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What is Sisense?

Sisense is a BI software and analytics platform. With what the vendor calls their In-Chip™ and Single Stack™ technologies, users have access to a comprehensive tool to analyze and visualize large, disparate data sets without IT resources.

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Sisense : Great and Fastest Data Visualization Tool

Rating: 6 out of 10
April 11, 2022
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I have been using Sisense for many years now. Sisense is a data visualization tool, and it is the greatest step and latest in the Business Intelligence market. It provides the...
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Surbhi Singhal
Engineer - Information Technology
Senior Software Engineer
BOLD
Sisense3 years of experience

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Rating: 9 out of 10
May 26, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
This tool has given me the power to convert the data into new analytical applications that give me a transparent idea about working on multiple platforms. This is a cloud-base...
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Craig Varghese
Manager - Finance and Accounting
Group Manager, Revenue Accounting
Intuit
Sisense2 years of experience

Sr. BI Analyst's Review of Sisense

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 7, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Sisense is used in our organization as an OEM/white-labeled BI platform. We leverage external customer facing users and internal employee users. Each department and user has t...
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Mitch Siwy
Analyst - Information Technology
Sr. Business Intelligence Data Analyst
ALOM Technologies
Sisense2 years of experience

Changed the way we looked at data!

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 2, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Sisense is used across the whole organization, both looking at internal data from our accounting software as well as looking at the aggregate data collected from our software ...
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Gudrun Bonte
Vice-President - Product Management
VP Product Management
SA International
Sisense1 year of experience

Sisense is moving on up in the BI world

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 9, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Sisense is being used for two primary purposes - internal analytics across all business units as well as embedded client-facing reports.
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Andrew Goss
Engineer - Engineering
Data Engineer
Interfolio
Sisense1 year of experience
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Pricing

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What is Sisense?

Sisense is a BI software and analytics platform. With what the vendor calls their In-Chip™ and Single Stack™ technologies, users have access to a comprehensive tool to analyze and visualize large, disparate data sets without IT resources.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.sisense.com/get/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

Locked Filter | Sisense Tutorials: Filtering Dashboard Data

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Adding a Custom Field | Sisense Tutorials: Preparing your Data Model

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Working with Tables and Fields | Sisense Tutorials: Preparing your Data Model

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Adding a Custom SQL Table | Sisense Tutorials: Preparing your Data Model

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Date and Time Functions | Sisense Tutorials: Preparing your Data Model

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Layout and Responsive Design | Sisense Tutorials: Creating your Dashboard

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

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

8.7
Avg 8.1

Ad-hoc Reporting

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

8.3
Avg 8.0

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.2
Avg 8.3

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.

9
Avg 8.0

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

10
Avg 8.5

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

9
Avg 7.9
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Product Details

What is Sisense?

Sisense data & analytics platform is designed to make it easy to mashup data from across the entire data landscape and transform it into actionable analytics applications that can be embedded anywhere. The vendor boasts innovative startups and global brands like GE, Nasdaq, and Philips, as well as organizations worldwide are using Sisense to accelerate innovation and drive digital transformation by embedding Sisense into their businesses. Whether data is in the cloud, on-prem, or a mix of both, Sisense gives users everything needed to successfully deliver on analytics application strategy today, allowing you to:

  • Securely connect and ingest data into cloud data warehouses to create a single store for your data
  • Mashup data from dozens of sources for a complete view of your business
  • Leverage a combination of live or cached data models to optimize performance and manage resource utilization
  • Build beautiful visualizations and actionable application components using the robust library of integrated widgets and certified add-ons
  • Develop and white-label with ease using a full suite of APIs and developer toolkits
  • Differentiate products and services with fully integrated, white-label analytics in the office or on mobile devices for users on the go

