BI software designed for analysts
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Mode is designed for data people. It is extremely flexible and fast, and you can turn your exploratory queries into professional looking visualizations easily. Mode supports analysis, visualization, data processing in R or Python notebooks, and report writing. I use Mode for everything, from jumping in to quickly answer a simple question to in-depth analytical projects to OKR reporting.
Pros
- Interactive querying
- Visualization options
- Report building
Cons
- It's not designed for data engineering, like scheduling table creation, etc.
Likelihood to Recommend
Mode is a clear category winner for how it easy it is to go from interactive analysis to professional quality reporting. You can easily do all your SQL and quite a bit of R/Python. If you want to quickly go from your database to simple charts, this is your pick. If you need to do heavier data modeling, scheduling jobs, or ML, you'll need something else, like Databricks. In my opinion, the quality of visualizations and some developer/analyst features make Databricks an unacceptable substitute.
