Pyramid Analytics vs. Spotfire

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Pyramid Analytics
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Pyramid Analytics is a business intelligence software offering from Pyramid Analytics.N/A
Spotfire
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Spotfire® is a data visualization platform that utilizes predictive analytics. In addition to data viz, it includes data wrangling capabilities, predictive analytics, location analytics, and real-time streaming analytics. Spotfire® is a business unit of Cloud Software Group, formerly known as TIBCO Spotfire.
$0.99
Per Hour (Starting)
Pricing
Pyramid AnalyticsSpotfire
Editions & Modules
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TIBCO Spotfire for Amazon Web Services
$0.99
Per Hour (Starting)
TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Consumer
$250/yr
per seat
TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Business Author
$650/yr
per seat
TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Analyst
$1250/yr
per seat
TIBCO Spotfire Platform
Please contact TIBCO sales
TIBCO Spotfire Cloud Enterprise
Please contact TIBCO sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Pyramid AnalyticsSpotfire
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsContact vendor for pricing information.For Enterprise engagements, please contact TIBCO directly for a custom price quote.
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Community Pulse
Pyramid AnalyticsSpotfire
Top Pros
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Features
Pyramid AnalyticsSpotfire
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Pyramid Analytics
9.3
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Spotfire
8.3
299 Ratings
1% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports9.01 Ratings8.030 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.01 Ratings9.1294 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.01 Ratings7.9258 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Pyramid Analytics
8.3
1 Ratings
2% above category average
Spotfire
8.2
311 Ratings
1% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.01 Ratings8.3289 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.01 Ratings7.8302 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.01 Ratings8.5274 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.3224 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Pyramid Analytics
9.3
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Spotfire
8.3
283 Ratings
1% below category average
Publish to PDF10.01 Ratings8.6267 Ratings
Report Versioning9.01 Ratings8.018 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling10.01 Ratings8.4178 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.2228 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Pyramid Analytics
8.3
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Spotfire
8.2
310 Ratings
1% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.01 Ratings8.7306 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.01 Ratings8.4271 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.01 Ratings8.1234 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.68 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Pyramid Analytics
8.3
1 Ratings
4% below category average
Spotfire
8.1
250 Ratings
6% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.01 Ratings8.7241 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.01 Ratings8.5206 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.01 Ratings7.8228 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.48 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Pyramid Analytics
9.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Spotfire
7.3
189 Ratings
8% below category average
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.01 Ratings7.5148 Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.9177 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.6126 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Pyramid Analytics
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Ratings
Spotfire
8.3
89 Ratings
5% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.371 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.370 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.454 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.257 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.269 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.560 Ratings
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
Pyramid AnalyticsSpotfire
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(335 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(29 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(27 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(14 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(14 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(27 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(52 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(55 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(17 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
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5.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Pyramid AnalyticsSpotfire
Likelihood to Recommend
Pyramid Analytics
Pyramid Analytics is a great tool to see the path of how something is progressing to make or see how aspects affect your process. You can find out how to improve your industry and compare departments on the fly. Pyramid Analytics is easy to add or subtract data in a report. I have not found a scenario where Pyramid Analytics is not a good tool to look at your process
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Spotfire
A high level of data integration is available here it supports various data sources and so on. Collaborating features allow users to give access to the dashboard and merge data analytics with other team members. It can meet the demands of both small and large size business enterprises. A customized dashboard and reports are provided to meet the specific needs and get support of extensibility through APIs and customized scripts.
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Pros
Pyramid Analytics
  • Easy of use to add data metrics and demission
  • Easy to publish and distribute
  • Advanced graphics
  • Easy to administer
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Spotfire
  • It has the best coding integration (python, R) of any BI product
  • The ability to work with very large datasets (10 mil+) is better than competitors
  • Export options are more complete and have better functionality
  • The data canvas is the best tool to join and transform data vs. competitors
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Cons
Pyramid Analytics
No answers on this topic
Spotfire
  • The donut chart is I guess a powerful illustrations but I hope it should be done quite simple in Spotfire. But in Spotfire there are lots of steps involve just to build a simple donut chart.
  • Table calculation (like Row or Column Differences) should be made simple or there should be drag and drop function for Table Calculation. No need for scripting.
  • Information Link should be changed. If new columns are added to the table just refreshing the data should be able to capture the new column. No need extra step to add column
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Likelihood to Renew
Pyramid Analytics
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Spotfire
