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Lightning Tools Data Viewer vs. Redash

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lightning Tools Data Viewer
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
The Data Viewer provides data visualization in the form of reports or charts that can be created and customized to suit a business's needs. Silos of data exist in most organizations and yet contain valuable insights into how well the organization is performing and where action is needed. Those silos often include Microsoft Excel workbooks, Microsoft SQL Azure databases, On-Premises data sources accessible through OData or Business Connectivity Services and even SharePoint Lists. These data…
$1,250
per year per installation
Redash
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Redash is a data visualization tool designed to allow users to connect and query any data sources, build dashboards to visualize data and share them with a company. Databricks acquired Redash in June 2020.N/A
Pricing
Lightning Tools Data ViewerRedash
Editions & Modules
Data Viewer OnPrem
$1,000
per year Per installation, 1 x WFE
Data Viewer Online
$1,250
per year per installation
Data Viewer OnPrem Enterprise Edition
POA
per year Per installation, 4+ WFE
Data Viewer Online Enterprise Edition
POA
per year per installation
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Lightning Tools Data ViewerRedash
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPrices stated are minimum per installation for "stock" products. Enterprise editions can be amended to suit business needs if deemed necessary, additional costs incurred and TBD. All packages include free technical support. Free upgrades available to latest versions of tool as they are released. (online version)—
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Community Pulse
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Features
Lightning Tools Data ViewerRedash
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Data Viewer
9.1
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Redash
6.8
4 Ratings
21% below category average
Customizable dashboards9.11 Ratings7.54 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.11 Ratings5.74 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Data Viewer
8.2
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Redash
6.0
4 Ratings
27% below category average
Drill-down analysis6.41 Ratings5.74 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.11 Ratings7.54 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.11 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings2.83 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Data Viewer
3.6
1 Ratings
78% below category average
Redash
6.4
4 Ratings
25% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)3.61 Ratings6.94 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings4.23 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Data Viewer
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Ratings
Redash
5.4
4 Ratings
43% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings5.53 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings2.63 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings3.93 Ratings
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User Ratings
Lightning Tools Data ViewerRedash
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.5
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Lightning Tools Data ViewerRedash
Likelihood to Recommend
Lightning Tools
Lightning Tools Data Viewer is well suited for re-surfacing data and customizing its look and feel.
Tom Phillips | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tom Phillips
Studio Engineer/SharePointAdmin
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Databricks
Redash is well suited to situations where metrics are tracked on daily, weekly and monthly basis. Alerts can be set to emails which helps stakeholders to monitor performance on a frequent basis. It is less appropriate for cases where only dashboards are needed. Redash comes into picture where individuals can query and check data at the same time.
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Pros
Lightning Tools
  • Shows Lists created on different sites to be seen and controlled on another site in a Tenant
  • Allows selection of layouts and coloring way beyond what other programs do.
  • Easy to learn and very functional.
Tom Phillips | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tom Phillips
Studio Engineer/SharePointAdmin
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Databricks
  • Great Query Editor with Autocomplete feature
  • Very easy to setup and quickly connect to variety of data sources
  • Quick Dashboards with Simple UI which can be easily shareable
Nitin kumar Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Nitin kumar Singh
Site Reliability Engineer
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Cons
Lightning Tools
  • Data Viewer has a graph feature that is old school flat design. We loved the In House real 3D graph Lightning Tools program.
Tom Phillips | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tom Phillips
Studio Engineer/SharePointAdmin
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Databricks
  • You need to have a good command over SQL to use Redash but if there could be some way where people can just pull data and do slice dice.
  • It would be nice to have an excel kind of filters when all data is fetched.
  • Some things like easy to customise the column names.
Rahul Jain | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rahul Jain
Software Engineer
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Alternatives Considered
Lightning Tools
Lightning Tools Data Viewer is much easier and more powerful than Infowise similar viewer in their lineup. In this case, we use Data Viewer over the one offered by Infowise.
Tom Phillips | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tom Phillips
Studio Engineer/SharePointAdmin
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Databricks
I was not a part of the decision-making team who decided to go with Redash.
Jeremias Padilla | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jeremias Padilla
Head of Operations
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Return on Investment
Lightning Tools
  • It allows us to do things that would take a great deal more time to duplicate in SharePoint
  • It cuts down on ugly looking built in SP list layouts
  • Users find it easy to access, thus this product is more productive
Tom Phillips | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tom Phillips
Studio Engineer/SharePointAdmin
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Databricks
  • Cost effective
  • One tool for multiple purpose
  • Easy access provision
Verified User
Anonymous
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ScreenShots

Lightning Tools Data Viewer Screenshots

Screenshot of DISPLAYING EXTERNAL DATA WITHIN SHAREPOINT OR MICROSOFT TEAMS The Data Viewer Client Side Web Part can be configured by Business Users within a few minutes to display Line of Business Data from Data Sources such as Excel, SQL Azure, Business Connectivity Services, OData and SharePoint Lists. Connections to an organizations data such as Customer Relationship Management Systems, Accounting Systems, or Custom Databases can be connected, giving business users a live up-to-date view of business information within the context of their SharePoint Team Sites or Microsoft Teams Tabs.Screenshot of HIGHLIGHTING KEY BUSINESS DATA (NO CODE) Conditional formatting can be used to highlight key business data. Overdue Tasks, Low Stock, Currency Exchange Rates, Sales Revenue are examples of data to highlight visually allowing for a quick reaction time. Key Financial Indicators and Key Performance Indicators can be configured with a simple dialog and no need to write any code. Choose colours, icons or data bars to highlight key data.Screenshot of SELECTING AND STYLING ICONS Icons can be chosen as part of the conditional formatting to make data stand out. The Office 365 Fabric icons can be selected and styled and applied to cell values. Pepper pots, Smileys, Envelopes and more icons are available. There are hundreds of options to choose from to highlight data that needs to be acted upon.Screenshot of DATA VIEWER CAN BE A GRID OF DATA OR A CHART IN SHAREPOINT OR MICROSOFT TEAMS The Data Viewer can be used within Microsoft SharePoint Modern Sites or Microsoft Teams Tabs as a Grid of Data with styling or as a Chart which can be configured. The Charting Feature allows for Pie, Donut, Column, Line, Area, and Scatter Charts which can all be configured and displayed in 2D or 3D.Screenshot of TREEMAPS summary information can be displayed within a TreeMap next to the detail. Users will be able to see trends, and how the business is performing using the TreeMap view of data.Screenshot of CHARTS AND GAUGES The Data Viewer is used to represent data in multiple ways using Gauges, TreeMaps, Multiple Series Charts, and Pie Charts.