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759 Ratings
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Based on 759 reviews and ratings
- Feature Set Ratings
- Attribute Ratings
- Likelihood to Recommend
- Pros
- Cons
- Pricing Details
- Likelihood to Renew
- Usability
- Reliability and Availability
- Performance
- Support Rating
- In-Person Training
- Online Training
- Implementation Rating
- Alternatives Considered
- Contract Terms and Pricing Model
- Scalability
- Professional Services
- Return on Investment
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Feature Set Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
6.9
TIBCO Spotfire
69%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
Pixel Perfect reports
N/A
0 Ratings
6.1
61%
30 Ratings
Customizable dashboards
N/A
0 Ratings
8.1
81%
276 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates
N/A
0 Ratings
6.4
64%
241 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.7
TIBCO Spotfire
77%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 4/4 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 4/4 features
Drill-down analysis
N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
82%
271 Ratings
Formatting capabilities
N/A
0 Ratings
7.2
72%
284 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages
N/A
0 Ratings
7.6
76%
207 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration
N/A
0 Ratings
7.9
79%
256 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.1
TIBCO Spotfire
81%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 4/4 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 4/4 features
Publish to Web
N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
82%
213 Ratings
Publish to PDF
N/A
0 Ratings
7.9
79%
251 Ratings
Report Versioning
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
18 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling
N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
82%
162 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.7
TIBCO Spotfire
77%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
289 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
77%
255 Ratings
Predictive Analytics
N/A
0 Ratings
7.6
76%
219 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.0
TIBCO Spotfire
80%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
Multi-User Support (named login)
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
223 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model
N/A
0 Ratings
7.6
76%
192 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
211 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.2
TIBCO Spotfire
72%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
Responsive Design for Web Access
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
165 Ratings
Mobile Application
N/A
0 Ratings
7.3
73%
114 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
77%
137 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.5
TIBCO Spotfire
75%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 6/6 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 6/6 features
REST API
N/A
0 Ratings
7.6
76%
60 Ratings
Javascript API
N/A
0 Ratings
7.6
76%
58 Ratings
iFrames
N/A
0 Ratings
6.8
68%
43 Ratings
Java API
N/A
0 Ratings
7.2
72%
49 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
60 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
N/A
0 Ratings
7.9
79%
51 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Databricks Lakehouse Platform (Unified Analytics Platform) is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability
- TIBCO Spotfire is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
87%
15 Ratings
7.9
TIBCO Spotfire
79%
317 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
8.1
TIBCO Spotfire
81%
27 Ratings
Usability
9.0
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
90%
3 Ratings
8.3
TIBCO Spotfire
83%
24 Ratings
Availability
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
7.2
TIBCO Spotfire
72%
27 Ratings
Performance
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
7.2
TIBCO Spotfire
72%
27 Ratings
Support Rating
7.5
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
75%
2 Ratings
8.5
TIBCO Spotfire
85%
48 Ratings
In-Person Training
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
TIBCO Spotfire
77%
52 Ratings
Online Training
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
7.9
TIBCO Spotfire
79%
54 Ratings
Implementation Rating
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
4.0
TIBCO Spotfire
40%
30 Ratings
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.0
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
80%
1 Rating
TIBCO Spotfire
N/A
0 Ratings
Product Scalability
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
7.1
TIBCO Spotfire
71%
4 Ratings
Professional Services
10.0
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
100%
1 Rating
TIBCO Spotfire
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
If you need a managed big data megastore, which has native integration with highly optimized Apache Spark Engine and native integration with MLflow, go for Databricks Lakehouse Platform. The Databricks Lakehouse Platform is a breeze to use and analytics capabilities are supported out of the box. You will find it a bit difficult to manage code in notebooks but you will get used to it soon.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employeesTIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire is our go-to for data quality control, data preparation, data visualization, and data analysis. Easy integration of statistical languages, time savings in developing working prototypes, and best of all, ease of use. It is simply a fantastic tool for all of the many roles that we fill here.

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 501-1000 employeesPros
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
- Process raw data in One Lake (S3) env to relational tables and views
- Share notebooks with our business analysts so that they can use the queries and generate value out of the data
- Try out PySpark and Spark SQL queries on raw data before using them in our Spark jobs
- Modern day ETL operations made easy using Databricks. Provide access mechanism for different set of customers

Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesTIBCO Spotfire
- It has the best coding integration (python, R) of any BI product
- The ability to work with very large datasets (10 mil+) is better than competitors
- Export options are more complete and have better functionality
- The data canvas is the best tool to join and transform data vs. competitors
Director, Advanced Analytics and Data Science
GOJO, Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees
Cons
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
- Better Localized Testing
- When they were primarily OSS Spark; it was easier to test/manage releases versus the newer DB Runtime. Wish there was more configuration in Runtime less pick a version.
- Graphing Support went non-existent; when it was one of their compelling general engine.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employeesTIBCO Spotfire
- They should have a lower price point for users to access the analyst version who don't require advanced capabilities. For example, a lower price if users just need to do some basic slicing and dicing with their data and not have to the data science functionality (ie. K-means clustering, regression modeling, classification modeling, etc.).
- Currently, you can't change the font type/color on the axis, which I'm sure will eventually be available in the future as they have a Tibco Ideas portal that they're fairly responsive to and act on. I guess at the end of the day, it's about the data and what insights you get from it.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 51-200 employeesPricing Details
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0.07 Per DBU
Databricks Lakehouse Platform Editions & Modules
Edition
Standard | $0.071 |
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Premium | $0.101 |
Enterprise | $0.131 |
- Per DBU
Additional Pricing Details
—TIBCO Spotfire
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0 per seat
TIBCO Spotfire Editions & Modules
On-premise Edition
TIBCO Spotfire Platform | Please contact TIBCO sales |
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- none
SaaS Edition
TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Analyst | $125/mo, $1250/yr1 |
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TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Business Author | $65/mo, $650/yr1 |
TIBCO Spotfire for Amazon Web Services | $0.992 |
TIBCO Spotfire Cloud Enterprise | Please contact TIBCO sales |
TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Consumer | $25/mo, $250/yr4 |
- per seat
- Per Hour (Starting)
- none
- per seat
Additional Pricing Details
For Enterprise engagements, please contact TIBCO directly for a custom price quote.Likelihood to Renew
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 8.1
Based on 27 answers
-Easy to distribute information throughout the enterprise using the webplayer.-Ad hoc analysis is possible throughout the enterprise using business author in the webplayer or the thick client.-Low level of support needed by IT team. Access interfaces with LDAP and numerous other authentication methods.-Possible to continually extend the platform with JavaScript, R scripts, HTML, and custom extensions.-Ability to standardize data logic through pre-built queries in the Information Designer. Everyone in the enterprise is using the same logic-Tagging and bookmarking data allows for quick sharing of insights.-Integration with numerous data sources... flat files, data bases, big data, images, etc.-Much improved mapping capability. Also includes the ability to apply data points over any image.
Data Visualization Developer
QuintilesResearch, 10,001+ employees
Usability
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Databricks Lakehouse Platform 9.0
Based on 3 answers
Because it is an amazing platform for designing experiments and delivering a deep dive analysis that requires execution of highly complex queries, as well as it allows to share the information and insights across the company with their shared workspaces, while keeping it secured.
in terms of graph generation and interaction it could improve their UI and UX
in terms of graph generation and interaction it could improve their UI and UX

Verified User
Manager in Product Management
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employeesTIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 8.3
Based on 24 answers
Basic tasks like generating meaningful information from large sets of raw data are very easy. The next step of linking to multiple live data sources and linking those tables and performing on the fly analysis of the imported data is understandably more difficult.
Reservoir Engineer
Tapstone EnergyOil & Energy, 51-200 employees
Reliability and Availability
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 7.2
Based on 27 answers
Even though, it's a rather stable and predictable tool that's also fast, it does have some bugs and inconsistencies that shut down the system. Depending on the details, it could happen as often as 2-3 times a week, especially during the development period.
Global Pricing and Marketing Operations Lead, Analytics & Research
General Electric - Power Generation ServicesOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees
Performance
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 7.2
Based on 27 answers
Generally, the Spotfire client runs with very good performance. There are factors that could affect performance, but normally has to do with loading large analysis files from the library if the database is located some distance away and your global network is not optimal. Once you have your data table(s) loaded in the client application, usually the application is quite good performance-wise.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Pharmaceuticals Company, 5001-10,000 employeesSupport Rating
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Databricks Lakehouse Platform 7.5
Based on 2 answers
One of the best customer and technology support that I have ever experienced in my career. You pay for what you get and you get the Rolls Royce. It reminds me of the customer support of SAS in the 2000s when the tools were reaching some limits and their engineer wanted to know more about what we were doing, long before "data science" was even a name. Databricks truly embraces the partnership with their customer and help them on any given challenge.
Director Data Science
CNTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 8.5
Based on 48 answers
Support has been helpful with issues. Support seems to know their product and its capabilities. It would also seem that they have a good sense of the context of the problem; where we are going with this issue and what we want the end outcome to be.
Product Manager - Mobile Computing Analytics Cloud Platform
Zebra TechnologiesComputer Hardware, 5001-10,000 employees
In-Person Training
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 7.7
Based on 52 answers
The instructor was very in depth and provided relevant training to business users on how to create visualizations. They showed us how to alter settings and filter views, and provided resources for future questions.However, the instructor failed to cover data sources, connecting to data, etc. While it was helpful to see how users can use the data to create reports, they failed to properly instruct us on how to get the dataset in to begin with. We are still trying to figure out connections to certain databases (we have multiple different types).

