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THE BI Survey 16The world´s largest survey of BI software users

This document is a specially produced summary by BARC of the headline results for

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THE BI Survey 16 prevero highlights

prevero achieves good results in several important KPIs in this year’s BI Survey, significantly improving on previous years. The product is rated particularly well for its flexibility, agility and ease of use. Companies can bene-fit greatly from using prevero, especially in terms of improved data quality, and faster and more accurate reporting, analysis and planning. Overall, BI Survey re-sults show that prevero satisfies many of its customers, in particu-lar in the DACH region. It remains to be seen how things develop with the recent takeover by Unit4 in terms of development, global expansion and functional impro-vements.

Summary

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Flexibility for users

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Visual design standards

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Introduction

THE BI Survey 16 is based on findings from the world‘s largest and most comprehensive survey of business intelligence end users, conducted from February 2016 to May 2016. In total, 3,137 people responded to the sur-vey with 2,611 answering a series of detailed questions about their usage of a named pro-duct. Altogether, 37 products (or groups of products) are analyzed in detail.

THE BI Survey 16 examines BI product selec-tion and usage among users in categories (KPIs) including business benefits, project success, business value, recommendation, customer satisfaction, customer experience, innovation and agility. There are 32 KPIs in total.

This document contains just a selection of the headline findings for prevero. It does not show all the KPI results and focuses mainly on the positive findings.

For more information on the survey visit our new BI Survey homepage.


prevero’s product portfolio includes BI solutions for small to mid-size companies as well as busi-ness departments in mid-size and large compa-nies. All products are based on the vendor’s pre-vero.core.9 platform and dimensional prevero.hyper.cube technology. prevero offers a flexible development environment for building indivi-dual BI applications for planning, reporting and analysis with the help of wizards. No knowledge of scripting is required. prevero is suitable for conducting centralized and local planning for mid-size to large scenarios. The tool provides good capabilities for supporting both top down and bottom up planning. prevero also offers pre-defined business applications for specific indus-tries (the utilities sector and airports) and topical areas such as project portfolio management, strategic controlling and risk management.

prevero was originally founded in 1994. The company is based in Munich, Germany, and has a workforce of more than 150 employees mainly in Europe (including 20-30 in research and de-velopment) as well as an international partner network. In recent years, prevero has grown into one of the largest performance manage-ment vendors in the DACH region in terms of software revenues, and claims to have a client base of more than 4,000 companies in over 30 countries. Its growth has been largely organic but was also boosted considerably by the acqui-sitions of software vendors Winterheller in 2011 and MIK in 2015, the latter of which is still tra-ding as an independent company. In July 2016 prevero itself agreed to be acquired by Unit4, a Dutch provider of enterprise applications (e.g. ERP) for service organizations.

prevero overview

This year we had 32 responses from prevero users. 81 percent of them used Version 8, 19 percent Version 9.

prevero customer responses Versions usedn=27

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V8

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V9

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User & use case demographics


Current vs. planned usen=32

In use Planned

88%

84%

81%

63%

59%

22%

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13%

16%

34%

28%

31%

47%

Budgeting/Planning

Standard/Enterprisereporting

Ad hoc query

Dashboards/Scorecards

Basic data analysis

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Advanced analysis

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25%

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17%

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Average of allproducts

Number of users using preveron=26

Median

Mean 293

100

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3%

84%

13%

Less than 100

100 - 2500

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SubscriptionOpen source

Tasks carried out with prevero bybusiness usersn=31

preveroAverage of all products

97%92%

84%84%

71%81%

39%29%

View

Navigate

Explore/Analyze

Model/Enrich

13%

Besides standard reporting, enterprise re-porting and ad hoc query, prevero is mainly used for planning and budgeting. Advanced analysis is not so popular right now with prevero, although a significant proportion of customers plan to tackle this use case in the future. prevero is primarily used in mid-sized companies with 100-2,500 employees with a median number of 100 users in a com-mon environment. However, a mean figure of 293 users per company suggests that the product is used in some larger environ-ments as well. Most customers use the pro-duct on-premise, buying licenses up-front rather than by subscription.

Comment

Peer Groups & KPIs THE BI Survey 16 features a range of different types of BI tools so we use peer groups to help identify competing products. The groups are essential to al-low fair and useful comparisons of products that are likely to compete.

