Rational BI AlternativesBusiness Intelligence Tools and other similar apps like Rational BI

Rational BI has been discontinued. Similar apps include Jupyter, which is free and open source. Other options are RStudio, IPython, Tableau and Open Web Analytics. There's no shortage of Business Intelligence Tools like Rational BI, with more than 50 alternatives for the web, Windows, Mac, Linux and iPhone.

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  1. Jupyter icon
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    The Jupyter Notebook is a web application that allows you to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualizations and explanatory text. Uses include: data cleaning and transformation, numerical simulation, statistical modeling, machine learning and much...

    58 Jupyter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Cloudron
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  2. RStudio icon
     135 likes

    RStudio™ is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. RStudio combines an intuitive user interface with powerful coding tools to help you get the most out of R.

    60 RStudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Xfce
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    RStudio on Windows
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  3. IPython icon
     85 likes

    IPython offers a robust architecture for interactive computing, including dynamic shells, a kernel for Jupyter, interactive visualization, GUI toolkit support, and seamless project embeddings. Targeting high efficiency in parallel computing, it supports Python interactions tailored for Jupyter environments.

    Cost / License

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    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Python
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  4. Tableau icon
     66 likes

    Tableau helps the world’s largest organizations unleash the power of their most valuable assets: their data and their people.

    281 Tableau alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • US flagUnited States
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  5. Open Web Analytics - Web Analytics – Open Source Web Analytics Framework

    The Open Web Analytics (OWA) framework provides a generic set of PHP and HTTP APIs that application developers can use to integrate web analytics into any application. The Framework also has built-in suppor.

    182 Open Web Analytics alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Utilize Microsoft's Power BI to convert varied data sources into interactive visual insights. It includes Power BI Desktop, online services, and mobile apps, allowing the creation, sharing, and consumption of business insights on any device, tailored to diverse business needs.

    198 Microsoft Power BI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Microsoft 365
    • Microsoft Power BI
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  7. Plotly icon
     38 likes

    Plotly is the easiest way to graph and share data online. Open-source libraries for JavaScript (comparison with HighCharts at https://plot.ly/highcharts-alternative/), Python, R, and MATLAB.

    105 Plotly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Online
    • iPhone
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  8. Splunk icon
     28 likes

    Splunk is software that provides unique visibility across your entire IT infrastructure from one place in real time. Only Splunk enables you to search, report, monitor and analyze streaming and historical data from any source.

    111 Splunk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  9. Databox icon
     38 likes

    Centralizes metrics and KPIs by connecting 130+ data sources, preparing and merging data, providing real-time dashboards, benchmarks, forecasting, auto-updating reports, AI insights, goal tracking, deep analysis tools, and easy sharing for team decision-making.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Apple Watch
    • US flagUnited States
    Better-informed actions by you, your team, or agents
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  10. Livebook icon
     5 likes

    Livebook is a web application for writing interactive and collaborative code notebooks. Code notebooks with Markdown support and Code cells where Elixir code is evaluated on demand.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. JasperReports icon
     22 likes

    JasperReports is a variously-licensed reporting tool & library, written in Java, which can generate HTML, PDF, Excel, CSV, and other format reports. JasperReports Server is a paid feature for distributing and scheduling reports.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  12. Google Charts icon
     27 likes

    The Google Charts is an extremely simple tool that lets you easily create a chart from some data and embed it in a webpage. You embed the data and formatting parameters in an HTTP request, and Google returns a PNG image of the chart.

    92 Google Charts alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Online
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