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767 Ratings
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Based on 767 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
BI Standard Reporting

Snowflake
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.3
TIBCO Spotfire
73%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
Pixel Perfect reports

N/A
0 Ratings
7.1
71%
30 Ratings
Customizable dashboards

N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
82%
277 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates

N/A
0 Ratings
6.6
66%
242 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting

Snowflake
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.9
TIBCO Spotfire
79%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 4/4 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 4/4 features
Drill-down analysis

N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
272 Ratings
Formatting capabilities

N/A
0 Ratings
7.5
75%
285 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages

N/A
0 Ratings
7.8
78%
208 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration

N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
257 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling

Snowflake
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.0
TIBCO Spotfire
80%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 4/4 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 4/4 features
Publish to Web

N/A
0 Ratings
8.3
83%
214 Ratings
Publish to PDF

N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
77%
252 Ratings
Report Versioning

N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
18 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling

N/A
0 Ratings
8.1
81%
163 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization

Snowflake
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.9
TIBCO Spotfire
79%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

N/A
0 Ratings
8.1
81%
290 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

N/A
0 Ratings
7.8
78%
256 Ratings
Predictive Analytics

N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
77%
220 Ratings
Access Control and Security

Snowflake
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.1
TIBCO Spotfire
81%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
Multi-User Support (named login)

N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
82%
224 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model

N/A
0 Ratings
7.8
78%
193 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

N/A
0 Ratings
8.4
84%
212 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities

Snowflake
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.3
TIBCO Spotfire
73%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 3/3 features
Responsive Design for Web Access

N/A
0 Ratings
8.1
81%
166 Ratings
Mobile Application

N/A
0 Ratings
7.5
75%
124 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

N/A
0 Ratings
7.6
76%
138 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

Snowflake
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.6
TIBCO Spotfire
76%
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 6/6 features
TIBCO Spotfire ranks higher in 6/6 features
REST API

N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
77%
62 Ratings
Javascript API

N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
77%
60 Ratings
iFrames

N/A
0 Ratings
6.8
68%
44 Ratings
Java API

N/A
0 Ratings
7.1
71%
49 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)

N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
82%
61 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)

N/A
0 Ratings
7.9
79%
51 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Snowflake is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Usability
- TIBCO Spotfire is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend

8.9
Snowflake
89%
32 Ratings
7.8
TIBCO Spotfire
78%
318 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

8.0
Snowflake
80%
1 Rating
7.0
TIBCO Spotfire
70%
27 Ratings
Usability

8.5
Snowflake
85%
13 Ratings
8.3
TIBCO Spotfire
83%
24 Ratings
Availability

Snowflake
N/A
0 Ratings
7.1
TIBCO Spotfire
71%
27 Ratings
Performance

Snowflake
N/A
0 Ratings
7.1
TIBCO Spotfire
71%
27 Ratings
Support Rating

7.2
Snowflake
72%
12 Ratings
8.5
TIBCO Spotfire
85%
48 Ratings
In-Person Training

Snowflake
N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
TIBCO Spotfire
77%
52 Ratings
Online Training

Snowflake
N/A
0 Ratings
7.9
TIBCO Spotfire
79%
54 Ratings
Implementation Rating

Snowflake
N/A
0 Ratings
4.0
TIBCO Spotfire
40%
30 Ratings
Contract Terms and Pricing Model

8.0
Snowflake
80%
1 Rating
TIBCO Spotfire
N/A
0 Ratings
Product Scalability

Snowflake
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
TIBCO Spotfire
70%
4 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Snowflake
For an organization that has small, medium, or large data collection, Snowflake provides the best infrastructure to store, manage, utilize and analyze the data. Especially for companies that are growing at a really fast pace, it helps you not only with warehouse capabilities but also its connection with several BI tools give you the flexibility and option to connect and analyze the data [in] real time.
Data Analyst
Raymour and FlaniganRetail, 5001-10,000 employees
TIBCO Spotfire
I was asked to analyze a huge distributed data set and it was no feasible to develop Data Model level that quickly. Spotfire's scripting capabilities helped a lot to convert the requirements in to a feasible requirement, it allowed to programmatically read data, dynamically transform and visualize on the fly. This was not feasible with other tools, without having a data layer established. This saved a lot of time.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employeesPros
Snowflake
- This is a cloud-based application that provides me a secure platform for the easy sharing of data with my clients.
- I feel confident to connect with my numerous business partners just because of its advanced security and effective programming.
- Through this tool, I am capable of integrating, analyzing, and the entire data in a precise form and with analytics as well, due to which I always have a transparent idea about the data extraction and its transfer from multiple clouds.
Business Development Manager
Torqx Capital PartnersVenture Capital & Private Equity, 11-50 employees
TIBCO Spotfire
- It has the best coding integration (python, R) of any BI product
- The ability to work with very large datasets (10 mil+) is better than competitors
- Export options are more complete and have better functionality
- The data canvas is the best tool to join and transform data vs. competitors
Director, Advanced Analytics and Data Science
GOJO, Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees
Cons
Snowflake
- Snowflake UI can be clunky and breaks sometimes, which can be annoying
- Snowflake has to be paired with the Data Build Tool (DBT) to allow for templating and macro usage. No inbuilt solution.
- Snowflake Python connector development doesn't necessarily track popular packages such as Pandas as quickly as Pandas releases
- Could do with better machine learning capability over warehouse tables, but I assume this is coming soon