Verified User
Analyst in Finance and Accounting
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 10,001+ employeesOnline Training
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 7.9
Based on 54 answers
The online training is good, provides a good base of knowledge. The video demonstrations were well-done and easy to follow along. Provided exercises are good as well, but I think there could be more challenging exercises. The training has also gone up in price significantly in the last 3 years (in USD, which hurts us even more in Canada), and I'm not sure it is worth the money it now costs (it is worth how much it cost 3 years ago, but not double that.)
Operations Analyst II
Empire LifeInsurance, 501-1000 employees
Implementation Rating
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 4.0
Based on 30 answers
The original architecture I created for our implementation had only a particular set of internal business units in mind. Over the years, Spotfire gained in popularity in our company and was being utilized across many more business units. Soon, its usage went beyond what the original architectural implementation could provide. We've since learned about how the product is used by the different teams and are currently in the middle of rolling out a new architecture.I suggest:
- Have clearly defined service level agreements with all the teams that will use Spotfire. Your business intelligence group might only need availability during normal working hours, but your production support group might need 24/7 availability. If these groups share one Spotfire server, maintenance of that server might be a problem.
- Know the different types of data you will be working with. One group might be working with "public" data while another group might work with sensitive data. Design your Library accordingly and with the proper permissions.
- Know the roles of the users of Spotfire. Will there only be a small set of report writers or does everyone have write access to the Library?
- ALWAYS add a timestamp prompt to your reports. You don't want multiple users opening a report that will try and pull down millions of rows of data to their local workstations. Another option, of course, is to just hard code a time range in the backing database view (i.e. where activity_date >= sysdate - 90, etc.), but I'd rather educate/train the user base if possible.
- This probably goes without saying, but if possible, point to a separate reporting database or a logical standby database. You don't want the company pounding on your primaries and take down your order system.
Senior Database Developer
TransUnion Interactive1001-5000 employees
Alternatives Considered
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Databricks has a much better edge than Synapse in hundred different ways. Databricks has Photon engine, faster available release in cloud and databricks does not run on Open source spark version so better optimization, better performance and better agility and all kind of performance boost can be achieved in Databricks rather Open source synapse spark

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Hospitality Company, 10,001+ employeesTIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire stacks up by performing real-time analytics on the transactional databases whereas Tableau Desktop will be great for historical or OLAP databases. TIBCO Spotfire can provide great advanced data science features when connected or integrated using R/Python thus giving a statistical view for reporting. It works smoothly with huge data sets but sometimes the performance may go down when connecting to multiple data sources at once.
Sr. Business Intelligence Consultant
Deloitte India (Offices of the US)Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Databricks Lakehouse Platform 8.0
Based on 1 answer
The problem with this tool and all other ones that are at the top of the industry, it's so expensive that soon as another one will be on the market and deliver the same or different value, it will be catastrophic for them. So you get the fact that they are cashing every dime right now like SAS or Hadoop once did. Now, look at them
Director Data Science
CNTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees
TIBCO Spotfire
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 7.1
Based on 4 answers
In an enterprise architecture, if Spotfire Advanced Data services(Composite Studio),data marts can be managed optimally and scalability in a data perspective is great. As the web player/consumer is directly proportional to RAM, if the enterprise can handle RAM requirement accomodating fail over mechanisms appropraitely, it is definitely scalable,

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesProfessional Services
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Databricks Lakehouse Platform 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Again, another level of professional services, this is not their biggest strength but this is the cherry on top. I couldn't think about any other professional services like this one. Now I'm talking about meaningful services that really help out our project and delivery.
Director Data Science
CNTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees
TIBCO Spotfire
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Databricks Lakehouse Platform
- Machine learning is a very new concept and not many universities offer to teach it. My school and a few others have been utilizing Databricks as one of the tools to teach and learn machine learning. By doing this, my university is creating a strong future workforce for the job market.
Freelance Translator
ZOO Digital Group plcEntertainment, 501-1000 employees
TIBCO Spotfire
- We can only use it for the free trial period.
- I have to 'rebuild' the course sample files and accounts on Spotfire every semester.
- It is perfect as an excellent alternative to Tableau in the course.
- We have to use the less powerful Cloud version since the majority of the students have Macs. This means we can't use advanced AI features, for example.
Professor, Business Analytics
Creighton UniversityE-Learning, 201-500 employees