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Alternatives to Phocas
22 business intelligence tools sit alongside Phocas in this directory. Below is what separates each from Phocas on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 8
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Phocas starts at
- On request
Why people look past Phocas
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Phocas entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Phocas carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 8 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Phocas publishes a single plan, Phocas at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Business analytics by Microsoft
- Can be used without paying; Phocas cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $14/user/month, where Phocas does not.
- 3 tiers to Phocas's 1.
Business cloud for modern enterprises
- Publishes an entry price of $30000/year, where Phocas does not.
Self-service BI and analytics platform
- Can be used without paying; Phocas cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Phocas does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Phocas's 1.
AI notebooks combining SQL, Python and no-code for small data teams
- Can be used without paying; Phocas cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $39/month, where Phocas does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than quote.
- 4 tiers to Phocas's 1.
IBCS-based charting add-ins that replace native visuals in Power BI, Excel and PowerPoint
- Can be used without paying; Phocas cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $50/month, where Phocas does not.
- Sold on a Per year by licensed user count model rather than quote.
- 5 tiers to Phocas's 1.
Cookieless web analytics that also reports the carbon footprint of your website
- Can be used without paying; Phocas cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $14/month, where Phocas does not.
- Sold on a Per month by pageview volume model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Phocas's 1.
Every Phocas alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phocas (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| Power BIIf you have analytics capability in house and would rather build the model than pay for pre-built content | Free, then $14/user/month | - | 3 | vs Phocas |
| DomoIf you need broad enterprise data coverage rather than distribution-specific reports | $30000/year | - | - | vs Phocas |
| Zoho AnalyticsIf you want a much cheaper self-service tool and accept building your ERP model yourself | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Phocas |
| Fabi | Free, then $39/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Phocas |
| Zebra BI | Free, then $50/month | Per year by licensed user count | 5 | vs Phocas |
| Cabin | Free, then $14/month | Per month by pageview volume | 3 | vs Phocas |
| Hex | Free, then $36/month | Seat-based subscription with credit system | 4 | vs Phocas |
| Deepnote | Free, then $39/month | Subscription with free tier | 3 | vs Phocas |
| Cube | Free, then $40/developer/month | Per-developer seats with volume pricing | 4 | vs Phocas |
| Luzmo | €995/month | Per month by monthly active user count | 3 | vs Phocas |
| DashThis | $44/month | Per month by dashboard count | 4 | vs Phocas |
| Jedox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phocas |
| Pigment | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phocas |
| Board International | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phocas |
| Snowplow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phocas |
| Anaplan | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phocas |
| Rill Data | $20/month | Per user per month plus metered compute | 3 | vs Phocas |
| Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phocas |
| Reportz | $9.9/month | Per month by dashboard count | 3 | vs Phocas |
| NetBase Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phocas |
| Zenlytic | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Phocas |
| Evidence | $2500/month | Flat team pricing with no per-user fees | 2 | vs Phocas |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Phocas badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (8)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
What you would be giving up
Phocas is most often brought in for a wholesale distributor on prophet 21 whose sales reps need per-customer margin and stock availability without waiting on a report writer, a manufacturer that wants budgeting on the same data as its sales analysis rather than in a separate spreadsheet, a multi-branch retailer comparing branch and product performance daily without an internal bi team, a private equity owner standardising reporting across several acquired distributors on different erps. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Phocas is broadly right and the question is cost, the Phocas pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Business Intelligence category lists everything the directory holds, and best business intelligence tools ranks them.
Phocas runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Phocas alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Phocas?
- 22 other business intelligence tools are listed in this directory, led by Power BI, Domo, Zoho Analytics, Fabi. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Phocas?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Power BI, Zoho Analytics, Fabi, Zebra BI, Cabin.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Phocas?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Phocas?
- Phocas is most often brought in for a wholesale distributor on prophet 21 whose sales reps need per-customer margin and stock availability without waiting on a report writer, a manufacturer that wants budgeting on the same data as its sales analysis rather than in a separate spreadsheet, a multi-branch retailer comparing branch and product performance daily without an internal bi team, a private equity owner standardising reporting across several acquired distributors on different erps. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Phocas?
- None of the business intelligence tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Phocas alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Business Intelligence, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Phocas against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Phocas covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every business intelligence tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Business Intelligence category, 22 tools beside Phocas. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.