A list of Business Intelligence (BI) tools – see the table below. They are widely used for reporting, dashboarding and analysis. The following BI tools were thoroughly examined on 103 criteria.

In random order the BI tools that 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.

No.	Business Intelligence Tool	Latest version	Vendor
1.	Oracle Enterprise BI Server	11g1	Oracle
2.	Business Objects Enterprise XI	r4	SAP
3.	Microsoft BI tools (integrated BI offering*)	2008/2010	Microsoft
4.	SAS Enterprise BI Server	9.2	SAS Institute
5.	Microstrategy	9	Microstrategy
6.	IBM Cognos Series 10	10.1	IBM
7.	QlikView	11	QlikTech
8.	Board Management IntelligenceToolkit	7.1	Board International
9.	BizzScore Suite	7.3	EFM Software
10.	WebFocus	8	Information Builders
11.	Oracle Hyperion System	9	Oracle
12.	SAP NetWeaver BI	7.3	SAP
13.	JasperSoft (open source)	4.5	JasperSoft
14.	Style Intelligence	11	InetSoft
15.	Pentaho BI suite (open source)	4	Pentaho
16.	Tableau Software	6.1	Tableau Software

* 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.

Download the BI Tool Survey 2012: 16 tools evaluated

Get all information to select the best (enterprise) BI tooling 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.

If the BI tool you want more information on is not on the list above and you would like it to be included in the BI Tool Survey, please fill in the evaluation request form and we will evaluate the BI tool for free.

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