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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mode

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMode, or Mode Analytics, from ThoughtSpot since the June 2023 acquisition, is a business intelligence platform that unifies company analytics by bringing data teams and business teams together, so analysts can provide rapid answers to strategic, ad hoc questions. And, business stakeholder can access relevant data to answer their own questions which can often detract more impactful work.N/A

    Rational BI

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Rational BI provides analytics, data science and business intelligence in an analytical platform that connects to databases, data files and cloud drives including AWS and Azure data sources, enabling users to explore and visualize data. Users can build real-time notebook-style reports directly in a web browser with JavaScript and SQL with direct and live connections to data. Filter and query data with an SQL database embedded in the client, without network…

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    Pricing
    ModeRational BI
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
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    Professional
    $129
    single user
    Enterprise
    Varies
    single user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ModeRational BI
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsAdditional cost per extra user (varies by edition)
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    Community Pulse
    ModeRational BI
    Considered Both Products
    ThoughtSpot
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
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    Features
    ModeRational BI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Mode Analytics and Rational BI
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    8.5
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.34 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.49 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.86 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Mode Analytics and Rational BI
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Rational BI
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.18 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.79 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.39 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.78 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Mode Analytics and Rational BI
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    7.9
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Rational BI
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Publish to Web8.15 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Publish to PDF5.88 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.74 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.68 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.34 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Mode Analytics and Rational BI
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    6.5
    9 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Rational BI
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.79 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization5.56 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.46 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Mode Analytics and Rational BI
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Rational BI
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Mode Analytics and Rational BI
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Rational BI
    -
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    REST API9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ModeRational BI
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Chartio (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    Kibana
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ModeRational BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ModeRational BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ThoughtSpot
    Mode is a clear category winner for how it easy it is to go from interactive analysis to professional quality reporting. You can easily do all your SQL and quite a bit of R/Python. If you want to quickly go from your database to simple charts, this is your pick. If you need to do heavier data modeling, scheduling jobs, or ML, you'll need something else, like Databricks. In my opinion, the quality of visualizations and some developer/analyst features make Databricks an unacceptable substitute.
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    Rational BI
    Definitely well suited for small companies, but again many of their competitors are also well suited in this segment. We were in general happy with the solution provided, but I'm not blown away by their solution or support. If you want to get more data-driven visual boards with data displayed in nice graphics is in my opinion a good start, and here Rational BI delivers what it should.
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    Pros
    ThoughtSpot
    • It allows me to undertake data visualization tasks by creating really insightful charts and dashboards
    • It allows for easy sharing and work collaboration on data analysis tasks
    • Mode has an easier to use SQL editor as well
    • I love how it organizes all our SQL data tables into easy-to-view data we can draw insights on
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    Rational BI
    • Arrange data.
    • Dashboard.
    • Automatic reports.
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    Cons
    ThoughtSpot
    • Date ranges aren't always the most intuitive to set, strangely
    • Faster refresh rates would be ideal
    • Would love more dynamic mobile device integration (alerts, etc)
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    Rational BI
    • Not seeing anything at this time, comprehensive product.
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    Usability
    ThoughtSpot
    For the advanced user already familiar with Python. It is just the same tool, already managed and connected to the data.
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    Rational BI
    Overall Rational BI is a valuable enterprise reporting tool for any data driven organization. It offers great depth and breadth of features for reporting and analytics that can lead to better business outcomes. Its easy to use and highly configurable to evolve to changing reporting needs of organizations of any scale.
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    Support Rating
    ThoughtSpot
    Mode has dedicated agents who are online in a chatroom, ready to take on any questions and provide helpful feedback.
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    Rational BI
    I haven't used the support myself, but my colleagues have been satisfied with the support. As I have understood from my colleagues the support is as you could expect. Still, the documentation could be better and that could avoid the need to contact their support, but overall we're still happy with the support as well.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ThoughtSpot
    We used both Qlik and Mode at our organization. The mode was used a quick analysis SQL tool while Qlik was our enterprise BI solution.
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    Rational BI
    Rational BI allows a deeper data analysis with respect to the other software I experimented with. The velocity to perform the analysis is similar to the other one. The predictive analysis could be very useful, but at the moment I do not use it in my activities. Dashboards are nice and easy to understand.
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    Return on Investment
    ThoughtSpot
    • Extremely positive. It's a key feature in our application.
    • Were it not for the account management bit, Mode would be hands-down our recommendation for anyone looking for cloud BI.
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    Rational BI
    • Allows folks to work on other items as reporting is done in the background.
    • Scheduling and delivery of reports with one click.
    • Single pane of management.
    • Ease of use.
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    Screenshot of Modern Business IntelligenceScreenshot of Drag-and-drop InsightsScreenshot of Accessible for everyone, power when you need itScreenshot of Beautiful analytics on every screen and deviceScreenshot of Scheduled reporting: Broadcast your findings to everyoneScreenshot of Connect all your data no matter where it lives