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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MS SharePoint / SQL

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMS SharePoint / SQL refers to Microsoft Sharepoint, a web-based collaborative platform, being used in tandem with Microsoft SQL Server to provide business intelligence analytics and reporting. They can provide BI content such as data connections, reports, scorecards, dashboards, and more.N/A

    Zoho Analytics

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Zoho Analytics (formerly Zoho Reports) is a self-service BI and analytics platform that allows users to analyze their business data and create reports and dashboards. It is designed to help users create and share reports quickly, without IT assistance.

    $30

    per month 2 users

    Pricing
    MS SharePoint / SQLZoho Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $30
    0.5M rows, 2 users
    Professional
    $30
    per user per month billed annually
    Standard
    $60
    1M rows, 5 users
    Premium
    $145
    5M rows, 15 users
    Enterprise
    $575
    50M rows, 50 users
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MS SharePoint / SQLZoho Analytics
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—There is a 20% discount for all plans if subscribed yearly. Customers can buy add-on rows and users, in addition to the plans listed above.
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    Community Pulse
    MS SharePoint / SQLZoho Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Zoho
    Chose Zoho Analytics
    Product functionality and performance
    Breadth of services
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    81%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    77 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    70 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    78 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    71 Answers
    Features
    MS SharePoint / SQLZoho Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    7.6
    58 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.7
    131 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.639 Ratings8.8102 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.055 Ratings8.5131 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.348 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.1
    53 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.1
    133 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.742 Ratings8.0127 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.253 Ratings7.6132 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.550 Ratings8.6133 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.9
    58 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.4
    125 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web8.852 Ratings8.1104 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.449 Ratings8.7123 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.348 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.039 Ratings8.4108 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.6
    36 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.0
    80 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.834 Ratings8.276 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.032 Ratings8.568 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.330 Ratings7.462 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.1
    69 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.5
    125 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.860 Ratings8.7123 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.064 Ratings8.968 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.268 Ratings8.5118 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.84 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.854 Ratings8.670 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    9.4
    59 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    6.3
    93 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.457 Ratings7.367 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.436 Ratings4.169 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.739 Ratings5.882 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of MS SharePoint / SQL and Zoho Analytics
    Feature
    MS SharePoint / SQL
    8.8
    38 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zoho Analytics
    8.3
    61 Ratings
    6% above category average
    REST API9.229 Ratings8.157 Ratings
    Javascript API9.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames9.027 Ratings8.549 Ratings
    Java API9.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MS SharePoint / SQLZoho Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (77 ratings)
    7.1
    (135 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
    7.8
    (79 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    5.4
    (18 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.5
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (64 ratings)
    7.7
    (51 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (63 ratings)
    8.8
    (51 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (67 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MS SharePoint / SQLZoho Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    As I mentioned in my previous answers, MS SharePoint is very useful as a shared drive for the organization and is very easy to manage. It also helps us import data from SharePoint directly into PowerBI for creating reports. According to my understanding, only share link features should be improved.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    Zoho Analytics is the best way to consume data created by Zoho products . It's robust and quick build formula libraries and auto generated reports. A data source can be integrated and be ready for consumption within minutes. This gives a well developed baseline for organizing to develop advance analytics. It's mobile dashboards are very intuitive and useful for leaders who are on the move.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Flexible - able to make any changes we would like vs traditional service desk system.
    • ROI - We were already using SharePoint for internal intranet, so we are simply getting more use out of licensing we had already committed to.
    • Easy to use for end users.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    • Zoho Analytics’ predictive analytics capabilities can help forecast future trends, allowing for proactive planning and risk management.
    • Performance Monitoring: We can track key performance indicators (KPIs) across departments, such as sales, marketing, finance, and HR. This aids in identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
    • Decision making regarding resource allocation.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • It is hard to setup and nightmare
    • It requires a of infrastructure, thus it could be costly because of requirement and licensing required for everything to run smoothly
    • If it is not setup and organized properly from the beginning it could be maintenance nightmare
