The BARC Survey Results are In: Pyramid Leads the Pack for Business Benefits, Self-Service, Flexibility and More

In the premier BI & Analytics survey from BARC, the results couldn’t be more clear. Pyramid leads in over 30 key areas surveyed. 

The largest global survey of the business intelligence market, the BI & Analytics Survey 26 by BARC, confirms what we’ve heard our customers saying: Pyramid makes analytics simpler, faster, and more impactful for everyone.

Independent Validation That Matters

Unique in the space, BARC’s annual survey is one of the most respected benchmarks in the analytics industry. Its insights come directly from real users — not vendor marketing or analyst opinion. The 2025 edition evaluated leading analytics platforms across dozens of criteria that measure both business value and user experience.

Pyramid earned 30 Top Ranks and 34 Leading Positions across key categories, including:
– #1 in Business Benefits
– #1 in Embedded Analytics
– #1 in Self-Service
– #1 in Flexibility
– #1 in Recommendation

The results reflect the focus of Pyramid’s efforts over the past year: create an end-to-end platform with essential business intelligence functionality already built-in so any user can make the decisions they need even when working with complex data environments. 

Customers Confirm the Advantage

BARC’s results aren’t theoretical. They mirror what customers are achieving across industries:

ABB: Accelerating Global Financial Planning and Analysis

Global technology leader ABB turned to Pyramid when it needed a modern, flexible platform to replace legacy analytics systems. Inside of three months, ABB deployed Pyramid across global teams, unifying data access and eliminating dependence on outdated tools.

The result: faster financial reporting, stronger collaboration, and a trusted single source of truth for thousands of users worldwide.

“Pyramid’s innovative platform stood out from the rest — it’s flexible, easy to use, and enables true self-service across the business.”
— Patrycja Czech, IS Service Owner, ABB

UHS: Modernizing Healthcare Analytics at Scale

Universal Health Services (UHS), one of the largest hospital management companies in the U.S., used Pyramid to modernize its analytics environment and improve operational efficiency across 39 states.

By replacing Excel-based processes and static reports with governed, interactive dashboards, UHS achieved a 75% reduction in report turnaround time and enabled over 800 users to access real-time, contextual insights.

“Pyramid Analytics has helped us speed up insights to our business and allowed us to become more data-driven.”
— Gary Simkus, CFO, Universal Health Services

Why This Matters Now

Today, every organization is being asked to do more with data — faster, and with fewer resources. Yet too often, analytics platforms create more obstacles than opportunities.

While every company recognizes the need to use data to drive decision-making, the reality is that many solutions are focused only on data professionals and are too complicated for business users or are business user-focused and lack the tools needed by data pros. Pyramid is built for a first-class experience for all analytics roles, even when working with huge numbers of data sources, users, and varied types of analysis.

A unified analytics platform that has all the data stack functionality already built-in and integrated, Pyramid gives a more streamlined experience to users when compared to data stacks stitched together from dozens of data tools. 

The BARC results highlight the benefits of this approach: simplicity isn’t a nice-to-have, it’s a business necessity. Organizations that simplify their analytics environment gain measurable advantages : faster decisions, lower costs, and greater confidence in every outcome.

Proof Over Promise

In a market full of marketing claims and AI buzzwords, The BI & Analytics Survey 26 by BARC provides something much more valuable: proof.

Proof that customers trust Pyramid.
Proof that our platform delivers measurable benefits.
Proof that simplicity creates results that scale.

When ABB, UHS, and other customers choose Pyramid, they’re choosing a partner that turns complexity into clarity — and analytics into advantage.

See the Results for Yourself

Independent validation, real customer success, measurable impact.

Download the highlights from The BI & Analytics Survey 26 by BARC to see how Pyramid earned 30 Top Ranks and 34 Leading Positions, including #1 in Business Benefits, Embedded Analytics, Self-Service, Flexibility, and Recommendation.

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