QuickSight has a way to go, but is getting better
September 16, 2019
QuickSight has a way to go, but is getting better
Score 5 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Amazon QuickSight
QuickSight is being used as a niche BI tool for several reporting dashboards that we have built. It is currently being used primarily by the central IT organization and we continue to monitor this cloud-based BI tool for it to mature. In the past 3 years, the number of connectors and visualizations has increased and improved and is slowly becoming a better product.
- Lightweight and serverless BI tool that can be used for niche dashboards.
- Its integration into other AWS Services is one of its most appealing features.
- The low monthly cost is another benefit.
- It is still immature as a cloud-based BI tool.
- Its functionality is about 40-50% of its competitor's products.
- Application is still a little buggy and non-intuitive at times.
QuickSight is best suited to augment your other BI solutions, not as a primary tool. It still very immature when you compare it to products like Tableau, Qlik, Microsoft Power BI and others. However, it is very easy to get connected to data sources and a good way to interrogate data if the data is in the AWS system or database.