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Overview

What is Spotfire?

Spotfire® is a data visualization platform that utilizes predictive analytics. In addition to data viz, it includes data wrangling capabilities, predictive analytics, location analytics, and real-time streaming analytics. Spotfire® is a business unit of Cloud Software Group, formerly known…

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How Spotfire Differs From Its Competitors

Integrations with other TIBCO products

We have integrated it with the TIBCO Jasper report. As we need to generate a few reports that need to be put on scheduled deliveries so that people who take market decisions can have a better understanding and act accordingly. So it actually helped the organization to automate this whole process …
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Integrations with other TIBCO products

We use Spotfire Data Science as well as Spotfire. But the integrated capabilities of Spotfire to run R data functions makes much of the capabilities of Data Science redundant. The Spotfire Data Science interface and output are not contemporary, although the power is obvious. Integration is …
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Integrations with other TIBCO products

We mainly integrate Spotfire with our SQL servers. We have used Spotfire to use our custom data services via Spotfire calls and IronPython API. The feedback loop between data engineering and data analysis and visualization has been key to the success of Enverus. Then to quickly publish the outputs …
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Integrations with other TIBCO products

We did not make integration with any platform itself, all integration is done on backend using database tools. However, we did use some tools inside Spotfire to make our life easier. It wasn't so hard compared to other platforms and even with the Spotfire version update, that are quite often, we …
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Integrations with other TIBCO products

We have not specifically purchased any other add-on products to Spotfire. With that said, we are considering looking at Spotfire X. In addition, we are thinking of using Spotfire for more data wrangling, location analytics, real-time graphics, and real-time streaming of data. Of these, I think the …
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Integrations with other TIBCO products

Automation services and statistics services. We strongly benefited from such integrations, since they gave us the opportunity of automating a lot of formerly manually-operated tasks, therefore reducing our operational costs and use of advanced R scripts in many reports accessed via a web player.
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Integrations with other TIBCO products

We use Tibco's Data Virtualization, Automation Services, and Statistical Services products. We've been trialing the Statistica product for advanced analytics and it works really well with Spotfire. When you mark/filter data in Spotfire, that dataset is feed into Statistica for one or more …
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Integrations with other TIBCO products

We have integrated with several data warehouse and analytics backends, some of these include:
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Apache Hive
  • Apache Kafka
  • PostgreSQL
  • MS SQL
  • MySQL
This has been a huge benefit and we enjoy this capability to allow future system changes the ability to work with Spotfire on the fly.
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Customizable dashboards (294)
    9.1
    91%
  • Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.) (306)
    8.6
    86%
  • Drill-down analysis (289)
    8.3
    83%
  • Formatting capabilities (302)
    7.8
    78%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Video Reviews

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TIBCO Spotfire Review: Translates Data To Be Visualized For More Effective Understanding
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Pricing

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Spotfire for Amazon Web Services

$0.99

Cloud
Per Hour (Starting)

Spotfire Cloud - Consumer

$250/yr

Cloud
per seat

Spotfire Cloud - Business Author

$650/yr

Cloud
per seat

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • 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.

8.3
Avg 8.2

Ad-hoc Reporting

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

8.2
Avg 8.1

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.3
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.

8.2
Avg 8.1

Access Control and Security

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

8.1
Avg 8.6

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

7.3
Avg 8.0

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

APIs are a set of routines, protocols, and tools for used for embedding one application in another

8.3
Avg 7.9
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Product Details

What is Spotfire?

Spotfire® is a data visualization platform that aims to speed individual time to insight and spur analytics adoption across the organization. According to the vendor, Spotfire helps users quickly and easily generate insights with three new ways to support their analytical preferences: NLQ powered search, AI-driven recommendations, and direct manipulation. Users can add context with native streaming for integrated analyses of real-time and historical data, best-in-class geoanalytics, and one-click predictive analytics to go beyond basic visualizations and understand the factors driving trends and what will happen next.

The vendor states Spotfire's differentiating hybrid in-memory/in-database analytics architecture supports the most demanding enterprise needs, scaling to thousands of users and limitless rows of data.

Spotfire is deployed in companies in financial services, energy, manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, government, travel & logistics, helathcare, and life sciences.

Spotfire® is a business unit of Cloud Software Group, formerly known as TIBCO Spotfire.

