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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
19th
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 (23rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Embedded BI category, the mindshare of Birst is 1.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GoodData is 2.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded BI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GoodData2.8%
Birst1.5%
Other95.7%
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

"Dashboards and self-service reports. These are widely used by customers in the EPM domain."
"Its ability to create a complete, end-to-end BI solution using a single software stack product is the most valuable feature."
"In general, Birst as a cloud VI solution is a user-friendly tool that looks really nice and engages users straight away."
"Birst provides quick and helpful support on raised queries."
"The fact that it is completely cloud based makes the maintenance easier since we don't have the onus of maintaining the server."
"We have been able to scale pretty quickly and easily; it has been a great experience and I love this product."
"Birst uses several connection methods to take data in from your data sources and stages it into its own data mart, and this staging from several sources makes Birst a fairly robust data warehouse solution."
"Users can jump to the Birst dashboard from SFDC without a repeat login."
"It's a good product for your end to end BI needs when its all on the cloud."
 

Cons

"Owing to the above reasons, we could not make use of the Birst tool productively."
"The initial setup was extremely complex. The Birst consultants wasted a lot of time in configuring the system."
"My own experience just made me think that this was a hidden cost that they tried to hide, but keeping that in mind, it might only be my experience as to how this surfaced for us, because I had this image of Birst that you pay this amount and get everything."
"The administration module was built using flash. It is clunky and outdated."
"For complex reports with heavy calculations, performance can be improved."
"There were stability issues with Birst. A dashboard/report takes a lot of time to open if there is a lot of data."
"The ETL, querying, and user interface did not accommodate our performance requirements."
"Customer support takes lot of time to get a solution."
"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
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
14%
Marketing Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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