Best OLAP Databases for Microsoft Excel

icCube, a Swiss-made analytics solution, is crafted for B2B SaaS product and development teams aiming to integrate advanced analytics directly into their applications. Our dashboards are designed to merge effortlessly within the SaaS solution's UI and UX, powered by icCube’s strong analytical engine, which supports complex data models with high-level security features. Adopting a developer-to-developer approach, the icCube team guides clients to ensure a smooth, rapid transition to production. We recognize the challenges of data navigation, so we’re thrilled to offer our Data Analytics Boutique Services. Tailored for both new and existing clients, this suite provides seamless data integration, fortified security, deep insights, automated decision-making, and visually impactful reports. At every project stage and throughout the product lifecycle, we partner closely with our clients, from providing quick feedback to full project and product launches.

Apache Kylin™ is a distributed, open-source Analytical Data Warehouse designed for Big Data, aimed at delivering OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) capabilities in the modern big data landscape. By enhancing multi-dimensional cube technology and precalculation methods on platforms like Hadoop and Spark, Kylin maintains a consistent query performance, even as data volumes continue to expand. This innovation reduces query response times from several minutes to just milliseconds, effectively reintroducing online analytics into the realm of big data. Capable of processing over 10 billion rows in under a second, Kylin eliminates the delays previously associated with report generation, facilitating timely decision-making. It seamlessly integrates data stored on Hadoop with popular BI tools such as Tableau, PowerBI/Excel, MSTR, QlikSense, Hue, and SuperSet, significantly accelerating business intelligence operations on Hadoop. As a robust Analytical Data Warehouse, Kylin supports ANSI SQL queries on Hadoop/Spark and encompasses a wide array of ANSI SQL functions. Moreover, Kylin’s architecture allows it to handle thousands of simultaneous interactive queries with minimal resource usage, ensuring efficient analytics even under heavy loads. This efficiency positions Kylin as an essential tool for organizations seeking to leverage their data for strategic insights.