The peer groups have been defined by BARC ana-lysts using their experience and judgment, with segmentation based on two key factors:

1. Usage scenario - functional peer groups are mainly data-driven and ba-sed on how customers say they use the product.

2. Regional focus - is the vendor a large international vendor with a truly global presence or does it focus on a particu-lar region. We also take into account the location of BI Survey respondents.

prevero features in the following peer groups:

• OLAP analysis-focused products

• Integrated performance management products

• EMEA-focused vendors

Large enterprise BI platforms

Includes products equipped with functionality for enterprise deployments that focus on a broad range of BI use cases.

Dashboarding-focused products

Includes products that focus on creating advanced and highly sophisticated dashboards.

Self-service reporting-focused products

Includes products that focus on self-service reporting and ad hoc analysis.

OLAP analysis-focused products

Includes products that focus on analysis in dimensio-nal and hierarchical data models.

Visual data discovery-focused products

Includes products that focus on visual data discovery and advanced data visualization.

Integrated performance management products

Includes products that provide integrated functiona-lity for BI and performance management, especially planning and budgeting.

Large international BI vendors

Includes products from companies with annual re-venues of $200m+ and a truly international reach.

EMEA-focused vendors

Includes products from vendors that have a signifi-cant presence in - and focus on - the EMEA region.

Americas-focused vendors

Includes products from vendors that have a signifi-cant presence in - and focus on - the Americas region.

THE BI Survey 16 provides the reader with well-de-signed KPI dashboards packed with concise infor-mation, which can be absorbed at a glance. The KPIs all follow these simple rules:

• Only measures that have a clear good/bad trend are used as the basis for KPIs.

• KPIs may be based on one or more measures from THE BI Survey.

• Only products with samples of at least 20 - 30 (depending on the KPI) for each of the questions that feeds into the KPI are included.

• For quantitative data, KPIs are conver-ted to a scale of 1 to 10 (worst to best).

• A linear min-max transformation is ap-plied, which preserves the order of, and the relative distance between, pro-ducts‘ scores.

The terms ‘top-ranked’ and ‘leader’ are used in the following KPI chart titles. ‘Top-ranked’ indicates first position. ‘Leader’ usually denotes a position in the top 20-25% of products listed in the chart.

Peer Group Classification Peer Groups Overview

The KPIs


Report

This KPI is based on how many sites currently use visual design standards with their BI tool.



The trend for visual design standards is popu-lar right now, with an increasing demand in the market for presenting relevant information in a way that it can be understood in an effective and efficient manner (e.g. via the deployment of a common ‘visual language’ – usually called notation guideline – with formatting rules and design standards). In recent releases, prevero has enhanced its charting engine, particularly in the new Web-based OneClient, supporting visual design standards according to the gui-delines set out by the International Business Communication Standards (IBCS) for the con-ceptual, perceptual and semantic design of comprehensible BI and planning results.

Viewpoint

Visual design standards – Leader


Peer group: integrated performance management products

Peer group: EMEA-focused vendors


Peer group: OLAP analysis-focused products

Consistently high ratings in visual design standards



10.010.0

8.18.0

7.16.2

4.94.84.6

3.51.4

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arcplan (Longview)

IBM Cognos TM1

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Peer Group Average

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Infor

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10.08.18.0

7.15.24.94.84.74.74.64.6

3.52.82.8

Bissantz

cubus

IBM Cognos TM1

Targit

prevero

Pyramid Analytics

Cubeware

BOARD

Peer Group Average

Jedox

MS Excel

Infor

SAP BO Analysis

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IBM Cognos TM1

Infor

Jedox

MS Excel

prevero

10.010.0

8.18.0

7.16.1

4.64.6

3.52.8

Bissantz

cubus

arcplan (Longview)

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prevero

Peer Group Average

Pyramid Analytics

Cubeware

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Report

This KPI is based on how often the product was chosen for its flexibility, and on the frequency of complaints about user flexibility post-implementation.



The software’s flexibility and prevero’s range of functions are the main reasons why customers choose the product. Impressively - and for the third year in a row - prevero is top-ranked in the ‘Flexibility for users’ KPI in all of its peer groups, leaving many well-known local and global competitors behind. With its integrated platform approach, business power users with no programming skills can create individual BI applications for planning, reporting and analy-sis using prevero’s flexible, Excel-like develop-ment environment. The vendor has a broad offering, preferring not to focus on specific industries or BI application categories. In the area of planning and budgeting, there are few limitations to the types of applications that can be built (including financials, sales, HR, etc.).

Viewpoint

Flexibility for users – Top-ranked 1.1.

1.


