Socrates provides some good analytical capabilities without a lot of feature clutter. If Knosys can deliver on the promise of easily integrated interactive Web deployment, Socrates' very Web-like interface will amplify the benefits and extend use to the widest possible audience. But like the other Plato clients, the cost of creating, administering, and maintaining OLAP cubes is expensive, because you need talent that combines financial, operational, and computer acuity to build the application that makes it useful. Seagate Worksheet Seagate Software believes its existing reporting add-on, Seagate Worksheet, makes a great, simple client for Plato. Even better, they're giving it away.
Worksheet is a compact client with a very spreadsheet-like interface.
This takes advantage of widespread knowledge of spreadsheet products among the universe of likely users of the product. The program has a solid but not exhaustive set of features. Despite its compactness, it recalculates more slowly than the more heavily featured competitors. Users with spreadsheet experience will get off to a fast start with this client. Though it's somewhat easier to use than Aristotle, there are plenty of elements to learn if you're going to go beyond the basics.