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The BI Survey is an annual report based on the world's largest vendor-independent survey of Business Intelligence and Performance Management users. For over ten years, it has been the go-to resource for user organizations, consultants and vendors seeking information on product satisfaction and trends in BI software. The BI Survey 12 attracted nearly 3000 responses.

Find out more about The BI Survey 12...

Join over 2,000 Business Intelligence professionals worldwide and take part in The BI Survey 13. All participants will receive a free summary of the survey results and the chance to win one of ten Amazon gift cards. The survey takes about 20 minutes to complete and your personal data will not be shared with any BI vendors or other third parties.

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Arm yourself with true market opinion of BI products...

The BI Survey 12 offers an unsurpassed level of user feedback on issues ranging from the purchase cycle right through to implementation, including critical information on performance levels, scalability and problems encountered.

Find out the things vendors will never tell you...

Vendors will always tell you the positives about their products, but how will you ever find out about product weaknesses and vendor shortcomings? Enter The BI Survey 12. We pull no punches in delivering analysis and commentary on key areas such as performance, support and implementation problems on all the market-leading BI tools.

Negotiate better with vendors...

By comparing 27 market-leading BI products across a number of key criteria, you will quickly discover the shortcomings of each product.  You may also discover that cheaper competing products fulfill your needs as well as the product you are currently evaluating.

Discover which products deliver the most business benefits...

The BI Survey 12 uses the Business Benefits Index, a unique system designed to measure the true business benefit delivered by BI products. By measuring indicators such as increased revenues, saved headcount and ability to make better business decisions, we have rated each one of the 27 market-leading products covered in The BI Survey 12 to reveal exactly how beneficial they have been to the organizations that purchased them.

Revealed: the true cost of BI ownership...

Some products may come with a reputation for being expensive, and some are perceived as cheaper, but often these conclusions are reached without taking into account the wider costs of implementation. We analyze the license fees and actual implementation costs of 27 leading products and rank them according to their total cost of ownership per seat deployed.


Explore The BI Survey 12

The BI Survey 12 takes on an exciting new format this year, including an all-new iPad app for users to analyze the findings.

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The BI Survey Analyzer is the ultimate interactive tool for you to carry out your own custom analysis of the survey results.

Define your own shortlist of products and compare them side-by-side across numerous key criteria.

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What our readers say:

"The Holy Grail of Business Intelligence"
Michael Kurzidim, Computerworld

"We used The BI Survey extensively in our tool selection strategy, especially when looking at product scalability, availability and ease-of-use. It is an ideal resource for anyone undertaking an evaluation of BI products on the market."
Bernhard Eisenbarth, Director ICT Management, UBS, Switzerland

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