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Birst vs GoodData comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Birst
Ranking in Embedded BI
20th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (28th)
GoodData
Ranking in Embedded BI
14th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Embedded BI category, the mindshare of Birst is 1.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GoodData is 2.8%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded BI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GoodData2.8%
Birst1.9%
Other95.3%
Embedded BI
 

Featured Reviews

SK
Principal Engineering Manager I at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Offers dashboards and self-service reports. The report performance is very slow.
Dashboards and self-service reports. These are widely used by customers in the EPM domain Most of our customers are interested in dashboards and self-service reports. We are able to offer them these features with this solution. Customer support takes lot of time to get a solution The report…
it_user241098 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engagement Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
​Setup is straightforward from a business user standpoint but MAQL needs to be easier.
Cloud connect Report generator MAQL needs to be easier Better row-level security for end-users I've used it for nine months, mainly for implementation and delivery to customers. No issues encountered. No issues encountered. When the source is big and/or the source is Netsuite there are…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Birst provides quick and helpful support on raised queries."
"Users can jump to the Birst dashboard from SFDC without a repeat login."
"Scalability is one of the core features of this product that makes Birst great."
"Birst is a great tool for: Creating a simple data warehouse Uploading data for quick analysis, visualizations, and dashboards"
"Birst has made it easier for us to provide embedded data visualization tools to our customers."
"In general, Birst as a cloud VI solution is a user-friendly tool that looks really nice and engages users straight away."
"The impact of Birst has been felt company-wide."
"We have been able to scale pretty quickly and easily; it has been a great experience and I love this product."
"It's a good product for your end to end BI needs when its all on the cloud."
 

Cons

"The administration module was built using flash. It is clunky and outdated."
"The ability to filter out massive amounts of data and load it properly on screen needs to be improved."
"Release management and version control are poor or not available."
"I would want to see some improvement in the user management module."
"There were stability issues with Birst. A dashboard/report takes a lot of time to open if there is a lot of data."
"For complex reports with heavy calculations, performance can be improved."
"I would like to see better connection functionality. It is not very intuitive and the UI is kind of neglected."
"As the volume of data gets bigger and bigger, so does the extraction/processing of the data and the dashboard rendering."
"When the source is big and/or the source is Netsuite there are issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Please negotiate on the price and purchase the latest version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
21%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise12
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