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Argos

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Last updated January 16th, 2026

# Page 2 - Reviews of Argos

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Gohreen A.  
Application Analyst Specialist  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Powerful tool."

April 13, 2018

4.0

One click reports for my department.

Pros

I can have reports available for functional users of me department with one click. Different charts can be created. Olap cube is very helpful. We do our admission letters with this product. Recently created probation and warning letters.

Cons

When our central IT has problem in nightly ODS update.

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GK

Greg K.  
Application Developer and Maps/Argos System Admin  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Quick, powerful and intuitive software for database reports"

April 13, 2018

5.0

Pros

User interface is incredibly intuitive while also providing great power and flexibility. Even users with no SQL experience can create complex queries using the visual designer. For experienced SQL developers, the text editor is available. Outputs can be in the form of interactive dashboards with charts, graphs, indicators and multi column lists, or CSV files, xml data extracts, and PDF files. The clever application developer can even turn this reporting tool into a data input application for maintenance data in your database delivering a user-friendly front end for end users. One of the most outstanding features of Argos is the company behind it. Evisions is by far the best company to work with that a customer could ever find. Their tech support is exceptional: highly responsive, incredibly knowledgeable, never hesitating to offer a webex session and really dig in to find a solution. Software updates are very solid and dependable, saving us many hours of testing because of their track record of reliability.

Cons

The banded report editor is the weakest part of the software. It is the least intuitive and least flexible, only offering output in an often poorly rendered PDF file format. It lacks output options such as a Word file format, and forces you to construct your report output into bands of data, instead of a more flexible page layout format.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Musician  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A bit frustrating as a second-level user in an organization, but provides valuable information!"

June 19, 2018

5.0

This software provides real-time access to data and statistics and provides a lot of flexibility in reporting options, so that you can get the information in a format that works for your needs!

Pros

I have use this software as a part of my Lead Support role at Lansing Community College. It is very handy to have access to information that pulled real-time from our college's student information system, and it has a LOT of flexibility in the way that you can set up and run reports to meet your statistical needs.

Cons

I am a second-level user in the fact that I can run reports, but I do not have administrative access to the software. For me, it tends to get a bit frustrating when I want more advanced information and I have to get a response from elsewhere in the organization to create a report that fits my needs. I don't think this software is particularly intuitive either. I am really adept at learning software, so I caught on quickly, but I often find myself training other people in our office, especially at ways to manipulate the reports to generate the information that you want. It sometimes takes a few tries to find and generate things in a format that works well!

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Assistant Director, Operations and Data Management  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Excellent Higher Education Enterprise Reporting"

November 26, 2019

5.0

We use Argos to report out of Ellucian's Banner for end users. The software, for these needs, is reliable and straight forward to use.

Pros

The ability to have reports scheduled to run and be run on demand is vital for my team. I value that you are able to access the reporting platform via the web or an application. The application/desktop version is more robust and is my preferred option. Exporting reports to .csv's is a good option with data manipulation needs to occur. Dashboards in Argos are helpful for viewing records and other items without having to export data.

Cons

The inability to view the SQL logic behind the reports/queries is frustrating as an end user. I understand from a security perspective why this is not allowed. The web interface tends to time out on larger/more complex queries.

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Bryan F.  
Enterprise Data Analyst  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Argos is reliable, versatile, and capable of handling all of your reporting needs."

April 10, 2018

5.0

It has greatly improved efficiency and accuracy in our reporting and error checking. We have also greatly increased our email communication through this software.

Pros

I am a power user for Argos. I have used it in my position for higher education everyday for six years. The greatest portion of this product for me is the scheduler. I use it to send reports to email address, Box.com, and server locations. It is also used to send reports directly to the printer and to send mass emailed, individually tailored to each student or faculty member.

Cons

I would say that what I like the least is the limitation factors of connecting to multiple data sources at one time. This can be done, but it does take much longer to process.

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SR

Shricharan R.  
Senior Consultant  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Argos - All in one Inexpensive Reporting Tool"

March 3, 2022

4.0

Pros

You can do most of the Important things that other reporting tool does for less expensive. Best tool for Higher Education.

Cons

Needs some more features that expensive tool has to make the users life easy.

Reason for choosing Argos

Less Expensive and most of the features than the expensive ones. Fits well with Higher Education.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Associate Registrar  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Enables an easy end user view of the data in a format that is useful for day to day work."

April 13, 2018

5.0

The end users can do their work by running their on-demand reports and not waiting for a technical person to do it. It is easy to add or rearrange data on reports. You can build unlimited reports to handle all the special requests for specific purposes knowing that the data is accurate.

Pros

It is fairly easy to convert an sql script to a pool of data where you can create reports of all types for the end user to run on demand. You can select variables to create the pool or you can filter within the reports to get only the data the end user should have. You like spreadsheets, it can do that. You need to fill in forms, it can do that.