Sisense Features

BI Platform Features

  • Supported: Administration via Windows App
  • Supported: Administration via MacOS App
  • Supported: Administration via Web Interface
  • Supported: Live Connection to External Data
  • Supported: Snapshot of External Data
  • Supported: In-memory data model
  • Supported: OLAP (Pre-processed cube representation)
  • Supported: ROLAP (SQL-layer querying)
  • Supported: Multi-Data Source Reporting (Blending)
  • Supported: Data warehouse / dictionary layer
  • Supported: ETL Capability
  • Supported: ETL Scheduler

Supported Data Sources Features

  • Supported: MS Excel Workbooks
  • Supported: Text Files (CSV, etc)
  • Supported: Oracle
  • Supported: MS SQL Server
  • Supported: IBM DB2
  • Supported: Postgres
  • Supported: MySQL
  • Supported: ODBC
  • Supported: Cloudera Hadoop
  • Supported: Hortonworks Hadoop
  • Supported: EMC Greenplum
  • Supported: IBM Netezza
  • Supported: HP Vertica
  • Supported: ParAccel
  • Supported: SAP Hana
  • Supported: Teradata
  • Supported: Sage 500
  • Supported: Salesforce
  • Supported: SAP
  • Supported: Google Analytics

BI Standard Reporting Features

  • Supported: Pixel Perfect reports
  • Supported: Customizable dashboards
  • Supported: Report Formatting Templates

Ad-hoc Reporting Features

  • Supported: Drill-down analysis
  • Supported: Formatting capabilities
  • Supported: Predictive modeling
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages

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

Data Discovery and Visualization Features

  • Supported: Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
  • Supported: Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
  • Supported: Predictive Analytics
  • Supported: Support for Machine Learning models
  • Supported: Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages

Access Control and Security Features

  • Supported: Multi-User Support (named login)
  • Supported: Role-Based Security Model
  • Supported: Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
  • Supported: Report-Level Access Control
  • Supported: Table-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
  • Supported: Field-Level Access Control (BI-layer)

Mobile Capabilities Features

  • Supported: Responsive Design for Web Access
  • Supported: Mobile Application
  • Supported: Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

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Sisense Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry
Supported CountriesAll

Frequently Asked Questions

Sisense is a BI software and analytics platform. With what the vendor calls their In-Chip™ and Single Stack™ technologies, users have access to a comprehensive tool to analyze and visualize large, disparate data sets without IT resources.

Tableau Public, GoodData, and Domo are common alternatives for Sisense.

Reviewers rate Multi-User Support (named login) and Role-Based Security Model and Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete) highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Sisense are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Sisense : Great and Fastest Data Visualization Tool

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
April 11, 2022
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Surbhi Singhal
Senior Software Engineer
BOLD (Internet, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sisense
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I have been using Sisense for many years now. Sisense is a data visualization tool, and it is the greatest step and latest in the Business Intelligence market. It provides the in-chip technology for accessing millions of data in the shortest span of seconds and provides the best visual efforts for your business data.
Pros
  • Fastest - due to its in chip methodology.
  • Using great visualization, BI becomes easier with Sisense.
  • Millions of data can be loaded in fewer seconds which didn't seem possible with other traditional reporting tools.
  • Robust Architecture and provides Rest APIs to access it externally.
Cons
  • Instability of the data cubes, runs and failures.
  • Unknown issues in widgets, dashboard, filters.
  • Republishing of the dashboards for every single change.
  • Variables, parameters cannot be used in the front end.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well Suited when your company size is small and having billions of records and concurrent users are less.
If data can be stored in form of elasticubes and can be accessed offline. But for large organization, its not appropriate as large number of users required more logins and it leads to costing and maintenance issue.
Also, at times we have observed its instability.

