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Reportz vs Zebra BI

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Reportz

Business Intelligence

Per-dashboard marketing reporting at under ten dollars a client

From
$9.9/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Zebra BI

Business Intelligence

IBCS-based charting add-ins that replace native visuals in Power BI, Excel and PowerPoint

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Zebra BI has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Reportz the connector library is smaller than the established agency reporting tools, and if a platform you report on is missing there is no practical route to getting it added.; Zebra BI every viewer needs a licence, not only report authors, so distributing a report to fifty managers means buying the fifty-user bracket regardless of how few people build reports.
  • They diverge on capability: Reportz covers Per-dashboard pricing, Zebra BI covers IBCS-compliant visuals.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Reportz and Zebra BI actually diverge.

Attributes where Reportz and Zebra BI differ
AttributeReportzZebra BI
Starting price$9.9/monthFree
Pricing modelPer month by dashboard countPer year by licensed user count
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, Windows, macOS

Identical on both: 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 Reportz

  • Per-dashboard pricing
  • Unlimited users
  • Public share links
  • White labelling
  • Template library
  • Scheduled reports
  • Custom KPI widgets
  • Client management

Only in Zebra BI

  • IBCS-compliant visuals
  • Variance analysis
  • Small multiples
  • Integrated commentary
  • Excel and PowerPoint add-in
  • Free personal edition

What people use each for

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

Reportz

  • A five-person SEO agency reporting to twenty five clients that cannot justify several hundred dollars a month for reporting softwarenot Zebra BI
  • A freelancer who needs one white-labelled dashboard per client and nothing elsenot Zebra BI
  • An agency giving clients a live link instead of a monthly PDF, without buying client seatsnot Zebra BI
  • A marketing team wanting a cheap always-on KPI screen fed from ad and analytics platformsnot Zebra BI

Zebra BI

  • A controlling function standardising every management report on IBCS notation so variance is read the same way across divisionsnot Reportz
  • Monthly board packs where actual against budget against forecast must appear in one chart without three separate visualsnot Reportz
  • An Excel-first finance team that wants IBCS charts without migrating to Power BInot Reportz
  • A PowerPoint deck that needs charts to refresh from the underlying model rather than being pasted imagesnot Reportz

Where each one falls short

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

Reportz

  • The connector library is smaller than the established agency reporting tools, and if a platform you report on is missing there is no practical route to getting it added.
  • Four Dots is a small agency-owned business rather than a funded software company, so API breakages and platform changes can take longer to fix than at larger vendors.
  • There is no data modelling, SQL or warehouse layer, so cross-source analysis is limited to what the widget set already supports.
  • Per-dashboard billing means an agency that builds several views per client loses the headline price advantage quickly.
  • Documentation and support are thin compared with larger competitors, and complex setups often need direct email support rather than self-service answers.

Zebra BI

  • Every viewer needs a licence, not only report authors, so distributing a report to fifty managers means buying the fifty-user bracket regardless of how few people build reports.
  • Power BI and Office are licensed separately, so a finance team using both Excel and Power BI pays two subscriptions for the same chart grammar.
  • The visuals deliberately restrict chart types to enforce IBCS, which makes Zebra BI unsuitable for exploratory analysis or any team that wants unconventional visualisations.
  • List prices rise after the first year on the discounted tiers, so the second-year renewal is materially higher than the figure that got the purchase approved.
  • As a third-party custom visual it depends on Microsoft not changing the Power BI visuals API, and organisations with locked-down tenants often need IT approval before a custom visual can be used at all.

Pricing, plan by plan

Reportz

$9.9/month
  • Consultant$9.9/month
    • Priced per dashboard
    • Unlimited users
    • Unlimited data sources
  • Agency$99/month
    • Around ten dashboards at the same per-dashboard rate
    • Unlimited users
    • Custom domain
  • Enterprise$742.5/month
    • 75 dashboards
    • Volume rate
    • Unlimited users

Zebra BI

Free
  • PersonalFree
    • Single user
    • Zebra BI branding on visuals
    • Limited sharing and collaboration
  • Power BI Starter$50/month
    • Ten users
    • No watermark
    • Standard support
  • Power BI Business$316/month
    • Fifty users
    • Business feature set
    • Priority support
  • Office Starter$68/month
    • Ten users
    • Excel and PowerPoint add-ins
    • Billed annually

Which should you pick?

Choose Reportz if

  • You need per-dashboard pricing.
  • You also want unlimited users.
Reportz review

Choose Zebra BI if

  • You need ibcs-compliant visuals.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Windows, macOS.
  • You also want variance analysis.
Zebra BI review

Questions people ask

Is Reportz or Zebra BI better?
Neither clearly leads. Reportz starts at $9.9/month and Zebra BI at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Reportz or Zebra BI?
Zebra BI has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $9.9/month for Reportz and Free for Zebra BI.
Does Reportz or Zebra BI run on more platforms?
Reportz runs on Web. Zebra BI runs on Web, Windows, macOS.
Can I use Zebra BI for free?
Yes. Zebra BI has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Reportz starts at $9.9/month.
What is Reportz best used for?
Reportz is most often used for a five-person seo agency reporting to twenty five clients that cannot justify several hundred dollars a month for reporting software, a freelancer who needs one white-labelled dashboard per client and nothing else, an agency giving clients a live link instead of a monthly pdf, without buying client seats, a marketing team wanting a cheap always-on kpi screen fed from ad and analytics platforms. Of those, a five-person seo agency reporting to twenty five clients that cannot justify several hundred dollars a month for reporting software and a freelancer who needs one white-labelled dashboard per client and nothing else are not what Zebra BI is typically brought in for.
What can Reportz do that Zebra BI cannot?
Reportz covers Per-dashboard pricing, Unlimited users, Public share links, White labelling. Zebra BI covers IBCS-compliant visuals, Variance analysis, Small multiples, Integrated commentary.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Reportz: What does Reportz cost?

9.90 US dollars per dashboard per month, with unlimited users and data sources on every tier.

Zebra BI: Do report viewers need a licence?

Yes. All users, designers and viewers, need one. Only anonymous viewers of publicly published reports are exempt.

Reportz: Is there a free plan?

No, but there is a fifteen day trial with no card required.

Zebra BI: Is there a free version?

Yes, a single-user personal edition with Zebra BI branding and limited sharing.

Reportz: Who is behind it?

Four Dots, a digital marketing agency in Belgrade that built the tool for its own client reporting.

Zebra BI: Are Excel and Power BI covered by one licence?

No. The Office add-in and the Power BI visuals are separate subscriptions.

Reportz: Can clients view without a login?

Yes, dashboards can be shared as a public link under your own domain.

Zebra BI: What is IBCS?

International Business Communication Standards, a notation standard for business charts that Zebra BI implements by default.

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