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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated November 9th, 2026 # Reviews of MicroStrategy Analytics Ease of use 3.9 Customer Service 4.1 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews Paula G Engineering Project ManagerMachinery, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “At the same time, it offers capable productivity examination that makes a difference us dodge edge hazard completely, it has well-established information structures and pecking orders that can guarantee keenness and consistency over a wide assortment of information sorts.“ June 26, 2023 Parag N System AnalystComputer Software, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “This tool's licence fee is quite pricey, which I considered to be a disadvantage.“ January 13, 2023 Laura M B Systems EngineerMedical Devices, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The company expanded the labor efficiency through the instruments and capacities given by the stage, our group has the capacity to bring numerous sources of distinctive sorts of data, hence disentangling their work, they moreover picked up familiarity within the work, they can too handle the stage effectively.“ May 15, 2023 TS Tami S assistant digital merchandiserRetail, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “If you're unfamiliar with MicroStrategy the interfaces can be so overwhelming.“ August 11, 2022 Paula G Engineering Project ManagerMachinery, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It permits joining realistic reports, histograms, graphs, maps, among others, it is multifunctional and all these devices are amazing.“ June 26, 2023 TS Tami S assistant digital merchandiserRetail, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I personally do not find the interfaces very intuitive either.“ August 11, 2022 Paula G Engineering Project ManagerMachinery, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It could be a possibly compelling apparatus that's natural, simple to introduce, arrange and utilize, has a few report styles that are useful depending on the strategy required, makes it simple to make week by week or month to month reports.“ June 26, 2023 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 66 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use HUGO NAIM F. tecnico de soporte ### "Centralized Corporate Metrics and Object Reuse Without Rewriting Formulas" November 7, 2026 4.0 It allows defining metrics, attributes, and business rules once. If a financial calculation is modified later, it automatically updates throughout the corporation. It also offers easy accessibility by enabling the rapid deployment of analytical applications for iOS/Android in corporate software, maintaining an excellent layer of data security. Pros Centralized metrics for the entire corporation allow defining business rules, attributes, and hierarchies once in the model. It also enables object reuse as there is no need to rewrite complex formulas, reusing components without the risk of divergence. Cons The learning curve is extremely steep. Mastering the platform requires understanding advanced data modeling concepts, which implies the need for specialized knowledge. The price is one of the most expensive on the market, making it inaccessible for many. Review Source Senior Software Engineer 4.0 November 11, 2026 AI summary based on a full review This tool provides powerful data handling capabilities for large datasets and enables users to perform analysis using free-form SQL. Despite its strengths, the user interface feels old-fashioned, and it lacks certain features found in competing products. Log in to unlock the full review, detailed ratings, and pros & cons Verified Reviewer 4.5 November 11, 2026 AI summary based on a full review Strategy One offers powerful analytics and security features that help consolidate metrics and protect sensitive data, but its steep learning curve and high costs may be challenging for smaller organizations. The lengthy deployment process can also be a drawback for those needing quicker solutions. Log in to unlock the full review, detailed ratings, and pros & cons Backend Developer 4.0 November 4, 2026 AI summary based on a full review This business intelligence tool offers robust automation and a reliable cloud environment, making it easier to manage large datasets and security. On the downside, the steep learning curve and insufficient documentation for newer features can complicate the onboarding process. Log in to unlock the full review, detailed ratings, and pros & cons Engineering Project Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Excellent for analyzing strategies and creating attractive reports." June 30, 2023 5.0 It could be a very natural stage that permits you to form viable and high-level investigation, much appreciated to the wide capacity of these analyzes we have managed to oversee and give prompt arrangements to issues. It gives us a really changed and broad administration of information and data, its numerous capacities brought inventive thoughts, great to fulfill our needs, they have even advanced mechanization in our company, this permits us to have high execution and more prominent efficiency. Ready to interface to the different information sources that we have within the company, whether they are social or non-relational as well as those that are within the cloud, in this way being able to consequence or trade the information to or from them, this can be one of the functionalities that we utilize more day by day on this stage. We have progressed the speed with which we handle numerous dashboards at the same time much appreciated to the capacity that it offers, we have consolidated capable highlights such as versatility, information revelation, speed between nations and tall accessibility of information connectors in unused ventures. Pros It could be a possibly