KNIME Analytics Platform vs. Sisense

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
KNIME Analytics Platform
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
KNIME enables users to analyze, upskill, and scale data science without any coding. The platform that lets users blend, transform, model and visualize data, deploy and monitor analytical models, and share insights organization-wide with data apps and services.
$0
per month
Sisense
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Sisense is a BI software and analytics platform. With what the vendor calls their In-Chip™ and Single Stack™ technologies, users have access to a comprehensive tool to analyze and visualize large, disparate data sets without IT resources.N/A
Pricing
KNIME Analytics PlatformSisense
Editions & Modules
KNIME Community Hub - Individual
$0
KNIME Community Hub - Team
From €250
per month Starts from 3 users
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KNIME Analytics PlatformSisense
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.
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Community Pulse
KNIME Analytics PlatformSisense
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
KNIME Analytics PlatformSisense
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
9.1
19 Ratings
7% above category average
Sisense
-
Ratings
Connect to Multiple Data Sources9.619 Ratings00 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
MDM Integration7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
8.0
18 Ratings
5% below category average
Sisense
-
Ratings
Visualization8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
8.3
19 Ratings
1% above category average
Sisense
-
Ratings
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations9.419 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Encryption7.47 Ratings00 Ratings
Built-in Processors7.48 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
7.9
18 Ratings
7% below category average
Sisense
-
Ratings
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools9.417 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning8.217 Ratings00 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development9.218 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery5.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
7.3
11 Ratings
16% below category average
Sisense
-
Ratings
Flexible Model Publishing Options8.611 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls5.94 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
-
Ratings
Sisense
8.7
46 Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.036 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.046 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.032 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
-
Ratings
Sisense
8.3
46 Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.046 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings9.046 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
-
Ratings
Sisense
8.2
45 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.035 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.045 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.023 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
-
Ratings
Sisense
9.0
44 Ratings
11% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.044 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings9.041 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings9.028 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
-
Ratings
Sisense
10.0
44 Ratings
15% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.044 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings10.043 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.044 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
KNIME Analytics Platform
-
Ratings
Sisense
9.0
39 Ratings
12% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings10.024 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.033 Ratings
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User Ratings
KNIME Analytics PlatformSisense
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(22 ratings)
6.1
(57 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.4
(4 ratings)
8.9
(14 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(6 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(2 ratings)
7.1
(3 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(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
KNIME Analytics PlatformSisense
Likelihood to Recommend
KNIME
KNIME Analytics Platform is excellent for people who are finding Excel frustrating, this can be due to errors creeping in due to manual changes or simply that there are too many calculations which causes the system to slow down and crash. This is especially true for regular reporting where a KNIME Analytics Platform workflow can pull in the most recent data, process it and provide the necessary output in one click. I find KNIME Analytics Platform especially useful when talking with audiences who are intimidated by code. KNIME Analytics Platform allows us to discuss exactly how data is processed and an analysis takes place at an abstracted level where non-technical users are happy to think and communicate which is often essential when they are subject matter experts whom you need for guidance. For experienced programmers KNIME Analytics Platform is a double-edged sword. Often programmers wish to write their own code because they are more efficient working that way and are constrained by having to think and implement work in nodes. However, those constraints forcing development in a "KNIME way" are useful when working in teams and for maintenance compared to some programmers' idiosyncratic styles.
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Sisense Ltd
I believe Sisense is perfectly suited for any organization of any size that have access to the proper resources, as the tool is very expensive. The data connectors come in all shapes and sizes out of the box, which allows a great deal of data control within the ElastiCubes. Additionally, while the platform only runs on Windows platforms, the web application can be accessed on any client: mobile, Apple, Windows, etc. This allows a much more flexible user experience, resulting in data and dashboards reaching further than any other tool.
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Pros
KNIME
  • Summarize instrument level financial data with relevant statistics
  • Map transactions from core extracts to groups of like transactions using rule engines
  • Machine learning using random forests and other techniques to analyze data and identify correlations for use in predictive models
  • Fill out sampling data from averages.
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Sisense Ltd
  • Customization - lots of supported and community plugins available. Users can also adjust the look and feel through JavaScript.
  • Innovation - Sisense is continuing to push the envelope by developing new features through Sisense Labs.
  • Customer support - the commitment to excellent customer service and ensuring organizations get the most out of their investment.
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Cons
KNIME
  • It does not have proper visualization.
  • Some other BI tools (QlikView) have much easier functions for data interaction.
  • Some other BI tools (Tableau) can be set up much faster.
  • It is not an easy tool to use for non-tech savvy staff.
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Sisense Ltd
  • The usability of the application on mobile devices needs some improvement, especially navigation and filtering.
  • Dashboards that are created by multiple users can be a bit of a hassle to share by Admins.
  • If you need to embed dashboards into your website, you are require to buy a license separate from the user and platform license. This is a norm on most BI visualization tools, but Sisense can seem a bit on the high side, cost-wide.
