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Spotfire Data Virtualization (formerly TIBCO Data Virtualization) vs. SS&C Blue Prism

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Spotfire Data Virtualization

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASpotfire Data Virtualization is an enterprise data virtualization solution that orchestrates access to multiple and varied data sources and delivers the datasets and IT-curated data services foundation for nearly any solution.N/A

    SS&C Blue Prism

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ASS&C Blue Prism provides a combination of technologies that offer intelligent automation to deliver transformational business value.N/A
    Pricing
    Spotfire Data VirtualizationSS&C Blue Prism
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Spotfire Data VirtualizationSS&C Blue Prism
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Spotfire Data VirtualizationSS&C Blue Prism
    Considered Both Products
    Cloud Software Group
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    SSC Technologies
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    User Ratings
    Spotfire Data VirtualizationSS&C Blue Prism
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (43 ratings)
    9.0
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    5.4
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.6
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (21 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Spotfire Data VirtualizationSS&C Blue Prism
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cloud Software Group
    TIBCO Data Virtualization is well suited for customers who are challenged to deal with extracting data from dozens of different sources and systems, and do not have the time and liberty to hire data engineers and/or ETL developers to write dozens or hundreds of complex ETLs. However, there are situations where TIBCO Data Virtualization severely underperforms, and those are where we are dealing with large volumes of data, in tera bytes or peta byte scale system. For example, a messaging queue which sends 200 million messages every hour will choke TIBCO Data Virtualization if the technology is chosen to route the data.
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    SSC Technologies
    Blue Prism Cloud is an ideal cloud automation solution for organizations with a significant number of remote workers or geographically disparate teams since its accessible from any web browser. It is also beneficial for organizations that need to quickly outsource part of their process automation without having to purchase additional software licenses and equipment.