-Easy to distribute information throughout the enterprise using the webplayer. -Ad hoc analysis is possible throughout the enterprise using business author in the webplayer or the thick client. -Low level of support needed by IT team. Access interfaces with LDAP and numerous other authentication methods. -Possible to continually extend the platform with JavaScript, R scripts, HTML, and custom extensions. -Ability to standardize data logic through pre-built queries in the Information Designer. Everyone in the enterprise is using the same logic -Tagging and bookmarking data allows for quick sharing of insights. -Integration with numerous data sources... flat files, data bases, big data, images, etc. -Much improved mapping capability. Also includes the ability to apply data points over any image.
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Usability
Pyramid Analytics
Pyramid Analytics brings a tool that is graphically pleasing and easy to use to generate publications so you can understand your data. You can see your data in a new way in just a few clicks. This is very helpful in gaining the advantage of your processes and leading in your industry. Getting data quickly and being able to see how your business is being affected over time can get you an advantage and streamline your workflow.
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Spotfire
Basic tasks like generating meaningful information from large sets of raw data are very easy. The next step of linking to multiple live data sources and linking those tables and performing on the fly analysis of the imported data is understandably more difficult.
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Reliability and Availability
Pyramid Analytics
No answers on this topic
Spotfire
Even though, it's a rather stable and predictable tool that's also fast, it does have some bugs and inconsistencies that shut down the system. Depending on the details, it could happen as often as 2-3 times a week, especially during the development period.
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Performance
Pyramid Analytics
No answers on this topic
Spotfire
Generally, the Spotfire client runs with very good performance. There are factors that could affect performance, but normally has to do with loading large analysis files from the library if the database is located some distance away and your global network is not optimal. Once you have your data table(s) loaded in the client application, usually the application is quite good performance-wise.
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Support Rating
Pyramid Analytics
Pyramid Analytics looks to improve what the tool offers. They continue to add features and help with webinars. Updates to the product are easy to install. There are tools to help when looking for ways to improve your ability to of using the product.
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Spotfire
Support has been helpful with issues. Support seems to know their product and its capabilities. It would also seem that they have a good sense of the context of the problem; where we are going with this issue and what we want the end outcome to be.
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In-Person Training
Pyramid Analytics
No answers on this topic
Spotfire
The instructor was very in depth and provided relevant training to business users on how to create visualizations. They showed us how to alter settings and filter views, and provided resources for future questions. However, the instructor failed to cover data sources, connecting to data, etc. While it was helpful to see how users can use the data to create reports, they failed to properly instruct us on how to get the dataset in to begin with. We are still trying to figure out connections to certain databases (we have multiple different types).
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Online Training
Pyramid Analytics
No answers on this topic
Spotfire
The online training is good, provides a good base of knowledge. The video demonstrations were well-done and easy to follow along. Provided exercises are good as well, but I think there could be more challenging exercises. The training has also gone up in price significantly in the last 3 years (in USD, which hurts us even more in Canada), and I'm not sure it is worth the money it now costs (it is worth how much it cost 3 years ago, but not double that.)
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Implementation Rating
Pyramid Analytics
No answers on this topic
Spotfire
The original architecture I created for our implementation had only a particular set of internal business units in mind. Over the years, Spotfire gained in popularity in our company and was being utilized across many more business units. Soon, its usage went beyond what the original architectural implementation could provide. We've since learned about how the product is used by the different teams and are currently in the middle of rolling out a new architecture. I suggest:
  • Have clearly defined service level agreements with all the teams that will use Spotfire. Your business intelligence group might only need availability during normal working hours, but your production support group might need 24/7 availability. If these groups share one Spotfire server, maintenance of that server might be a problem.
  • Know the different types of data you will be working with. One group might be working with "public" data while another group might work with sensitive data. Design your Library accordingly and with the proper permissions.
  • Know the roles of the users of Spotfire. Will there only be a small set of report writers or does everyone have write access to the Library?
  • ALWAYS add a timestamp prompt to your reports. You don't want multiple users opening a report that will try and pull down millions of rows of data to their local workstations. Another option, of course, is to just hard code a time range in the backing database view (i.e. where activity_date >= sysdate - 90, etc.), but I'd rather educate/train the user base if possible.
  • This probably goes without saying, but if possible, point to a separate reporting database or a logical standby database. You don't want the company pounding on your primaries and take down your order system.
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Alternatives Considered
Pyramid Analytics
No answers on this topic
Spotfire
Spotfire is significantly ahead of both products from an ETL and data ingestion capability. Spotfire also has substantially better visualizations than Power BI, and although the native visualizations aren't as flexible in Tableau, Spotfire enables users to create completely custom javascript visaualizations, which neither Tableau or Power BI has. Tableau and Power BI are likely only superior to Spotfire with respect to embedded analysis on a website.
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Scalability
Pyramid Analytics
No answers on this topic
Spotfire
In an enterprise architecture, if Spotfire Advanced Data services(Composite Studio),data marts can be managed optimally and scalability in a data perspective is great. As the web player/consumer is directly proportional to RAM, if the enterprise can handle RAM requirement accomodating fail over mechanisms appropraitely, it is definitely scalable,
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Return on Investment
Pyramid Analytics
  • I like the product ease of use
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Spotfire
  • It is costly, so not suitable for small scale implementations.
  • Dashboards are as good as the developer, so need experience to get most out of it
  • You need to be on Spotfire 11 at least to implement out of the box visualizations
  • Integration with Python and R is a game changer, it comes very handy to onboard data scientists without much hassle
  • performance is exceptionally well.
  • Secure
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ScreenShots

Pyramid Analytics Screenshots

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Spotfire Screenshots

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