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    Reveal

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AReveal embedded analytics enables teams and customers to drive data insights with embedded intelligence, transforming the user experience of apps. Built with embed in mind first, on modern architecture, Reveal’s API aims to remove the complexity of embedding analytics into applications. Reveal’s native SDKs can be integrated into applications on any platform and tech stack including: .NET Core, Java, NodeJS (coming soon), and front-end technologies such as React, Angular, WebComponent,…

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    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.

    $10

    per month per user

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    RevealMicrosoft Power BI
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    RevealMicrosoft Power BI
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    RevealMicrosoft Power BI
    Considered Both Products
    Infragistics
    Chose Reveal
    Reveal is more affordable compared to most competitors. Most importantly, there are no compromises on capabilities and therefore a better choice for business.
    Incentivized
    Chose Reveal
    Reveal promised a less steep learning curve and delivers on that promise, but that is partly because it does not provide the same depth of functionality which is available from Power BI. With Power BI, there is deeper drilling available and a wider range of tasks which can be …
    Incentivized
    Chose Reveal
    The infrastructure and licensing costs are much smaller when compared to others.
    Incentivized
    Chose Reveal
    Reveal's integrated .NET component approach is interesting. Many solutions have an iFrame only option, which limits your applications ability to interact with dashboards.
    Incentivized
    Chose Reveal
    Reveal, compared to its competitors, has a much lower cost if we consider an audience of 100-130 end users. Not only is the initial/annual cost the advantage of Reveal, but also the simplicity of configuration, use and production of the reports. The other competitors have wider …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    101 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    96 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    81%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    103 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    67 Answers
    Features
    RevealMicrosoft Power BI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Reveal and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Reveal
    7.0
    10 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports6.58 Ratings8.5120 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.410 Ratings10.0140 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Reveal and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Reveal
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.09 Ratings7.0139 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.310 Ratings9.0138 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.09 Ratings9.0135 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.0103 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Reveal and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Reveal
    7.6
    8 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.58 Ratings9.0131 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.55 Ratings8.0122 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.77 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Reveal and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Reveal
    6.7
    10 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    127 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)6.610 Ratings9.0121 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model7.17 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.68 Ratings10.0111 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)5.66 Ratings8.394 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Reveal and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Reveal
    6.0
    6 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.4
    80 Ratings
    8% above category average
    REST API2.65 Ratings8.072 Ratings
    Javascript API7.23 Ratings9.956 Ratings
    Java API6.43 Ratings8.046 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.055 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.163 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Reveal and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Reveal
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.0129 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.0122 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.0104 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.074 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Reveal and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Reveal
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.0
    117 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.0111 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.793 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.7112 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    GoodData
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    RevealMicrosoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (18 ratings)
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    RevealMicrosoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Infragistics
    As a company responsible for people money we have to deal with following challenges every day: Clients who want to track the status of their transfers. Licensing agencies who need to ensure professional standards are met. Internal team managers who need to track client and staff progress to ensure company progression and success. Reveal does a good job as self-service tool enabling the accountable parties to have full access to important insights 24/7. The prebuilt dashboard themes save time and investment as we don’t need to hire a dedicated data analyst. The interactive dashboards give full transparency. The ability to easily create, analyze and report keeps clients, partners and stuff on the same page.
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    Microsoft
    Has significantly improved collation of data and visualisation especially with business across Europe. Has given me the ability to see the Site availability at the click of a button to see which Site is in the "money" and seize opportunities based on Market data
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Infragistics