Flexibility for users – Top-ranked


Flexibility for users – Top-ranked



10.08.4

7.37.0

6.76.0

5.45.25.04.64.5

4.14.0

Bissantz

cubus

IBM Cognos TM1

TargitPyramid Analytics

Cubeware

BOARD

Peer Group Average

Jedox

MS Excel

SAP BO AnalysisSAP BEx


CXO-Cockpit

1.81.0

prevero

Infor

10.08.4

7.37.2

7.06.76.7

6.25.2

Bissantz

cubus

arcplan (Longview)IBM Cognos TM1

Peer Group Average

CALUMOCubeware

BOARD

Jedox


5.04.6

prevero

Infor

10.08.4

7.37.2

6.76.4

6.05.25.0

4.1Bissantz

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arcplan (Longview)

Targit

Peer Group Average

Pyramid Analytics

Cubeware

BOARD

Jedox


CXO-Cockpit

4.0

prevero


Consistently top rated in flexibility for usersConsistently top rated in flexibility for users Consistently top rated in flexibility for users

Peer group: OLAP analysis-focused productsPeer group: integrated performance management products Peer group: EMEA-focused vendors


2014 2015 2016

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IBM Cognos TM1

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prevero

2014 2015 2016

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2014 2015 2016

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prevero

Report

This KPI combines the ‘Project length’, ‘Self-service’ and ‘Flexibility for users‘ KPIs.

Agility


‘Agility’ combines the results in the ‘Project length’, ‘Self-service’ and ‘Flexibility for users‘ KPIs. prevero manages several top rankings in the ‘Flexibility for users‘ KPI and solid ratings in the other KPIs, leading to a great showing in the aggregated ‘Agility’ KPI, winning all three peer groups it appears in. prevero has dramatically improved its agility rating over the last three years. Customers consider the vendor and product agile, especially in terms of its flexibility for various kinds of business intelligence and planning applications as well as the way these topics can be addressed in a self-service manner in business departments.

Viewpoint

AgilityAgility – Top-ranked 1.1.

1.


Agility – Top-ranked


Agility – Top-ranked


8.07.5

6.76.66.56.4

6.15.65.2

4.7

Bissantz

cubus

arcplan (Longview)

Targit

Peer Group Average

Pyramid Analytics

Cubeware

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3.7

prevero

8.07.5

6.56.46.4

6.05.65.6

5.1

Bissantz

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arcplan (Longview)

IBM Cognos TM1

Peer Group Average

CALUMO

Cubeware

BOARD

Jedox


4.73.7

prevero

Infor

8.07.5

6.76.66.56.46.4

5.85.65.65.25.15.0

Bissantz

cubus

IBM Cognos TM1

Targit

Pyramid Analytics

Cubeware

BOARDPeer Group Average

Jedox

MS Excel

SAP BO Analysis

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4.72.2

prevero

Infor


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prevero

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prevero

Report

This KPI is based on how often the product was chosen for its ease of use, and on the level of com-plaints about ease of use post-implementation.

Ease of use


Many customers choose prevero for its ease of use, and complaints about ease of use post-im-plementation are quite seldom. For these rea-sons prevero is rated as a leader in the integra-ted performance management products peer group, significantly improving on its results from the last two years. Customers are clearly satisfied with prevero’s Excel-like user interfa-ce and user-friendliness for creating individual BI and planning applications without the need for specific programming skills. Moreover, pre-vero’s predefined industry content for airports and the utilities sector, as well as business content for areas such as project portfolio ma-nagement, strategic controlling and risk ma-nagement, provides customers with data mo-dels, logic and workflows to achieve quick and easy results in implementation projects.

Viewpoint

Improved in ease of use


Ease of use – Leader


Ease of use

7.66.7

6.26.16.06.0

5.75.45.2

Bissantz

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arcplan (Longview)

IBM Cognos TM1

Peer Group Average

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4.34.0

prevero

Infor

2014 2015 2016

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Report

This KPI is based on the percentage of wins in competitive evaluations.



prevero is rated as a leader in competitive win rate, based on its percentage of wins in competitive evaluations against other vendors in head-on competes. The vendor often deploys its own consultants in competitive evaluations and its consulting team also conducts implementation projects. With a concentration of customers in the energy and aviation industries, prevero’s consultants possess a high degree of specific industry sector expertise in many projects, which helps to convince customers to choose prevero ahead of rival products. As the survey shows, prevero’s customers are satisfied and benefit from the product knowledge and implementation experience the vendor brings to the table.

Viewpoint


Competitive win rate – Leader


9.25.7

5.34.6

4.23.5

3.12.9

2.41.0

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