Infor Birst Reviews & Product Details

It is the p Advanced analytics and business intelligence software platform with which we have obtained better results and managed to optimize our workflow. Its Analytics with advanced business information has facilitated many processes within the organization. Its implementation in the cloud has facilitated quick access, for its part has allowed us to understand and optimize complex processes in less time than it would take with traditional solutions that are currently on the market. It is designed with proprietary automation and machine learning technologies, providing the ability to connect teams and applications across the enterprise through a trusted network of analytics and information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has a somewhat high knowledge curve which is necessary to maintain and grow all the company's income, which without having advanced knowledge or at least significant experience in terms of the use of platforms of this type previously It would be a truly complicated process and the management of the platform and its development would become complex, however, it is an aspect that is in favor of the benefits of all the personnel, since in this way we are more prepared and trained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Building Data mart/Data Warehouse takes months and years in typical BI environment. However with Infor-Birst turnaround time is in days and weeks. The ADR feature of product is very unique.

It supports both Pixel Perfect and Ad-hoc reporting which very few tools do.

Ease of use and availability on both Cloud and on Premises.

Embedded Analytics

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User Interface and reporting features are limited

Learning to adapt Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Birst is installed with many default functions, such as automated Year to Month to Week to Day calculations, trend charting and data modeling. Nice way to get things going quickly for any size project. The Visualizer built tool recently underwent a rewrite and is very flexible; more so than in the past.

Building out our data model is presented in a nice visual. Easy to use and manage.

Birst has added a new tool designed for power business users. It is ideal for department level data analytics. The tool allows for internal Data Lake tables ro be assigned for use to a power user in conjunction with external data sources. The UI is easy to use if the power user understands linking table and provides access to the Visualizer tool for report creation.

The Visualizer tool provides is comparable to most other BI tools. It does allow for custom coding within a Dashlet (object on a Dashboard). It also allows for use of D3 objects is we are trying to deliver an exciting visual for Marketing or Sales.

The Notification function is used extensively by our user base. Many times the users want a report or visual in email; and Birst has robust notification system.

Standard functions for authentication are easy to integrate.

Support is extremely responsive and knowledgeable. One of the best support outfits we've worked with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Birst's presentation layer can be slow if you are displaying a considerable amount of data or are using multiple languages. The new version has address most of this with the redesign of the back-end.

Visualizer is not a pixel perfect report writer, but has been moving in this direction for more than a year. The promise is we will have this by Q4, 2020.

Another work in process is dynamic presentation regardless of display size. This has gotten better, but (again) we have been promised a responsive design by the end of the year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's stable and reliable, can handle huge volumes of data with incremental data upload. It looks pretty simple and friendly for report consumers, no matter how complex the data model behind the scene. It's getting better and better with every new release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like the situation when something got broken because of 3rd parties tools and it takes ages to fix it. E.g. excel attachments come broken in Birst notification because Mimecast checks and 'fixes' them. It happened only with Birst attachments. For 2 months we cannot use Birst reports in Excel format. I don't see why in the situation like this Birst engineering cannot talk to Mimecast specialists to fix the issue. Fortunately, problems like this happen not very often. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My company has been using Birst for a little over a year now and we really find their ETL, warehouse integration and reporting features very useful and compatible to a lot of the other tools we are working with. The dashboard functionalities are very helpful to not only our clients but our company as well. The import and mapping functionality has a bit of a learning curve compared to other products, but works very well once fully understood! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

During our time using the tool, we have noticed that the time to process the data is rather inconsistent. Sometimes it is quick and sometimes it takes almost a full day. I also think better user guides and training documentation could be helpful for admins and end users while first getting started. There is a learning curve that for users not familiar with the functionality may have a hard time getting off the ground. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is an ok tool for very simple visualizations and calculations. The opening speed of visualizations is very good. That's maybe the only one thing I liked about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I worked with Birst more than two years in total. The journey was full with advanced BI development items that the Birst tool was not able to do. The back-end of the tool was very heavy, complicated and required long reloading time to get things fixed. The tool lacked dynamic and on-the-fly aggregation features. The tool often gave error messages without any guidance on how to move forward. Birst support was not helpful. Instead of fixing a bug in the software, once they offered me to live with a workaround. I could continue with this list of issues with Birst...

