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NederlandsComparing Mews Business Intelligence and Mews Analytics helps you understand how reporting works across both products and how to continue accessing the data you rely on. As a hotel operator, revenue manager, or analyst, you use this comparison when moving from Mews Analytics to Mews Business Intelligence and want to locate familiar reports and insights. You review this information while working in Mews Business Intelligence to ensure continuity in your reporting and analysis workflows.
Note
- Mews Business Intelligence is available for all customers and provides pre-built Curated dashboards to analyze your business's data. To access customized dashboards and metrics, you can purchase the Pro version via the Mews Marketplace.
- Mews Business Intelligence data updates every two hours.
In this article, you can learn about:
Comparing Mews Business Intelligence and Mews Analytics
High-level overview of Mews Business Intelligence and Mews Analytics
Mews Analytics provides predefined reports that support standard operational and revenue reporting. Mews Business Intelligence builds on this foundation by offering dashboards that combine the same types of data with additional flexibility, interactivity, and customization.
Both products support:
- Operational performance monitoring
- Revenue and occupancy reporting
- Multi-property visibility for supported packages
Mews Business Intelligence extends these capabilities with faster access to data, consistent metrics across dashboards, and tools that support deeper analysis.
Direct comparison of Mews Business Intelligence and Mews Analytics
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Mews Analytics |
Dashboards |
Mews Business Intelligence |
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Product Overview | |||
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Loading Time |
Slow |
Fast |
Fast |
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Easy-to-use filters |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Metric Accuracy |
Low |
High |
High |
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Configurable Metrics (what goes into or out of a metric, e.g., room revenue should include X product but exclude Y product) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Custom Metrics (create a new metric that doesn’t exist or change an existing metric) |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Multi Property dashboard included in MMP add-on |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Create custom multi property data visualizations |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Continuously updated data (every 2h) |
X |
✓ |
✓ |
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Access daily summary dashboard Key Capabilities
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- |
✓ |
✓ |
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Access all out-of-the-box dashboards Dashboards:
|
✓ |
X |
✓ |
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Customization | |||
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Customize out-of-the-box dashboards |
X |
X |
✓ |
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Customize filter settings on out-of-the-box dashboards |
X |
X |
✓ |
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Customizable dashboard interactions:
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X |
X |
✓ |
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Create new custom dashboards |
X |
X |
✓ |
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Create custom data visualizations (widget that you use in a dashboard) |
X |
X |
✓ |
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Schedules & Exports | |||
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Sharable with stakeholders |
X |
✓ |
✓ |
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Scheduled email exports of daily summary dashboard in pdf, excel and csv formats
|
X |
✓ |
✓ |
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Scheduled email exports of any out-of-the-box or custom dashboard |
X |
X |
✓ |
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Configurable KPI threshold alerts for daily summary dashboard, e.g. if ADR drops below a threshold defined by customer they will get an email alert
|
X |
✓ |
✓ |
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Configurable KPI threshold alerts for any out-of-the-box or custom dashboard, e.g. if ADR drops below a threshold defined by customer they will get an email alert |
X |
X |
✓ |
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Realtime exports in pdf, excel and csv (doesn’t mean the data is real time) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Filters & Settings | |||
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Auto-save last filter configuration state, i.e. when a user returns their filters remain as they left them |
X |
✓ |
✓ |
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Save pre-set filter configurations as views, i.e. don’t have to re-create filters every time |
X |
✓ |
✓ |
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Same Time Last Year Comparison (STLY) | |||
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Same Day Last Year comparison |
X |
✓ |
✓ |
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Same Date Last Year Comparison |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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User Management | |||
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User Management, i.e.
|
X |
X |
✓ |
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Ability to share dashboards with other users:
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X |
X |
✓ |
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Packaging | |||
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Included in old Enterprise Tier |
✓ |
✓ |
X |
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Included in Essentials & Advanced |
X |
✓ |
X |
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Included in (current) Enterprise Tier |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Included in Portfolio & Brand Tier |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Included in Traveler |
✓ |
✓ |
? |
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Included in Longstay |
✓ |
✓ |
? |
How dashboards in Mews Business Intelligence relate to reports in Mews Analytics
Mews Business Intelligence organizes reporting through dashboards rather than static reports. Each dashboard groups related metrics and replaces one or more reports from Mews Analytics.
Daily operational reporting
In Mews Analytics, you use daily reports to review check-ins, check-outs, occupancy, and revenue.
In Mews Business Intelligence, use:
-
Daily summary dashboard
This dashboard provides:
- Check-ins and check-outs
- Occupancy
- Average daily rate
- Revenue per available room
- Daily pickup
You can learn more in the Daily summary dashboard help article.
Pickup and pacing insights
In Mews Analytics, pickup and pace data appears in dedicated reports.
In Mews Business Intelligence, use:
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Pickup dashboard
This dashboard supports:
- Booking pace analysis
- Comparison across time periods
- Filtering by segment and property
You can learn more in the Pickup dashboard help article.
Occupancy reporting
In Mews Analytics, occupancy reports provide a high-level view of room usage.
In Mews Business Intelligence, use:
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Occupancy dashboard
This dashboard supports:
- Space category filtering
- Reservation status filtering
- Year-over-year comparison
You can learn more in the Occupancy dashboard help article.
Revenue, ADR, and RevPAR reporting
In Mews Analytics, revenue, ADR, and RevPAR data appears across multiple reports.
In Mews Business Intelligence, use:
- Revenue dashboard
- ADR dashboard
- RevPAR dashboard
These dashboards support:
- Breakdown by booking source and segment
- Consistent metric definitions
- Flexible filtering across properties
You can learn more in the Revenue, ADR, and RevPAR dashboard help articles.
Multi-property reporting
In Mews Analytics, multi-property reporting provides a consolidated overview.
In Mews Business Intelligence, use:
-
Multi-property dashboard
This dashboard supports:
- Portfolio-level analysis
- Property group filtering
- Consistent metrics across locations
You can learn more in the Multi-property dashboard help article.
What additional capabilities Mews Business Intelligence provides
Mews Business Intelligence introduces additional tools that support more advanced reporting needs.
Note: Pre-built Curated dashboards provide standard reporting for all customers, while Mews Business Intelligence Pro supports full customization capabilities and advanced analysis.
These include:
- Faster data refresh and dashboard load time
- Flexible dashboard filters and saved views
- Enhanced User roles and permissions, for example, Admin, Creator, Read-only.
- Custom dashboards and visualizations
- Configurable metrics and custom calculations
- Dashboard sharing and scheduled exports
- Google Ads integration
Help article