Cons

Variable functionality on some browsers. You can always get to where you want to be but sometimes you have to take detours with some versions of some browsers. sometimes it is a right click and other times you have to click on the tool button. Sometimes it doesn't show the whole list but you can type something in the search box and it will find it.

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NH

Nadeem H.  
Business Lead  
  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Argos is an excellent tool. We are starting to implement this reporting tool."

April 10, 2018

4.0

Pros

I like the ease of use. A nontechnical user can go in and use a datablock and build reports and dashboards. Other institutions are able to share there schema and our report devolpers can easily configure and use this to build reports. The new graphics pie charts, bar charts, email bursts would be a useful feature for my institution. Evisions is investing time and effort for n making this tool better. I am excited to see the roadmap in the near future.

Cons

Would like to start to see integration in Banner. I would like to see more canned reports I would like to see more BI to be on dashboard, There may be some available on the coop I would like to see feature like email, drill down options (may be delivered already) Customer support and training available on web Security based on banner roles or departments

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AH

Anthony H.  
Programmer  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I was using Argos for more than 10 years, I am happy with it, it is a good report tools"

April 13, 2018

4.0

Good and easy to use

Pros

Argos is very simple to use and easy to learn, it has very rich of features that meet the requirement of my school. I like the free type of SQL statement most, because I am a programmer and had very strong skill of SQL scripts, therefore I can just write up the requirement by SQL and then paste into the SQL free type screen. The result return from the report is exactly what I need. To develop a report a very easy, just a few click and it also has a lot of Graphic features available, that makes the report has with the highest vision effect. Argos has a very good customer support and it can solve my problem in a very quick time.

Cons

My school is still cannot use single sign on to the Argo server, it may be something missing from the set up in my school. It is not easy and clear to relate the items in the variables to the form design screen. When I use Argos to update Banner table, the DML set up is not clear, whenever user were in more than one groups, the lower privilege over written the highest one. We run Argos report in Oracle AppEx system, but whenever we change the Argos report, it is not simple, something like we need to re-compile the report and generate a new link.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Dean, Institutional Research and Effectiveness  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Easy to use with limited IT resources"

April 10, 2018

5.0

Pros

We do not have to have an army of IT staff to fully utilize Argos. It has actually helped my analysts to more quickly learn how to program.

Cons

The graphs and charts are a little clunky to build, but they have awesome drill-through capabilities when they are complete.

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AW

Amanda W.  
Business Technology Applications Analyst  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Our institution switched to using Argos for reporting a few years ago and quickly embraced it"

April 10, 2018

5.0

The ability for our users to generate a large variety of reports or customize their reports from a large data block. This has helped cut back on the number of requests they send to our IT department for queries, reports, modifications, etc.

Pros

Argos is exceptionally easy to use for creating both simple csv data extracts as well as more complex, structured reports with customization of formatting, images and more. Argos helps our institution by allowing users to be less dependent on IT to access their data and more efficient in how they use that data in their business processes.

Cons

The responsiveness of the banded report tool can be tricky when trying to develop reports. I've found that it tends to lock up or render slowly (sometimes the graphics flash/jump around on the page). When previewing reports sometimes the data rendered isn't right.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Chief Information Officer  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Argos Success"

March 22, 2021

4.0

Pros

This software has incredible power with very few limitations

Cons

The software has become very expensive over the last 2 years.

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AA

Alejandro A.  
Senior Programmer / Systems Analyst  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Excellent solution for all our reporting needs. Easy to use for developers and end users."

April 13, 2018

5.0

No matter where our data source was, we were able to connect to it and create reports in Argos. This way we were able to centralize all reporting making Argos our reporting standard.

Pros

One of the biggest advantages of Argos is the ability to combine different data sources into a single report. This enable us to create reports that marries data from different sources like Oracle, SQL, mySQL, mariaDB etc.

Cons

There's not much to say about things I don't like too much about Argos. There's always room for improvement in all areas. Probably charting was the one where they were not making too much progress but the latest updates updated the charting in Argos and now it looks more modern.

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JG

Justin G.  
Accounts Payable Analyst  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Functionality over appearance"

October 5, 2018

5.0

Pros

I love the ability to set folder shortcuts for daily reports. This if more efficient than navigating from the root folder each time you're trying to run a report. The search feature also helps save time when trying to find a less commonly used report.

Cons

In general, the UI isn't very attractive or clean looking. It definitely feels like a utilitarian report database. However, this shouldn't detract from the solid functionality of this software.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Curriculum Specialist  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Reporting"

April 30, 2021

4.0

I have used it in the 11 years I have worked in higher education and it has been beneficial to my job performance.

Pros

We use Argos to do daily, weekly, monthly, annual reportings. It has been very beneficial for SACSCOC reports.

Cons

For some reason, there seemed to be an issue with how to set up different reports in the IT department. I don't know if this was a software issue or user error.

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MH

Mayna H.  
Dir., Administrative Computing  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "We have absolutely no regrets on switching to Argos. It is powerful, flexible, and easy to use."

