Sisense vs. Windward Core

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sisense
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Sisense 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
Windward Core
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Windward’s low-code document generation solution embeds into any application, enabling users to populate data-smart documents within the familiar landscape of Microsoft Office. It's a solution from PDFTron since the April 2021 acquisition.
$190
per month
Pricing
SisenseWindward Core
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Windward Hub Standard
$19.00
Per User, Per Month (10 user minimum)*
Windward Hub Premium
$49.00
Per User, Per Month (10 user minimum)*
Windward Core Pro
$547.00
per month*
Windward Core Flex
$605.00
per month*
Windward Hub Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SisenseWindward Core
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.*Pay annually: 15% discount 10% discount for quarterly payment of Windward Core.
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Features
SisenseWindward Core
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Sisense
8.7
46 Ratings
6% above category average
Windward Core
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports8.036 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.046 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.032 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Sisense
8.3
46 Ratings
2% above category average
Windward Core
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis8.046 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.046 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Sisense
8.2
45 Ratings
2% below category average
Windward Core
-
Ratings
Publish to Web8.035 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.045 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.023 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.038 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Sisense
9.0
44 Ratings
11% above category average
Windward Core
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.044 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.041 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.028 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Sisense
10.0
44 Ratings
15% above category average
Windward Core
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)10.044 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.043 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.044 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Sisense
9.0
39 Ratings
12% above category average
Windward Core
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access9.039 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.033 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
SisenseWindward Core
Likelihood to Recommend
6.1
(57 ratings)
9.1
(25 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(5 ratings)
9.1
(16 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(6 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SisenseWindward Core
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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Apryse
Great for Technical Users. It's great for people a bit more on the technical side. It allows developers to quickly create and modify reporting templates without having to modify source code or make updates to a repository. Potentially Difficult for Non-Technical Users. Making substantial changes to the data portions of reporting can be a bit difficult for non-technical users. While Windward's tools for this are great, it still requires an understanding of the database schema which not all users will have.
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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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Apryse
  • Native Office output -- not nested tables and/or horrible RTF like other tools generate.
  • Ease of use -- once the data sources are set up, creating tables is as simple as drag and drop (okay, maybe not exactly that simple, but you can certainly create a table of data using drag and drop, then format it and manipulate it as needed).
  • Responsive developers and support -- when I've had questions, they've been addressed VERY quickly and professionally.
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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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Apryse
  • It is hard to pick out the tags if they are mixed in with a block of text.
  • Using report variables in select statements causes the selection list of available fields to not show anything.
  • The color themes do not match the office selection and it feels very disconnected.
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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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Apryse
No answers on this topic
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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Apryse
For the most part, the Windward report designer is intuitive for our users; but there are a few areas where it is less intuitive. In these cases, our users need to search Windwards support wiki site, or even contact their support technicians. This can also be due to the short time we've had Windward and our lack of knowledge.
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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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Apryse
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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Apryse
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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Apryse
Support is something they take pride in. Once an issue is raised, they are quick to respond and provide details on a fix. No complaints on support here.
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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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Apryse
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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Apryse
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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Apryse
No answers on this topic
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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Apryse
We evaluated several other products to integrate with our new software, but Windward Studios was an obvious standout above the majority. Other applications required some level of software development knowledge and experience to create templates and a much steeper learning curve. After consideration of ease of use, as well as a cost-comparison between different products, Windward Studios was the most suitable product to meet our needs.
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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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Apryse
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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Apryse
  • As a fully integrated solution, the ROI is impacted when a client gets stickier with our solution because they see the benefit of Windward.
  • Support has been fantastic for our development team so that as we integrate the solutions we have a clear and clean design.
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