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Dundas BI vs Amazon QuickSight

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Dundas BI

Business Intelligence

Flexible business intelligence platform

From
$500/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Amazon QuickSight logo

Amazon QuickSight

Business Intelligence

Scalable, serverless BI by AWS

From
$3/month per user
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Dundas BI the published Embedded BI Package starts from about $4,738.70 USD per month billed annually for 8 core capacity; Amazon QuickSight reader and Reader Pro roles charged separately at $3 and $20/month
  • They diverge on capability: Dundas BI covers White-labeling, Amazon QuickSight covers SPICE In-memory Engine.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Dundas BI and Amazon QuickSight actually diverge.

Attributes where Dundas BI and Amazon QuickSight differ
AttributeDundas BIAmazon QuickSight
Starting price$500/month$3/month per user
PlatformsWeb, Embedded, MobileAWS
Founded19922006

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Business Intelligence).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Dundas BI

  • White-labeling
  • Data Preparation
  • Custom Visualizations
  • API
  • SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL

Only in Amazon QuickSight

  • SPICE In-memory Engine
  • ML Insights
  • Natural Language Queries
  • Pay-per-session
  • Redshift
  • S3
  • Athena
  • Aurora

Both cover

  • Embedded Analytics
  • Web support
  • Embedded support
  • Mobile support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Dundas BI

  • Embedding dashboards and analytics inside another applicationnot Amazon QuickSight
  • Self service business intelligence and ad hoc reportingnot Amazon QuickSight
  • Building custom data visualisations against open BI APIsnot Amazon QuickSight

Amazon QuickSight

  • Business intelligence dashboards and analyticsnot Dundas BI
  • Scalable embedded analytics for applicationsnot Dundas BI

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Dundas BI

  • The published Embedded BI Package starts from about $4,738.70 USD per month billed annually for 8 core capacity
  • That figure reflects a limited time 35 percent promotional discount rather than list price
  • Licensing is by CPU core capacity rather than by user, so cost scales with server hardware
  • Dundas is now part of insightsoftware following acquisition
  • The page states that a pricing plan is worked out together with the vendor rather than published as a rate card

Amazon QuickSight

  • Reader and Reader Pro roles charged separately at $3 and $20/month
  • Author and Author Pro roles charged at $24 and $40/month
  • $250/month infrastructure fee required if Pro users or Q&A enabled
  • SPICE storage charged at $0.38/GB monthly (10 GB included)
  • Pixel-perfect reports start at $500/month for 500 monthly units
  • Alerts charged at $0.05-$0.50 per 1,000 metrics evaluated

Pricing, plan by plan

Dundas BI

$500/month
  • Professional$500/month
    • Full Platform
    • Embedding
    • Support
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Unlimited Users
    • Multi-tenant
    • Premium Support

Amazon QuickSight

$3/month per user

No published plan breakdown. See the Amazon QuickSight review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Dundas BI if

  • You need white-labeling.
  • You work on Web, Embedded, Mobile.
  • You also want data preparation.
Dundas BI review

Choose Amazon QuickSight if

  • You need spice in-memory engine.
  • You work on AWS.
  • You also want ml insights.
Amazon QuickSight review

Questions people ask

Is Dundas BI or Amazon QuickSight better?
Neither clearly leads. Dundas BI starts at $500/month and Amazon QuickSight at $3/month per user, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Dundas BI or Amazon QuickSight?
Dundas BI starts at $500/month and Amazon QuickSight at $3/month per user.
Does Dundas BI or Amazon QuickSight run on more platforms?
Dundas BI runs on Web, Embedded, Mobile. Amazon QuickSight runs on AWS.
What is Dundas BI best used for?
Dundas BI is most often used for embedding dashboards and analytics inside another application, self service business intelligence and ad hoc reporting, building custom data visualisations against open bi apis. Of those, embedding dashboards and analytics inside another application and self service business intelligence and ad hoc reporting are not what Amazon QuickSight is typically brought in for.
What can Dundas BI do that Amazon QuickSight cannot?
Dundas BI covers White-labeling, Data Preparation, Custom Visualizations, API. Amazon QuickSight covers SPICE In-memory Engine, ML Insights, Natural Language Queries, Pay-per-session. Both handle Embedded Analytics, Web support, Embedded support, Mobile support.
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