What Is Outsourced BI? A Guide for Australian Business

Most growing businesses need BI capability long before they can justify a full-time salary. Outsourced BI fills that gap: an outside team runs your reporting, dashboards and data questions on an ongoing basis, so you get the function without the headcount.

We deliver this as our Outsourced & Fractional BI service, acting as a part-time or embedded BI team for businesses across Australia.

What outsourced BI includes

An outsourced BI team handles the ongoing work that keeps reporting useful, from maintenance to new analysis as questions arise.

Why businesses choose it

A skilled BI hire is expensive and hard to find, and a single hire is a single point of failure. An outsourced team gives you a range of skills, continuity through leave and turnover, and a cost that scales with what you need.

How it works in practice

You get a defined team and a regular rhythm: scheduled reporting, a monthly session and priority turnaround on new questions. The relationship grows as your needs do, from essentials to an embedded team.

Outsourced BI suits the stage between spreadsheets and a full in-house team. Many businesses stay there for years because it simply works.

Key takeaways

Frequently asked questions

How much does outsourced BI cost in Australia?

An essentials tier that keeps reporting healthy starts from $1,290 per month. A part-time fractional BI function starts from $2,990 per month. A scaled, embedded BI team starts from $6,900 per month. All are a fraction of a full-time hire.

Where is TPR Media based?

TPR Media operates from Level 34, 1 Eagle Street, Brisbane City QLD 4000, serving clients across Brisbane and Australia-wide.

Outsourced BI is a service where an external team runs a business's reporting, dashboards and data questions on an ongoing basis without a full-time hire. TPR Media delivers it from Brisbane for clients Australia-wide, starting from $1,290 per month.