compelling apparatus that's natural, simple to introduce, arrange and utilize, has a few report styles that are useful depending on the strategy required, makes it simple to make week by week or month to month reports. It permits joining realistic reports, histograms, graphs, maps, among others, it is multifunctional and all these devices are amazing. It gives our company with the essential BI to get comprehensive investigation and versatility arrangements, with these capacities we make superior choices in search of changing the way of doing commerce in look of closing unused bargains within the most limited conceivable time. At the same time, it offers capable productivity examination that makes a difference us dodge edge hazard completely, it has well-established information structures and pecking orders that can guarantee keenness and consistency over a wide assortment of information sorts. Cons Over the a long time we have had exceptionally few issues with MicroStrategy, things that have not been major but with the assistance of the bolster staff we have overseen to accommodate and reach a shared understanding in which they commit to move forward each day and what comply. Now and then attempting to perform capacities that create more full capacity utilization can become moderate and a few of the capacities don't respond as anticipated, so in case you do not know how to design to require full advantage of and maintain a strategic distance from these hiccups, all the information you as of now have been entered into the stage must be erased and begin from scratch. Review Source Laura M. B. Systems Engineer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Powerful exceptional Big Data analytics platform." May 16, 2023 5.0 MicroStrategy gives a effective analytics motor at the side comprehensive toolsets that permit me to jump into the numerous assets for interfacing information and prepare me with all the instruments required to construct applications. It gives me the flexibility to plug into NoSQL for information mining so I can effectively construct cloud-based applications. The company expanded the labor efficiency through the instruments and capacities given by the stage, our group has the capacity to bring numerous sources of distinctive sorts of data, hence disentangling their work, they moreover picked up familiarity within the work, they can too handle the stage effectively. We analyze and produce intelligently reports on a expansive sum of information, which permits us to form choices competent of directing the company towards exponential development. Microstrategy offers a wide extend of vitality visualizations, such as warm maps, and can too interface with third-party applications. Pros This instrument has made a difference me make more compelling commerce plans that have emphatically affected my whole organization. I am satisfied to begin this instrument inside my office since I have an expository see of the information collected from different other programs. I am able to produce the foremost natural and personalized that have reinforced the company. Much appreciated to this instrument, I am able to present self-service analytics and drive analytics appropriation in my other offices. Microstrategy offers us, through its apparatuses and capacities, information examination that has permitted us to create ideal choices for the exponential development of our company. We have get to to measurements where we watch execution, benefit investigation, communications board among others, we moreover carry out a more organized administration of vital arranging, with which our work group has managed to get a steady workflow, it moreover features a exceptionally appealing and simple to utilize interface. Cons The most drawback is that from time to time the item could be a bit repressed and contains a somewhat tall desire of retaining information, it's greatly troublesome to induce begun. You wish a ton of specialized data to utilize this item suitably, the primary run of the plan is exceptionally monotonous, and the prerequisites are portion of the endeavors. They ought to make a single interface for a parcel of functions, after learning how to utilize this program our groups feel comfortable with the stage, much appreciated to which we have gotten favorable comes about, in spite of the fact that it can be a small moderate at times, it isn't something that's a enormous issue for us as we have expanded our execution a parcel. Review Source Hasin I. Entrepreneurship Fellow Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "A good BI solution for big data work" June 20, 2018 3.0 \- Allowed me to query big data Pros Microstrategy has the ability to integrate with multiple data sources across the board from all channels of your companies data streams. Cons It is definitely not as easy to learn as tableu. The learning curve is a little steep but people switching from tableau should face couple of weeks of challenges. Review Source Agustin M. Software Analyst Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "MicroStrategy, your BI partner" August 23, 2023 5.0 We have used MicroStrategy as a BI, as a reporting tool with automated file sending, as a dashboard visualizer, and as a data analytic tool, giving insanely useful answers in each of those roles. Pros MicroStrategy is extremely easy to use, the impact it has on the routine is insane, helps you make decisions at really high speed and gives you the information you need when you need it the most. Cons I think MicroStrategy web could be improved to have a lot more features than it has, it pales in comparison to the architect desktop version, personally, this makes it portable and awesome. Alternatives considered [SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence](https://www.capterra.com/p/92075/SAP-BusinessObjects/) Review Source Founder, Managing Partner Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Next