constituents' giving statistics, it required way too much back-end work to build simple giving totals.
    Incentivized
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    Wolfram
    We have evaluated and are using in some cases the Python language in concert with the Jupyter notebook interface. For UI, we using libraries like React to create visually stunning visualizations of such models. Mathematica compares favorably to this alternative in terms of speed of development. Mathematica compares unfavorably to this alternative in terms of license costs.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Entrinsik
    • We have definitely improved customer service due to better reporting using Informer. All departments are better empowered to help our students in a more timely and accurate manner.
    • Using Informer has given us the ability to eliminate functionality within our ERP system and offload reporting to a data store instead of the transactional system. This has resulted in successfully upgrading our core systems and improved response times.
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    Wolfram
    • Easy to solve huge mathematical equations, so it saved time there
    • Doing analysis and plotting graphs is also another plus point
    • Learning is very slow, and it took lot of time to learn its scripting language
    Incentivized
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