    • It is hard to have "test" environment to do patches or similar
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Zoho
    • I'm guessing it's out there somewhere but I really could have used a 'quick start guide' or guided start.
    • Once I figured it out, it makes sense how to make sure the right data is provided in order to make dashboards quite flexible--- but without examples, I found it quite a challenge
    • The initial organization of Analytics is NOT intuitive. Once in context, the organizational features make sense, but (at least initially) it would have been most useful if the organization of Analytics reports in Zoho Analytics had saved me a lot of time.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    This was a long-term buy-in from a corporate perspective, to remain in the SharePoint space. Migration is certainly possible, which is good for planning and having options further out. At this point, the only planned migration is to eventually move the architecture up to SharePoint/SQL 2013. At that point, we will be able to leverage some greater efficiencies, some enhanced content design and management features, and some more current social features. It is well worth a full consideration in any shop looking at a new implementation of or migration to SharePoint (although you will probably be considering 2013 versions or beyond in those discussions), but the platform should be a strong competitor to any alternatives. Realizing the capability of a fully-branded and customized website was not part of the original choice for the architecture at Lincoln, but seeing it implemented and functioning now with this capacity far beyond original expectations has certainly cemented plans to continue using it.
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    Zoho
    I'd give this an 11 if I could! As our business moves forward we hope to use Zoho Analytics more then we do now. Creating better reports and dashboards for our management team to evaluate the health of our business and to provide more insightful reports for our customers. The possibilities are endless with this tool
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    I gave this rating due to MS SharePoint being a big help with our userbase. We have a lot of users that are just old enough to not have much technical skills or they have been in this industry long enough to where they haven't really needed to utilize much technology. MS SharePoint helped us move beyond that barrier without too many bumps and bruises.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    For an end user, Zoho Analytics is pretty easy to use and very easy to access the dashboard. Linking data from multiple sources is very convenient. Multiple people can work on preparing and publishing the dashboards simultaneously, which helps delegate tasks.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    ZOHO is a very reliable company/product. We never had any issues with downtime or inaccessibility to our data. Any type of maintenance that they had to perform was clearly communicated and never an issue. We use a lot of external hooks and we've never had any issues with getting ZOHO to communicate with any of those hooks.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    ZOHO has obviously invested a lot of time effort and money in to creating a reliable infrastructure with high availability. We've never had any issues with performance and all of our data crunching small to large has always been well within reason. We have come to appreciate the performance of ZOHO and will continue to use it for all of our data needs.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    I've only had to call in to support on one occasion but they were able to work though our issue and find a solution that did fully resolve the issue in a timely manner. I can't always say the same about support from other companies so it was a refreshing change to have support that did help.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    The support team is honestly not that great. At times, it seems as if members of our own team know more about the product than the support team. They must not have a lot of training or the turnaround is quick
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    Not implemented in best practice way, there are many customizations
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    Zoho
    If your external data sources are previously organized and correlated (e.g.: in your datawarehouse or database) your implementation will be easier. Of cource some not previously predicted correlation would be necessary to be done during the implementation, but if your organization let it to be all done into Zoho Analytics, it will take more time from your team.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    At the time of the two large projects, SharePoint was the enterprise solution so we were required to use that. We have since lobbied the enterprise teams to review and consider Atlassian Confluence and were successful. Confluence is cheaper than Sharepoint which is why we wanted to bring that in. The enterprise has now made Confluence an enterprise solution as an alternative to SharePoint. After using both I think SharePoint has many more add-ins than Confluence. It has much more customization ability than Confluence. SharePoint is not good for mobile readiness. Confluence is so there is a difference that might lead you to Confluence over SharePoint. I would also say that SharePoint is very document-centric and that Confluence has better KM than SharePoint does. even with the use of SQL Server. We were told that we could not use Google Drive even though it had features we liked.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    Zoho Analytics has the best UI and user friendly to create reports and dashboard along with features like Zia Assistance that guide in creating reports and dashboard and also help in the forecasting of the data based on the past records.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    As far as I know, Zoho Analytics has been able to fulfill every need we've had for it. Our reports have gotten better and more detailed with pretty much every new issue of our magazine. It just keeps getting better, and we keep feeding it more data to digest and present to us.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • ROI for ms SharePoint/SQL considering that is the best database engine with excellent features that help you to have all information in your hand.
    • Something negative could be license format.
    • These are the best relational databases in the market with powerful features that complement your system.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    • Analytics has been the foundation of my role. I manage 2000 accounts myself, so I need analytics to help me know whom to serve first.
    • Analytics provides a lot of visualization options that I need to serve my customers.
    • Analytics has excellent options for accountability with our training team to know where each account is in their customer journey.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho Analytics Screenshots

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