MicroStrategy is a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) software that simplifies the process of data mining and visualization. It places business intelligence in the hands of its users with its drag-and-drop interface, removing the need to rely on IT personnel or learning to code in order to create comprehensive analyses and reports. In this review, we cover user reviews and pricing. Ready to try MicroStrategy? Get a free trial.
What MicroStrategy Does Well
Users who gave Microstrategy a positive review said that the platform is a world leader in the field of business intelligence. Many users agree that the tool is great in handling large-scale deployments, especially since it has a user-friendly interface.
“I think the user interface is easy to learn for normal users even if they have not used analytics software before. There are three ways to do most things (navigation bar on left, main screen icons, or the M menu). There are 2 Top Level Folders for reports (Shared Reports and My Reports) which make it easy to find reports, especially when combined with the Search features available. I love the ability to easily and quickly schedule any reports to automatically run (print, email, etc.).”
– Holly French
What MicroStrategy Does Not Do Well
Users who gave MicroStrategy a negative review complained that the software has a steep learning curve. Some users said that the software’s website lacks product documentation, making it a bit lackluster compared to its competitors.
“The software can be quite slow to launch and to use with large data sets. They could also provide more training video or resources.”
– Robby Tabuchi
MicroStrategy Pricing
MicroStrategy’s pricing is not readily available on their website. However, according to a third-party site, pricing starts at $600/named user and $300,000/CPU core for their Web and Mobile plans. Interested users may contact their sales team to request for a customized quotation.
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MicroStrategy Features
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MicroStrategy FAQ
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Popular Integrations
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Cynthia Murage
Ease of use. There are multiple ways to do the same thing (navigation bar, starburst menu, or main screen). Easy to find existing reports if company organizes it well. User’s don’t have to worry about relationships between data sets if the admin sets up the system well.
Data may be hard to find but it greatly depends on how your company decides to organize it. Sometimes a little unstable (online version) but most issues are due to your company’s server capabilities. Some reports take a VERY LONG time to run but once again, most of that due to how much data the system has in it PLUS the server capability.
I wish I knew it long time ago…..
Glory Kaimuri
The ability to quickly put together a project that allows users to have great insight to their data in order to make improved decisions. It supports many data sources and can handle complex analysis. I like that the applications can be customized to user type – from casual user that just needs basic information to an advanced analyst that wants to build their own reports.
I like most everything – I think there remains improvement that could be done in the area of data visualization.
Nothing because I had known it before.
Mario Pires
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Multi products. Versatile. Multi plataform
Sometimes is not an easy learning curve.
Lack of an agile platform to design the reports
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Robby Tabuchi
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Review SourceFitSmallBusiness invited user to leave a review and offered a nominal gift card as a thank you.
Provides a free desktop software that allows you to utilize the majority of features provided with analytic tools such as tablea. The ability to integrate with other systems has proved to be very useful and improves workflow. The web
The software can be quite slow to launch and to use with large data sets. They could also provide more training video or resources.
I did not purchase but rather used the free software to fill the gap we had in analytics tools until we got Tableau. It is good to know that the software may launch and run slow and you may require a better tool for advanced analytics at a large scale.
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ADOUTTE Mathieu
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Large scale BI
Rapid and easy deployment
Slow innovation cycles
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