Item: Mode Analytics
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Mode is designed for data people. It is extremely flexible and fast, and you can turn your exploratory queries into professional looking visualizations easily. Mode supports analysis, visualization, data processing in R or Python notebooks, and report writing. I use Mode for everything, from jumping in to quickly answer a simple question to in-depth analytical projects to OKR reporting.

Pros and Cons

Interactive querying
Visualization options
Report building

It's not designed for data engineering, like scheduling table creation, etc.

Return on Investment

Mode has saved my team so much time compared to slow, unwieldy tools like Tableau.
Mode has made data discovery and sharing much easier.

Alternatives Considered

Databricks Lakehouse Platform (Unified Analytics Platform), Looker and Tableau Desktop

Tableau is a huge pain to edit or create dashboards, by comparison. It can make better looking visualizations, but in practice, letting users drill down and change dimensions slows the end user experience so much that it's often not worth it.
Looker is amazing for data modeling, but you have to get your whole business all in on it to take advantage. Viz capabilities are similar.
Databricks has a lot of functionality overlap, but the visualizations are terrible. Databricks' great strength is that you can use notebooks to do anything with code.

Key Insights

Do you think Mode Analytics delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Mode Analytics's feature set?

Yes

Did Mode Analytics live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Mode Analytics go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Mode Analytics again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Databricks Lakehouse Platform (Unified Analytics Platform), RStudio

Usability

It's very easy to use. See my answers to all the other questions about its strength.

Support Rating

Support has been very responsive and understanding whenever my team has had a problem. The staff is responsive, and they are able to talk with engineers who work on the product and fix issues or troubleshoot when the problem is on my end.

Likelihood to Recommend

Mode is a clear category winner for how it easy it is to go from interactive analysis to professional quality reporting. You can easily do all your SQL and quite a bit of R/Python. If you want to quickly go from your database to simple charts, this is your pick. If you need to do heavier data modeling, scheduling jobs, or ML, you'll need something else, like Databricks. In my opinion, the quality of visualizations and some developer/analyst features make Databricks an unacceptable substitute.

BI software designed for analysts

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with Mode