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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Strategy Analytics

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMicroStrategy Analytics is an enterprise business analytics and mobility platform. Key features include automatic big data analysis and reporting, data discovery and visualization, digital security credentials, and support for mobile devices.N/A

    ThoughtSpot

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AThoughtSpot is an Agentic Analytics Platform for enterprises where users ask data questions using natural language and get answers with AI. Code-first for data teams and code-free for business users, ThoughtSpot can handle large, complex cloud data at scale.

    $1,500

    per year (5 users)

    Pricing
    Strategy AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Thoughtspot Analytics - Pro
    $50
    per month (billed annually) per user (25-1000 users)
    Thoughtspot Analytics - Enterprise
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    Pricing Offerings
    Strategy AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Strategy AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Considered Both Products
    Strategy
    No answer on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    Chose ThoughtSpot
    We did not evaluate other products against Thought Spot. We do leverage microstrategy heavily in our environment and we see ThoughtSpot as an augmentation of that environment.
    Incentivized
    Chose ThoughtSpot
    we were looking for something which provides self service capabilities and something which very eay to use from users perspective.
    Incentivized
    Chose ThoughtSpot
    The main reason for selecting Thoughtspot was to share reporting with other external vendors and ease of doing business.
    Incentivized
    Chose ThoughtSpot
    ThoughtSpot provides a much better UX for self-service analysis.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Would buy again
    37 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    37 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    Features
    Strategy AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Strategy Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    26 Ratings
    20% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    7.3
    89 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports10.023 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.023 Ratings8.189 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.024 Ratings7.725 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Strategy Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    24 Ratings
    22% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    7.5
    91 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Drill-down analysis10.022 Ratings8.390 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities10.024 Ratings7.090 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages10.016 Ratings5.949 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.023 Ratings8.888 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Strategy Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    23 Ratings
    20% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    8.1
    84 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Publish to Web10.022 Ratings8.155 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.023 Ratings8.478 Ratings
    Report Versioning10.020 Ratings7.918 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.022 Ratings8.364 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers10.05 Ratings7.935 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Strategy Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    22% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    7.2
    86 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.020 Ratings7.585 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.019 Ratings7.079 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics10.018 Ratings7.565 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining10.01 Ratings6.913 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Strategy Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    21 Ratings
    16% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    8.1
    86 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.019 Ratings8.282 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.020 Ratings7.974 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.020 Ratings7.678 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings7.816 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.09 Ratings8.772 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Strategy Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    9.7
    19 Ratings
    22% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    7.3
    53 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.019 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.015 Ratings6.734 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.019 Ratings6.746 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Strategy Analytics and ThoughtSpot
    Feature
    Strategy Analytics
    10.0
    8 Ratings
    25% above category average
    ThoughtSpot
    7.2
    51 Ratings
    7% below category average
    REST API10.06 Ratings7.342 Ratings
    Javascript API10.07 Ratings6.835 Ratings
    iFrames10.05 Ratings8.134 Ratings
    Java API10.04 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.05 Ratings7.235 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.06 Ratings7.115 Ratings
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    Cyfe
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    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Strategy AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (50 ratings)
    8.4
    (91 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (27 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    3.2
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (85 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.2
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.8
    (21 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Strategy AnalyticsThoughtSpot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Strategy
    MSTR is great for any organization that is looking for a way to deliver complicated data in an uncomplicated way. From business teams to marketing and finance, several departments benefit from using MSTR to keep track of KPIs enabling teams to make optimizations along the way. MSTR provides great visual representations of data enabling team members to distill thousands of data points into easily digestible charts and graphs
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    ThoughtSpot
    It is well suited when the same data is consumed by many different people with different analytics and visualization requirements because, if you have the data available in ThoughtSpot, every user can prepare different views. Also, it is a good reporting tool, you can get rid of slides if you have a good dashboard prepared, gaining flexibility and agility.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Strategy
    • They sell the product well, and make promises you will actually believe
    • "checks the box" for most features a company would need. Doesn't actually deliver them though
    • They answer the phone in a timely manner. Can't answer your questions or provide support, but the queue time isn't bad
    • They have online documentation. It's not up to date, and likely doesn't reflect the version of software you are using, but hey... they can point to it.
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    ThoughtSpot
    • Beautiful visualizations. The visuals are distinct, clean, and easy to discern from one another.
    • Intelligent querying functionality. When looking to manipulate the data, the search function makes it easy to manipulate the features in the data, along with aggregating them in the way you'd like.
    • Embedding! It has been a smooth process thus far for our product & technical teams to work with ThoughtSpot and bring it into our product.
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    Cons
    Strategy
    • The graph options are not as robust as an Excel user might want.
    • The metadata layer can sometimes be slower, and it takes a long time for reports to run.
    • Viewing the data feed entered can be cumbersome at times, in terms of validation with reports.
    Incentivized
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    ThoughtSpot
    • It would be great if ThoughtSpot can add the feature to filter by clicking on visualizations. i.e if I click on a particular data point in the chart if the full dashboard can filter just for that particular data point.
