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Sisense for Cloud Data Teams

Score4.1 out of 10

53 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Sisense for Cloud Data Teams?

Sisense for Cloud Data Teams (formerly Periscope Data) is a data visualization tool that allows users to connect to their SQL databases to create sharable, interactive dashboards. In addition to SQL, its analytics integrate with R and Python, allowing users to prep datasets, perform analysis, and create their own visualizations. Sisense acquired Periscope Data in mid-2019.

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Sisense for Cloud Data Teams has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 53 ratings of Sisense for Cloud Data Teams's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Publish to PDF

    Category average: 8.7

  • Delivery to Remote Servers

    Ability to deliver reports to remote servers

    Category average: 8

  • Report Formatting Templates

    Category average: 7.7

Areas for Improvement

  • Report sharing and collaboration

    Report sharing and collaboration is the ability to easily share reports with others.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Pattern Recognition and Data Mining

    Pattern recognition and data mining mean the ability to recognize hidden patterns in large quantities of data.

    Category average: 6.7

  • Predictive Analytics

    Predictive Analytics is the ability to build forecasting models based on existing data sets.

    Category average: 6.5

Reviews

What users are saying about Sisense for Cloud Data Teams.
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Great for supporting legacy data from Periscope. Look elsewhere for other use cases.

Incentivized
Verified User
C-Level Executive in Corporate (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We deal with a lot of data in our organization, and so Sisense for Cloud Data Teams allows us to surface insights that the entire organization can use, such as customer success and engineering. We use it for modeling internal data as well as product analytics to create dashboards and embeds.

Pros

  • Connects to a variety of different databases.
  • Can merge with customer data from sources such as Salesforce.

Cons

  • Lacks behind other tools in embeds and external visualizations.
  • Would love to see more CRM integrations other than Salesforce.
  • Support for more types of visualizations.

Return on Investment

  • Surfacing data for non-technical users.
  • Helps us prepare for QBRs or renewal discussions.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Metabase and Looker

Other Software Used

Tableau Cloud

Best and amazing software.

Incentivized
Nitish kumarView profile
System Engineer in Information Technology at Infosys (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have used Sisense for Cloud Data Teams to manage and handle massive amounts of clients' data. Sisense for Cloud Data Teams offers their users a free version trial so that sense users can try all the system functionality before deciding to purchase it. Our team of testers and analysts uses it to create powerful dashboards, accurate graphs, and precise charts to visually demonstrate the issues that Clients face. Sisense for cloud data teams helped us and our team, the transition from old spreadsheets and Excel to being able to create amazing stunning visuals.

Pros

  • In sisense for cloud Data team, the Data can be easily shared across many channels and through email.
  • Sisense for cloud data team have user friendly charts and graphs.
  • Sisense for cloud data team provides Constant updates and new features to their users.

Cons

  • They should provide little guidance in the beginning.
  • Sometimes i face Slowness.

Return on Investment

  • Sometimes dashboard loads slowly.
  • Amazing visualisation present

Usability

Sisense is working well so far

Incentivized
Ryan McLeanView profile
Senior Data Analyst in Product Management at Imagine Learning (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We were using Power BI but our customers wanted an export of their data and Sisense for Cloud Data Teams offered the subscription and dashboard characteristics that we were looking for.

Pros

  • Data Export Subscription
  • Data Dashboards

Cons

  • There was a large learning curve.

Return on Investment

  • It is still too early to say but a lot of research was done by our engineering teams and this was the chosen solution and no one seems to regret their decision.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Power BI and RStudio

Other Software Used

Google Calendar, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Snowflake

Usability

Make Sense of Your Customers' Data

Incentivized
Adam MontgomeryView profile
Energy Efficiency Consultant in Engineering at SEMCO (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Periscope Data supports SQL, R, and Python in the same environment.
  • Periscope Data offers many ways to visualize data, ranging from maps, charts, and graphs.
  • Data can easily be shared across many channels, including Slack and email.

Cons

  • Some of the dashboards can be slow to load; especially when they have lots of features and widgets.
  • The software could be made a little easier for people that don't have a data or programming background.
  • It is pricey so not a great option for small companies or research/home projects.

Alternatives Considered

Google Analytics

Other Software Used

Google Analytics, Airtable, Adobe Acrobat DC

The Go-To Analytics Platform for Modern BI teams

Incentivized
Arnob BordoloiView profile
Data Analyst in Engineering at SquadLocker (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Data integration with support for various databases and popular tools.
  • Built in SQL formatter.
  • Use SQL to prepare and publish data sets for use with built in support for Python and R.
  • Quick setup for SQL Alerts, Views and Snippets.
  • Excellent on demand support team.

Cons

  • Caching tables can be problematic and views without unique columns do not cache accurately
  • SQL query parsing errors for queries running directly against databases can be confusing.
  • Issues with data sync in the Salesforce Integration.

Return on Investment

  • Periscope has been instrumental towards the Data Warehouse project.
  • Integral part of various marketing campaigns and sales efforts.
  • Allowed for various internal data driven decisions.

Other Software Used

Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Power BI, Zapier