Effective data presentation, tracking performance interactively, dynamic update of changes, collaborative working environment and mobile BI app.
Senior Software Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Best BI tool visually rich and user friendly.
What is most valuable?
How has it helped my organization?
Mobile BI app in very helpful. Very effective data presentation and collaborative environment.
What needs improvement?
Compatibility with Mac OS and Blackberry platforms. Multi language support.
For how long have I used the solution?
Less than a year
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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
Did not encounter any issues so far.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No stability issues.
How are customer service and support?
Good technical support.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
BI Developer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
The recommendation engine provides our users with insights into data points and analyses, but there should be a personal edition for at-home installation, practice, and training.
Valuable Features:
This is the next generation BI tool, which will be very helpful to small and medium businesses to kick start data exploration and visualization on their diverse databases, with lesser intervention of IT. Yes, this tool is more of end-user centric, gives way more power to end users to perform the data analysis.
Eye-catching infographics, image banks, numerous chart options and functionality for slicing and dicing, amazing recommendation engine which can give more insights to users. Matchless click-to-collaborate features, initiate discussion on data points and context, connect relevant users and dashboards and explore suggestive auto insight.
Panorama helped one of my clients to replace a costly BI tool and bring down the licensing cost and made the tool available to more users globally.
Improvements to My Organization:
We were able to build a collaborative business intelligence solution, we replaced clients existing process of predictive analysis and forecasting, and provided solutions based on Necto with a lot ease.
The happiest group was surprisingly the business users who readily adapted this new technology after a couple of training sessions. They never had so much of freedom for data analysis.
Room for Improvement:
The thing which I was expecting and is not available as of now was a personal edition for installation on Windows home edition that can come handy when practicing and training other users; I hope they plan to provide that to us soon.
Second thing is the limited support for big data analytics, this again is not very critical at the moment but it is a good to have functionality, and soon once the user are familiar with the basic analysis they will start looking for option like big data analytics, etc.
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Programmer Analyst at Tech Services Company
The infographics feature is unique to Necto. However, they need better tutorials and community support.
What is most valuable?
The best feature I liked is the infographics which is great and it's best unique feature. It helps developers use existing infographics from the library or they can create their own and present to end users.
How has it helped my organization?
It's quite easy to create reports in Necto using the infographics feature. Collaboration helps to share ideas with others which helps to make decisions faster.
What needs improvement?
Good community support for users and tutorials for beginners.
For how long have I used the solution?
Several months
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use several BI solutions and recently evaluated Panorama Necto.
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely recommend this product to others as it provided ease of use and good reports.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Lead Technical with 1,001-5,000 employees
The product tutorials need to be improved. Overall it's a promising tool.
What is most valuable?
We are pleasantly surprised with the collaboration and visualization features of Panorama Necto. Relatively a less know tool, but I think it is very promising and there is lot potential and values in this product.
The product is very easy to use, very ideal for rolling out a self-service data discovery and visualization solution for data scientist and business users.
It has excellent social and collaboration capabilities.
Matchless click to collaborate features, initiate discussion on data points and context, connect relevant users and dashboards and explore suggestive auto insight.
Eye catching infographics, image bank, numerous chart options and functionality for slicing and dicing.
How has it helped my organization?
Not yet, but its social and visualization capabilities will certainly exciting.
What needs improvement?
Training, tutorial and awareness.
For how long have I used the solution?
Less than 6 months, we have been evaluating Panorama Necto to assess if there is a better alternative of our existing tool sets which offer more social capabilities and collaboration for data analysis and discovery.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
No, We used an online cloud.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Not yet
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
Very good, customer service is prompt.
Technical Support:Very good
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Not yet, but we are seeing lot of value.
What about the implementation team?
In house implementation
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Associate Finance Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
It's become quite simple in presenting data on the dashboard, but I feel scheduling is not that simple.
What is most valuable?
- I like implementing it to send reports through email.
- The data discovery feature is very good and appealing. It is very easy to use. The generation of dashboards from various sources is excellent.
How has it helped my organization?
We access data from various sources. Collecting them, modifying them, and loading them altogether seems to be challenge. Now, it's become quite simple in presenting data on the dashboard. Categories of graphs make it more presentable.
What needs improvement?
I feel scheduling is not that simple. Also, publishing takes considerable effort.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used it for two years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
no
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
no
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
no
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
4/5
Technical Support:4/5
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
The previous tool we used doesn't support the kind of graphs that we require.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very straight forward and the documentation made it easy to work on.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We can get this licensed product at a very reasonable price that no BI tool will be available for.
What other advice do I have?
If your data sources are many and ETL consumes a lot of your time, go for Panorama Necto. With its automation, your work becomes simple.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Sr Software Developer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
It provides us with great infographics in a self-service environment, but it needs multi-language support.
Valuable Features:
- It's easy to use and doesn't require a lot of effort.
- It provides great infographics.
- It operates in a self-service environment.
- It's scalable.
- It is fast and easy to deploy.
Room for Improvement:
- Multi-language support
- Availability across other platforms
Deployment Issues:
It's fast and easy to deploy.
Scalability Issues:
It's highly scalable.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Provides seamless collaboration and excellent infographics. Altough, the user console is a bit complicated.
What is most valuable?
Excellent infographics
Very interactive
Seamless collaboration
Impressive performance
How has it helped my organization?
Operational reports on automotive parts inventory, supply and quality metrics.
What needs improvement?
The user console is bit complicated when beginning to work with it.
For how long have I used the solution?
More than 6 months
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
Very supportive
Technical Support:Very good
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
No previous solutions were used.
What about the implementation team?
In house
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Senior Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
You can generate well-illustrated, data-intensive reports using its infographic feature.
Valuable Features:
I like its infographic feature and social ribbon the most. On one side, you can generate well-illustrated, data-intensive reports using its infographic feature, and on other side, you can get all stakeholders on board to address any concern/issue with specific report.
By using the reminder mechanism, you can bind people to act and respond on any highlighted issue on time and with authority.
Improvements to My Organization:
I have recently started working on this tool. Being a novice to the analytic field, I feel quite comfortable with this tool even during my beginner sessions. I'd say that this tool requires less training to start off with as compared to other similar tools available in market.
Room for Improvement:
- No Outlook or Lotus support.
- No support for languages other than English.
Deployment Issues:
I had no issues with deployment.
Stability Issues:
It's a stable solution.
Scalability Issues:
It's scaled for us.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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