Spotfire 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: 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: SAP Hana
  • Supported: Teradata
  • Supported: Salesforce
  • Supported: SAP
  • Supported: Google Analytics

BI Standard Reporting Features

  • 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
  • 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 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

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding Features

  • Supported: REST API
  • Supported: Javascript API
  • Supported: iFrames
  • Supported: Java API
  • Supported: Themeable User Interface (UI)
  • Supported: Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Spotfire Screenshots

Screenshot of Smart Visual AnalyticsScreenshot of Geospatial AnalyticsScreenshot of Intelligent Data WranglingScreenshot of Point-and-click Data ScienceScreenshot of Real-time Streaming Analytics

Spotfire Videos

Intro to Visualizations in Spotfire
Creating a Dashboard in 5 Minutes
Spotfire Application Walkthrough
Advanced Analytics Scripting with Python and R

Spotfire Integrations

Spotfire Competitors

Spotfire Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesAvailable in all regions
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, French, German, Portugese, Chinese, Italian

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Frequently Asked Questions

Spotfire® is a data visualization platform that utilizes predictive analytics. In addition to data viz, it includes data wrangling capabilities, predictive analytics, location analytics, and real-time streaming analytics. Spotfire® is a business unit of Cloud Software Group, formerly known as TIBCO Spotfire.

Tableau Desktop, QlikView, and Microsoft Power BI are common alternatives for Spotfire.

Reviewers rate Customizable dashboards highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of Spotfire are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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June 27, 2017

Spotfire Review

Verified User
Consultant in Research & Development
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Online Training
8
There were nice follow along demos. When you don't get a topic very well it was easy to rewatch the video. Also, the exercises with the solution are very good to learn something.

Remark: The videos could only be watched on Internet Explorer. When I watched them on Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox there were difficulties with the videos.
May 20, 2017

Spotfire - Data Analysis for Data Users

Verified User
Professional in Other
Oil & Energy Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Online Training
10
By on-line training, I am referring to all of the on-line resources Spotfire makes available at no charge to users. There are very targeted videos that explain and show how to perform various tasks. There are also example files available that show how to accomplish more advanced tasks such as predictive analytics using TERR. They are all easy to understand, and are very useful in getting users comfortable working with Spotfire...
April 07, 2017

Spotfire in the Spotlight

Verified User
Analyst in Corporate
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Online Training
8
It was helpful, and showed me a lot of different things that I could do with Spotfire. There were courses that focused on the basics to the advanced, and I was able to see how the variety of Spotfire options came together in order to make a dashboard. I would recommend these to anyone who is just starting out with Spotfire. Also, the Spotfire user boards are very helpful.
April 03, 2017

Spotfire

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Logistics and Supply Chain Company, 201-500 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Online Training
4
The general training on how to build reports is very good. However, the training class for administration on their new architecture on 7.0 was nothing more than how to run the install. The class should have covered more on the architecture change and the differences in administering the new framework.
March 10, 2017

Spotfire is kind of awesome but not for the faint of heart or easily frustrated

Roy Carter | TrustRadius Reviewer
Roy Carter
Senior Business Advisor
Chevron (Oil & Energy, 10,001+ employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Online Training
8
The on-line training is go at your own pace which has benefits because you can tailor the training to fit your schedule. The downside is that it is easy to put off or become caught up with other duties. The online training is well done but [I] would only recommend it for the most devoted of people.
January 24, 2017

Spotfire is the leader in visualization game unless you have a Web Development Team

Verified User
Consultant in Product Management
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Online Training
6
Though the questions are answered, the period of time one can ask a question after the training is brief. In real life scenarios take time to develop, so technical challenges tend to lurk around long after the training session expires. The content of the training session is generic so make it useful, I would like more time for Q&A.
January 11, 2017

Spotfire is a great BI tool and the company is very happy with the results given by this tool

Gustavo Arreola | TrustRadius Reviewer
Gustavo Arreola
Business Analyst
Avangard Innovative (Renewables & Environment, 501-1000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Online Training
10

Do you have a great online training once users have the theory and practical side?

Another important thing is that in the case of a question do you respond in a very short time?

I can repeat my sessions as I need.

The topics in each training are very important.

December 19, 2016

Great online training for basics

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Online Training
10
It included different types of training. The basics training with the do-it-yourself tasks were very good. First a detailed explanation between 30 and 45 minutes showed basics and then these basics could be trained in provided do it yourself tasks.
December 16, 2016

Big data made easy

Verified User
Team Lead in Finance and Accounting
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Online Training
7
The length of time available to complete the course is too short. Should make software access available for course takers. I took the course but could not access from work, which is the only access I have. My ability to complete the course was hampered as a result.
December 16, 2016

Using Spotfire to create analysis on the spot

Verified User
Employee in Other
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Online Training
9
The online training was very detailed and provided demos as well and hands on exercises, the downside to only taking the online training is that you are basically learning it on your own because you don't have that live interaction to help you when you get stuck or a concept is not clear.
December 10, 2016

A Spotfire (not Spitfire) Review

Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Law Practice Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Online Training
10
I have never taken an online training better than the one Spotfire provides. It is engaging, and interesting and it takes you thorough, step by step and makes it so easy to understand why things are done a certain way and how to find what you are looking for. There are 2 people that provide the voices for instruction and they enunciate so well its a pleasure to listen to them. They are not monotone. I love that they add a touch of humor to the videos. They provide interactive examples so you can follow along on your own machine and even the tests during the training are terrific reinforcement.
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