BI software designed for analysts
October 03, 2022

BI software designed for analysts

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Enterprise

Overall Satisfaction with Mode

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

  • Interactive querying
  • Visualization options
  • Report building

Cons

  • It's not designed for data engineering, like scheduling table creation, etc.
  • Mode has saved my team so much time compared to slow, unwieldy tools like Tableau.
  • Mode has made data discovery and sharing much easier.
  • 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.

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

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

Mode Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
10.0
Customizable dashboards
10
8.3
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
7
Integration with R or other statistical packages
8
Report sharing and collaboration
10
7.5
Publish to Web
Not Rated
Publish to PDF
5
Report Delivery Scheduling
10
9.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
10
Predictive Analytics
8
9.5
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Role-Based Security Model
9
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
9
Single Sign-On (SSO)
10
Mobile Capabilities ()
Not Rated
Not Rated
REST API
Not Rated

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