Phocas Software vs MicroStrategy Analytics: Which is a better fit?

The ease to use and train employees on this BI tool makes it best in the market. The power of building your own databases, customizing reports and the level of customer service is outstanding.

It was a bit difficult to understand the Sync/dbdesigner part since documentation on this was a bit vague.

I can show someone the basics in 5 to 10 minutes and they are off and running creating favorites and dashboards. The software is updated every month and their support and documentation is outstanding.

We have requested enhancements and we have some support issues that are submitted. But we have no visibility , (web portal), to review what we already submitted.

Additionally, the powerful and comprehensive capabilities of the software enable businesses to gain valuable insights into their operations and performance.

So much at once is hard to take in and learn all Phocas can give you. Too much data can be overwhelming.

Overall, I am genuinely happy with Phocas. I'm the kind of person who gets excited about report customization and flexibility within the way we structure our data.

They also don't have to rely on standard out of the box reports that can be limited in scope.

Good strategy, good visibility and very strong product, happy to be a Microstrategy customer.

Mohammed M

Data Analyst

Dealing with SQL queries, and Microsoft Access was difficult, and probably result in an error. Even though the query was 100% correct.

Margaret M

Sales Representative

This tool is very dependable and easy to customize, has great visualization and very user friendly interface. It is very good for reporting.

Other programs tend to crash or glitch when trying to do the same.

Definetiley a good competitor in this sector, I like the responsive design, mobility and ease of use they have enhanced in this versions I tested.

Also the way they manage the creation of dimensions and metrics. One thing to keep in mind is the manage of the historical changes, it can be a mess.

Nelson N

Software Developer

I have been using MicroStrategy for 5 years and have nothing but good to say about it. Very good reporting and data analytics platform, where I can obtain data from several sources and do my analysis.

Design is outdated a bit. Hard for end user to learn how to make ad-hoc reports for themselves.