BI tools help enterprises find answers to business questions. The type of analytics used to answer those questions depends on the use case: Airlines and hotel chains leverage BI to track flight capacity and hotel room occupancy rates, for example; healthcare organizations and schools utilize it to monitor student performance metrics and diagnose diseases and conditions.
To choose the right BI tool, start by discussing who will be using it with stakeholders and learning what their specific needs are. Consider how much support they’ll need, whether your enterprise needs to focus on self-service capabilities or an enterprise platform. Once you have a list of use cases, look for a solution that supports the most common ones.
For example, Qlik offers a self-service analytics platform that is appropriate for users with expansive technical backgrounds as well as nontechnical users. Its cloud-based software uses in-memory data processing for super fast results and visualizations of color-coded data relationships make it easy to spot trends and insights.
Another good choice is Metabase, a free tool that promises to be the easiest way for everyone in your enterprise to ask and answer questions with data. It’s powered by search and machine learning, and allows you to create ad hoc analysis and automate tasks with simple steps. It’s also mobile-friendly and integrates with many popular platforms like Slack and G Suite. Metabase is also open source, so you can host it on your own, but its community is small and doesn’t offer extensive support.
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