ibi WebFOCUS Reviews

Name: ibi WebFOCUS
Brand: Information Builders
Rating: 4 (18 reviews)

4.4 out of 5

18 reviews
95% willing to recommend

4,353 followers

What is ibi WebFOCUS?

WebFOCUS is a strategic enterprise business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform that enables any executive, manager, analyst, employee, partner, or customer to execute smarter business from trusted data. The platform includes cutting-edge capabilities that provide organizations with everything they need to turn data into insight, and insight into impact.

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ibi WebFOCUS is the #7 ranked solution in top Predictive Analytics solutions and #10 ranked solution in top Embedded BI Tools. PeerSpot users give ibi WebFOCUS an average rating of 8.8 out of 10. ibi WebFOCUS is most commonly compared to Microsoft Power BI: ibi WebFOCUS vs Microsoft Power BI. ibi WebFOCUS is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 77% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 21% of all views.

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Twanette Jurd

Technical Director / Solutions Architect at InfoBuild

WebFOCUS goes beyond just dashboards. It's also used for operational reporting, making it crucial for mission-critical systems. In fact, a core strength is that it's not "just" a BI tool; it can be used to build complete applications. It is the best tool because of its all-in-one nature. Data integration, ETL, data migration, everything is handled within the same platform. Then, on the front end, it offers portals, reporting, distributed analysis, and more. For customers who have data in the right structure and right format, the WebFOCUS Designer tool is very powerful. It allows them to create self-service reporting applications.

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reviewer1972854

Data Warehouse Analyst at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Their latest release is called 9.0, and they added some new functions. This solution used to get awards on the level of documentation before they were bought out by TIBCO. Lately, though, they're releasing the product with major changes that are not documented at all. We've caught them on that. We'll ask technical support, "Where is this?" They'll say, "Oh, it's in the manual." We say, "No, it's not. The manual's wrong." Then they say, "Well, here's a screen print showing...Yeah, that's wrong," so we say, "You no longer do that. That doesn't work this way. How do we do it?" Their answer is, "We'll get back to you." I've been fighting with the company support for the last eight weeks to document something that is not currently documented. I know how to make it work, but no one else does because they haven't posted that. The product gets pushed out and the information is sent to documentation, and the documentation says, "Yeah, we'll get around to it when we get around to it." If there were to be any improvements right now, their documentation needs to get in sync with their product.

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reviewer1972854

Data Warehouse Analyst at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I work for an insurance company, and we are currently managing four major projects. These projects are distinct solutions designed to serve both internal and external purposes. Internally, they cater to our marketing department by helping them assess potential sales opportunities and evaluate ways…

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ibi WebFOCUS mindshare

As of November 2024, the mindshare of ibi WebFOCUS in the Predictive Analytics category stands at 0.7%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Key learnings from peers

Valuable Features

"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's highly scalable and can handle significant data volumes."
"It stands out for its ability to work across different platforms, support mainframe data, offer cloud integration, automate report scheduling, and provide a robust scripting language."
"The solution can read and write 500 different types of outputs."

Room for Improvement

"When it comes to customer support, we don't always reach the right person. Sometimes, we get junior-level reps who aren't as knowledgeable as we are."
"The challenge lies not in what the tool can do but in how you use it and understand the data."
"If there were to be any improvements right now, their documentation needs to get in sync with their product."