Version?" July 3, 2019 4.0 We use Microstrategy to create demonstration dashboards for our our analytics software. They have a fairly robust user community and they are getting better with each iteration. Beyond the way one has to manipulate the frames and maps, the software is powerful and useful for creating data visualization dashboards. Pros The software is easy to install and get up and running. It handles a wide variety of data types and has many options for displaying data. They now have a compilable version that lets developers hard code the dashboards to work with input software which is nice (although a little pricey for smaller applications). Cons The user interface was less than intuitive, development support was not strong, and some of the features do not respond as expected. Specifically, maps do not appear to scale properly - I wound up with a much larger map (the entire northern hemisphere) than wanted (the continental USA) and could never get them to display properly unless I removed the data element and started over. Setting up dashboard frames to fit various screen sizes is a little complicated. Setting up “reusable frames” was a little difficult to master, because of the sidebar configuration tools. Review Source Financial Analyst Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Optimize business intelligence" June 9, 2022 5.0 It is a high-performance platform that allows you to efficiently import data from different sources to facilitate its analysis and improve decision-making. Pros It has a nice and intuitive user interface. It makes it easy to transform large amounts of data into intuitive dashboards. It allows generating dashboards with visually very pleasant graphics. It is very easy to create report based on data. Cons Nothing negative that I can mention about this robust and versatile platform Review Source Software developer Software developer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Great Tool For Making Analytics And Reporting" March 28, 2022 5.0 It is really really very good software where we can customise alot of stuff with single tool Pros This software is very easy to install and ready to use. It has complete full of great features to use. It is very good software for reporting and analysis and also it always produce actionable, insightful and informative . Cons The pricing is little expensive as comparison to others, need good amount of information . Review Source Manager of Solution Delivery, Marketing & Sales Ventures Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Solid BI tool for enterprise wide reporting but resource intensive (both cost and initial setup)" January 23, 2019 4.0 Pros \- Full of advanced features like data storage in MicroStrategy cubes for faster reporting times, advanced grouping and filtering, ability to write your own SQL in the backend, ability to customize using SDK interface - MicroStrategy Mobile is game changer. Great app and makes a solid impression on C-suite executives Cons \- Initial setup takes time (If you compare with Tableau, etc, the setup of MicroStrategy is much more time intensive). Have to setup all attributes and measures beforehand. Review Source Senior Consultant Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Platform to evaluate BI into a single tool" February 2, 2022 4.0 Pros In our organization we're using this tool to perform ETL by cleansing and organizing the structured and non-structured data and creating visualization reports out of it Cons This tool does gets slow in performing various functions as huge datasets enter into the system, but I hope this can be improved in the future. Review Source Participant Services Inbound Supervisor Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Numbers mean everything " September 6, 2018 5.0 Pros I enjoy having the ability to run custom reports that help me understand how my staff is behaving on the phones. Exporting that data is a breeze, overall a great product. Cons It can be intimidating for new users, better integration of help functions would be appreciated. Review Source SR business analyst SR business analyst Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Leader in BI tools" September 16, 2019 5.0 My company previously used tableau as our BI tools. Tableau is impressive in building nice and interactive visualization but not so much on keeping the structure of the data which can lead to data integrity issues. Microstrategy in the beginning was behind in visualization but over time the development has improved significantly in many areas. With microstrategy, the final product can be fully trusted and consistent across the board. Pros Evolving periodically for better. Really good in maintaining data structures and hierarchy to ensure data integrity and consistency Capable to do almost anything that other competitors have. Hyper intelligence is a game changer in BI world. Cons 1\. Setup can be complicated and difficult since involved many parties (driver vendor, database vendor, etc) due to compatibility issues. 