Benchmark Your BI Costs

October 16, 2009 BI Solutions No Comments

For those considering on-premise BI solutions, compared to on-demand BI solutions, estimating the cost against industry standards is a typical item in the business case. The following tool may provide you with the answers you seek.

A 2008 TDWI BI Benchmark Report, based on a web survey of 392 BI professionals, found that the median capital budget spending on BI in 2008 was $260,000 while median BI maintenance costs were $235,000.

To benchmark your BI costs against TDWI Median across:

  • BI Software Costs – BI Software, Database technology, Updates & Upgrades, Annual Maintenance
  • Infrastructure Investment – hardware costs, hardware & operational environmental costs, annual platform maintenance.

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