Birst vs Omni Analytics
Birst
infor.com
Omni Analytics
omni.coSide by side
| Figure | Birst | Omni Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Bi Platforms | 8.5 (#6) | 8.0 (#13) |
| Spec score · Business Intelligence Tools | 8.4 (#24) | 8.3 (#30) |
| Analytics tools | The platform includes interactive dashboards, visual data discovery, pixel-perfect reporting, and data preparation. | The platform offers dashboards, spreadsheets, point-and-click analysis, and SQL in an IDE. |
| Deployment | Infor lists public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises deployment options; its product documentation also describes cloud and appliance deployments. | cloud |
| Embedded analytics | Yes | Omni supports white-labeling in products with SSO embedding, APIs, and an MCP server. |
| Intended users | Infor describes Birst Enterprise as extending analytics beyond Infor CloudSuite users and supporting governance across multiple ERPs and other applications. | Omni describes use for data teams, business teams seeking self-service answers, and product teams building embedded analytics. |
| Natural-language queries | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | Infor Birst combines data from different sources in a Networked BI platform and presents reports and dashboards in a browser or native mobile app. | Omni is an AI analytics platform where people can ask questions about their business and get answers grounded in a semantic layer. |
| Refresh frequency | real-time | hourly |
| Row-level security | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduled reports | Yes | Yes |
Plans
In their own words
Birst
Birst is an analytics platform that combines data from multiple sources and presents reports and dashboards in a browser or native mobile app. It offers interactive dashboards, self-service notifications, visual data discovery, and pixel-perfect operational reporting. Automated data refinement and ETL merge and model information from different platforms into a user data store. Its Networked BI approach combines centralized and decentralized analytics with reusable governed business definitions, blended models, and self-service analytic sandboxes. Infor describes prebuilt industry content across more than 11 industries, with role-specific material and out-of-the-box data models. Birst Enterprise includes AI/ML integrations, Smart Insights for automatically creating personalized dashboards, and 1TB of storage. Deployment options include hosted multi-tenant cloud, an on-premises virtual appliance, and embedding; mobile analytics work on iOS and Android, with offline access included in Enterprise. Listed functions also include real-time refresh, row-level security, scheduled reports, natural-language queries, planning, budgeting, rolling forecasts, scenario modeling, management reporting, and financial consolidation. Pricing is on request, and no free plan is listed.
Omni Analytics
Omni Analytics has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.