Benchmark Your BI Costs
October 16, 2009 4:47 am BI SolutionsFor 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.
