One Stream vs Nodata, find the right datavisualization tool

Their features :

Dashboards

Nodata :

Offers advanced customization features, which allow them to consider the needs of the end users, in order to offer a tailor-made solution. In addition to giving the possibility to easily cross-reference data, Nodata integrates UX/UI methodologies to guarantee the good presentation and readability of the dashboards made available.

OneStream :

Offers solutions to players in various sectors, including finance. It allows them to create diagrams, graphs, and reports.

However, creating dashboards seems to be more difficult and less intuitive than other solutions.

Communication

The Nodata solution offers a native collaboration functionality on the platform. The comments allow users to exchange in a contextualized way in their projects while respecting the roles and rights of each.

OneStream does not offer native functionality, allowing its customers to communicate on the available information, or even to centralize the information exchanged between employees.

Security

Nodata :

In order to always ensure data security, Nodata, offers its customers the ability to assign appropriate roles and rights to team members. Moreover, the solution integrates the management of users and their roles directly in the administration interface.

Finally, the platform is compatible with all SSO technologies, to guarantee its secure access.

Onestream :

Like many platforms, OneStream provides the ability to manage end-user change requests while providing control and governance.

However, many customers have noted the great difficulty in configuring security moderation, making it a very time-consuming task for such an important feature.

Storage :

Nodata:

Made the choice of flexibility. No storage technology is imposed on the user.

Thus, it is possible to access data stored on-premises, at cloud providers, or both, in hybrid.

Nodata also offers to host the data on its servers in France.

OneStream :

The platform can be deployed on-premises, hosted, or as a software service (SaaS) in the cloud via Microsoft Azure. The platform supports financial close and consolidation, financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, performance reporting, and finance office-oriented analytics. The XF MarketPlace offers more than 50 downloadable solutions to extend the OneStream XF platform.

The software offers customers the ability to host their data on their U.S.-based cloud.

Maintenance and pricing

Nodata is a platform accessible from a web browser. Users can thus benefit from an always up-to-date solution while guaranteeing the compatibility of the documents present.

Nodata proposes pricing of licenses by users, to be composed according to the need of the customer.

A report consultation rate is also available for mass distribution needs.

OneStream is a browser-based and desktop-based solution.

Its ability to be browser-based allows users to use the software on different devices. However, the limited responsive functionality of the software does not allow it to guarantee the best display for users on mobile.

However, OneStream plans to enhance its Sensible ML solution and release an ad hoc modeling solution for iterative planning on frequently changing data.

OneStream offers a near-free version of its software ($6 per month), with 15 simple and limited features. To access the rest of the offerings on its platform, all you need to do is sign up for a subscription charged by month and counted by the number of users. These numerous functions can justify a price that can quickly become expensive ($150,000 for 60 functions), depending on the size of the company. Cost flexibility is limited by the lack of additional pricing tiers based on customer size, scheduling needs, etc.

Some feedback on the use of the platforms

According to Nodata's customer feedback, the solution is unanimously praised. Close to the customer, the Nodata teams listen carefully to the requests, even the most precise.

Nodata puts the user experience of its platform at the heart of its solution, to allow its customers to improve their performance.

According to feedback from several review platforms, such as Gartner Peer Insight and GetApp, many customers complain about difficulties in using the tool due to its lack of flexibility in Onestream.

Even more, some of them complain that they do not have access to version tracking, making it almost impossible to trace information.

To conclude :

What is the right tool and for what constraints?

Nodata's approach is simple, it is a tailor-made solution that adapts to all sizes of companies, thus allowing to exploit all the scenarios that the customer envisages, on a platform that is easy to access and use.

Nodata's functionalities offer the possibility to fully customize the platform in accordance with the customer's graphic charter. Nodata provides an innovative solution developed by data experts, for the needs of users in many sectors, giving them the possibility to keep control of their data for controlled costs.

The platform is distributed in SaaS mode and offers the possibility to be used from a web browser while keeping the source data in their information system (or elsewhere).

In addition, Nodata meets the strong constraints of security, confidentiality, and data sovereignty, which are essential today.

OneStream is a software that is very successful with its users, it was even chosen as the favorite software of people in the business according to a survey conducted by Gartner Peer Insights. However, the software is not suitable for all organizations such as small and medium-sized businesses, and has some flaws that can hinder its proper use and operation.

The platform allows its users to access a complete set of features. Indeed, the flexibility of OneStream is an advantage but also has its biggest disadvantage since some of these features must be mastered and therefore require training beforehand.

The software requires the intervention of technical experts to simplify its use. Without this support, business users are faced with difficulties in using the software, due to the lack of intuitiveness and the lack of information in the tool. This makes certain tasks more time-consuming and requires training for many customers.