Business intelligence software

Business intelligence software is a type of application software designed to retrieve, analyze, transform and report data for business intelligence. The applications generally read data that have been previously stored, often, though not necessarily, in a data warehouse or data mart.

Types

The key general categories of business intelligence applications are:

Except for spreadsheets, these tools are provided as standalone applications, suites of applications, components of ERP systems, or as components of software targeted to a specific industry. The tools are sometimes packaged into data warehouse appliances.

Open source free products

Open source commercial products

Proprietary free products

Proprietary products

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