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What is Sigma?
Sigma Computing headquartered in San Francisco provides a suite of data services such as code free data modeling, data search and explorating, and related BI and data visualization services.
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View all 15 features- Report sharing and collaboration (117)8.989%
- Customizable dashboards (116)7.979%
- Drill-down analysis (112)7.979%
- Formatting capabilities (118)7.575%
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Sigma Computing headquartered in San Francisco provides a suite of data services such as code free data modeling, data search and explorating, and related BI and data visualization services.
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What is Sigma?
Sigma is a business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform purpose-built for the cloud. With Sigma, anyone can use the spreadsheet functions and formulas they already know to explore live data at cloud scale, down to the lowest grain of detail. Its familiar spreadsheet-like interface delivers SQL into the hands of any user while keeping data fresh and secure within cloud data warehouses.
Data-first companies can use Sigma to empower their employees, customers, and partners to break free from the confines of the dashboard and explore data for themselves to make better, faster decisions. The software was built to capitalize on the performance power of cloud data warehouses to combine data sources and analyze billions of rows of data instantly – no coding required.
Sigma Features
Data Discovery and Visualization Features
- Supported: Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
BI Standard Reporting Features
- Supported: Customizable dashboards
- Supported: Report Formatting Templates
- Supported: Pixel Perfect reports
Ad-hoc Reporting Features
- Supported: Drill-down analysis
- Supported: Formatting capabilities
- Supported: Predictive modeling
- Supported: Report sharing and collaboration
Report Output and Scheduling Features
- Supported: Publish to Web
- Supported: Publish to PDF
- Supported: Output Raw Supporting Data
- Supported: Report Versioning
- Supported: Report Delivery Scheduling
- Supported: Delivery to Remote Servers
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Sigma Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Mobile Web |
| Supported Countries | United States, Canada |
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Sigma Computing headquartered in San Francisco provides a suite of data services such as code free data modeling, data search and explorating, and related BI and data visualization services.
Reviewers rate Report Delivery Scheduling highest, with a score of 9.1.
The most common users of Sigma are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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January 14, 2023
The necessary last part of the Data stack!
Pro: More user-friendly. Con: not as nice looking
January 04, 2023
Sigma at a startup
Sigma offered a novel approach to data analysis with its Excel-like functionality.
January 04, 2023
Sigma Update
Sigma still has a long ways to go compared to Power BI or Tableau. There needs to be more functionality features added to Sigma.
January 04, 2023
Absolutely Love Sigma Computing. Huge Time Saver!
Data Studio was used in the past but Sigma Computing is far more powerful, customizable, and sharable across teams.
January 04, 2023
Great, but Limited for Now.
January 04, 2023
Review of Sigma Computing
- Mode and Tableau Desktop
Tableau too expensive
Mode also too expensive and kind of shitty
Mode also too expensive and kind of shitty
January 04, 2023
Sigma: As easy to use as Excel, as powerful as Tableau.
- Google Data Studio, Tableau Desktop and QlikView
Google Data Studio is free, intuitive and easy to use but the analytics are limited. In-table calculations can't be done easily and it lacks a native connector for Snowflake. Moreover, table columns cannot be arranged in any order--they must be dimension first, and metrics second. Tableau is powerful and makes visually compelling reports, but the learning curve is extremely steep if one isn't already familiar with existing data visualization or business intelligence platforms. In our case, it's not connected to our data source, and importing/joining data requires a fair bit of setup as well. Qlik is very fast and powerful, but very few people on our teams have seats on the platform.
December 14, 2022
Sigma Computing Review
Sigma Computing is easier to use
November 08, 2022
Sigma is Success for Any Size Data Program
Easy entry tool that can grow with you as the data expertise and literacy grows within the org. Start up effort and cost is too high in the tools that are built for large corporate solutions.
September 06, 2022
If you're looking for an intuitive data solution, choose SIGMA
Sigma is way ahead of Toucan Toco (TT) in terms of ease of use and support capabilities. Without getting too much into the details, Sigma is extremely intuitive to use and doesn't require a huge amount of reading and documentation exploration in order to accomplish a simple task. I highly recommend Sigma for data professionals.