Verified User
Engineer in Other
Computer Software Company, 201-500 employeesTIBCO Spotfire
- They should have a lower price point for users to access the analyst version who don't require advanced capabilities. For example, a lower price if users just need to do some basic slicing and dicing with their data and not have to the data science functionality (ie. K-means clustering, regression modeling, classification modeling, etc.).
- Currently, you can't change the font type/color on the axis, which I'm sure will eventually be available in the future as they have a Tibco Ideas portal that they're fairly responsive to and act on. I guess at the end of the day, it's about the data and what insights you get from it.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 51-200 employeesPricing Details
Snowflake
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Snowflake Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—TIBCO Spotfire
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0 per seat
TIBCO Spotfire Editions & Modules
On-premise Edition
TIBCO Spotfire Platform | Please contact TIBCO sales |
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- none
SaaS Edition
TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Analyst | $125/mo, $1250/yr1 |
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TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Business Author | $65/mo, $650/yr1 |
TIBCO Spotfire for Amazon Web Services | $0.992 |
TIBCO Spotfire Cloud Enterprise | Please contact TIBCO sales |
TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Consumer | $25/mo, $250/yr4 |
- per seat
- Per Hour (Starting)
- none
- per seat
Additional Pricing Details
For Enterprise engagements, please contact TIBCO directly for a custom price quote.Likelihood to Renew
Snowflake
Snowflake 8.0
Based on 1 answer
SnowFlake is very cost effective and we also like the fact we can stop, start and spin up additional processing engines as we need to. We also like the fact that it's easy to connect our SQL IDEs to Snowflake and write our queries in the environment that we are used to

Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering
Computer Games Company, 51-200 employeesTIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 7.0
Based on 27 answers
-Easy to distribute information throughout the enterprise using the webplayer.-Ad hoc analysis is possible throughout the enterprise using business author in the webplayer or the thick client.-Low level of support needed by IT team. Access interfaces with LDAP and numerous other authentication methods.-Possible to continually extend the platform with JavaScript, R scripts, HTML, and custom extensions.-Ability to standardize data logic through pre-built queries in the Information Designer. Everyone in the enterprise is using the same logic-Tagging and bookmarking data allows for quick sharing of insights.-Integration with numerous data sources... flat files, data bases, big data, images, etc.-Much improved mapping capability. Also includes the ability to apply data points over any image.
Data Visualization Developer
QuintilesResearch, 10,001+ employees
Usability
Snowflake
Snowflake 8.5
Based on 13 answers
The interface is similar to other SQL query systems I've used and is fairly easy to use. My only complaint is the syntax issues. Another thing is that the error messages are not always the easiest thing to understand, especially when you incorporate temp tables. Some of that is to be expected with any new database.
Product Manager
AppFolio, Inc.Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 8.3
Based on 24 answers
Basic tasks like generating meaningful information from large sets of raw data are very easy. The next step of linking to multiple live data sources and linking those tables and performing on the fly analysis of the imported data is understandably more difficult.
Reservoir Engineer
Tapstone EnergyOil & Energy, 51-200 employees
Reliability and Availability
Snowflake
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 7.1
Based on 27 answers
Even though, it's a rather stable and predictable tool that's also fast, it does have some bugs and inconsistencies that shut down the system. Depending on the details, it could happen as often as 2-3 times a week, especially during the development period.
Global Pricing and Marketing Operations Lead, Analytics & Research
General Electric - Power Generation ServicesOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees
Performance
Snowflake
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 7.1
Based on 27 answers
Generally, the Spotfire client runs with very good performance. There are factors that could affect performance, but normally has to do with loading large analysis files from the library if the database is located some distance away and your global network is not optimal. Once you have your data table(s) loaded in the client application, usually the application is quite good performance-wise.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Pharmaceuticals Company, 5001-10,000 employeesSupport Rating
Snowflake
Snowflake 7.2
Based on 12 answers
Overall, the support from Snowflake has been very good. Since we are one of the major users for Snowflake and have a dedicated tech team to solve all the technical problem on our way. On the side of the technical problem, any sql related questions can be found from everywhere online.

