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Sisense for Cloud Data Teams

Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
Formerly Periscope Data

Overview

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…

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Recent Reviews

TrustRadius Insights

Periscope Data's platform and API have been utilized by a wide range of professionals, including pharmacy owners, managers, and pharmacy …
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BI Analyst's Secret Weapon

10 out of 10
September 28, 2018
We use Periscope as our primary tool for insights to prepare our business leaders for strategic decisions. The ability to quickly stand up …
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Periscope Love

10 out of 10
September 28, 2018
Waitr has just started to use Periscope, and we already love it. Between the documentation for Redshift in general, and Periscopes help …
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Popular Features

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  • Formatting capabilities (18)
    9.2
    92%
  • Customizable dashboards (19)
    9.1
    91%
  • Report sharing and collaboration (19)
    8.6
    86%
  • Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.) (18)
    8.3
    83%
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Pricing

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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…

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  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

9.2
Avg 8.4

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

8.9
Avg 8.0

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

9.6
Avg 8.4

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

8.7
Avg 8.2
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Product Details

What is Sisense for Cloud Data Teams?

Sisense for Cloud Data Teams Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Reviewers rate Report Formatting Templates and Publish to Web and Publish to PDF highest, with a score of 9.6.

The most common users of Sisense for Cloud Data Teams are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Periscope Data's platform and API have been utilized by a wide range of professionals, including pharmacy owners, managers, and pharmacy operations stakeholders, to deploy business intelligence dashboards. This has enabled them to add value to their products and services. Furthermore, companies like Kongregate, a data-driven organization, have been relying on Periscope Data for over 5 years to visualize and analyze data. The platform not only caters to deep analytics but also serves non-technical departments that require reports and information about their products and services.

Sisense for Cloud Data Teams has proven to be a valuable asset for testers and analysts. It empowers them to create powerful dashboards, accurate graphs, and precise charts that effectively demonstrate client issues. Additionally, the subscription and dashboard characteristics offered by Sisense fill the gaps that were present in Power BI. Customers can now export their data and handle massive amounts of customer data seamlessly.

The versatility of Periscope Data is evident in its widespread use across organizations. Various departments such as marketing, sales, design, and production leverage the platform's capabilities to meet their reporting and data needs. With Periscope Data, ad-hoc reports can be easily created and interactive dashboards are at their disposal. This enables quicker decision-making processes based on real-time insights.

Moreover, Periscope Data plays an essential role in tracking resources and linking databases with Salesforce for monthly reports. By combining all databases in one intuitive environment, it allows employees to visualize and track production database, CRM system, sales effort, accounting data, making it an indispensable tool for all departments.

Another use case of Sisense for Cloud Data Teams lies in its ability to facilitate bug fixes and provide seamless sales experiences. Its custom dashboard creation feature allows users to showcase visually appealing reports externally to clients while internally organizing copious amounts of data effectively.

The analytical power of Periscope Data is leveraged by analysts to explore production datasets, create visualizations, and provide raw data to business users when internal tools fall short. With over 400 colleagues benefiting from the quick creation and editing of dashboards and queries, strategic decisions are supported efficiently.

Periscope Data's ability to extract meaningful insights from a central database serves organizations across multiple industries. It empowers users to create endless combinations of graphs, charts, and other data visualizations. Additionally, it serves as a general reporting tool and provides embedded reporting for licensed applications, making it a comprehensive solution for reporting needs.

Rapid Deployment Process: Many reviewers have praised Periscope Data for its rapid deployment process, allowing users to quickly start using the platform and benefit from its features.

Polished T-SQL-based Data Visualization: Users have highly regarded Periscope Data's polished T-SQL-based data visualization charts and dashboards. They appreciate the clean and professional look of the visualizations, which help them effectively analyze and present their data.

Outstanding Customer Service and Support: Numerous users have expressed their admiration for the outstanding customer service and support provided by Periscope Data. The knowledgeable support team has been commended for providing expert advice and quick responses, ensuring that users can make the most out of the platform.

Missing Line Numbers in Query Parsing Errors: Some users have expressed frustration with the absence of line numbers in query parsing errors, making it difficult for BI developers to identify and fix errors. This issue has been mentioned by multiple reviewers.

Issues with Caching Large Tables: Users have reported that caching large tables can cause issues with queries and the display of data, which is a pain point for them. Several reviewers have mentioned this problem.

Lack of Thoroughness in Embed API Documentation: The Embed API documentation has been criticized by users for lacking thoroughness and examples, making it challenging for them to effectively utilize this feature. Multiple reviewers have expressed this concern.

