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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Grafana Cloud

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AGrafana Cloud is a fully managed Observability Platform designed to aggregate, visualize, and analyze telemetry data across distributed architectures. The platform provides a unified environment for Metrics, Logs, Traces, and Continuous Profiling, utilizing the LGTM (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) and Pyroscope stack to provide high-cardinality analysis of system state.

    $0

    Metabase

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMetabase aims to bring data tools with the simplicity of consumer products to the crufty world of enterprise business intelligence. Their open source analytics and business intelligence applications connect to most commonly used databases to let anyone in a company ask questions, and create dashboards or nightly emails without knowing SQL. Metabase Enterprise enables the user to embed branded analytics into customer applications.

    $85

    per month

    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams

    Score5 out of 10
    N/ASisense for Cloud Data Teams (formerly Periscope Data) is a data visualization tool that allows users to connect to their SQL databases to create sharable, interactive dashboards. In addition to SQL, its analytics integrate with R and Python, allowing users to prep datasets, perform analysis, and create their own visualizations. Sisense acquired Periscope Data in mid-2019.N/A
    Pricing
    Grafana CloudMetabaseSisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Editions & Modules
    Grafana Cloud - Pro
    $8
    per month up to 1 active user
    Grafana Cloud - Free
    Free
    10k metrics + 50GB logs + 50GB traces up to 3 active users
    Grafana Cloud - Advanced
    Volume Discounts
    custom data usage custom active users
    Grafana - Enterprise Stack
    Custom Pricing
    Starter
    $85
    per month (includes 5 users, then $5 per user, per month)
    Starter
    $85
    per month up to 5 users
    Pro
    $500
    per month up to 10 users
    Growth
    $749
    per month (includes 10 users, then $15 per user, per month)
    Enterprise
    15,000
    per year
    Open Source
    Free
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Grafana CloudMetabaseSisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Sisense Ltd
    Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    If you are used to Periscope, you'll really fit in with Sisense for Cloud Data Teams. However, if you are looking for your first BI solution or are looking for an alternative to your current BI tool, it might be better to look for a product that is a little bit more modern and …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Grafana CloudMetabaseSisense for Cloud Data Teams
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Grafana Cloud and Metabase and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Feature
    Grafana Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    7.0
    19 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.02 Ratings6.010 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.04 Ratings7.019 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings6.34 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Grafana Cloud and Metabase and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Feature
    Grafana Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    4.8
    19 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.54 Ratings6.015 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.44 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.92 Ratings3.010 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.54 Ratings3.019 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Grafana Cloud and Metabase and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Feature
    Grafana Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    7.6
    18 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.01 Ratings5.012 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.01 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.02 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings5.015 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Grafana Cloud and Metabase and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Feature
    Grafana Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    4.8
    19 Ratings
    47% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.54 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings10.02 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.92 Ratings1.011 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.92 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Grafana Cloud and Metabase and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Feature
    Grafana Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Grafana Cloud and Metabase and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Feature
    Grafana Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Grafana Cloud and Metabase and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Feature
    Grafana Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Metabase
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    -
    Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Grafana CloudMetabaseSisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (7 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    4.0
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Grafana CloudMetabaseSisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Grafana Labs
    Just about any organization with more than one server and more than one cluster as it scales very well. Configuration of the application takes time and finesse to fine tune to where the balance of load time and getting data quickly meets. The plugins add load time but fine tuning for the application to meet demand needs nailed down at implementation
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    Metabase
    Metabase is an easy tool to use if you are interested in collecting and aggregating data from multiple platforms. It is also easy to set up and start receiving the data results as a report. It is also easy to integrate with other tools that generate visual reports and take the necessary actions based on the data details.
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    Sisense Ltd
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams is suited so well for our project that works with lots of data and needs some ways to share data internally or externally with our clients. It's very easy to pull out the data from the sense in best and in a suitable format and moreover a huge number of options are available there to represent the data. All features of this Sisense for cloud data teams software can be taken advantage of if you have a team who are well versed in data analytics, data management, and programming.
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    Pros
    Grafana Labs
    • Alerting through many different medium as Slack, Email, Webhook etc
    • Beautiful and unlimited number of dashboards to view your metrics and tweak them as you please
    • Log aggregation and powerful Logql to filter and view your logs
    • Microservices monitoring
    • Large number of plugins and data sources to collect your metrics from almost anywhere
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    Metabase
    • We're currently using it to fetch reports for our products, such as daily sales, pipeline, visits, and attendance reports.
    • Data representation from database directly.
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    Sisense Ltd
    • Rapid deployment of polished T-SQL-based data visualization charts and dashboards. Periscope supports a variety of database technologies, and allows users to write custom queries to display data.
    • Included caching to reduce server load.
    • Outstanding customer service/support, with expert advice as needed.
    • Constant updates and new features.
    • Built-in SQL formatters take the pain out of manipulating date/time objects.
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    Cons
    Grafana Labs
    • There are some settings which we can't configure from UI (Web Console).
    • We've open[ed] up configuration files in command line text editors and manually do the settings e.g. LDAP/SSO configuration.
    • In terms of visualization, it's best, but it doesn't support log analysis otherwise it could destroy business of all other visualization tools.
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    Metabase
    • Report Types
    • Updates
    • Colour/Branding
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    Sisense Ltd
    • Include more appropriate updates in their monthly newsletter as opposed to the general overview that doesn't always have the most pertinent information at the forefront.
    • There are bugs at times when certain dashboards are down, though not in an overwhelming way.
    • If you do not tag something it shows up in multiple views and may be accessible to people that it should not be, though that is a user error it may make sense to prompt for a tag and security setting.
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    Usability
    Grafana Labs
    It is infinitely flexible. If you can imagine it, Grafana can almost certainly do it. Usability may be in the eye of the beholder however, as there is time needed to curate the experience and get the dashboards customized to how it makes sense to you. I know one thing they are working on are more templates, based on data sources
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    Metabase
    Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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    Sisense Ltd
    If you know SQL or are somewhat data-savvy, you'll feel right at home with Sisense for Cloud Data Teams. However, like most other BI tools, it is a little challenging to use for users that are non-technical. The graphs and charts are very visually appealing, and there's lots of customization and export options.
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    Support Rating
    Grafana Labs
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    Metabase
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    Sisense Ltd
    The user interface is just amazing and it's really very easy to use and navigate, even for a newbie. Mostly it provides us the accurate data.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Grafana Labs
    Grafana blows Nagios out of the water when it comes to customization. The ability to feed almost any data source makes it very versatile and the cost is great.
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    Metabase
    It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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    Sisense Ltd
    Google Analytics works well but it does not have all of the bells and whistles that Periscope Data offers. Google Analytics is best used in a Google environment but if you are using other tools and programs outside of the Google universe, then Periscope Data is a much better option.
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    Return on Investment
    Grafana Labs
    • Grafana has replaced many higher priced tools
    • The integrations are seemless with multiple backends
    • Combining graphs and dashboards from multiple data sources is a game changer
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    Metabase
    • It is serving us whatever we're looking for, and we've recommended many organizations to implement it if they want better data analytics as it provides better functionality than we will build.
    • As a negative it gets difficult to get control over data to be fetch initially.
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    Sisense Ltd
    • Very positive - has allowed us to glean insights quickly and in real time.
    • Definitely helpful for evaluating performance of accounts and employees.
    • Versatile - we even use it with recruiting metrics, our software team uses it to test feature deployment.
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