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AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) vs MicroStrategy comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

AtScale Adaptive Analytics ...
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
57th
Average Rating
5.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Virtualization (6th), Data Governance (47th), BI on Hadoop (2nd)
MicroStrategy
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Embedded BI (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3) is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MicroStrategy is 1.3%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
MicroStrategy1.3%
AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3)0.4%
Other98.3%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

it_user822762 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior BI and Reporting Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The GUI interface is nice and easy to use, but the organization of the icons is not saved across users
Connecting to a Hadoop database to create a cube to connect to Tableau. We want to be able to easily create cubes which can be connected to Tableau for visualization The product had many issues. We had great collaboration with the product development team, but the product was not able to meet our…
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Lead Software Engineer at Momentus
Provides strong data visualization and security while easing deployment across multiple sectors
The most effective features of MicroStrategy for data analysis in my experience are the security, the metadata management, and the administration, along with the options of different workarounds available to accommodate different types of requirements. MicroStrategy's data visualization capabilities are great, and I would rate them nine out of 10.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The GUI interface is nice and easy to use."
"MicroStrategy's data visualization capabilities are great, and I would rate them nine out of 10."
"​Technical support is knowledgeable. The right person gets back to us whenever we email them."
"The technical support of MicroStrategy can be helpful through implementation."
"It's useful if you need to create dashboards that you check every day. Also, we can create a queue, but it will be updated every day with scheduled updates."
"The most valuable feature of MicroStrategy is the ability to make your own cubes and, from those, create viewpoints."
"This solution has allowed us to become a top-class competitor among other consulting companies."
"It helps all the store managers and supply chain people to obtain a view of the data and plan the next week, the next month, quarters, and so on."
"The simplicity of MicroStrategy is what I like the most."
 

Cons

"The product was not able to meet our 10 second refresh requirements."
"There was an issue with the incremental aggregation not working as indicated."
"The organization of the icons is not saved across users."
"Data writeback, and on-the-fly predictive analysis results from R and Python could be improved."
"I would like to see the enterprise version available in a demo or as a trial version."
"We would like access to more storage and access to more metadata to build the right programs that can construct all the stuff for us instead of us having to type it in all the time."
"Areas of MicroStrategy that have room for improvement include pricing because it is costly."
"The pricing could be lower because it is costly."
"We did have issues with stability, and that was because we were co-located with another business unit, and we outgrew them on the unit. So we had to get to a separate physical instance."
"They should give proper industry-based tutorials so that one can learn it easily and implement it based on the requirements. They should give more MMP files so that we can import a whole project altogether and learn from that project."
"It would be good if it had greater analytics so we could build these visualizations by ourselves with scripts."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price of MicroStrategy is reasonable."
"​They gave us a good deal.​"
"I am unsure what the licensing costs are for this solution however, development costs are around $100,000 per year."
"They made a change in the licensing module some time ago and we can now use all the enterprise tools for free."
"There is no subscription, I am using the free version."
"We are waiting to switch to Microsoft Power BI because MicroStrategy is too costly."
"They offer yearly as well as perpetual licenses."
"Additional costs are associated with maintenance."
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Comparison Review

it_user6330 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
May 2, 2013
MicroStrategy vs. Tableau
After a recent presentation, several attendees asked me about the applications of Visual Insights and Tableau. Many companies are investing in both tools and are trying to figure out the right tool for specific applications Tableau has found its sweet-spot as an agile discovery tool that analysts…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Healthcare Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Media Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Retailer
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise100
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about MicroStrategy?
The stability of the product is good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MicroStrategy?
My company has many licenses for MicroStrategy because we can build reports in this tool. I don't know what the cost is for these licenses.
What needs improvement with MicroStrategy?
I don't have any issues with MicroStrategy and would not suggest how it can be improved. I would not change anything because it's a great tool to build reports. I would appreciate improvements in M...
 

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AtScale, AtScale Intelligence Platform
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