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Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
May 26, 2021
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Craig Varghese
Group Manager, Revenue Accounting
Intuit (Computer Software, 5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sisense
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
This tool has given me the power to convert the data into new analytical applications that give me a transparent idea about working on multiple platforms. This is a cloud-based application that has allowed me to combine my different pages so that a complete progress report is generated. It is playing a perfect, fantastic role in our organization.
Pros
  • Customer support is straightforward and well responsive.
  • Data discovery is effective.
  • Big data services are amazing and secure.
  • Easy integration of APIs.
Cons
  • It is very costly solution.
  • I did not face any issue regarding its technicality, we easily came across its usage. But while purchasing the tool I face some complexities in terms of licensing which overburdened me.
  • Various plans are available but still, they lack a reliable plan.
Likelihood to Recommend
Sisense is a reliable analytics platform that helps us fetching data effectively. Also, the visualization of data is easy. I will recommend this tool to those organizations that are dealing with their business on various platforms and trying to manage their online stores.

Sisense is moving on up in the BI world

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 09, 2019
AG
Andrew Goss
Data Engineer
Interfolio (Internet, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sisense
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Sisense is being used for two primary purposes - internal analytics across all business units as well as embedded client-facing reports.
Pros
  • Customization - lots of supported and community plugins available. Users can also adjust the look and feel through JavaScript.
  • Innovation - Sisense is continuing to push the envelope by developing new features through Sisense Labs.
  • Customer support - the commitment to excellent customer service and ensuring organizations get the most out of their investment.
Cons
  • Permissions are a pain at times - only the owner of folders and dashboards can publish any changes.
  • Ease of use - there's a bit of a learning curve in using Sisense, but the same can be said of any BI tool.
  • Windows servers are required for Sisense installation, but a new and improved Linux architecture has been introduced (currently in beta).
Likelihood to Recommend
Sisense is excellent for data modeling through ElastiCubes. It's easy to visualize the joins between objects, preview data, and identify data types.

Sr. BI Analyst's Review of Sisense

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
October 07, 2019
MS
Mitch Siwy
Sr. Business Intelligence Data Analyst
ALOM Technologies (Warehousing, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sisense
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Sisense is used in our organization as an OEM/white-labeled BI platform. We leverage external customer facing users and internal employee users. Each department and user has their own/department dashboards that illustrate KPIs, metrics in real/near-real time. It solves many business problems that deal with Supply Chain. All areas from receiving, production and fulfillment have high-level to granularity data insights at the touch of their fingers for analyze.
Pros
  • Customer service is fast, accurate and helpful
  • 4 major Sisense version updates every year
  • Web-based JavaScript scripts allow for endless customization
Cons
  • Appending data delta updates only to the elasticube
  • Left joins
  • Richer widgets and web elements
  • pulse alerts on live-data sources
Likelihood to Recommend
In our VDI environment this lightweight web application is great for end users. Our end users can easily interact, drill down /into data like never before. It's excel on steroids for them!

Changed the way we looked at data!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
October 02, 2019
GB
Gudrun Bonte
VP Product Management
SA International (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Sisense
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Sisense is used across the whole organization, both looking at internal data from our accounting software as well as looking at the aggregate data collected from our software solutions deployed worldwide. For our internal executive and sales team, it addresses visibility into sales numbers and trends. For our product managers, it provides insight into usage of our software and needs that may arise. For external purposes, we provide reporting to our customer base on their personal usage of the system.
Pros
  • Combining data from different sources
  • Cleaning up and modeling data
  • Dashboard creation
Cons
  • Cubes get very slow once your data starts to grow big.
  • Admins currently cannot edit each others' dashboards. This gets very cumbersome once admins change - it takes duplicating and republishing dashboards to let them take over.
  • Maps can be done better. The ability to compare to some standard benchmarks such as population density, demographics, GDP, etc., would be very useful.
Likelihood to Recommend
Sisense is well suited for many applications as long as the data does not get too big. We use it to analyze sales, active vs. canceled subscriptions, usage of features in our software, etc. For big data it becomes a problem. Our software is deployed to several hundred thousand users worldwide - and continually reports back. This means the data grows exponentially.
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