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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Sisense

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ASisense is a BI software and analytics platform. With what the vendor calls their In-Chip™ and Single Stack™ technologies, users have access to a comprehensive tool to analyze and visualize large, disparate data sets without IT resources.N/A

    Smartlook

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Smartlook is an analytics solution tool for websites, iOS/Android apps, and various app frameworks, that answers the "whys" behind users' actions. It helps users understand precisely how customers interact with website and app — watch recordings, create heatmaps, use automatic tracked events, and build conversion funnels. Data is seen on one central dashboard, which enables sharing and collaborating with colleagues. This is to support clear, data-driven decision-making for product managers,…

    $55

    per month 5000 sessions

    Pricing
    SisenseSmartlook
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Pro
    $55
    per month 5000 sessions
    Free
    Free forever
    per month 3000 sessions
    Enterprise
    Custom pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SisenseSmartlook
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.All Smartlook packages support both web and mobile app platforms.
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    Community Pulse
    SisenseSmartlook
    Considered Both Products
    Sisense Ltd
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    Smartlook
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    113 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    101 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    114 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    104 Answers
    Features
    SisenseSmartlook
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Sisense and Smartlook
    Feature
    Sisense
    9.7
    47 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Smartlook
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports10.037 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.047 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Sisense and Smartlook
    Feature
    Sisense
    8.8
    47 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Smartlook
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis10.047 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.047 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Sisense and Smartlook
    Feature
    Sisense
    10.0
    46 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Smartlook
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web10.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.046 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.039 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Sisense and Smartlook
    Feature
    Sisense
    9.5
    45 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Smartlook
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.042 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Sisense and Smartlook
    Feature
    Sisense
    10.0
    45 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Smartlook
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.044 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Sisense and Smartlook
    Feature
    Sisense
    9.7
    40 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Smartlook
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SisenseSmartlook
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Crazy Egg
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Crazy Egg
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    Crazy Egg
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SisenseSmartlook
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (58 ratings)
    9.0
    (141 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (75 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (107 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.1
    (47 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.2
    (47 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SisenseSmartlook
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sisense Ltd
    I believe Sisense is perfectly suited for any organization of any size that have access to the proper resources, as the tool is very expensive. The data connectors come in all shapes and sizes out of the box, which allows a great deal of data control within the ElastiCubes. Additionally, while the platform only runs on Windows platforms, the web application can be accessed on any client: mobile, Apple, Windows, etc. This allows a much more flexible user experience, resulting in data and dashboards reaching further than any other tool.
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    Smartlook
    Smartlook is best for screen recordings. Especially when you are running MVPs. However, its pricing is very high. If your daily visitors are too much then either you will have to lose many of your recordings or you will have to pay too much money.
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    Pros
    Sisense Ltd
    • Customization - lots of supported and community plugins available. Users can also adjust the look and feel through JavaScript.
    • Innovation - Sisense is continuing to push the envelope by developing new features through Sisense Labs.
    • Customer support - the commitment to excellent customer service and ensuring organizations get the most out of their investment.
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    Smartlook
    • Funnels are both easy to configure yet comprehensive enough to detect complicated customer journeys.
    • Real-time recording provides exceptional insights to our design & engineering teams.
    • Session recording is surprisingly lightweight and seems to cause no substantial performance degradation for our customers.
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    Cons
    Sisense Ltd
    • The usability of the application on mobile devices needs some improvement, especially navigation and filtering.
    • Dashboards that are created by multiple users can be a bit of a hassle to share by Admins.
    • If you need to embed dashboards into your website, you are require to buy a license separate from the user and platform license. This is a norm on most BI visualization tools, but Sisense can seem a bit on the high side, cost-wide.
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    Smartlook
