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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Altair SmartSight

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAltair 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

    Yellowfin

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.

    $250

    per month

    Pricing
    Altair SmartSightYellowfin
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Altair SmartSightYellowfin
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Altair SmartSightYellowfin
    Considered Both Products
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Idera, Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    67%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    63%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    67%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Altair SmartSightYellowfin
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Altair SmartSight and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Altair SmartSight
    -
    Ratings
    Yellowfin
    7.6
    15 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.78 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.415 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.613 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Altair SmartSight and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Altair SmartSight
    -
    Ratings
    Yellowfin
    8.2
    15 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.715 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Altair SmartSight and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Altair SmartSight
    -
    Ratings
    Yellowfin
    7.1
    15 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings6.715 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.413 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Altair SmartSight and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Altair SmartSight
    -
    Ratings
    Yellowfin
    7.6
    14 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.96 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Altair SmartSight and Yellowfin
    Feature
    Altair SmartSight
    -
    Ratings
    Yellowfin
    6.4
    8 Ratings
    12% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings6.48 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings6.18 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings6.88 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Altair SmartSightYellowfin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    5.6
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Altair SmartSightYellowfin
    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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    Idera, Inc.
    We can recommend this software without hesitation, as it has the ability to generate reports and data analysis, as well as process the data automatically, which saves time. It is ideal for small and medium-sized companies that wish to improve their services in the business world
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    • Yellowfin’s Storyboard, Timeline and Collaborative tools make it easy to share data and insights across an organisation.
    • Strong Operational and Executive Dashboards that reflect the business KPIs and can send out prompts to people within the business based on rules.
    • Yellowfin makes it incredibly easy to create dynamic reports and dashboards which incorporate maps through locational intelligence functionality.
    • Yellowfin is a single license and all access is via a web browser making it perfect for both on-premise and cloud deployment. Mobile apps are also available.
    • User roles and source filtering allows Admin/IT to offer different functions/views by user group/role.
    • Mobile BI applications to support any device ..
    • API connectors ( YF 7.2 on the way in Mar16 ) for a range of third-party Web-based applications, data sources, Enterprises CRM/ERP apps & open data platform apps, including Salesforce, Google Analytics, Twitter, Youtube , Zoho CRM, XE.com & more coming to make endusers to integrate their applications for better benefits
    • Yellowfin Integration with Predictive analytical and Big Data processing tools like R, UDF, Spark to build rich applications for end users
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    • The ability to predefine a colour for a specific graph as a selection option dynamically.
    • The ability to customise the label of a chart, especially with respect to performance related reporting graphs we need an increase in dynamic charting options to meet our more specialised requirements.
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    As mentioned previously, if a newer company is looking for a strong, polished BI tool, Yellowfin would be a great software vendor to consider. Unfortunately, the high cost might be a barrier to these newer companies who dont have any legacy software/agreements such as an EA agreement with Microsoft.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Idera, Inc.
    99.9% availability
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    They have good support in what they provide. But what they provide is not what is promised. I would stay with them if I can. Be very careful before signing up with them. They are not what they seem in the sales pitches. Be very careful and make sure you test and test before you sign up.
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    In-Person Training
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Idera, Inc.
    Yellowfin provides 3 levels of training to support consumers, business analytics, developers and Administrations :
    1. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 1 (Exploration)
    2. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 2 (Advanced)
    3. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 3(Expert)
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    Online Training
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Idera, Inc.
    Web-based training for large audiences for Level 1 and Level 2 I would suggest
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    Implementation Rating
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Idera, Inc.
    Design the data model and views for each dashboard is very important and it is the success factor Configuration of cluster for large implementation
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    Yellow Fin platform is browser agnostic and is accessible from desktops as well as mobile devices. It is very simple and fast, it is integrated with Big Data, clients do not require a great training. It just works. But it’s easier to have things on the cloud, especially if you need to use different computers. Yellow Fin lacks the cloud feature.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Idera, Inc.
    - Tested 500 con-current users in Linux platform with 4 cores systems - Tested with cloud based VM - Tested with 1000 reads per minutes
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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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    Idera, Inc.
    • made our org more data centric
    • Decisions are made based on data vs opinion
    • has created a single source of truth for the bulk of the organization
    Incentivized
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