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Ryan McLean | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
  • Data Export Subscription
  • Data Dashboards
  • There was a large learning curve.
We have customers who want scheduled updates of their data. This product allows for those subscriptions and automated exports of their data without custom code involved. In my opinion, you either need to pay for software or software developers and to solve this problem, the company decided to shift into the pay for software solution and so far it has gone well.
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
50%
5.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
70%
7.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
N/A
N/A
Predictive Analytics
80%
8.0
BI Standard Reporting (3)
60%
6.0
Customizable dashboards
90%
9.0
Report Formatting Templates
90%
9.0
Pixel Perfect reports
N/A
N/A
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
60%
6.0
Drill-down analysis
80%
8.0
Formatting capabilities
80%
8.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
N/A
N/A
Report sharing and collaboration
80%
8.0
Report Output and Scheduling (5)
18%
1.8
Publish to Web
N/A
N/A
Publish to PDF
N/A
N/A
Report Versioning
N/A
N/A
Report Delivery Scheduling
90%
9.0
Delivery to Remote Servers
N/A
N/A
  • 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.
RStudio requires custom code from programmers and the decision was made to move to software instead of software developers. Microsoft Power BI didn't have the right data subscription capabilities for our customers.
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My company has had Periscope for various use cases in the past and I think that this program opens up complex data reports to non-technical people in a really accessible way (even though the learning curve is a big one). We are now integrating Sisense for Cloud Data Teams at a larger level both for internal data exploration and for customer facing dashboards and reports.
I have not used their support
Alicia Sigler | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I started using Sisense for Cloud Data Teams at ADCS for data visualization (structured, unstructured, and geospatial). I still use it to date at my current corporation to perform the same projects.
  • Collect data across all ETL services.
  • Integrate with extensive range of external applications and APIs.
  • Offers free trial and support is available 24/7/12/365.
  • More documentation for available features would be better to simplify customization.
  • Do not have online community for peers and Sisense users.
Sisense for Cloud Data Teams is a perfect match for SMEs and large corporations with less complex data. It has been effective to discover, collect, connect, model, and visualize data across all data sources (on-premise and cloud-based software).
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
100%
10.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
100%
10.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
100%
10.0
Predictive Analytics
100%
10.0
BI Standard Reporting (3)
100%
10.0
Customizable dashboards
100%
10.0
Report Formatting Templates
100%
10.0
Pixel Perfect reports
100%
10.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
95%
9.5
Drill-down analysis
100%
10.0
Formatting capabilities
100%
10.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
90%
9.0
Report sharing and collaboration
90%
9.0
Report Output and Scheduling (5)
98%
9.8
Publish to Web
100%
10.0
Publish to PDF
100%
10.0
Report Versioning
100%
10.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
100%
10.0
Delivery to Remote Servers
90%
9.0
  • Lower costs at the point of making business decisions by automating data preparation and visualization.
  • Empower users with self-service data preparation tools which accelerate time to value.
Sisense for Cloud Data Teams is one of the alternatives that we switch to when SAP DWC system is down. It covers all the tools that we require to visualize data automatically.
Support is world-class through email and ticketing. I only switch to email support when I can’t access help via the help center.
Nitish kumar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
  • 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.
  • They should provide little guidance in the beginning.
  • Sometimes i face Slowness.
Sisense for Cloud Data Teams is suited so well for our project that works with lots of data and needs some ways to share data internally or externally with our clients. It's very easy to pull out the data from the sense in best and in a suitable format and moreover a huge number of options are available there to represent the data. All features of this Sisense for cloud data teams software can be taken advantage of if you have a team who are well versed in data analytics, data management, and programming.
Data Discovery and Visualization (3)
80%
8.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
80%
8.0
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
70%
7.0
Predictive Analytics
90%
9.0
BI Standard Reporting (3)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Customizable dashboards
80%
8.0
Report Formatting Templates
100%
10.0
Pixel Perfect reports
70%
7.0
Ad-hoc Reporting (4)
90%
9.0
Drill-down analysis
90%
9.0
Formatting capabilities
100%
10.0
Integration with R or other statistical packages
80%
8.0
Report sharing and collaboration
90%
9.0
Report Output and Scheduling (5)
94%
9.4
Publish to Web
90%
9.0
Publish to PDF
90%
9.0
Report Versioning
90%
9.0
Report Delivery Scheduling
100%
10.0
Delivery to Remote Servers
100%
10.0
  • Sometimes dashboard loads slowly.
  • Amazing visualisation present
Sisense was our primary visualization tool in the previous project. There is no real option to do any meaningful math on our data, and we only have the access to a very limited subset of the information we stream into the cache. Sisense Allowed for a variety of internal data-driven decisions. Sisense far exceeds this tool with its ability to combine all the data sources across disparate servers and perform detailed analysis upon the query results.
The user interface is just amazing and it's really very easy to use and navigate, even for a newbie. Mostly it provides us the accurate data.
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