Ayasdi Core vs ThoughtSpot

• Ayasdi Core provides an easy way to get some insight on data. Typically analytics may require having a model or hypothesis before starting to look into the data, but Ayasdi lets you just feed the data first then start seeing what the data looks like.
• Ayasdi Core's topological network visualization is quite unique. It allows you to explore patterns and potential relations between multiple data elements. A user can also dynamically navigate data with different aspects on the web.
• The Web version of Ayasdi is easy to use, stable, and fast. It hasn't crashed even when we feed it a lot of data sets, although it took time.

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• Ability to drill down into questions on the fly.
• Easy-to-read pinboards for non-technical executives, including natural language questions.
• Ability to join multiple databases so data can be analyzed across the organization.
• SpotIQ: showing us insights to our data that we didn't even think to ask about.

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• Use of Python SDK is required to feed data into Ayasdi, but it lacks training materials or sample codes for a novice to get started.
• Although Web UI of Ayasdi is looking good, often it freezes when the user runs an analysis. It doesn't crash but the web page needs to be refreshed to see the progress of analysis.
• Algorithms provided by Ayasdi, such as metrics types, lens types need to be explained (what they are and what their strengths and weaknesses are). We had to Google or do research on our own to understand what they are.

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• ThoughtSpot can do a better job of providing prescriptive analytics.
• Live connection for other databases is a much needed feature.
• Pinboard canvas should allow for custom size rather than sticking to 5 pre-defined sizes.
• More features needed in pinboard level filters.

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• I think ThoughtSpot helped save a lot of time of people (mostly in IT and Finance), so there's a tangible return of investment.
• I also think this helped to give better visibility to our teams. Having the option of drilling down helps the team to be more informed and under the detail.

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