A list of Business Intelligence (BI) tools – see the table below. They are widely used for reporting, dashboarding and analysis. The following BI tools, in alphabetical order, were thoroughly examined on 103 criteria and are part of our 100% vendor independent Business Intelligence tool comparison, the BI Tool Survey 2012. Click on the name of the BI tool for more information or order and download the survey.
| Business Intelligence Tool | Version | Vendor |
| BizzScore Suite | 7.3 | EFM Software |
| Board Management IntelligenceToolkit | 7.1 | Board International |
| Business Objects Enterprise XI | r4 | SAP |
| IBM Cognos Series 10 | 10.1 | IBM |
| JasperSoft (open source) | 4.5  | JasperSoft |
| Microsoft BI tools (integrated BI offering*) | 2008/2010 | Microsoft |
| Microstrategy | 9 | Microstrategy |
| Oracle Enterprise BI Server | 11g1 | Oracle |
| Oracle Hyperion System | 9 | Oracle |
| Pentaho BI suite (open source) | 4 | Pentaho |
| QlikView | 11 | QlikTech |
| SAP NetWeaver BI | 7.3 | SAP |
| SAS Enterprise BI Server | 9.2 | SAS Institute |
| Style Intelligence | 11 | InetSoft |
| Tableau Software | 6.1 | Tableau Software |
| WebFocus | 8 | Information Builders |
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* The following Microsoft BI Products are evaluated in the BI Tool Survey 2012: SQL Server Analysis Service (SSAS), SQL Server Reporting Service (SSRS) in combination with Excel and Excel Services, where relevant accessed by SharePoint (MOSS 2010). An evaluation of SQL Server Integration Service (SSIS) can be found in the ETL tools comparison.
>>> The niche players Arcplan, Spotfire, Talend, Actuate and Panorama software were not included, because they did not want to fill in the questionnaire and the comparison cannot be done without the vendor’s cooperation.
The BI Tool Survey 2012: 16 tools evaluated
Get all information to select the best (enterprise) BI platform for the best price by ordering the BI Tool Survey 2012. You will get real insight into using BI tools to build successful BI applications and we will send you results of comparing sixteen BI tools across 103 criteria. Open the table of contents to see what’s in the BI Tool Survey. The price is stated in Euros and excludes local taxes. Applicable taxes will be applied during the checkout process.
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