Sigma Computing is the easiest BI tool to deploy and use for cloud data
August 19, 2022
Sigma Computing is the easiest BI tool to deploy and use for cloud data
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Sigma Computing
We do a lot of demonstrations and proofs of concept of our cloud data platform using Sigma Computing as the shiny front-end that allows users to easily work with the underlying data. Our target audience needs to be able to quickly adopt the tool with little or no training and are looking for a solution that has zero footprint, works and looks like Excel, and is highly performant against huge volumes of data.
- Works at cloud scale (billions of rows)
- Familiar to Excel users without training
- Works as a service, no software to download or manage
- Highly performant, allowing access to transactional details
- Supports drilling into details across any dimension to any level of detail without pre-modeling
- Write-back features are limited and somewhat difficult to discover
- Joining of tables is not as intuitive as it could be
- Limited control over certain visualization features
- Allows us to demonstrate value of cloud data platform very quickly and easily
- Gives our customers autonomy to do their own analysis and get insights without IT intervention
- Allows for true self-service for Excel-oriented users
- Most similar to Excel pivot table functionality with true enterprise-scale BI on the market
Do you think Sigma Computing delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Sigma Computing's feature set?
Yes
Did Sigma Computing live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Sigma Computing go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Sigma Computing again?
Yes
Sigma Computing has proven time and again that it is possible to empower business users with no prior experience to start working with valuable data sets at cloud scale. The freedom to slice and dice data in any direction and at any level of detail is very empowering. Ease of collaboration and a truly modern, web-based experience that is cloud-native make a huge impact on users' experience.
Ease of use and excellent performance against cloud-native sources make Sigma Computing a go-to solution for analysts with or without any level of experience using other business intelligence tools. The user interface encourages ad-hoc analysis, drill-down, drill-across--all without the need to create a rigid OLAP model or pre-processing data.
Most legacy BI tools are just that--built in and for a time that has mostly passed. Each tool seems to have strengths in certain areas, but can be overly complex to take full advantage of and can make some of the most basic tasks difficult to discover and use. Sigma Computing is one of the few true SaaS solutions that is built specifically for cloud-scale analysis and a very short learning curve for a diverse set of users.