August 30, 2022
Great for viewers, not for builders
- Chartio (discontinued) and Looker
I was not involved in the decision-making process, and we stopped using chartio because it was discontinued. Chartio was great for looking under the hood at individual queries. Sigma is superior in the visualization aspects - it looks more professional and clean-cut. I've also used Looker in the past, but not as a dashboard editor/contributor.
August 26, 2022
Sigma - The New Data Analysis Movement.
- Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (discontinued)
Unfortunately, I do not think a comparison is appropriate here, given the time difference and offerings between the products.
August 26, 2022
Heading in the right direction
Sigma is not as feature rich as Tableau and it shows that it's a younger product and company. However, that is helpful when suggesting features or reporting bugs as a small company. The live chat with support is quite helpful and most that I have spoken with are really knowledgeable and happy to dig in on what I'm reporting.
August 26, 2022
Sigma is a game changer
Score 8 out of 10
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- Chartio (discontinued)
We have more reports and more flexibility so that helps with making decisions. We have also found more reports to use and data to analyze because of the flexibility. The only bad thing is the downtime and the slowness of reports that are bigger. Chartio cached data so it was faster but refresh was harder.
August 25, 2022
Simplicity and power in one tool. Fast dynamic and powerful dashboards without the troubles of other tools.
It doesn't have its own language (like lookML) this is positive. Web dashboards, you don't need to send attached spreadsheets by e-mail
August 25, 2022
Sigma is simply amazing! The product and the team.
We selected Sigma computing because it fully integrates with Snowflake (the platform our data currently sits on), and with Sigma, we don't need external technical resources. We have full control over our product development.
August 25, 2022
Sigma: Democratizing access to data
- Chartio (discontinued)
We migrated to Sigma after using Chartio for about 5 years. In almost every way Sigma has been an upgrade on Chartio, most notably in its ability to handle large tables. We selected Sigma because we wanted to shift some of the data analysis to less technical team members, and that worked out as expected.
August 25, 2022
Sigma user survey
Jupyter is better for ad-hoc analysis.
August 25, 2022
Good enough, worth spending time with.
The products we looked at were relatively similar. During the trial we ran, Sigma was the fastest platform for all of us to pick up and start delivering prototype dashboards. Sigma's pivot table support – important for our tech savvy user base – was as good or better than competitors. While not the most important criteria, the visualization tools were good enough, including the ability to customize the look and feel. Sigma had better integration with our cloud data management infrastructure than others. The tech seemed mature enough for us to rely on (we thought Preset needed more steeping before handling our anticipated workloads.
We think any of the tools we looked at would have met our basic needs. Sigma's speed of development, pivot table support, and dashboard layout flexibility was enough to push us in that direction.
We think any of the tools we looked at would have met our basic needs. Sigma's speed of development, pivot table support, and dashboard layout flexibility was enough to push us in that direction.
- Chartio (discontinued)
Chartio was faster in loading results, but sigma allows for more accurate information and less crashes.
August 25, 2022
Quick Metrics for Faster Results
We chose Sigma for ease of use. Products like Tableau have a notoriously steep learning curve, and our goal was to establish a quick path to program metrics w/o developer resource. Once we tried the interface, Sigma was a no-brainer: it's easy-to-use, quick to learn, and the support they provide is phenomenal.
August 25, 2022
great for visualizing data
- Chartio (discontinued)
similar
N/A - I was not part of selection process.
August 25, 2022
Solid product and good for non-technical users
- Tableau Desktop and Chartio (discontinued)
Sigma Computing better than Chartio in terms of functionalities. slightly faster than Tableau Desktop. However, Tableau Desktop has more features.
August 24, 2022
Traditional BI is Dead; Long Live Sigma!
Sigma is like a unique combination of Excel and Tableau, in my experience. It combines both the heavy-duty data wrangling and data manipulation abilities of Tableau with the quickness and ease of use that Excel is known for having. I have relied on Excel a lot less now for ad hoc work since using Sigma, as I can just easily get what I need from Sigma rather than having to open it in Excel. We still have one minor data source that I use to download CSVS from and work into Excel as needed, but this is rare.