    • Ease of Use - Reveal is super intuitive when it comes to creating dashboards. You don't need to be a data expert, which is key for me.
    • Sharing - The ability to share across our teams, locations, and with clients is great. We create teams for our different clients and share dashboards there that also are connected to our company dashboards.
    • Support and Roadmap - Reveal support has been great. They care about the needs of their customers. They have released 3 updates in the last few months, and they are adding a lot of value.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Options for data source connections are immense. Not just which sources, but your options for *how* the data is brought in.
    • Constant updates (this is both good and bad at times).
    • User friendliness. I can get the data connections set up and draft some quick visuals, then release to the target audience and let them expand on it how they want to.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Infragistics
    • There are a limited number of templates, but this is something they say they are working on.
    • Cost is reasonable for individual personal use, but prohibitive to small companies looking to embed their services in their own App.
    • Responses to emails for support can be delayed, but what else is new?
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • It would be easier for users could Microsoft Power BI and Excel used the same programming languages.
    • Would like to see the online version of Microsoft Power BI be as powerful as the desktop version.
    • Publishing a Microsoft Power BI file online and then having to save the file is somewhat redundant.
    • Would like to export each page or chart as an image.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Infragistics
    As a developer of the project, I feel comfortable with this tool for its peculiarities: acceptable costs, simple configuration, creation and maintenance of simple reports, fairly complete account management, also, not least, I appreciate the work done by their technical support always timely intervention and, above all, resolutive.
    Furthermore, as far as end users are concerned, I found a good appreciation of the proposed reports
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is an excellent and scalable tool. It has a learning curve, but once you get past that, the sky is the limit and you can build from the most simple to the most complex dashboards. I have built everything from simple reports with only a few data points to complex reports with many pages and advanced filtering.
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    Usability
    Infragistics
    Reveal has a great usability for any level of computer user. The only major thing I see that is not exactly user friendly, is the color scheme issue I stated earlier in my review. Although, I am coming from a graphic design background, I need a platform that every team member in our office can use.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Automating reporting has reduced manual data processing by 50-70%, freeing up analysts for higher-value tasks. A finance team that previously spent 20+ hours per week on Excel-based reports now does it in minutes with Microsoft Power BI's automated Real-time dashboards have shortened decision cycles by 30-40%, enabling leadership to react quickly to sales trends, operational bottlenecks, and customer behavior.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Infragistics
    This assessment is due to the fact that I have not yet found Reveal not available for use. Apart from some problems of development crash, then fixed by the product assistance service, I have not found any particular problems or loss of time caused by the instrument.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
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    Performance
    Infragistics
    The pages load rather quickly even in the presence of several elevations in the same dashboard that insist on different data sources and with visualizations that insist on different types of graph. I can only be satisfied with these performances.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
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    Support Rating
    Infragistics
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    It is a fantastic tool, you can do almost everything related with data and reports, it is a perfect substitutive of Power Point and Excel with a high evolution and flexibility, and also it is very friendly and easy to share. I think all companies should have Power BI (or other BI tool) in their software package and if they are in the MS Suite, for sure Power BI should be the one due to all the benefits of the MS ecosystem.
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    Implementation Rating
    Infragistics
    None in particular, however, would be welcome if improvements were made in the personalization of the prospects and in the connection between them (perhaps being able to transfer the selections present in one prospect to another recalled by the first).
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Infragistics
    Lacks ability to generate analytics as complex as Tableau and not as easy to embed and interface with other software and databases as Looker. But a very good option for those not needing the complexities found in other products.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would not pay for Tableau or Sigma anymore. Not worth it at all.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Infragistics
    This evaluation is the result of the fact that I have not had the opportunity to deepen the Reveal interface with other tools and / or other software, so the evaluation that I am giving follows what I have been able to read regarding the characteristics of the product online.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
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    Return on Investment
    Infragistics
    • We have the best platform for visualizing data for better understanding
    • The drag and drop features saves time
    • With data from multiple sources, we get the right intelligence to drive our business forward.
    • While it is expensive, the benefits outweighs the high cost
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Power BI usage reduced the effort of analytical reports creation by about 80%
    • Empowered all the level of employee to be more vigilant of the data and business insights, gained the profit of 8% overall.
    • AI-powered predictive analytics improved forecasting accuracy by 17%, that topped the overall sales.
    Incentivized
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