2. Prefer inner join, less support for outer join. 3. Relationship and data structures development can take lots of time and thought. Review Source sri B. QA MANAGER LEAD Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "MicroStrategy tool was helpful for me providing daily, monthly, and quarterly reporting to directo" March 6, 2018 4.0 Easy sending Pros Scalable MicroStrategy was a helpful tool for providing daily, monthly, and quarterly reporting due to the ability to build automated reports that can be sent to large groups of people using distribution lists.,data from multiple SOR sources in the organization helped in monitoring our SLA management. security features to allow the report to be used by multiple roles and levelsMobile functionality Cons users not having ability to make changes to metrics and attributes without having to rely to heavily on MicroStrategy developers, it would make the product a great dea and more useful. Review Source NH Nathan H. Client Services Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "My company utilized MicroStrategy to provide Automotive Dealers with reporting dashboards. " May 18, 2018 4.0 Pros The reliability was key. We had to refresh data weekly for over 2,000 dealerships and had many thousands of users, so it was important the dashboards were working 100% of the time. Cons It was difficult for our team to make updates to the dashboards when requested by our clients. Also, custom reports were a bit dofficult to create and schedule. Still a good reporting product, though, and a great value for the money because you can display all sorts of data in different ways (bar chart, pie chart, trend lines). Review Source Information Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "BI Analytics Reporting Tool" October 18, 2018 4.0 Pros We use microstrategy to create custom dashboards for internal use and for our customers. We are able to create SSO from our customer portal to microstrategy to allow our customers to have access to their dashboards. With microstrategy you are able to provide summary level dashboards with links that allow you to click to drill down to receive further details. We are also able to provide links so the user can export the reports to excel so they can further filter the information as needed. The creation of cubes enables us to have the data calculations ready and available to reduce the response time to present dashboards to the end user. Cons Our customers would like to be able to subscribe to receive scheduled emails of their dashboards versus having to login to our portal to view the information. We have not be able to figure out how to provide them this feature. Review Source Business Support Expert - TMS/TRW Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Very powerful data gathering, takes awhile to master" January 18, 2019 5.0 Pros I love how powerful this program is. You can gather data from different applications and compile it all into microstrategy. You can then organize and display the data in many ways to fit your needs. Cons This software is not very user friendly. There are many different attributes you can assign but the definitions and understanding on how each behaves is difficult to master. Review Source Sr. Financial Analyst Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "I liked using the system but it was hard to always trust the data" February 12, 2018 4.0 Really liked the ease of use. Pros It was easy to use and create adhoc reports. I was able to send out reports to my clients or those who I supported to give them a good look of their business. Cons It was hard to trust the data. When you can't trust the data then anything the software can do becomes mute. It was partly our fault but didn't love that aspect. Review Source Technical Solution Manager Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "User of Analytics" January 19, 2024 4.0 I'm quite satisfied with the tool due to the abundance of features and quality. Pros Many interesting features available. Nice visualisation. Cons The performance of data loading is sometimes quite long. Review Source Joshua J. Data and Testing Specialist Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "MicroStrategy Analytics is Great" April 22, 2022 5.0 Pros It is a professional tool that helps bring to light analytics. Cons It is more expensive than competitors in the field. Review Source Mo S. Data Analyst Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "It's not bad" June 7, 2018 3.0 Pros It has some good graphs, and you can add your own ones. Intelligent Cubes are the only unique feature I've seen it in this BI tool. It has a good community. Cons Dealing with SQL queries, and Microsoft Access was difficult, and probably result in an error. Even though the query was 100% correct. It generates wrong values for the query I used. I think I prefer another tool. Review Source Consultant Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Version 10.x is really powerful" October 14, 2016 4.0 I've been testing the latest version 10 and it is really good, it has new features to create dashboards in an easy and quickly way more similar to what the market for self service BI is requiring Pros Good design, easy to use, development is really fast letting you select the data and object that you want to visualize and therefore just create a dashboard within seconds. Cons The best is to have a well designed data model first or a data warehouse to pull the data and just do some of the latest transformation with the tool, that way you can get the most of it. Review Source assistant digital merchandiser Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "MicroStrategy Analytics Review" August 17, 2022 5.0 Within the e-commerce space we rely on MicroStrategy Analytics (especially within the Flex OLAP space) for our complex reporting asks. A feature that is really useful is when you are pulling a very large amount of data, you can add it to a queue and it will continue to process while you are working through other tasks. Other programs tend to crash or glitch when trying to do the same. Pros No matter how complex the data pull, I can create & save custom dashboards so quick & easy data pulls that I am able to share with my team and other collaboration departments. Exporting data is exponentially faster than with other, similar software programs we have access to. Cons If you're unfamiliar with MicroStrategy the interfaces can be so overwhelming. I personally do not find the interfaces very intuitive either. Luckily there are tons of resources for walking users through pretty much every scenario you can imagine. And with a little time it becomes second nature. Switched from [Tableau](https://www.capterra.com/p/208764/Tableau/) Company policy Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.