Verified User
Analyst in Corporate
Cosmetics Company, 10,001+ employeesTIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 8.5
Based on 48 answers
Support has been helpful with issues. Support seems to know their product and its capabilities. It would also seem that they have a good sense of the context of the problem; where we are going with this issue and what we want the end outcome to be.
Product Manager - Mobile Computing Analytics Cloud Platform
Zebra TechnologiesComputer Hardware, 5001-10,000 employees
In-Person Training
Snowflake
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 7.7
Based on 52 answers
The instructor was very in depth and provided relevant training to business users on how to create visualizations. They showed us how to alter settings and filter views, and provided resources for future questions.However, the instructor failed to cover data sources, connecting to data, etc. While it was helpful to see how users can use the data to create reports, they failed to properly instruct us on how to get the dataset in to begin with. We are still trying to figure out connections to certain databases (we have multiple different types).

Verified User
Analyst in Finance and Accounting
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 10,001+ employeesOnline Training
Snowflake
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 7.9
Based on 54 answers
The online training is good, provides a good base of knowledge. The video demonstrations were well-done and easy to follow along. Provided exercises are good as well, but I think there could be more challenging exercises. The training has also gone up in price significantly in the last 3 years (in USD, which hurts us even more in Canada), and I'm not sure it is worth the money it now costs (it is worth how much it cost 3 years ago, but not double that.)
Operations Analyst II
Empire LifeInsurance, 501-1000 employees
Implementation Rating
Snowflake
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 4.0
Based on 30 answers
The original architecture I created for our implementation had only a particular set of internal business units in mind. Over the years, Spotfire gained in popularity in our company and was being utilized across many more business units. Soon, its usage went beyond what the original architectural implementation could provide. We've since learned about how the product is used by the different teams and are currently in the middle of rolling out a new architecture.I suggest:
- Have clearly defined service level agreements with all the teams that will use Spotfire. Your business intelligence group might only need availability during normal working hours, but your production support group might need 24/7 availability. If these groups share one Spotfire server, maintenance of that server might be a problem.
- Know the different types of data you will be working with. One group might be working with "public" data while another group might work with sensitive data. Design your Library accordingly and with the proper permissions.
- Know the roles of the users of Spotfire. Will there only be a small set of report writers or does everyone have write access to the Library?
- ALWAYS add a timestamp prompt to your reports. You don't want multiple users opening a report that will try and pull down millions of rows of data to their local workstations. Another option, of course, is to just hard code a time range in the backing database view (i.e. where activity_date >= sysdate - 90, etc.), but I'd rather educate/train the user base if possible.
- This probably goes without saying, but if possible, point to a separate reporting database or a logical standby database. You don't want the company pounding on your primaries and take down your order system.
Senior Database Developer
TransUnion Interactive1001-5000 employees
Alternatives Considered
Snowflake
In my experience running the data management practice at InterWorks, we believe that cloud data warehouse products will eventually serve the majority of data warehousing use cases and power data analytics at most companies. Of this cohort, we believe that Snowflake is the best among them for most customers. It's easier to manage, in many cases faster, and in almost all cases it is less expensive because of the ability to automatically resume and suspend depending on usage.
Data Practice Director
InterWorksInformation Services, 201-500 employees
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire is beyond an ordinary BI tool. It is capable of providing fit-for-purpose solutions and multifaceted, time-efficient dashboards which can be developed with a few button clicks to highly complex, scalable, and contemporary visual solutions with popular enablers such as on-demand and self-service analytics. It is one of the most preferred BI and analytics partners for various business needs.

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 501-1000 employeesScalability
Snowflake
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
TIBCO Spotfire
TIBCO Spotfire 7.0
Based on 4 answers
In an enterprise architecture, if Spotfire Advanced Data services(Composite Studio),data marts can be managed optimally and scalability in a data perspective is great. As the web player/consumer is directly proportional to RAM, if the enterprise can handle RAM requirement accomodating fail over mechanisms appropraitely, it is definitely scalable,

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesReturn on Investment
Snowflake
- Faster data retrieval makes real time analysis possible.
- Option to create multiple warehouses enable us to track usages and cost by departments.
- Option to scale up/down computational warehouse to support peak hours and month end loads makes Snowflake cost effective.
- Zero-copy cloning reduces storage and deployment cost.
- Multiple users can access the same amount of data without deadlocks which is a common scenario in relational databases.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employeesTIBCO Spotfire
- We can only use it for the free trial period.
- I have to 'rebuild' the course sample files and accounts on Spotfire every semester.
- It is perfect as an excellent alternative to Tableau in the course.
- We have to use the less powerful Cloud version since the majority of the students have Macs. This means we can't use advanced AI features, for example.
Professor, Business Analytics
Creighton UniversityE-Learning, 201-500 employees