I want to revisit your earlier question. When you first asked it this summer, I didn’t have specific experience with the Zebra BI visuals. However, I made learning them one of the goals of my entry in Data Challenge #16, and I can report back that they are fantastic and I think definitely worth the money if you are regularly creating tables and visuals in your reports dealing with financial data.
They are not cheap, but I think the proper way to look at is in terms of additional capabilities and speed/efficiency of visual creation. They let you very quickly and easily compare current to previous values, actual data to forecasted values, and other common budget/financial comparisons. They also let you quickly switch between chart types and between charts and tables. The Zebra BI Table visual provides a lot more options than the native matrix, and after a brief learning curve I find them quite easy to use. If they can save you significant time in easily creating quality visuals that you would otherwise need to spend a lot of time doing in Charticulator, Deneb, R, Python, etc. they may pay for themselves pretty quickly.
They offer a full 30 day trial period where you have full access to all visual features without having to enter a credit card. It’s definitely worth taking the time to give them a thorough test run to see if they fit your needs.
Here’s the link to my Data Challenge #16 Entry, where I use The Zebra BI Visuals extensively:
I hope this is helpful to you.
- Brian