MicroStrategy Analytics

Score8.5 out of 10

269 Reviews and Ratings

What is MicroStrategy Analytics?

MicroStrategy Analytics is an enterprise business analytics and mobility platform. Key features include automatic big data analysis and reporting, data discovery and visualization, digital security credentials, and support for mobile devices.

Categories & Use Cases

Pixel Perfect reports
Pixel Perfect reports are highly-formatted reports with graphics and ability to preview the report before printing.
Category average: 8.2
Customizable dashboards
Customizable dashboards are dashboards providing the builder some degree of control over the look and feel and display options.
Category average: 8.5
Report Formatting Templates
Category average: 8.1

Java API
A Java application programming interface (API) is a list of all classes that are part of the Java development kit (JDK)
Category average: 8.1
Themeable User Interface (UI)
A themeable user interface means that a specific visual them can be applied to it
Category average: 7.8
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
A customizable, open source API Gateway is a fast and scalable type of API
Category average: 7.7

Jeff Harris View profile

Hospitality Consultant in Corporate at TRO Hospitality (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

They sell the product well, and make promises you will actually believe
"checks the box" for most features a company would need. Doesn't actually deliver them though
They answer the phone in a timely manner. Can't answer your questions or provide support, but the queue time isn't bad
They have online documentation. It's not up to date, and likely doesn't reflect the version of software you are using, but hey... they can point to it.

Cons

[I feel like] compared to it's peers, this product is not ready for primetime. Has almost no capabilities "out of the box" good luck finding ANY canned reporting capabilities
Almost non-existent ecosystem for finding trained help. Relative to the 'big guys" there are not consultants or candidates you can find on the open market to actually help you implement
[I feel like they should] stop answering feature limitations by saying "go to the cloud product". If we wanted a SaaS solution, [there] are MUCH better ones than MicroStrategy Analytics. Your primary value proposition is it can be installed locally. I didn't realize that meant we would be limited in functionality to the dark ages.

Return on Investment

[I feel like] MicroStrategy Analytics implementation has had a large negative impact on the company. Significant amount of time and effort necessary to even get out the most basic of reports.
We are now having to run multiple reporting environments due to lack of capabilities in MicroStrategy Analytics.
[I feel like] we will likely migrate to a SaaS solution, and it won't be MicroStrategy Analytics.

Alternatives Considered

Google Charts

Other Software Used

Alteryx, Microsoft BI (MSBI), Google Charts

Usability

Verified User

Administrator in Human Resources (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use MicroStrategy Analytics for data analysis in my organization. MicroStrategy Analytics is data analytics tool that help my organization for making better decisions to enhance organizational performance and growth. MicroStrategy Analytics make things easy to do work. Through this product it is quite easy to handle large and complex data with ease. It provides wide range of integration with wide range of data sources.

Pros

Data visulaizations
Security feature works well
Wide range of integration with data sources

Cons

Complexity in use for begginers
Advance features are tricky
Costly product, need to work on it
Interface may be more attractive

Return on Investment

Improves organizational performance
Improves and enhance decision making
Drives revenue growth

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, Dropbox

Dharmesh Shah View profile

Associate Principal in Information Technology at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

Strong semantic layer to define all the business rules and tightly coupled
MicroStrategy Analytics cubes are easy to create and deploy
MicroStrategy Analytics cubes performance is best in the industry from performance point of view
Slice and dice features are awesome
You can define hierarchy, drill up and drill down within data set
SDK for Customizing Analytical Applications means you can leverage metadata
Embedding Analytics with MicroStrategy REST API
Data Mining and Predictive Analytics

Cons

MicroStrategy Analytics desktop support waterfall model
Modern BI tools prefer agile methodologies
Correlating unstructured data sets gets challenging

Return on Investment

Faster ROI through reduced implementation cycle
Improved quality of yield and throughput
Reduced equipment downtime
Reduced production cost
Long-term strategic management of production assets
Enhanced operational efficiency
Precise machine failures predictions

Alternatives Considered

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform, IBM Cognos Analytics, Looker and Oracle Analytics Server (formerly Oracle BI Foundation Suite)

Other Software Used

Looker, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform, IBM Cognos Analytics, Oracle Analytics Server (formerly Oracle BI Foundation Suite), Tableau Desktop, Microsoft Power BI, Qlik Analytics Platform

Usability

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

Visualization
Speed of access to reports
Easy report implementation

Cons

Visual diversity
New graphic interfaces
Some mathematical functions

Alternatives Considered

Oracle BI Foundation Suite and Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management

Other Software Used

Oracle BI Foundation Suite, QlikView

Rishi Bavishi, CSSGB, CAPM View profile

Forecasting Analyst in Professional Services at Hilton (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

Data collection/data access- The tool uses different attributes and metrics to generate data for you in a required format with required filters.
Data Visualization- The tool has great function of creating Dashboards which are specially useful for higher management to review it.
Data Analytics- With great amount of functions, it does most of the excel work within itself. Eliminates excel in most of the fronts.

Cons

Better user interface- The only thing that comes out is there is a high scope of modifying user interface. Currently it is not as good as Tableau in terms of user interface.