Overall, working with Birst gives a completely opposite experience as working with a few other BI tools which can handle any advance needs essentially error-free in a simple and clean way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

-The Visualizer is brilliant in creating spectacular and innovative dashlets if explored properly

-Embedding dashboards on a webpage with inbuilt security is a great feature.

-The Think Tank Community is a great forum to share ideas and get answers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

-The tool is relatively slow in terms of turn around time when compared to other BI tools in the market however later versions are much better than the previous versions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Capable of configuring dashboards with strong KPIs that are really descriptive. The subscriptions are also perfect instruments to use while displaying reporting instruments. This comes as a PDF and can also be exported as csv files in individual papers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At first the product is very complex, but it's natural because it has some overwhelming functions. Often the user interface is often interrupted when filters are added that also leads users to assume that it is really bad, just wait a few seconds and that's it. There is often inadequate data to create queries or to find classified answers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Birst offers its users a lot of power and flexibility. I've made 100+ reports in Birst so far. I've made many many ETL changed as well. And I occasionally discover something new. With the new UI available now and Birst shifting entirely from flash by December 2020, this just adds to the experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The lack of option to import custom charts and visualisations. Like that of powerbi Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One integrated platform for full Business intelligence needs

Easy of pulling data from different sources and drag and drop capabilities to create the logical analytics layer and end user reports and dashboards are cool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Platform stability and performance makes it unreliable to run the business and ongoing unresolved Architecture issues contributing to it is very frustrating Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The individual space creation . different method for size files.connections to databases ,servers and many more legacy system with single tool.enabling single sign on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is different thing forsize based data upload Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the best is that you can actually create a report by just uploading an excel document. It doesn't require you to have your own script just to have a report for the users. It also have different type of server connections. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I dislike is that it has a limited size in uploading excel documents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Happy with quality of the products thanks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No issue faced yet everything is alright Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For what works well, you can really do a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Their service is / was (2015-2020 customer) very buggy. We had bi-monthly calls with them, but there was little progress to show, and no prioritization to correct long-outstanding major functionality that simply didn't work.

WORSE, they would release code EVEN AFTER we reported major failures while it was in beta. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Network BI used to connect to other spaces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Only cloud version is available. Onprem version could be made available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

INFOR BIRST is a good analytical and BI tool, this tool makes it easier for the IT department and very helpful for analytics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Admin users required extensive training for this product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

very user friendly with excellent butsimplistic UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

performance issues while running heavy ETL jobs in BIRST Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Complicated reports were easy to extract Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

And change in the reports needed a technical intervention Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Multi-user access, Intuitiveness & customization option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

performance lag in managing complex data tables Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI is good and it is user friendly to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Performance is somewhat slow as compared to other BI tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Birst has been a fundamental tool for me, due to the fact that it allows me to create visualizations very easily. Also I can connect from many data sources without any mishap. The support is something that I emphasize of Birst by the fact that he has been able to solve my doubts. And as an important fact I love it because the import of the data is great from DBs sources, txt files and xls, to name some specifically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like you to make for the next more stable or concise product updates, I do not see differences or aspects that have changed for months. It should also be noted that there is a failure in the distribution of reports, I mean that not all recipients receive these reports. Added to that, it is slow to load the panels because of the cloud server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Birst has been a fundamental tool for me, due to the fact that it allows me to create visualizations very easily. Also I can connect from many data sources without any mishap. The support is something that I emphasize of Birst by the fact that he has been able to solve my doubts. Extremely attentive, I would rate the response of the seller of this software with a high score for the fact of having speed and professionalism when maintaining contact with those interested in the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like you to make for the next more stable or concise product updates, I do not see differences or aspects that have changed for months. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Birts is made to solve problems, one of them is that it allows me to have more flexibility to visualize multiple metrics, using surface data. In addition to this Birst has a very nice user interface that allows me to interact without any errors. Another element in favor is that I can have very accurate closed schedule analysis for time savings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The product is somewhat complex at the beginning, however it is normal since its functions are a bit overwhelming. Also occasionally, there are delays in the user interface when applying filters that often lead users to think that something is very serious, just wait a few seconds and that's it. Sometimes there is not enough documentation to generate questions or find answers already classified. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of use and the ability for end-users to get started and build dashboards is unrivaled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Data provisioning and transformation capabilities are limited -Birst conenct is a good tool but lacks the capabilities and finesse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Visualizer is impressive, and using reports in Dashboard was easy. Also, you can do data modelling pretty easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Slow and documents were not available in initial phase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.