    • Color coding the heatmap with different colors like green to orange to red.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Strategy
    I would always choose to renew MicroStrategy as long as they lead the market in features, functionality and price. The support of MicroStrategy is timely and professional, I frequently get answers to my questions within 24 hours and normally have solutions within 48 hours. Training available for MicroStrategy completely covers everything required to be able to expertly use MicroStrategy and understand data warehousing.
    Incentivized
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    ThoughtSpot
    I give it just waiting because passport is brilliant and it has helped our organisation In advancing to the next stage in the age of AI. It has allowed or non-tech people to better service and clients in a cost-effective way. George port has allowed us to create new products for us and for our clients increasing our revenue streams and reducing clients churn
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Strategy
    The standard grid reporting could look more like the styling and object used for the Import and Visual Insight products. In addition, object properties almost seem to be hidden when first using the product. It's as if they are asking the engineers to only use the presets we make available...and, these presets are 10+ years old. On the positive side, Microstrategy seems to be the only product, not named Cognos, which can scale to Big Data. The product is "hackable" via the SDK or tricking the Intelligence Server to do uncommon things. The Microstrategy development team also seems to be very involved with their OEM partners; especially when it comes to features and enhancements. A large majority of the improvements we suggested have made it into the product or on the roadmap for future enhancements. Only suckas fall for the shiny objects from most other vendors; Microstrategy is really the only choice for Enterprise BI.
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    ThoughtSpot
    The rating is because of the ease of use of the interface as it has a no code interface that makes it easy to setup data pipelines without extensive programming. Cloud native integration: It integrates seamlessly with cloud based data warehouses. Automated data loading, Scalability, Cost Effective, Transformations, Data Governance and security.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Strategy
    I've never had an issue with MicroStrategy not being available due to MicroStrategy application malfunction. It is very robust and only failures I've seen were due to user error or the platform the machine running the service failed some how.
    Incentivized
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    ThoughtSpot
    it's available unless there is a server or system update etc. sometimes the timing of this is bad (for example during a month end close)
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Strategy
    Being able to customize the performance based on the business need is extremely powerful. Proper configuration and understanding of the usage pattern is key, if the technical ability of the architect is not at top level, then the product will not be configured correctly which will lead to poor performance.
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    ThoughtSpot
    It does what it is supposed to. Would be nice to have a bit more insights
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    Support Rating
    Strategy
    Good user community. Support team is available if you are under AMC. You get decent support after raising the support ticket. If it is product bug they will inform you and let you know which patch will resolve the same.
    Incentivized
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    ThoughtSpot
    I give it this meeting because the team is not only help able to help us in the current solutions but also amazing and taking feedback and feeding it back to their development team which includes more products and features into ThoughtSpot
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    In-Person Training
    Strategy
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    inhouse in-person training. Took a bit to long to get the basics.
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    Online Training
    Strategy
    I have attended many trainings offered by MicroStrategy; both distance and in-person training. I earned my CRD (Certified Report Developer) certification via the online training. I found the training to be well organized and concise. Overall I will definitely continue to increase my knowledge with MicroStrategy via the online training offering.
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    ThoughtSpot
    poor instructions
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    Implementation Rating
    Strategy
    We measured following KPI for the success
    • Increase in Business Feeds Loads
    • Reduction in Controllers Manual Work.
    • Conversion of Manual Work into Systematic Workflows.
    • Increase in Customer Spend
    • Reduction in Service costs
    • Reduction in time-to-market for new campaigns
    • Increase in cross sell and Up sell
    • Error reduction in customer Identification
    • Existing client retained
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    ThoughtSpot
    Understand use case and model and design accordingly
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    Alternatives Considered
    Strategy
    Tableau is probably MicroStrategy Analytic's biggest competitor I've noticed over time, and I'm not sure why. Tableau only covers visualizations independently for each business user, which then creates the issues of every employee creating their own version of the data, and then you have 20 versions of the truth. A enterprise data warehouse and MicroStrategy's Visual Insight is a better method.
    Incentivized
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    ThoughtSpot
    We also explored Tableau Ask Data. Tableau is our standard for BI in our organization. We want to use the smallest amount of tools in our company to have the best adaption. ThoughSpot will fill a few gaps that we have with our current set up and will also enhance out offering for our employees in the transition of being more data driven within in near future
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    Scalability
    Strategy
    This software is extremely scaleable, one can add more core servers which performs as a load balancing. The configurations available to manage usage patterns and daily activity are as high a caliber as any other enterprise level software. This product can be installed on both a windows and unix platform allow for integration on a budget.
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    ThoughtSpot
    Because it is very reliable, inside the situation, we need strong internet connection to access a lot of data but easily never had any downtime except during the upgrades
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    Return on Investment
    Strategy
    • MicroStrategy was helpful for reducing the amount of time we needed to spend number crunching large data sets, and in doing so, allowed me as the primary users to spend more time gleaning insights from the data that in turn informed our leadership team to make strategic decisions.
    • By creating numerous canned reports available to all members of the team through email distribution or basic access to the platform, we were able to reduce the time I spent showing people how to pull the data in Microsoft Excel by nearly 40% .
    • We ended up needing to make many changes to the way our DMP was feeding data into MicroStrategy due to incorrect reporting that caused complications in accounting and finance.
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    ThoughtSpot
    • Time to market ROI is massive vs hiring the full-time dedicated team to build and maintain a frontend multi-tenant SaaS data viz product.
    • It will be interesting to see over time how the advanced features play out in terms of usability and end value, such as Natural Search, which we are very excited about, and the machine learning tools.
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    Screenshot of the ThoughtSpot home screenScreenshot of SpotIQ, which offers AI-driven insightsScreenshot of the Spotter AI agent that surfaces insights through natural language queriesScreenshot of AI Assist producing SQL in real timeScreenshot of SpotIQ, which offers AI-driven insightsScreenshot of the integration with dbt models and metrics