    • I feel nickel and dimed with the events and funnels.
    • We came from sessions being 30 mins of inactivity and now it's 5-10 mins. Session count has gone up significantly which we weren't prepared for.
    • Recording playback isn't as clean and maneuverable like FullStory.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Sisense Ltd
    I think the business and myself as a user has come to rely on SiSense as a dashboarding and quick ad-hoc reporting tool. I am hoping to integrate SiSense dashboards into more parts of the business in the future. We have reduced our report turn-around time for the most part from hours/days to minutes and in some cases almost the speed of thought. Reports are also easier on the eye and more easily distributed. I would also like to say that the support and professionalism from the SiSense team has been excellent.
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    Smartlook
    As my ratings show, I have been absolutely delighted with Smartlook in terms of usability, cost, support, and its benefit to our organization. I have given it such high ratings because I think it has really benefitted our organization and I think it could do the same for other companies too.
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    Usability
    Sisense Ltd
    New V5 is ground floor of an exciting collection of possibilities. Weekly Sisense developers come up with new functionality that they share with us in their forums. The move to HTML5 has been pleasing in that widgets auto size themselves into appropriate forms in the board but everyone of them can be popped out to full page size to be looked at in more detail
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    Smartlook
    Every page, the tool setup pages and dashboards are built very well, the site structure is perfectly designed and intuitive to use. All functions are well documented and the help sections are really everywhere, you don't have to search for answers, as they are just popped up or max. a click away for your service.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Sisense Ltd
    There are very few situations when there is unexpected downtime. Mostly during development, new dashboard implementation and during upgrades. other then that there were very few crashes.
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    Smartlook
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Sisense Ltd
    SiSense is usually performing better then other solutions even if going for complex reports/dashboards(of course within reasonable frames). I haven't noticed any bad influence on other systems, usually if something happens it stays within SiSense.
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    Smartlook
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Sisense Ltd
    SiSense's support ninjas are very knowledgeable and are exceptionally responsive. So far, all of the issues we ran into were resolved within minimum time. My sense of dealing with the support staff at SiSense is that they are very focused on not just answering your immediate question, but also to delve into the cause of the matter.
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    Smartlook
    Sofia P. is being our point of contact with the issues we faced. I was unsure about how to explain to her what was going on with the recording numbers (the recording has stopped before we were expecting to), but she readily understood and came with a solution for us in the same day. The problem was blocking our developer to test the integration, so it was great to have support so fast that he could continue his work.
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    In-Person Training
    Sisense Ltd
    Easy and free training that allowed us quickly understand basics in SiSense and start using them. More advanced features requires some browsing through SiSense forums, but there is always support to help, and SiSense support is one of the best whith which I worked so far.
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    Smartlook
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Sisense Ltd
    Many examples, videos and scenarios which you try on your own right away. This combined with in-person training gives you enough to utilize most of SiSense's power.
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    Smartlook
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Sisense Ltd
    Remember to migrate the plugins. The documentation however is pretty straight forward.
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    Smartlook
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    Alternatives Considered
    Sisense Ltd
    1) Easy to use, really, there is nothing too much to say. The set up is easy and not confusing. You can use it internally or externally.
    2) Customer Service, having spoken to various product reps from similar industry. Sisense rep provides you with the best support to get started, and it is really appreciated.
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    Smartlook
    It has been a year between the time when I last used Hotjar and first started using Smartlook. I would say both tools are more or less equal when it comes to features, the only 2 differences I can think of are - price and customer support. Smartlook is cheaper and has superior customer services. You have the feeling when interacting with them that they genuinely care.
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    Scalability
    Sisense Ltd
    Product is quite easily scalable. The whole installation can be easily moved to stronger machine if needed.
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    Smartlook
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Sisense Ltd
    • Report development time is reduced from 2~3 days to 2~3 hours.
    • Report querying time is improved from 0.5~10 mins to 2~30 seconds.
    • A 2-staff team delivers 10 times the BI output that we did on the old system.
    • We were able to deliver BI and data analysis for all business functions instead of a very limited group of users
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    Smartlook
    • Smartlook is used by different individuals from different organizations to have insights into different parts of products. It is used as the sole developer of our website as well as marketing campaigns.
    • Smartlook has an amazing feature which is tracking the activities of return users.
    • It gives reliable and efficient services.
    Incentivized
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