Sigma Computing vs. Visual KPI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sigma
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Sigma 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
Visual KPI
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Visual KPI is a business intelligence software offering from Transpara.N/A
Pricing
Sigma ComputingVisual KPI
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SigmaVisual KPI
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Features
Sigma ComputingVisual KPI
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
7.2
157 Ratings
12% below category average
Visual KPI
8.2
2 Ratings
1% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.0100 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Customizable dashboards7.7155 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.0127 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
7.8
160 Ratings
3% below category average
Visual KPI
8.4
2 Ratings
4% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.5150 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.3157 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.35 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.2156 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
8.8
150 Ratings
5% above category average
Visual KPI
8.2
2 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web9.399 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.1124 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Report Versioning9.4114 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.2127 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.364 Ratings6.42 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
6.4
143 Ratings
23% below category average
Visual KPI
7.6
2 Ratings
6% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.3141 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization5.626 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.218 Ratings5.52 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
-
Ratings
Visual KPI
7.3
2 Ratings
15% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
-
Ratings
Visual KPI
7.8
2 Ratings
2% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
-
Ratings
Visual KPI
8.0
1 Ratings
1% above category average
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Sigma ComputingVisual KPI
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(164 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(48 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(45 ratings)
9.1
(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
Sigma ComputingVisual KPI
Likelihood to Recommend
Sigma Computing
Its a great tool to have. The ability to come in the morning and by using the report being able see how the day will go. Seeing the goal and the current inventory and also to be able to adjust as the day goes on. With the report updates the report as changes to the inventory happen live or if any issues arise. being able to see that live and being to react quickly.
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Transpara
[Visual KPI is well suited for:] 1. Maintenance or field worker in oil & gas/chemical/ process industry mostly; machines status on the map & functionality for tracing exact location of the machines. 2. Key personnel of the site is always in move within the site/plant; useful for monitoring key performance indicators of the plant 3. KPIs to be built based on multiple data sources as well as integration with ERP tool
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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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Transpara
  • The latest user interface makes it easier to use.
  • The search function helps find projects quickly.
  • It covers a lot of areas of your business so there is intrinsic value to how robust it is.
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Cons
Sigma Computing
  • Viewer level license is quite limited. These users can't download data or even add filters on datasets. Something to keep in mind.
  • Directly querying the underlying data warehouse will lead to increased usage. Not a big deal on something like Redshift, but your Snowflake consumption will increase, potentially by a lot.
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Transpara
  • Intelligent prediction & AI
  • Deep integration is limited to OSISoft's PI AF; bit time consuming for large integration for other historians > mapping hierarchy
  • Template to create Apps like OEE, Cycle time etc for rapid deployment
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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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Transpara
No answers on this topic
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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Transpara
1. At large it was successful implementation. - [Users] are empowered to find out performance measures easily - issues like machine downtime, trend analysis, location specific downtime information, roll out functionalities, up time of the machines or area, alert based on run hour of the machines/ pumps, manual data entry to capture reason code for any downtime
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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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Transpara
No answers on this topic
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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Transpara
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Sigma Computing
Support team is helpful in answering questions and providing help with using the UI. There are knowledgeable people within the support team. There are also good online support tools. There are significant community support resources available. There is however lack of a live support. It would be useful to have live phone number or chat to use.
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Transpara
1. Online documentation 2. How to do videos 3. Very supportive customer support 4. Excellent & user centric sales team
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Implementation Rating
Sigma Computing
Was not involved in implementation
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Transpara
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Sigma Computing
Sigma is by far the best. It is easiest to learn and easiest to use on a day to day basis. I never have to wait for dashboards to load and it's very easy to understand the variables that are going into my visualizations. Best of all I can manipulate the data within Sigma very easily. In these other platforms data manipulation is difficult or must be done in the data warehouse
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Transpara
Most of these products serve as the master source for managing data, but they all seem to have their own focus for what kind of data and metrics they monitor, visualize and analyze. I think Visual KPI holds its own against the competition because it serves so many purposes for so many departments at your organization.
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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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Transpara
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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Transpara
  • Duration to realize the benefit is less
  • OpEx requirement is steady since system is very robust
  • Minimum to no training required for users; VisualKPI is very intuitive
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ScreenShots

Sigma Screenshots

Screenshot of Custom calculations that can be added to tables and visualizations – no SQL skills necessary.Screenshot of Visualization tableScreenshot of Custom bins to drive complex cohort analysis built without SQL code.Screenshot of Complex cohort analyses built without code.Screenshot of Lookups provide familiar spreadsheet functionality to business users.Screenshot of A Sigma Workbook, that brings together spreadsheets, charts, and data narratives onto a live, collaborative canvas.