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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Logi Info

    Score3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Logi Info (or the Logi Analytics Platform) is a developer-grade analytics platform designed for application teams needing to rapidly build, deploy, and maintain mission-critical applications. Logi serves the embedded model, so companies increase the likelihood of building valuable, long lasting applications. The vendor focuses on enriching embedded analytics capabilities so that their customers' applications become more valuable, faster. According to the vendor, Logi allows customers to…N/A

    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

    Tableau Desktop

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.

    $1,380

    per year (purchased via a Creator license)

    Pricing
    Logi InfoSisense for Cloud Data TeamsTableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
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    Tableau Creator License
    $115
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Logi InfoSisense for Cloud Data TeamsTableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsLogi's pricing was developed with software vendors in mind and as such, we offer flexible, custom pricing aligned with your go-to-market approach and long-term growth plans. Our pricing objective is to ensure our partners can rapidly scale their analytics.All pricing plans are billed annually. A Creator license includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and Tableau Pulse. Discounts sometimes available for volume.
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    Community Pulse
    Logi InfoSisense for Cloud Data TeamsTableau Desktop
    Considered Multiple Products
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Chose Logi Info
    Logi Info was easy to integrate to our product and it's OEM model was very cost effective. Hence, having a cost effective platform was our primary choice. Logi Info is also easy to use if I make a comparison specifically with Tableau. Also, Logi Info offers better visualization …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Info
    Easier than SSRS, more stable than PowerBI, more complex than Tableau
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Info
    To be honest, Logi Info (Logi Analytics Platform) is the weakest of all these products BUT it can offer value if you have a team of web developers who want to add BI widgets, vs. having a BI team who are focused on making great visualisations. Our company made the decision …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Info
    Easy console and a well-defined large number of prebuilt data models made this product easy for business customers to produce really quick and useful insights in a very short time. Quick and fast data insights outcome in the well-defined data model with minimal support from …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Info
    Logi Analytics easily outperformed all of the software that we considered with regard to scalability, flexibility, cost, support, and overall architecture.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Info
    It can be embedded on top of a website for direct analysis. I feel this is a way faster and a better solution. This is like an integrated solution. That's why the firm selected Logi Analytics for quick insights on customer behavior and data.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Info
    We already have Logi installed, so we will stick with it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Info
    We test drove a lot of the big hitters, Pentaho, Sisense, Tableau, Jasper, Spago, Birt, Knime, Power BI and while most of them did a lot of things very well, but none did exactly what we were looking for without a lot of downsides (more developers, bolting on extra modules …
    Incentivized
    Chose Logi Info
    Logi gave us the flexibility we needed to meet the configurable nature of our product and for the need to create custom reports. Other products did not allow flexbility to generate reports via script as was one of our primary requirements.
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    Sisense Ltd
    Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    Periscope's lightweight footprint and customizable SQL-based reports make it a better choice for us than Tableau or Microsoft BI. We deal with millions of rows of transactional data in a SQL Server data warehouse, so having seamless front-end integration makes reporting seamless.
    Incentivized
    Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    LookML was able to simplify development of views involving window calculations, but slowed down the overall development cycle as minor SQL edits required heavy code reviews.

