Roambi Review

PROS: Roambi makes analytics very easy, even for inexperienced users. It actaully breaks data-level analytics down to few simple steps. Once you've installed the data creator, you can really mix unmixable information, and create professional reports for multi-level users. That's right, no spreadsheets anymore!

CONS: I am not that savvy with programming, and I can't build API queries independently. I'm sometimes cofused with simple to-dos too, as for instance getting data in the right build. Both issues, however, and handled by the powerful Blink integration, and the possibility to upload CSV files, and that's probably even better because it saves time.

PROS: More than displaying data in a single location, Roambi summarizes it into organized chapters on different detail-levels. Together with the fact that it is so informative, Roambi looks elegant, and has incredible comparison power on weekly, monthly, and yearly level.

CONS: One cannot skip noticing the complex learning curve, but I think this is a fair price to pay for a great program. At the end of the day, there is an amazing support crew to lend a hand where necessary. In fact, they are the ones that offer services all the times, either calling to check how things are going, or inviting us for promotions and trainings.

PROS: The best thing about Roambi is the diversity of data charts it has to offer, all of them created in few minutes, and accessible to every user. I am running a slaes network, and that's where Roambi is most valuable to create and customize recognizable reports, which I can also edit and upgrade thanks to the variety of implementation tools. Another thing I appreciate is Roambi's reliable customer support. Overall, a smart investment for small and mid-sized companies.

CONS: During my experience, I stumbled over few formatting difficulties, as for instance having to rename input data in order to transform it into graphs. There should be something like a re-mapping option, otherwise the system won't recognize the graphs. I was fairly pleased to have a standardized view on my workline, but discovering how basic and inflexible it is was somehow disappointing. I am always struggling to label the graphs, since there isn't that much character space. Overall, these may be trivial stuff, but I would still like to see them improved.

PROS: Reporting is Roambi's strongest side and biggest advantage, since it is made easy and user-friendly. I also like their software APIs, which help us customize and personalize reports in our sales network, and the fantastic customer support that never failed us. Among other stuff, we were impressed by data functionality, and the insight on our sales which managers are using to make important decisions.

CONS: Creating reports is easy, but when it comes to modifying them, things get a bit clumsy. Most of the time, introducing a single change requires recreating the entire report, which is luckily an easy thing to do. What is more problematic is using business roambi, at least when dealing with their slow analytic secton, but with what I call 'software-trained' nerves that won't mess things up. In case you're using the app on your PC, you have to get used to the fact that scrolling their library is not that compatible.

PROS: I discovered Roambi by chance, coming across a demo copy while browsing electronic stores on my iPad. It was a long time ago, and visualizators were not that essential at the moment, but it provided for some ad-hoc analysis on the move and it didn't cost a fortune, to say so. I took it, and I think that was the most reasonable decision I ever made for my business: the tool is packed with analytic power, and enables communication with all users that have the same business insight as I do. We were a small company at the time, and 'reasonable' was a big word, we were asking for impeccable functionality an dan affordable price, and we thought those would never work together. I even think they benefited from us more than we did, as they followed our feedback to expand their capacity to the extent that the program can deal with sensitive information. My favorite part are implementation options, I get to update my reports in every situation.

CONS: I wouldn't change it, I like it just the way it is. They have amazing development ideas, so I think they'd do well even without me criticizing this and that. If I have to name few improvements I'd like to see, those would probably be copying entire reports into data fields, and re-mapping. As an admin, I'd also like to be able to download the latest data files.

PROS: Roambi gives instant access to multi-level users, and summarizes data in organized and appealing charts. Very customizable, user-friendly, and cheap. A faithful assistant for your business.

CONS: Automatic updating is a distinctive advantage, but has its drawbacks. Formatting data in some of the graphs is very rigid and inflexible, for instance, as layer names change automatically, and you can't re-map the graph to prevent it. A good example of this are card views, where reorganization is difficult even during the input phase.

PROS: Setup will take time, but once you're over with it, Roambi will become the easiest tool you've ever used. I was impressed by easy sharing of relevant data, especially with the stores our fiels sales force members are visiting. According to them, stores managers are extremelly satisifed with the program, because they were not even aware of this data and what it could do for them.

CONS: There is only one presentation format that can respond to our needs, all others summarize data in a way which is not really helpful to us. As you can guess, presenting in the same way gets boring after a while, so I guess we need at least one more format to work with.

PROS: In my industry, I am expected to deal with incredibly large data chunks all the time. I was challenged to discover a program that can actually analize data in a sensible way, but the ones among you that did the same probably know that promises have nothing to do with reality. The good circumstance is that the research led me to Roambi Analytics software, a tool that understands huge datasets instantly, and helped me leave the nightmare of dealing with them in the past. It is the first time data actually makes sense to me, since I use 'Flow' to summarize it into quality reports, and my colleagues use 'Roambi Flow Viewer' to access those reports. Features are advanced, and functionality is just incredible.

CONS: Strangely, the software is only available in English, which means that it can't really reach that many prospective users. It's a pity for such an amazing program, I hope it will become multilingual in future. Companies are dealing with global data nowadays, and a mutual understanding is the only thing remaining for Roambi to accomplish in order to become a visualization leader.