--- description: Review of NGS-IQ Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: NGS-IQ | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Business Intelligence Platform](/directory/4336/bi/software) > [NGS-IQ](/software/179929/ngs-iq) # NGS-IQ Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/179929/ngs-iq Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/179929/ngs-iq?page=2) > NGS-IQ is a query, report writing and online analytical processing (OLAP) solution exclusively for IBM i, iSeries, System i and AS/400 customers. It works with IBM Db2 on i to enable technical and non-technical users to join, extract, manipulate, format, output and share files, reports and visualizations without requiring a separate server or middleware. NGS-IQ allows developers to use the point-click, drag and drop interface to construct ad-hoc queries and production reports that include conditional calculation logic, date formatting, date arithmetic, run-time prompts for calculations and variable selection criteria, summaries, rankings, running totals, running percentages of totals standard deviation and absolute value. Authorized users can run NGS-IQ queries to refresh Excel sheets, including charts and pivot tables, from desktop shortcuts and hyperlinks. Customers may also provide run-time links to queries from intranet, portal and IBM i applications. Output formats include Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word), HTML, NGS's own SmartView OLAP module, Adobe PDF, CSV, TXT, XML and print. The application supports email output distribution, self-service Web reporting and interfaces to IBM and third-party job scheduling software. Optional security and remote data access modules are available. > > Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 9 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 9 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: New Generation Software - **Location**: Sacramento, US - **Founded**: 1982 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$1,250.00 - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Contact New Generation Software for pricing details - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Canada, United States ## Features - API - Ad hoc Query - Ad hoc Reporting - Customisable Dashboard - Customisable Reports - Dashboard - Data Aggregation and Publishing - Data Connectors - Data Extraction - Data Import/Export - Data Synchronisation - Data Transformation - Data Visualisation - Drag & Drop - Financial Reporting - Forecasting - Job Scheduling - Marketing Reports - Metadata Management - Multiple Data Sources ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support ## Category - [Business Intelligence Platform](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4336/bi/software) ## Related Categories - [Business Intelligence Platform](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4336/bi/software) - [Data Preparation Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/3959/data-preparation/software) - [Manufacturing BI Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/3828/manufacturing/software) - [Reporting Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4284/reporting-tools/software) - [Data Extraction Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4555/data-extraction/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I am able to let them self-serve results from our 40+ year old system. > > **Cons**: Maybe I just haven't found it yet, but it would be nice to be able to write ANSI-standard SQL if it would be quicker. Also to do sub-queries without having to write and link two separate queries. > > NGS customer support is the most responsive and helpful of any support team for any software company that I have encountered in my career. ----- ### "A great tool for extracting and sharing data" — 5.0/5 > **Shawn** | *19 December 2019* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: NGS-IQ works and works well. I've used the product to write literally hundreds of reports in the 10+ years that I have been a user. We have built significant business processes out of the data that we are able to extract from our system with this product. The ease of getting data out of our IBM database and out to Excel where it can be shared with coworkers or clients is fantastic. The product works well and is very well supported in the rare case that there is a problem. The regular, free training webinars offered are invaluable to picking up and learning more about the capabilities. > > **Cons**: No real major complaints or issues, the one thing that we kind of struggled with at first was that reports needed to be copied for each base library that we want to report for. We checked at the time and there was an add on module that would have helped with that, but we chose not to pursue it. ----- ### "Data Insight on Demand" — 4.0/5 > **Christopher** | *16 March 2021* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love how approachable NGS-IQ makes your data\! The user interface is really friendly and helps readily display the way you're linking the information between files and creating relationships for your data. Another greatly appreciated feature is the versatility you have to define your own custom fields. You can build really complex logical relationships for your data sets in a separate window that doesn't then bog down the body of your query and make it much easier to understand what you and your colleagues are doing. Last thing - the customer support is superb\! You can call or email them anytime and if you're doing so during their business hours, you'll usually connect with an actual person that's genuinely curious about what you're trying to achieve with your query. They'll even go so far as to ask you to send over your entire query definition so they can scrutinize it and work out whatever strange kink you may not even realize is causing the issue. Truly a great product with an even greater user-support team\! > > **Cons**: The only thing I can think of (and I may just have not figured it out yet) is there doesn't seem to be a quick/easy way to view the contents of a table/file. You usually have to run a generic "show all" type query, which requires selecting the file you want, re-compile the query with said file selected, then running your updated query so you can see a sample of what you're working with; no "right-click-\>View" option. > > Really enjoyable\! The product has a number of features that make it easy to analyze, distribute, and update your data in a variety of formats. And, again, their customer support is outstanding\! ----- ### "Ease of use" — 5.0/5 > **Duane** | *6 February 2020* | Industrial Automation | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ease of use, creating reports on the fly. allowing other users to create reports and taking programming request away fron our RPGLE programmers. Support is awesome > > **Cons**: not having a listing of new features. documentation of changes and new features. > > we have many queries and have been using the product for over 20 years ----- ### "NGS-IQ" — 5.0/5 > **Van** | *6 February 2020* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Both IQ Client and Qport. We don't use Smartview very often but I think it is also a good tool. > > **Cons**: Over all I like this software a lot; there are some great functions in the software but I have to learn the syntax in order to use them such as SKIP, PREVIOUS, ect... > > Many users express that they love to run queries using NGS because it is easy, fast, and outputs reports to Excel. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/179929/ngs-iq?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/179929/ngs-iq) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data