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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Sigma

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASigma Computing headquartered in San Francisco provides a suite of data services such as code free data modeling, data search and explorating, and related BI and data visualization services.N/A
    Pricing
    MetabaseSigma
    Editions & Modules
    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
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MetabaseSigma
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Contact us for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    MetabaseSigma
    Considered Both Products
    Metabase
    No answer on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    Chose Sigma
    I'd rate Sigma to be extremely similar to Sisense except it looks not as nice. I would say that as a tool, Sigma is more user-friendly than Tableau, Power BI, Trevor, and Metabase.

    I do feel that Looker is far more powerful and looks great, but I also recognize that Looker does …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sigma
    Sigma beats them all in terms of ease of use and interface. Tableau is more customizable than Sigma, particularly with custom graphics. Sigma is far more feature-rich than Metabase as a basic reporting tool. Sigma makes PowerBI look like a 1980s desktop tool. Dataiku is more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sigma
    Sigma is the easiest to use from a workbook developer perspective, and from a non-technical end user perspective. Everything from administration, semantic layer setup, to creating dashboards is easier in Sigma than these other tools. Developing content in Sigma is enjoyable, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sigma
    Sigma is definitely more user-friendly and has powerful built-in functions and capabilities for analyzing and visualizing data in a low-code fashion. It allows our non-technical users to jump in and use data to answer the questions they are asking without having to wait for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sigma
    The products we looked at were relatively similar. During the trial we ran, Sigma was the fastest platform for all of us to pick up and start delivering prototype dashboards. Sigma's pivot table support – important for our tech savvy user base – was as good or better than …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sigma
    Sigma is like a unique combination of Excel and Tableau, in my experience. It combines both the heavy-duty data wrangling and data manipulation abilities of Tableau with the quickness and ease of use that Excel is known for having. I have relied on Excel a lot less now for ad …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sigma
    Sigma's combination of key features from each of these with native dB access under a UI that makes collaboration easy has made it an easy choice for us.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Would buy again
    118 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    77 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    116 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    77 Answers
    Features
    MetabaseSigma
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Metabase and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Metabase
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sigma Computing
    7.4
    163 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.02 Ratings5.4104 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.04 Ratings9.3161 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates6.34 Ratings7.7133 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Metabase and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sigma Computing
    7.5
    166 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Drill-down analysis8.54 Ratings8.0155 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.44 Ratings7.0163 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.92 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.54 Ratings7.6162 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Metabase and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Sigma Computing
    7.5
    156 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Publish to Web9.01 Ratings7.2103 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.01 Ratings7.7130 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.02 Ratings7.0120 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.01 Ratings7.6132 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.968 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Metabase and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Sigma Computing
    6.8
    149 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.54 Ratings8.6147 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.02 Ratings5.626 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.92 Ratings6.218 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Metabase and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Metabase
    9.5
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Sigma Computing
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Metabase and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Metabase
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Sigma Computing
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Metabase and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Metabase
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Sigma Computing
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    MetabaseSigma
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MetabaseSigma
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (170 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.6
    (48 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (47 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MetabaseSigma
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Sigma Computing
    We were able to set up client-facing embedded reports with ease and security. The interface is not difficult to learn, although we may not be aware of or lack the necessary expertise to utilize more advanced features that would likely benefit us.
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    Pros
    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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    Sigma Computing
    • Allows end users to easily dive into the data without having direct access to the table in our database management software.
    • Can easily turnaround dashboards that are detailed and visually pleasing.
    • Sigma is intuitive and as new features are rolled out it is easy to adopt and incorporate them into new and existing dashboards.
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    Cons
    Metabase
    • Report Types
    • Updates
    • Colour/Branding
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    Sigma Computing
    • Sigma Computing does not allow custom ordering of pivot fields in pivot tables easily
    • Sigma Computing lacks functionality for creating tables or sections that dynamically adjust to the browser window's height while maintaining a fixed height textbox at the bottom
    • Sigma Computing does not provide straightforward options for formatting totals in tables, such as renaming 'Total' to 'Average', 'Team Total', etc
    • Sigma Computing does not support searching by individual tab names within a workbook
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    Sigma has helped us a lot and has become an integral part of our daily workflow. It would be difficult to switch to another platform and have to rebuild the numerous metrics and performance reports that we have already established
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    Usability
    Metabase
    Its generally quite easy to use but some SQL is definitely important
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    Sigma Computing
    It has a clean and modern interface. However, it is not completely intuitive. I think it would be better and easier to navigate with more Windows style drop down menus and/or tabls. There is a significant learning curve, but that may be due in part to the technical nature of this type of software tool.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    Yes, as long as you don’t conduct user error sigma is always up and running and waiting for you to complete your dashboards
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    Performance
    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    It depends, it loads quickly for smaller dashboards but when loading larger amounts of data it takes more time to do so
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    Support Rating
    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    They are very friendly and informative. They are quick in resolving our queries and help us understand very minute things as well. They are quick in creating feature tickets based on our custom requirements, and they would also create a bug ticket if there is any discrepancy and get that checked on time.
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    Implementation Rating
    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    Was not involved in implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Metabase
    It does not stack up against Metabase, they complete each other.
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    Sigma Computing
    With Looker, to be effective, a substantial amount of coding & modeling needs to happen in LookML. Being another language to learn, users have to context switch again from at a minimum either SQL or Python into LookML. The concept of being able to source control, code review, and deploy your models is a plus though.
    Tableau is the gold standard for data visualization, no question. Power users will be able to create dazzling content that Sigma won't necessarily be able to easily match. However, since development usually happens via an extract, helping other users troubleshoot is an arduous process. Trying to re-do or un-do all the transformations and calculations that cause a certain number is very difficult.
    With Sigma, all the queries happen directly against Snowflake and you can see the query logs. The data modeling happens right in a tabular, spreadsheet-like manner, so within only a few minutes, substantial transformations can happen, with visualizations just a few more clicks away.
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    Scalability
    Metabase
    No answers on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    It is a cloud service offering that is able to expand based on your usage
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Sigma Computing
    • Monitoring health of cloud platform has allowed the company to anticipate issues before they affect customers – Sigma prompted us building a canary monitoring process that provides customer container health.
    • Customer success has used an activity report to discover customers running runaway processes that they were unaware of, creating an alert to contact the customer and prevent an embarrassing situation.
    • Customer success uses the activity report to prompt conversations regarding increases or declines in behavior that led to increasing contract limits or addressing churn concerns.
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