April 13, 2018

5.0

Fewer calls to IT for data; Happier end users.

Pros

The ease of use and the flexibility. We are able to provide our end users a "one-stop shop" for many of their data needs by pulling multiple facets of the data into one datablock that they can manipulate as they need. Not only that, but select end users can also build communications (email) and send adhoc or on a schedule without assistance from IT. Our users love it and we love it.

Cons

Not being able to connect to more than one datasource in one datablock. This is not something we would need often, but occasionally the need does arise.

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CC

Chris C.  
Systems Analyst  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "One of the Best Tools we Use"

April 11, 2018

5.0

We are able to do a wide range of reporting--from day to day operational reports to analytical dashboards. It is easy to use and doesn't have a steep learning curve for our end users.

Pros

It's flexibility in reporting data from various data sources. It is very easy to develop and expose reporting to end-users, which frees up IT resources to work on other projects. The customer support is top-notch! Evisions listens to it's customers!

Cons

I really don't have anything bad to say about this product. Evisions is one of the best companies I work with, and Argos is the one of the best tools in our arsenal!

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Diana A.  
Business System Analyst  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "In a world of expanding and ever changing technology options, Argos is a keeper."

April 13, 2018

5.0

Users got reliable customized reports relatively quickly and easily.

Pros

Argos provides institution wide reporting with a strong foundation, enabling both report developers and report users to get value relatively quickly and easily. Using a visual design interface allows for building reports based on knowledge of tables and fields without deeper database technology knowledge. Users can have shortcuts to get to their reports quickly and easily.

Cons

The software is every changing, which I appreciate, but our institution did not keep up with multiple updates per year, so I will have to step through each update to get our version current.

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BA

Benjamin A.  
Data Architect  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Overall, Argos is a great reporting tool that is easily customizable and a breeze to develop in"

April 13, 2018

4.0

Pros

\*Ease of use \*Security permissions are very clear and easy to maintain \*You can develop charts and dashboards with a good SQL background \*Through the use of filters, you can create generic reports that are usable for several different business groups

Cons

\*Charts and graphs can look a little dated, and the filtering logic is not inherent, as compared to Tableau or Qlik \*If using a lot of filters, you must code the cascading filter logic yourself, which makes it a pain if you have changes later on (adding or subtracting filters)

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DK

Dierdre K.  
Director, Advancement Systems  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Fantastic product. Makes our entire staff more efficient and happy with their jobs."

April 13, 2018

5.0

More productive, happy staff. Huge ROI. Facilitates collaboration.

Pros

The tool is very flexible in responding to our greatest needs. We no longer need to train new staff members on our clunky database. Everyone pushes and pulls info into the database via Argos, including all gift officers. We have a 100% rate of use in our database among front-line staff members due to our use of Argos.

Cons

You need someone on staff to develop datablocks, so there is training involved. But this really isn't a negative...there's training involved in all jobs!

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JT

John T.  
Application Analyst Prin  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Argos is a solid reporting tool with enterprise pricing. "

April 16, 2018

5.0

Pros

I enjoy the overall functionality offering. It provides not just CSV and banded reporting but the forms allow interactive functionality like drill downs and you can even building simple applications in Argos.

Cons

The visualizations are functional but dated looking and limited. Expanding the type of charts offered and options on them would go a long way towards modernizing it. I also dislike the lack of all colour in the interface, occasionally having some red for a delete or cancel icon would be nice.

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JG

Justin G.  
Accounts Payable Analyst  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Good functionality, poor visuals"

July 23, 2019

4.0

Pros

There is essentially an unlimited number of reports that can be pulled using enterprise data with this software. I like the shortcut feature to help with access to daily use reports.

Cons

UI feels antiquated, mapping of reports can be a hassle if you don't remember exactly where a report is kept.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Founder's Office  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Good for reporting and dashboarding "

April 11, 2023

5.0

Pros

It helps collate data from different sources. It is easy to deploy and unifies all workflows in a single platform

Cons

Formatting UI could be improved for the reports. The integrations with several other tools and data sources is also missing like with salesforce, google analytics etc

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LS

Lavasha S.  
Senior Program Analyst  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I am still fairly new to Argos but so fair it is ease of use."

April 13, 2018

4.0

Pros

The most impressive aspect of Argos is the turnaround of tech support. The submission to respond ratio is fairly high. Also, Argos is building an evolving platform that include new and exciting features and functions.

Cons

I am still waiting on Argos to implement two-factor authentication. We place high emphasis on establishing a secure platform and the two-factor authentication will help in accomplishing that goal.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Collegiate Director of Budget and Administration  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I have limited use now using reports that were created for me. We are interested in expanding use."

April 14, 2018

4.0

Pros

The ability to customize reports. The ability to use other reports generated by others in higher education.

Cons

None at this time. We plan to use reports on the academic side of the university.

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