    Tableau has great interactive options but has proved non-performant with our database mix (MySQL, …
    Incentivized
    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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    Tableau
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    Key User Insights
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    93%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    Features
    Logi InfoSisense for Cloud Data TeamsTableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Logi Info and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Info
    3.0
    25 Ratings
    93% below category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    7.0
    19 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    175 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports5.01 Ratings6.010 Ratings8.0145 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards3.025 Ratings7.019 Ratings9.2174 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates1.023 Ratings8.017 Ratings8.1151 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Logi Info and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Info
    1.8
    24 Ratings
    127% below category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    4.8
    19 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    172 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drill-down analysis2.023 Ratings6.015 Ratings8.6167 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities3.024 Ratings7.018 Ratings8.6170 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages1.01 Ratings3.010 Ratings8.1126 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration1.023 Ratings3.019 Ratings8.6165 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Logi Info and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Info
    4.5
    23 Ratings
    58% below category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    7.6
    18 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.5
    166 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Publish to Web8.419 Ratings5.012 Ratings8.1155 Ratings
    Publish to PDF4.020 Ratings10.012 Ratings8.2154 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling1.018 Ratings5.015 Ratings8.6128 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.012 Ratings8.6120 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings10.06 Ratings8.978 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Logi Info and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Info
    4.8
    22 Ratings
    50% below category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    4.8
    19 Ratings
    47% below category average
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    164 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)5.022 Ratings7.018 Ratings8.6162 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization2.017 Ratings8.017 Ratings8.6156 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.56 Ratings1.011 Ratings8.7131 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings3.01 Ratings7.77 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Logi Info and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Info
    2.0
    19 Ratings
    124% below category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    9.1
    149 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)2.019 Ratings00 Ratings9.1145 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model2.018 Ratings00 Ratings9.1125 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)2.016 Ratings00 Ratings8.9136 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control2.01 Ratings00 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings00 Ratings9.383 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Logi Info and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Info
    2.0
    20 Ratings
    118% below category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    7.9
    141 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access2.020 Ratings00 Ratings8.6130 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile2.016 Ratings00 Ratings7.5122 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings00 Ratings7.5101 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Logi Info and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Logi Info
    5.2
    15 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
    -
    Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    7.7
    67 Ratings
    1% below category average
    REST API8.56 Ratings00 Ratings8.459 Ratings
    Javascript API8.48 Ratings00 Ratings7.653 Ratings
    iFrames2.09 Ratings00 Ratings6.751 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)2.015 Ratings00 Ratings7.154 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings00 Ratings8.048 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings00 Ratings8.448 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Logi InfoSisense for Cloud Data TeamsTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    7.5
    (41 ratings)
    Usability
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    8.4
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    Support Rating
    8.0
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    6.9
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    1.0
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    In-Person Training
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    9.4
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    Online Training
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    Configurability
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    7.0
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    6.5
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
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    8.4
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    Data Sources
    8.6
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    9.0
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    7.9
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    Ease of integration
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    User Testimonials
    Logi InfoSisense for Cloud Data TeamsTableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Logi Composer is the best of the product range that Logi Analytics offers; Logi Info is, in my mind, a terrible experience and should be discontinued. Logi Info is not a BI tool and many CEOs and product managers believe it is. Instead, it is a tool for web developers to create IIS apps with a library of BI-type components, and with everything else having to be hand-coded in JavaScript and CSS. Maybe this was cool back in the early 2000s when Logi Info came about, but today I'd recommend using Visual Studio, C#, .NET, and finding a NuGet package for your visualisations if you wanted to go the route of making your own web app. This said, where it is suited is if you have a burning desire to make a stand-alone IIS-based web application and you don't need or want to leverage any existing skills in .NET or PHP or other frameworks/languages. Instead, you want to use the Logi Info XML-based BI widgets and you're happy to make something quick without needing it to look really awesome.
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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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    Tableau
    The best scenario is definitely to collect data from several sources and create dedicated dashboards for specific recipients. However, I miss the possibility of explaining these reports in more detail. Sometimes, we order a report, and after half a year, we don't remember the meaning of some data (I know it's our fault as an organization, but the tool could force better practices).
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    Pros
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • Clear/Concise view of data. Easily intuitive, amazing drill down capability, fully user configurable panels and dashboards.
    • Self-Service is such a powerful tool for facilities that want to create/design their own reports/dashboards, it's instantly recognized as being very powerful and agile.
    • Logi software makes the designer realize that they should think outside the box and not stick with "it's how we have always done it limitation". It allows you to be very creative.
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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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    Tableau
    • An excellent tool for data visualization, it presents information in an appealing visual format—an exceptional platform for storing and analyzing data in any size organization.
    • Through interactive parameters, it enables real-time interaction with the user and is easy to learn and get support from the community.
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    Cons
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • It is not always intuitive to incorporate JavaScript into Logi Info. The tools are all available, but the process requires multiple resource in translating between Logi and JavaScript.