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Likelihood to Renew
KNIME
We are happy with Knime product and their support. Knime AP is versatile product and even can execute Python scripts if needed. It also supports R execution as well; however, it is not being used at our end
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Sisense Ltd
I think the business and myself as a user has come to rely on SiSense as a dashboarding and quick ad-hoc reporting tool. I am hoping to integrate SiSense dashboards into more parts of the business in the future. We have reduced our report turn-around time for the most part from hours/days to minutes and in some cases almost the speed of thought. Reports are also easier on the eye and more easily distributed. I would also like to say that the support and professionalism from the SiSense team has been excellent.
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Usability
KNIME
KNIME Analytics Platform offers a great tradeoff between intuitiveness and simplicity of the user interface and almost limitless flexibility. There are tools that are even easier to adopt by someone new to analytics, but none that would provide the scalability of KNIME when the user skills and application complexity grows
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Sisense Ltd
New V5 is ground floor of an exciting collection of possibilities. Weekly Sisense developers come up with new functionality that they share with us in their forums. The move to HTML5 has been pleasing in that widgets auto size themselves into appropriate forms in the board but everyone of them can be popped out to full page size to be looked at in more detail
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Reliability and Availability
KNIME
No answers on this topic
Sisense Ltd
There are very few situations when there is unexpected downtime. Mostly during development, new dashboard implementation and during upgrades. other then that there were very few crashes.
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Performance
KNIME
No answers on this topic
Sisense Ltd
SiSense is usually performing better then other solutions even if going for complex reports/dashboards(of course within reasonable frames). I haven't noticed any bad influence on other systems, usually if something happens it stays within SiSense.
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Support Rating
KNIME
KNIME's HQ is in Europe, which makes it hard for US companies to get customer service in time and on time. Their customer service also takes on average 1 to 2 weeks to follow up with your request. KNIME's documentation is also helpful but it does not provide you all the answers you need some of the time.
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Sisense Ltd
SiSense's support ninjas are very knowledgeable and are exceptionally responsive. So far, all of the issues we ran into were resolved within minimum time. My sense of dealing with the support staff at SiSense is that they are very focused on not just answering your immediate question, but also to delve into the cause of the matter.
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In-Person Training
KNIME
No answers on this topic
Sisense Ltd
Easy and free training that allowed us quickly understand basics in SiSense and start using them. More advanced features requires some browsing through SiSense forums, but there is always support to help, and SiSense support is one of the best whith which I worked so far.
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Online Training
KNIME
No answers on this topic
Sisense Ltd
Many examples, videos and scenarios which you try on your own right away. This combined with in-person training gives you enough to utilize most of SiSense's power.
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Implementation Rating
KNIME
KNIME Analytics Platform is easy to install on any Windows, Mac or Linux machine. The KNIME Server product that is currently being replaced by the KNIME Business Hub comes as multiple layers of software and it took us some time to set up the system right for stability. This was made harder by KNIME staff's deeper expertise in setting up the Server in Linux rather than Windows environment. The KNIME Business Hub promises to have a simpler architecture, although currently there is no visibility of a Windows version of the product.
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Sisense Ltd
Remember to migrate the plugins. The documentation however is pretty straight forward.
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Alternatives Considered
KNIME
Having used both the Alteryx and [KNIME Analytics] I can definitely feel the ease of using the software of Alteryx. The [KNIME Analytics] on the other hand isn't that great but is 90% of what Alteryx can do along with how much ease it can do. Having said that, the 90% functionality and UI at no cost would be enough for me to quit using Alteryx and move towards [KNIME Analytics].
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Sisense Ltd
1) Easy to use, really, there is nothing too much to say. The set up is easy and not confusing. You can use it internally or externally.
2) Customer Service, having spoken to various product reps from similar industry. Sisense rep provides you with the best support to get started, and it is really appreciated.
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Scalability
KNIME
No answers on this topic
Sisense Ltd
Product is quite easily scalable. The whole installation can be easily moved to stronger machine if needed.
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Return on Investment
KNIME
  • It is suited for data mining or machine learning work but If we're looking for advanced stat methods such as mixed effects linear/logistics models, that needs to be run through an R node.
  • Thinking of our peers with an advanced visualization techniques requirement, it is a lagging product.
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Sisense Ltd
  • Report development time is reduced from 2~3 days to 2~3 hours.
  • Report querying time is improved from 0.5~10 mins to 2~30 seconds.
  • A 2-staff team delivers 10 times the BI output that we did on the old system.
  • We were able to deliver BI and data analysis for all business functions instead of a very limited group of users
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ScreenShots

KNIME Analytics Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of the KNIME Modern UI. This is the the new user interface for the KNIME Analytics Platform that is available with improved look and feel as the default interface, from KNIME Analytics Platform version 5.1.0 release.Screenshot of the KNIME Analytics Platform user interface - the KNIME Workbench - displays the current, open workflow(s). Here is the general user interface layout — application tabs, side panel, workflow editor and node monitor.Screenshot of the KNIME user interface elements — workflow toolbar, node action bar, rename components and metanodes.Screenshot of the entry page, which is displayed by clicking the Home tab. From here users can; check out example workflows to get started, access a local workspace, or even start a new workflow by clicking the yellow plus button.Screenshot of the status of a KNIME node, which shows whether it's configured, not configured, executed, or has an error.Screenshot of the KNIME node action bar, which can be used to configure, execute, cancel, reset, and - when available - open the view.