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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Spreadsheet Server

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Spreadsheet Server platform is designed to work as a Microsoft add-in to provide live reporting data and analysis from the user’s ERP solution into Excel. The vendor aims to help users eliminate the hassle of re-keying or downloading any data into spreadsheets make that spreadsheet an integral part of their business environment.N/A
    Pricing
    SigmaSpreadsheet Server
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SigmaSpreadsheet Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsContact us for pricing.Prices can be different for any company interested in Spreadsheet Server depending on size and who should be involved. Feel free to contact us for a free demo to see if it is the right reporting tool for you.
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    Community Pulse
    SigmaSpreadsheet Server
    Considered Both Products
    Sigma Computing
    No answer on this topic
    Insightsoftware, Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    118 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    77 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    116 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    77 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    SigmaSpreadsheet Server
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Sigma Computing and Spreadsheet Server
    Feature
    Sigma Computing
    7.5
    163 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Spreadsheet Server
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports5.4104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.3161 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.7133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Sigma Computing and Spreadsheet Server
    Feature
    Sigma Computing
    7.5
    166 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Spreadsheet Server
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.0155 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.0163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.7162 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Sigma Computing and Spreadsheet Server
    Feature
    Sigma Computing
    7.5
    156 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Spreadsheet Server
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web7.3103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.7130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.0120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.6132 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.968 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Sigma Computing and Spreadsheet Server
    Feature
    Sigma Computing
    6.8
    149 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Spreadsheet Server
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    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.6147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization5.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Sigma Computing and Spreadsheet Server
    Feature
    Sigma Computing
    -
    Ratings
    Spreadsheet Server
    7.0
    7 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Sigma Computing and Spreadsheet Server
    Feature
    Sigma Computing
    -
    Ratings
    Spreadsheet Server
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Sigma Computing and Spreadsheet Server
    Feature
    Sigma Computing
    -
    Ratings
    Spreadsheet Server
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Plug-ins00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SigmaSpreadsheet Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (170 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (48 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (47 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SigmaSpreadsheet Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Spreadsheet Server is a set it and forget it type of thing. However, if you are wanting to change up the data you get on a regular basis, this may not be the product for you.
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    Pros
    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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • It's easy to use and learn how to create new spreadsheets.
    • Spreadsheet Server makes it easy to create custom financial statements for your company. It is a great tool to use with Vista by Viewpoint.
    • We can create custom graphs and KPI's in Spreadsheet Server.
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    Cons
    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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • The only issue that we came across, is that not all of our companies have the same financial structure as each other. So the GLs we use for one report, would not necessarily work for all the other companies. We did not want to create separate reports for each company either. We did find a workaround in that we created a lookup tab with GLs to use for each category for each company, then used v-lookup to pull those GLs over. This workaround worked great, but it would have been nice to have something built in to cover this.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Very easy to use and user friendly.
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    Usability
    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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Easy to use and flexible.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
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    Performance
    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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Customer Relations reaches out to me periodically.
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    Implementation Rating
    Sigma Computing
    Was not involved in implementation
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    Insightsoftware, Inc
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    Vista did not offer reporting that met our needs. We were not able to easily customize the standard reports to fit our company needs. We are able to create different reports depending on management's needs and level. It is easy to create reports for auditors as well in Spreadsheet Server.
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    Scalability
    Sigma Computing
    It is a cloud service offering that is able to expand based on your usage
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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Insightsoftware, Inc
    • Allows us quick access to cash flow statements which assist in decision making
    • Provides accurate reporting for our banking needs
    • Provides accurate information to our insurance and bonding vendors
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