ezzyScorecard vs ReportServer

ezzyScorecard is a web-based cloud tool for implementing and monitoring a business or nonprofit organisation’s Balanced Scorecard. Users can rename or add perspectives, set weightings and define objectives; linked objectives update a strategy map. The product displays perspectives, objectives and metrics in a color-coded scorecard, alongside a pictorial map of objective relationships. Its Workbench supports alternate dashboard reports, metric comments, red flags, trend analysis, multigraphs, saved report templates and downloadable presentations. Initiatives can be prioritized, assigned timelines and strategic alignment, and connected to perspectives, objectives, metrics and accountability. Users can drill into metrics and examine trends at process and actual levels. Each business is limited to 8 perspectives, 4 objectives per perspective and 6 metrics per objective. Plans allow unlimited user access. Business costs A$75 a month for 3 businesses, Corporate A$120 a month for 6, and Consultant A$150 a month for 10 businesses per pack. A 30-day trial is listed, as is a free six-month Professor subscription for students. The maker says the product focuses on implementation and control, not strategy development or interpreting outcomes and developing corrective action.

ReportServer is an open-source business intelligence platform for companies, with reporting, analysis and distribution tools. It supports Eclipse BIRT, JasperReports, SAP Crystal Reports, script reports, ad-hoc analyses, Mondrian OLAP and Excel or Word reporting. Dynamic Lists produce ad-hoc reports in Excel, PDF or XML, while configurable dashboards can contain reports and HTML5 micro-apps. Reports can run on recurring schedules, as can maintenance scripts. Access controls combine hierarchical objects, user groups, ACLs, ACEs and user variables. Authentication supports usernames and passwords, with Active Directory or scripted single sign-on integration options. The platform connects to relational databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, SAP HANA and Google BigQuery, and can send data to services such as FTP, email, Amazon S3, OneDrive/SharePoint, Google Drive and local filesystems. It runs as a Java Servlet web application with metadata in a relational database. Community Edition is free under an AGPL license; Enterprise Edition is €3,999, paid once, including one year of upgrades, with a €1999 renewal.