Altair SmartSight vs. BrightGauge

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Altair SmartSight
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
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
BrightGauge
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
BrightGauge is a BI tool from ConnectWise that puts essential information in one place, providing visibility for more informed decisions. The user can customize BrightGauge dashboards and sync other business tools in its BI dashboard software for ultimate visibility. Users can also display data with embeddable gauges on public sites.N/A
Pricing
Altair SmartSightBrightGauge
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Pricing Offerings
Altair SmartSightBrightGauge
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Altair SmartSightBrightGauge
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Ratings
BrightGauge
7.9
9 Ratings
3% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.85 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
-
Ratings
BrightGauge
8.2
9 Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Ratings
BrightGauge
8.0
9 Ratings
4% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
-
Ratings
BrightGauge
8.6
8 Ratings
8% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.04 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
BrightGauge
7.7
9 Ratings
10% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings5.08 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.68 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
-
Ratings
BrightGauge
8.9
3 Ratings
12% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
-
Ratings
BrightGauge
7.7
4 Ratings
2% below category average
REST API00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
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User Ratings
Altair SmartSightBrightGauge
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(5 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(5 ratings)
9.8
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.7
(5 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Altair SmartSightBrightGauge
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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ConnectWise
I think this tool is an absolute have to have for MSPs, especially those using ConnectWise PSA for a ticketing system. From internal KPIs to showing customer's the value of your Managed Service, you will need this tool. 9/10 because the need for longer data sets is growing for my team. Trend lines over time are a big push industry wide to show improvements in our customers over the time as our MSP customer. Presently my team has to use CW PSA's Report Writer and that tool is the least user friendly we've encountered. Looking forward to the evolution of BrightGauge for our business
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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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ConnectWise
  • Robust and flexible kinds of dashboards and gauges
  • Great customer support that often leaves custom video recordings answering your question, showing you how to do what you're asking
  • Good ability to tie into critical data sources for our company's operations
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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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ConnectWise
  • Modifying data sets to bring in custom fields requires an experienced SQL engineer
  • Cost when bringing in lots of data sources can be prohibitive
  • Limited ability to format gauges and reports
  • Make MFA a requirement - this data is sensitive and giving the admin the ability to force MFA is a MUST!
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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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ConnectWise
Usability is BrightGauge's strength. Granting the ability of virtually any user to be able to create a dashboard is incredibly valuable. If an organization very simple and straight forward reporting needs then BrightGauge is a perfect fit for them. Connecting to the dataset we used was very quick and easy and I imagine it would be the same for any major data source you would like to pull from.
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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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ConnectWise
We did not need to use BrightGauge's support for the entire time that we used it. Best support is always the one that isn't needed because nothing breaks.
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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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ConnectWise
We looked very briefly at Solar Winds, but due to Connectwise the reporting was not very accurate and was conflicted.
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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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ConnectWise
  • Faster compilation of Business Review material
  • For larger customers, the dashboarding has helped our customers to remain sticky and add services/revenue to our MSP. They want to add more fragments of their IT for the 1 pane rollup.
  • From a leadership perspective, BG has allowed me to make difficult staffing decisions with confidence. Detailed metric driven decisions on who is hitting KPIs/who isn't - as well as when data proved we were overstaffed and understaffed.
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