Altair SmartSight vs. Azure Analysis Services

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Altair SmartSight
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Altair SmartSight (formerly Carriots Analytics) is a cloud data analytics platform for embedded, Big Data, and IoT applications. It provides secure and rapid free-form data visualization and exploration, scalable throughout the enterprise in real time.N/A
Azure Analysis Services
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Azure Analysis Services delivers enterprise-grade BI semantic modeling capabilities with the scale, flexibility, and management benefits of the cloud. Azure Analysis Services helps transform complex data into actionable insights. Azure Analysis Services is built on the analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.N/A
Pricing
Altair SmartSightAzure Analysis Services
Editions & Modules
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Altair SmartSightAzure Analysis Services
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros

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Features
Altair SmartSightAzure Analysis Services
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
8.7
10 Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.810 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.510 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
8.9
10 Ratings
9% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.110 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Azure Analysis Services
9.0
10 Ratings
7% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.110 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings9.39 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.910 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
9.0
9 Ratings
11% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.38 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings9.19 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.68 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
9.2
10 Ratings
7% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.29 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.310 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.110 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.39 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Ratings
Azure Analysis Services
8.8
9 Ratings
10% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.58 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings9.45 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Azure Analysis Services
8.8
9 Ratings
10% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.97 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
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User Ratings
Altair SmartSightAzure Analysis Services
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(5 ratings)
9.1
(11 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Altair SmartSightAzure Analysis Services
Likelihood to Recommend
Altair Engineering, Inc.
As per my knowledge and Altair Product experience, It is really a good product that comes with multiple features like IoT, BigData, dashboards, and other things. I personally really enjoyed using the services provided by Altair. It is well suited for the organizations who don't spend much time setting up their own platform, maintenance, and much more because Altair not only provides the platform but they will care about your products with good customer support and maintenance. I only found a bit low in the case of machine learning and AI products because I have checked different products that provide these services with good accuracy.
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Microsoft
We would have many technical issues and glitches with previous similar providers but found that Azure Analysis Services can simply handle our workload and memory better. I remember we lost an account due to cloud issues not fully saving or corrupting some files. Granted, this is rare with any cloud but haven't had that issue with the same load of memory with Azure Analysis Services.
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Pros
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • The global navigation bar with links to the library for easy access and management within the platform.
  • Simplified task viewer where we can find the profile, performance, help, resources and a link also to manage your account.
  • System administrators can define profiles for task execution.
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Microsoft
  • Providing role based access or we can say privilege based on the role to the user if it is integrated with Azure active directory and hence securing the access to sensitive data.
  • We use to run different type of analytics services to get the better result which is hectic if done manually or with human efforts.
  • We also use to collect bulk of data with the help of this tool and run customized test cases for better efficiency of result and better decision making. The result are very crucial and helps in taking big decision.
  • It supports different or we can say heterogeneous database vendors like the Oracle, SQL, and hence make the task easy.
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Cons
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • Integration with other systems could be better.
  • Ability to handle large amount of data.
  • Expertise services might be better.
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Microsoft
  • Microsoft Azure Analysis Services is very costly solution and in that price we can get some better business intelligence tool with lot more of capabilities
  • The dashboard or we can say user interface is complex and need time to understand and gain expertise in order for proper working.
  • It needs continuation monitoring which is sometime a big task.
  • Sometime, the tool shows unusual behavior and become unstable, so we need to clear temp files for proper functioning.
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Usability
Altair Engineering, Inc.
Very user-friendly UI and visual representation is also good for the price offered. Good tool but lacks some advanced and AI-based insights. It has an edge over other tools for the price of this tool. It has some great potential and i would consider this in my top 5 when considering tools of this domain
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Microsoft
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Support Rating
Altair Engineering, Inc.
I only had one problem with the software, and the support system response was very quick.
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Microsoft
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Alternatives Considered
Altair Engineering, Inc.
Altair smart sight stacks up against all the products mentioned above because it comes with a wide variety of applications and services like Big Data, IoT services, Embedded systems, cloud-based service, data visualization, Machine learning, dashboarding, and much more. I have used the other products like Logi Composer, Tableau CRM, and PowerBI but they only handle the specific use cases. So Because of that Altair Smartsight really provide a good and wide range of solution.
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Microsoft
The best thing about it is the ability to create a query and drill down the data to a more granular level when needed. The best thing about Azure Analysis Services is. It provides secured access anytime from anywhere, it also provides REST API for this, which is very easy to use, and it provides video tutorials for beginners means you get the whole package of learning and implementation!!
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Return on Investment
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • The workflow interface consists of the workflow canvas where we do our actual pipeline and workflow execution log, display information and each process.
  • You can use it to create a workflow and the available execution profiles in which to run them.
  • We currently have one session running for each workflow.
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Microsoft
  • Azure Analysis Service scale resources to match our business needs.
  • Helps us to govern, deploy, test and deliver our BI solution with confidence.
  • Stores our business data and clients data in a safe place where it's easy to access and visible to all our teams.
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