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Birst vs GoodData comparison

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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
20th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (26th)
GoodData
Ranking in Embedded BI
14th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Embedded BI category, the mindshare of Birst is 2.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GoodData is 2.8%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Embedded BI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GoodData2.8%
Birst2.0%
Other95.2%
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 has made it easier for us to provide embedded data visualization tools to our customers."
"We have been able to scale pretty quickly and easily; it has been a great experience and I love this product."
"The impact of Birst has been felt company-wide."
"Birst provides quick and helpful support on raised queries."
"Everything we did in the marketing team needed to be based on data and Birst helped us to make calculated decisions based on the given data."
"It has given us the ability to join all our data sources into one place to streamline reporting and analytics."
"Its ability to create a complete, end-to-end BI solution using a single software stack product is the most valuable feature."
"The fact that it is completely cloud based makes the maintenance easier since we don't have the onus of maintaining the server."
"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."
"There were stability issues with Birst. A dashboard/report takes a lot of time to open if there is a lot of data."
"Release management and version control are poor or not available."
"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."
"Owing to the above reasons, we could not make use of the Birst tool productively."
"The ETL, querying, and user interface did not accommodate our performance requirements."
"I would like to see better connection functionality. It is not very intuitive and the UI is kind of neglected."
"The ability to filter out massive amounts of data and load it properly on screen needs to be improved."
"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
Outsourcing Company
17%
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Construction Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
16%
Financial Services Firm
13%
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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