Halo Reviews

The portal is very user friendly with lots of features. The ETL Tool is very good and easier to use than SSIS and other tools. Manu Ikkala has been a very knowledgeable and very prompt in his support.

The ability to show lots of measures against the time dimension

Easy to answer complex questions with a minimal amount of work. The integrations into multiple data sources was a huge plus for us.

One of the only issues we had with Halo was the limited integration into a SDLC for building and managing code. The other one thing we would like to see is a change in licensing in regards to developer licenses.

Very good balance between usability and functionality
Relatively simple for business analysts and computer literate users to "own" the cube side of things
Very easy for people with low/medium computer skills to analyse the data (presentation side of things)

I have nothing negative to say about either Halo Source or Halo Prism

Email functionality and cost effectiveness

Cost of licenses for power users and lack of intuitiveness as self-service platform

Low maintenance and very good response time by Halo when needed.

Annual maintenance fee and the cost to implement a new cube.

How easy it is to create a dashboard by dragging and dropping items. Drilling for the data is very easy and takes a matter of seconds.

Need more formatting control in regards to percentages, currency, and other misc things. Some charts do not present things easily.

Halo is one software you need to complete optimize your business. It's data report are simple to understand.

It may be a little bit difficult using the software at the beginning, but with practice it begins to make sense.

It has a great training team, which allows quick implementation with results with less cost and time.

The Halo analytics tools are quite nice to use from building cubes to using the results. At various points, it is quite intuitive.

Support from the point of sale and beyond. I have never been sold a product where the vendor kept constant contact even after the sale and install. Halo truly cares about their customers and their product, and we look forward to a long successful relationship with them.
Prism is extremely user friendly, drag and drop measures and dimensions to quickly and easily answer questions about your business.
Only software/solution to address data quality as a key part of the ETL process.
Solution experts who really know my business and our ERP system.
Training was exceptional.
Prebuilt templates to address industry specific needs.

Wish we could have moved forward with our BI approval faster. This was on us not Halo we just were not sure as a Business what we wanted. But once we had our demo it was clear Halo was our top choice. Power BI put a wrench in this process giving pause from our Executives, but once I tried to replicate some reports in Power BI and saw how large the learning curve was and that it did not include the foundation of any BI solution (a data warehouse) Halo again was where we turned.

We have multiple hospitals in our organization. I like that each individual hospital has it's own programmable screens so no sharing is required.

This is a very good product. I did not have any issues with it.

- Simple BI Toll great for small companies or simple requirements
- Fair price point for services provided

- Limited customization
- Challenging Integration to other systems
- "You get what you pay for" is true with functionality vs. pricing

It's reliable and easy to use. Drag and drop interface makes it easier for users. It has a number of source connectors to pull the data from. Customer support is unmatched.

The installation process needs to be more simple.

Prism software is easy to use, simple to customise and change reports, data can be taken from multiple sources, reports can be distributed automatically. There are regular enhancements to the product. Halo keep me well informed about new features. Support for modifications is generally prompt.

No major complaints. A simpler way to email reports or choose specific data from reports and print to PDF or email would be good. Reports with quite a few calculated field can be slow to run. The report updates after every change you make - perhaps might be useful at times to be able to make several changes and then have it update.

The broad range of connectors, and the functionality and flexibility of the product make it great fit for our company needs. The template database makes it easy to build dashboards by incorporating best practice measures by area of business.

On-premise only means cloud data sources must be replicated or partially extracted locally for inclusion.

Visibility in inventory production and finance.
Value in planning strategy
Metrics for shop floor goals.

None so far, this has been great for our planning, company strategy and on time delivery goals. Training users may be an issue when the time comes.

It takes a lot of the grunt work out of the ETL process when creating data cubes and a data warehouse. The program lets you pull in data from multiple sources and easily transform it without any knowledge of SSIS or Data Analysis. The front end prism product is easy to learn and offers many options for presenting you data in dashboards and reports. The product is also self documenting which is a major time saver.

It does require the developer to have a good knowledge of the source data and how it relates. Would be nice if it had more templates for pulling data from ERP systems like Dynamics AX. It does come with some.

Friendly and knowledgeable.
Always response to your support request quickly.
It's easy to use and easy your work.

Depends on Web Browser version. However, it's acceptable.

Fast, friendly, great support, phenomenal ROI, great training.

This is nothing I like least about this product and vendor.

Ease of use, easy to deploy, quality work of the developer.

We have had no issue with the product or with the service from Halo BI.

I enjoyed the interactive class that was incredibly informative giving me insight into the exact material I needed to learn.

I do not have any issues with this program. It is very helpful!

Great platform for data analysis and generating value out of data by creating dashboards. It also helps to plan supply chain management.

Stiff competition from other similar software's in the market. Sometime crashes out of the blue without any reason.

The best part about this software is it's results, they are easy to understand and interpret.

The software works fine, however, I think the price could be less.

Software and support are great. Our company had several upgrades and we had assistance during each one. The main value is the ability to blend data and use the pre-built dashboards and reports. These allow to see value right away. Whole project was up and running in just a few weeks.

Their app doesn't have all functions that the desktop version has but considering this type of software we normally use desktop versions regardless.