    • The toolbox is too vast for Logi to provide a 'quick implementation' or 'quick start guide'. There are so many tools that Logi expects the client to determine which fit their use case. There are purchasable 'Professional Services' options for implementation, but without these, the toolset is almost too big.
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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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    Tableau
    • Pricing should be more user-friendly and usage-driven
    • Making edits to the production reports is fairly tough and has a vast scope of additional capabilities
    • Tableau Desktop should be able to differentiate itself from the Tableau server else there is no major meaning of two different products being offered
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Logi Info is a very outdated, archaic product that tries to build .NET / Java web apps using an obscure XML-based markup language to implement BI widgets, with a lot of extra CSS/JavaScript needed on your own to make it do the best things. There are many other better tools. It is not a BI tool, and as a web development tool it's not great either. I'd recommend getting some good third-party .NET BI library if you want your web devs to make the reports, otherwise use a proper BI tool like Power BI or Tableau, or even Logi Composer (formerly ZoomData before Logi acquired it.)
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    Sisense Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    Our use of Tableau Desktop is still fairly low, and will continue over time. The only real concern is around cost of the licenses, and I have mentioned this to Tableau and fully expect the development of more sensible models for our industry. This will remove any impediment to expansion of our use.
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    Usability
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    I am giving 9 rating because the Logi Info still needs to improve on the tutorials part and make it easy for the beginners. Otherwise, it's a very good analytics tool which offers more than 20 types of visualization. It's predictive analysis feature and easy to embed with technologies make it stand out in the market.
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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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    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop has proven to be a lifesaver in many situations. Once we've completed the initial setup, it's simple to use. It has all of the features we need to quickly and efficiently synthesize our data. Tableau Desktop has advanced capabilities to improve our company's data structure and enable self-service for our employees.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    When used as a stand-alone tool, Tableau Desktop has unlimited uptime, which is always nice. When used in conjunction with Tableau Server, this tool has as much uptime as your server admins are willing to give it. All in all, I've never had an issue with Tableau's availability.
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    Performance
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop's performance is solid. You can really dig into a large dataset in the form of a spreadsheet, and it exhibits similarly good performance when accessing a moderately sized Oracle database. I noticed that with Tableau Desktop 9.3, the performance using a spreadsheet started to slow around 75K rows by about 60 columns. This was easily remedied by creating an extract and pushing it to Tableau Server, where performance went to lightning fast
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    Support Rating
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    The support process is bit slow and has a good scope improvement but overall it's good as team is very supportive. They generally take 1-2 days time to respond emails sent to them but some times a delay is also expected. Overall, I did not face any major issues using the service.
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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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    Tableau
    Tableau support has been extremely responsive and willing to help with all of our requests. They have assisted with creating advanced analysis and many different types of custom icons, data formatting, formulas, and actions embedded into graphs. Tableau offers a weekly presentation of features and assists with internal company projects.
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    In-Person Training
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    It is admittedly hard to train a group of people with disparate levels of ability coming in, but the software is so easy to use that this is not a huge problem; anyone who can follow simple instructions can catch up pretty quickly.
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    Online Training
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    I think the training was good overall, but it was maybe stating the obvious things that a tech savvy young engineer would be able to pick up themselves too. However, the example work books were good and Tableau web community has helped me with many problems
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    Implementation Rating
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
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    Tableau
    Again, training is the key and the company provides a lot of example videos that will help users discover use cases that will greatly assist their creation of original visualizations. As with any new software tool, productivity will decline for a period. In the case of Tableau, the decline period is short and the later gains are well worth it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Logi gave us the flexibility we needed to meet the configurable nature of our product and for the need to create custom reports. Other products did not allow flexbility to generate reports via script as was one of our primary requirements.
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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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    Tableau
    I have used Power BI as well, the pricing is better, and also training costs or certifications are not that high. Since there is python integration in Power BI where I can use data cleaning and visualizing libraries and also some machine learning models. I can import my python scripts and create a visualization on processed data.
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    Scalability
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    Tableau Desktop's scaleability is really limited to the scale of your back-end data systems. If you want to pull down an extract and work quickly in-memory, in my application it scaled to a few tens of millions of rows using the in-memory engine. But it's really only limited by your back-end data store if you have or are willing to invest in an optimized SQL store or purpose-built query engine like Veritca or Netezza or something similar.
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    Return on Investment
    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • By embedding Logi in our solution and using the Logi Self-Service Module we can provide this flexibility to our users without requiring custom development work for each new request.
    • We succeeded in developing embedded self-service analytics at scale with a combination of Logi analytics as front-end and a Cassandra data lake with Spark aggregation algorithms as back-end.
    • We analyze the insurance industry and need to replicate different data formats across hundreds of databases to support multi-tenant (customer) BI reports and "ad hoc" data review on millions or hundreds of millions of records per customer.
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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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    Tableau
    • Tableau was acquired years ago, and has provided good value with the content created.
    • Ongoing maintenance costs for the platform, both to maintain desktop and server licensing has made the continuing value questionable when compared to other offerings in the marketplace.
    • Users have largely been satisfied with the content, but not with the overall performance. This is due to a combination of factors including the performance of the Tableau engines as well as development deficiencies.
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    ScreenShots

    Logi Info Screenshots

    Screenshot of Logi Info Discovery ModuleScreenshot of A customized Logi dashboardScreenshot of Logi powered application showing a completely unique UI/InterfaceScreenshot of Another unique display of dataScreenshot of Logi leveraging D3 charts via its robust extensibility