    However, Blue Prism Cloud is less suited for companies that have large volume data processing needs as its base cost may quickly become prohibitive in those situations. Additionally, this solution may not be suitable for organizations that need more complex solution-specific configurations since its integration options are limited.
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    Pros
    Cloud Software Group
    • Connecting to different data silos and presenting the data as a singled unified layer of data.
    • Exposing data to Technical and non technical users through Web UI or reporting tools
    • Secured exposure of data as web services.
    • Row level and column level data security
    • Multi tenancy data security.
    • Real time data by connecting to the operational databases
    • Historical data generation
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    SSC Technologies
    • Storing information from email in a standard data set
    • Auto reply to emails tailored to the email so that it doesn't feel like a robotic or generalized response
    • Workflow creation is simple and easy, the flow structure is easy to read and can be directly used in presentation to customers and management
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    Cons
    Cloud Software Group
    • Performance of TDV Studio (its own IDE) is poor.
    • Performance of TDV repository database is rather poor for larger numbers of objects .(Note: We have approx. 9tsd objects introspected in TDV and approx. 20tsd objects generated in upper DV layers.)
    • Propagation of privileges to parent/child dependencies does not work when applying recursively on a folder. (It's a huge setback when working with large number of objects organized semantically into subfolders.)
    • Lack of command line client interface for scripting at the time of version 8.4 (I had to write my own CLI.)
    • TDV Studio does an absolutely horrible job with its own code editors when indentation is in place. Also, the editor is brutally slow and feature-poor.
    • Tracking privileges on the level of table/view columns causes occasional problems when regranting.
    • TDV's stored programs ("SQL scripts" in their own terminology) compiler leaves out many syntactic and semantic checks, making them hugely prone to run-time errors.
    • TDV Server's REST API is a very poor (in terms of features) and flawed cousin to its SOAP API (at the time of version 8.4).
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    SSC Technologies
    • Surface Automation - The tool is not working well with certain applications hosted on Citrix
    • Provide more integrations with excel as majority of the business process use excel
    • Community Support- unlike other development tools we do not have a lot of help topics available on Google.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cloud Software Group
    It is useful for us to see the data and do analysis. Also we use it to generate reports and see trends or gather insights
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    SSC Technologies
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    Usability
    Cloud Software Group
    TDV's interface is a bit dated and not entirely intuitive. Would recommend some UX design review as the interface leaves a bit to be better understood to be used by users without inherent knowledge of Tibco. Overall I'd suggest more improvement here to ensure usability by a lesser tech audience.
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    SSC Technologies
    Usability wise the Blue Prism tool can be utilized to its 100% which include the control room, schedulers, work queues, Release managers, studio for process and object development, we use all the features in blue prism and is well suitable for the development and deployment, All the system are wisely controlled and connected the same SQL database and all the data can be accessed with ease and all the things can achieve in the systematic order.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cloud Software Group
    We have never encountered issues where it was unavailable when we needed it.
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    SSC Technologies
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    Performance
    Cloud Software Group
    This product's performance is very consistent. It is extremely rare for templates to fail. I've been using this software for 5 years and find it to be both simple and powerful. The impact within the company has been very positive as different processes in different areas, such as data analysis, development, and integrations, have been improved, and, best of all, it has not affected the users. Various systems with which it is connected in order to obtain information.
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    SSC Technologies
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    Support Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    On a few occasions I have asked TIBCO technical support for help because I have adapted perfectly to their tools, but in those few that I have communicated with their technical team I have received personalized, attentive, responsible attention and I am always assisted by an expert staff the topic. A TIBCO technical support technician spent more than an hour helping me to solve a problem in the initial stage of implementation in my department and this is something that I always appreciate.
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    SSC Technologies
    Support is good and now with time online support in other forums is becoming available as well. Blue Prism support in itself is also good. Documents and blogs can help to find the solution. Since it's relatively new, sometimes if I'm stuck it can take time to find the solution or connect to their team.
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    Online Training
    Cloud Software Group
    The training was helpful. I was able to understand how to use TIBCO for the data load process that we implemented and how to perform various troubleshooting steps based on the training I received. The technician was thorough and took the time to answer any questions. Once we were shown how to use TIBCO in the test environment, we were able to configure the production environment ourselves.
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    SSC Technologies
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    Implementation Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    Other vendors have clearer, more visual implementation documentation. We also did not have our data architect and and server administrator available full-time for implementation. In the future, we will secure the necessary internal resources.
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    SSC Technologies
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cloud Software Group
    We did not need to evaluate another technology in the same category for data virtualization, since we are 100% sure of the capabilities and benefits that we would have with TIBCO Data Virtualization, both for market positioning as well as success stories from other companies. great renown worldwide. From the first day of use, it meets our needs to provide the expected solutions.
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    SSC Technologies
    Better User Interface.Better customer service.Easier to learn and use. But has greater risk compliances. Less preloaded automation. Less editing features and a big no while working on big projects. Fluidmesh is better in pricing and better management of multiple projects but I believe Blue Prism is perfect for beginners and small-scale companies.
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    Scalability
    Cloud Software Group
    Good scaling
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    SSC Technologies
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    Return on Investment
    Cloud Software Group
    • We took spreadsheets that took hours a month to update and made them update automatically using TDV, saving hours a month of analyst time
    • The incremental cost of TDV relative to straight spotfire licensing made it a no-brainer due to the ease of data management
    • We continue to automate legacy business processes in TDV, saving time all over the organization.
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    SSC Technologies
    • For a level of medium projects, Blue Prism performs well, and the speed of execution is good. In our organization, we are applying for medium projects, where we can increase the workforce of our employees.
    • Blue Prism's Client Server Architecture is good, because we need such a feature to implement automation.
    • When it comes to pricing, I personally feel that it is costlier.
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    ScreenShots

    Spotfire Data Virtualization Screenshots

    Screenshot of Data Flow EditorScreenshot of Data CatalogScreenshot of Transform Editor

    SS&C Blue Prism Screenshots

    Screenshot of WorkHQ - Agentic Automation DashboardScreenshot of WorkHQ - Agentic WorkflowsScreenshot of WorkHQ - Agentic Workflows - Dark ModeScreenshot of WorkHQ - AI Agent Studio - Dark ModeScreenshot of WorkHQ - Agentic Automation Dashboard - Dark Mode