MicroStrategy Reviews

• Enterprise reporting
• Mobile
• Distribution
• Dashboards

Most of our customers for whom I implemented the solutions were interested to see the level of detail. However, due to a couple of weaknesses we get from this tool, this was a bit painful.

We do consulting and Implementation of solutions to many industries like retail, distribution, manufacturing, oil & gas, wholesale, etc. Most of the solutions require the end reporting to be apt and simplified in nature. MicroStrategy’s built-in solutions help a very reasonable amount of customers. As they require customization, developers are required to use the desktop client. That is not simple.

Simplify the development environment and improve the visualizations.

I have been using MicroStrategy for one year and three months.

We have not had stability problems.

We have not had scalability problems.

I rate technical support 2.5/5.

We did not have any previous solution.

Setup was pretty much straightforward.

Licensing is completely dependent on the number of architects and developers the organization requires. The pricing is reasonable when compared with other industry leading tools.

We evaluated Oracle BI, Microsoft BI, Tableau and Cognos.

I recommend that they evaluate the in-built dashboards, test them with sample data and see how dashboards best fit your needs. As the development or customization of this tool is a crutch, people do not prefer to get into this technology.

Web Dashboards, Mobile, Transaction Services, and Visual Insights.

I am a consultant so my list is big. Therefore, I will pick the most recent one which on my current assignment is directly proportional to the operational costs for a business. At Interstate Batteries using RFID Technology we have a couple of web dashboards that displays inventory in the field, lists all the shops and their respective out of stock counts, shops that need to be serviced, and shops that have old batteries. Participating distributors(people who own the business of selling batteries) have sold their unwanted trucks(reducing operational costs), increased the amount of batteries sold for every stop made), reducing hot shots(delivering out of stock batteries) and increased sales at an average of 50% .

Transaction Services is a new field which allows users to have interaction with the databases. I am pretty sure MicroStrategy has improvements lined up in this section.

6 years

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

8 out of 10.

9 out of 10.

MicroStrategy is my first BI tool.

It is straightforward to implement.

We are using it for operations analysis and sales data analysis.

We are still getting it setup, so it is hard to say how it is going to perform. We are not really live yet. We are in the setup and test phase.

We do plan on rolling out the Self-Service to our business teams.

The dashboarding is probably the best feature for us. It is something that we have not had in the past.

We prefer having our analytics capabilities in a single platform, which MicroStrategy's offers.

In 2018, we will probably be using the documents and dashboards.

MicroStrategy seems to be very easy to use; user-friendly. Getting our data to work with it is where we are having issues.

We have not really scaled much.

I have not used technical support yet.

I was more on the data side getting it ready, not the administration of the product. The complexity is with our data, not really MicroStrategy.

Probably Tableau and some others, but I was not really involved in the decision process.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: They need to fit what we are trying to accomplish.

• Multi-user development environment: allows several power users to be changing the metadata, which accelerates development. Oracle BI doesn't allow this, for instance.
• Stability
• High-performance queries
• Flexibility
• Internal analytical functions
• Ease of integration with other systems
• Ease of dashboard design

• Quick time to market of analytical solutions
• In-depth, user-friendly business analysis

Simplify dashboard design; it is very powerful, but sometimes it might be like using a cannon to kill a mosquito, depending on the situation. Perhaps it is simpler in the newer version.

From my experience, the Dahsboard design from Microstrategy v9i was
very powerful and flexible. It was a "pixel perfect" design, but comparing
with other reporting platforms like Tableau and Qlik and OBIEE it is more
complex. I believe it is very good, but it needs some technical expertise
(Power User) to be fully autonomous.

I have used it for nine months.

I encountered minor stability issues.

I have not encountered any scalability issues.

Technical support is quick and efficient.

This depends on the client's needs and existing IT systems.

Initial setup is straightforward.

It is expensive, but there is a good quality-price relationship.

Before choosing this product, we also evaluated QlikView and Tableau.

Consider it in terms of flexibility to manage and develop user-friendly and powerful interfaces for end users.

It can be used for various things. We are currently using it for executive dashboarding, critical success factors, and business monitoring. We have its latest version.

It is easy to use and visually very appealing. One thing that sets it apart is that it has got a great ETL tool. As compared to some of the other solutions, it is much easier to process data from other applications in MicroStrategy. That's why we prefer using it.

Its price should be lower. In terms of features, what we have is quite encompassing right now.

I have been using this solution for about four or five years.

It is stable.

It is scalable. Currently, we have five users of this solution in our organization. There are about two or three people who are responsible not only for maintenance but also for the enhancement of the reports and other things.

Their technical support is very nice.

We have used other products.

It is expensive. We would like to extend it to many users, but we are currently restricting that because the cost is a constraint. If we are given a chance, we would love to expand it.

I would absolutely recommend this solution. We plan to keep using it.

I would rate MicroStrategy an eight out of ten.

We sell it as an underlier to our own analytics tool. It works pretty well. 

It does not really impact the way we function, so much as what we sell. It is a good tool to help our customers visually see loads of data.

We will be using Dossier the most in 2018.

The dashboards. The visual end side. Being able to do visualizations is important. 

The Geospatial and mapbox stuff that will be coming out should be really helpful. I know that is something that we have wanted: the map. That is coming, so it is good.

There are areas for improvement. Training would be an area that they could improve upon, but otherwise it is a pretty good tool. 

It is very stable. We do not have any issues. 

We have not experienced any issues with the scalability.

The technical support is good. We always get very responsive care, but we are a reseller so we probably get a little bit more support. 

The initial setup is complex, because of the customer's data and the configuration is time consuming.

The technical support of MicroStrategy can be helpful through implementation.

Spend a lot of time with the training. If you do not learn the ins or outs, it can be a difficult tool to use. You could do a PoC and get enough out of it to be able to use it. However, when it comes to administering it, you definitely need the training.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: 

• Usability
• Stability 
• Good support. 

Dashboard development.

Presents dashboards with more enhanced visualizations compared to other tools.

Business User friendly - which has been enhanced in Version 10.

4 years

Yes, the 2 million row limit.

No

Straightforward and simple, but takes long to install.