BI Tool Requirement Checklist for 2025: Three Questions To Ask Yourself (+55 Point Checklist)

Let's be honest: buying a Business Intelligence tool is hard (sorry - we're trying to make it easier).

We speak to dozens of organisations going through this decision—nay, this journey—and are eventually lucky to work with many of them, so have a good view of the complexities, and the ways that progressive data leaders stretch and challenge us.

At the heart of any BI purchasing decision are these three truths:

• You need a tool that ties in with ways of working, drives collaboration and breaks down silos
• You can go in with an aspirational vision, but you still need continuity of "the daily reporting pack"
• It's really not a decision you want to get wrong

We've assembled 55-point checklist of what we believe the best leaders are really looking for when they search for a BI tool, and the three powerful questions we think should frame your own search.