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NetBase Quid vs Phocas

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NetBase Quid

Business Intelligence

Consumer and market intelligence combining social listening with unstructured text analytics

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Phocas

Business Intelligence

Pre-built BI and FP&A for wholesale distributors and manufacturers running mid-market ERPs

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: NetBase Quid nothing about pricing is published and the review sites carry no plan data either, so you cannot size a budget without entering a sales process, and reported costs put it out of reach of small and mid-sized teams.; Phocas the value is the pre-built vertical content, so a company outside distribution, manufacturing or retail pays premium prices for dashboards it must build itself anyway.
  • They diverge on capability: NetBase Quid covers Social listening, Phocas covers ERP connectors.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which NetBase Quid and Phocas actually diverge.

Attributes where NetBase Quid and Phocas differ
AttributeNetBase QuidPhocas
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), 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 NetBase Quid

  • Social listening
  • Network visualisation
  • Unstructured data analytics
  • Image and logo analytics
  • Custom taxonomies
  • Alerting
  • AI agent library
  • API and exports

Only in Phocas

  • ERP connectors
  • Pre-built distribution content
  • Grid-first analysis
  • Financial statements
  • Budgets and forecasts
  • Rebates module
  • Alerts and subscriptions
  • Mobile apps

What people use each for

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

NetBase Quid

  • A consumer goods strategy team mapping five years of category news and patent filings to find unserved product territorynot Phocas
  • A brand insights function tracking how consumer language about an ingredient shifts across social and news simultaneouslynot Phocas
  • A corporate development team sizing an adjacent market from filings, transcripts and press before commissioning a consultancynot Phocas
  • An agency building a category point of view for a pitch that needs evidence broader than social conversation alonenot Phocas

Phocas

  • A wholesale distributor on Prophet 21 whose sales reps need per-customer margin and stock availability without waiting on a report writernot NetBase Quid
  • A manufacturer that wants budgeting on the same data as its sales analysis rather than in a separate spreadsheetnot NetBase Quid
  • A multi-branch retailer comparing branch and product performance daily without an internal BI teamnot NetBase Quid
  • A private equity owner standardising reporting across several acquired distributors on different ERPsnot NetBase Quid

Where each one falls short

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

NetBase Quid

  • Nothing about pricing is published and the review sites carry no plan data either, so you cannot size a budget without entering a sales process, and reported costs put it out of reach of small and mid-sized teams.
  • The two halves of the platform came from separate companies and still feel like separate products, which means the workflow from a social finding to a market-map investigation involves more manual bridging than the marketing implies.
  • The network visualisations are compelling in a demo and demanding in practice; teams without an analyst who understands clustering tend to produce pretty maps they cannot defend in a meeting.
  • Historical social data beyond the contracted window is typically an additional cost, so a retrospective study you did not scope at signing turns into a change order.
  • The rebrand from NetBase Quid to Quid has left documentation, support material and third-party integration listings under a mixture of names, which makes finding accurate current information about the product harder than it should be.

Phocas

  • The value is the pre-built vertical content, so a company outside distribution, manufacturing or retail pays premium prices for dashboards it must build itself anyway.
  • If your ERP is not on the maintained connector list you fall back to generic database extraction and lose the fast time to value that justifies the price.
  • The visualisation library is thin next to Power BI or Tableau, and analysts who want fine control over chart design will find it constraining.
  • Pricing is quoted per user and never published, and buyers routinely report large gaps between initial and renewal quotes with limited comparison leverage.
  • Modules are licensed separately, so a customer who bought Analytics and later wants Financial Statements or Rebates faces a new negotiation rather than an upgrade.

Pricing, plan by plan

NetBase Quid

On request
  • Quid$undefined/year
    • Social listening with sentiment and emotion analysis
    • Network visualisation of unstructured corpora
    • News, patent and filing datasets

Phocas

On request
  • Phocas$undefined/year
    • Annual subscription quoted by user count and modules
    • Analytics, Financial Statements, Budgets and Rebates licensed separately
    • One-off implementation and ERP connector setup fee

Which should you pick?

Choose NetBase Quid if

  • You need social listening.
  • You also want network visualisation.
NetBase Quid review

Choose Phocas if

  • You need erp connectors.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want pre-built distribution content.
Phocas review

Questions people ask

Is NetBase Quid or Phocas better?
Neither clearly leads. NetBase Quid starts at On request and Phocas at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, NetBase Quid or Phocas?
NetBase Quid starts at On request and Phocas at On request.
Does NetBase Quid or Phocas run on more platforms?
NetBase Quid runs on Web. Phocas runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is NetBase Quid best used for?
NetBase Quid is most often used for a consumer goods strategy team mapping five years of category news and patent filings to find unserved product territory, a brand insights function tracking how consumer language about an ingredient shifts across social and news simultaneously, a corporate development team sizing an adjacent market from filings, transcripts and press before commissioning a consultancy, an agency building a category point of view for a pitch that needs evidence broader than social conversation alone. Of those, a consumer goods strategy team mapping five years of category news and patent filings to find unserved product territory and a brand insights function tracking how consumer language about an ingredient shifts across social and news simultaneously are not what Phocas is typically brought in for.
What can NetBase Quid do that Phocas cannot?
NetBase Quid covers Social listening, Network visualisation, Unstructured data analytics, Image and logo analytics. Phocas covers ERP connectors, Pre-built distribution content, Grid-first analysis, Financial statements.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

NetBase Quid: Is NetBase Quid the same as Quid?

Yes. The merged company now trades as Quid and netbasequid.com redirects to quid.com.

Phocas: What does Phocas cost?

Nothing is published. It is quoted annually by user count and module, with a separate implementation fee, and varies by region.

NetBase Quid: Does it publish pricing?

No. Contracts are annual and quoted, and independent review sites list no plan pricing at all.

Phocas: Is it worth it over Power BI?

Only if you are in its target verticals on a supported ERP. Power BI is far cheaper per seat but you supply the data model.

NetBase Quid: Is there a trial?

The site offers a two-week trial on request rather than open self-service signup.

Phocas: Does it replace my ERP reporting?

It replaces day-to-day analysis and sales reporting. Transactional and statutory reporting stays in the ERP.

NetBase Quid: Is this a replacement for a social listening tool?

It can be, but you would be paying for the market intelligence half as well. If you only need social monitoring, cheaper tools cover it.

Phocas: Can it do budgeting?

Yes, through a separately licensed Financial Statements and Budgets module on the same warehouse.

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