Below are a few excerpts from Mr. Maycher's article. For the complete text of the article, go to the Windowatch site.

“There appeared to be much more depth with more possibilities than Crystal Ball. The program installed and integrated into Excel easily.”

“Menus and input boxes are set up very well and are usually intuitive. The integration between @RISK and BestFit was flawless. There were many more options I wanted to investigate.”

“I really liked the probability input box. It allowed one to visually check the distribution and statistics for a selected fit.”

“What I liked the most [about the simulation results reports] was the efficient output view which allowed me to quickly catch an error I had in assigning one of the variables.”

“...@RISK offers a much more efficient and powerful interface.”

“If you want to do some serious risk analysis, then @RISK is for you.”

Please note the product listed at the end of the review should be @RISK 4.0 Professional, not the DecisionTools Suite. The retail price of the DecisionTools Suite Professional is $1295, and for @RISK 4.0 Professional is $695.