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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Spotfire

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASpotfire, formerly known as TIBCO Spotfire, is a visual data science platform that combines visual analytics, data science, and data wrangling, so users can analyze data at-rest and at-scale to solve complex industry-specific problems.N/A

    TIBCO BPM Enterprise

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ATIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM is a business process management platform with capabilities for process automation, process documentation, human capital management, process patterns, and predictive operations analytics.N/A
    Pricing
    SpotfireTIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SpotfireTIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsFor Enterprise engagements, contact Spotfire directly for a custom price quote.—
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    Community Pulse
    SpotfireTIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Considered Both Products
    Cloud Software Group
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    Cloud Software Group
    Chose TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    I selected TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM because for me it is a fantastic and powerful product that permits me to easily implement complex business processes and offers many tools for monitoring, troubleshooting, and administration. In this product there is all that is needed when you …
    Incentivized
    Chose TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    TIBCO AMX BPM has several technical and categorical improvements compared to TIBCO iProcess.
    Incentivized
    Chose TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    I did not select the product; the client whom I have been working with chose the product
    Incentivized
    Chose TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    For BPM we looked at some IBM products suites, BPM Online, Oracle products and Pega Systems. The decision to go with AMX BPM was based on the evaluation by the software architect team and the cost of acquiring the TIBCO suites.
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    Chose TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    We choose AMX BPM for its reliability with a lot of data and processes scenario
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    39 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    48 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
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    Features
    SpotfireTIBCO BPM Enterprise
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Spotfire and TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Spotfire
    8.9
    298 Ratings
    9% above category average
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.5293 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.1257 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Spotfire and TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Spotfire
    9.0
    310 Ratings
    13% above category average
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis9.0288 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.9301 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.2223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.2273 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Spotfire and TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Spotfire
    8.9
    282 Ratings
    9% above category average
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web9.1227 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.2266 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.3177 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Spotfire and TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Spotfire
    8.9
    309 Ratings
    15% above category average
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.2305 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.8270 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.9233 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Spotfire and TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Spotfire and TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Process designer00 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings9.513 Ratings
    SOA support00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings6.79 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings7.015 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Spotfire and TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    7.0
    10 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Spotfire and TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Spotfire
    -
    Ratings
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise
    10.0
    12 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Content management00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SpotfireTIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Small Businesses
    Chartio (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Jet Reports
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Bonita BPM
    Score4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP Lumira Discovery (legacy)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    IBM Blueworks Live
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SpotfireTIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (351 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (30 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (27 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.1
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (27 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.3
    (52 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (55 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.4
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (36 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.3
    (36 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SpotfireTIBCO BPM Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cloud Software Group
    A high level of data integration is available here it supports various data sources and so on. Collaborating features allow users to give access to the dashboard and merge data analytics with other team members. It can meet the demands of both small and large size business enterprises. A customized dashboard and reports are provided to meet the specific needs and get support of extensibility through APIs and customized scripts.
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    Cloud Software Group
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise allows integration with Corporate LDAP and at the same time define Role Based Access Control which helps in authentication and authorization of the users. It supports both default database and custom database. Drag and drop feature allows easy and faster way to do the development. It has support for deployment from design studio and scripted deployment as well. TIBCO BPM Enterprise has a wide range of plugins for development.
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    Pros
    Cloud Software Group
    • 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
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    Cloud Software Group
    • Workspace and Openspace Console that offers a powerful method for troubleshooting and viewing the routing within a process
    • Easy representation of the corporate organization
    • Powerful IDE to design a business process as a TIBCO Business Studio BPM Edition
    • Testing and Debugging
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    Cons
    Cloud Software Group
    • The donut chart is I guess a powerful illustrations but I hope it should be done quite simple in Spotfire. But in Spotfire there are lots of steps involve just to build a simple donut chart.
    • Table calculation (like Row or Column Differences) should be made simple or there should be drag and drop function for Table Calculation. No need for scripting.
    • Information Link should be changed. If new columns are added to the table just refreshing the data should be able to capture the new column. No need extra step to add column
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    Cloud Software Group
    • A little bit too conservative. Not really anything leading edge. [Tibco] has plenty of customers, and that means they will probably be around forever, but [product enhancements] seem to be more [abundant in competitor product offerings].
    • It would be great to have some pre-defined themes. Pie chart labels - it would be great to get more options for sizing and placement.
    • I find it hard to trust the online portal too much. I doubt the security that is offered by this software.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cloud Software Group
    -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.
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    Cloud Software Group
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    Usability
    Cloud Software Group
    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.
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    Cloud Software Group
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise can be integrated with other technologies like React UI which can be used to customize front end and TIBCO Business Works for processing. Services created in TIBCO BPM Enterprise can be exposed to REST which can be shared as API to external systems. Users can be created and modifies very easily using out of the box TIBCO BPM Openspace and Workspace. Events can be customized and this data can be used to generate reports.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cloud Software Group
    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.
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    Cloud Software Group
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    Performance
    Cloud Software Group
    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.
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    Cloud Software Group
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    Support Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    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.
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    Cloud Software Group
    Because our support team is always available also for development suggestions.
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    In-Person Training
    Cloud Software Group
    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).
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    Cloud Software Group
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    Online Training
    Cloud Software Group
    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.)
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    Implementation Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cloud Software Group
    Spotfire is significantly ahead of both products from an ETL and data ingestion capability. Spotfire also has substantially better visualizations than Power BI, and although the native visualizations aren't as flexible in Tableau, Spotfire enables users to create completely custom javascript visaualizations, which neither Tableau or Power BI has. Tableau and Power BI are likely only superior to Spotfire with respect to embedded analysis on a website.
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    Cloud Software Group
    For BPM we looked at some IBM products suites, BPM Online, Oracle products and Pega Systems. The decision to go with AMX BPM was based on the evaluation by the software architect team and the cost of acquiring the TIBCO suites.
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    Scalability
    Cloud Software Group
    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,
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    Return on Investment
    Cloud Software Group
    • It is costly, so not suitable for small scale implementations.
    • Dashboards are as good as the developer, so need experience to get most out of it
    • You need to be on Spotfire 11 at least to implement out of the box visualizations
    • Integration with Python and R is a game changer, it comes very handy to onboard data scientists without much hassle
    • performance is exceptionally well.
    • Secure
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    • In order to create a BPM management, you need to make a very solid data management model, which becomes very important in its reuse
    • The business process is very often unconnected with the implementation logic and therefore plays in favor of the re-usability of the software
    • Large customization at log level for which managing these tools can be handled minimizing effort
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    ScreenShots

    Spotfire Screenshots

    Screenshot of Smart Visual AnalyticsScreenshot of Geospatial AnalyticsScreenshot of Intelligent Data WranglingScreenshot of Point-and-click Data ScienceScreenshot of Real-time Streaming Analytics

    TIBCO BPM Enterprise Screenshots

    Screenshot of Work Manager UIScreenshot of Operational Monitoring dashboardScreenshot of Organization Browser