Fast but.. Lacking.
August 24, 2022

Fast but.. Lacking.

Brandon Moyer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Sigma Computing

Data Analytics around our trading team. Tracking KPI progress, Individual contribution, learning insights to improve efficiency and comparing attributes of different time series.

Pros

  • Sorting related analytics, such as percentiles and bins.
  • Easy to quickly manipulate large data sets.
  • Responding to questions Via the Live Chat.

Cons

  • Allowing for Relative Values between columns, in tables, and pivot tables (% difference, for example).
  • Allowing visuals to be fully customized, such as moving data labels, allowing a bar chart to have a color mark based on a column even if it's a combo chart, and Allowing for Water Fall Charts (possibly stacked visuals and transparent color options).
  • Being able to use a lookup between built out tables instead of only raw tables.
  • Offline Functionality (Sigma Extract??)
  • Formatting of Tables and Pivot Tables (e.g. Particular font for particular column).
  • Increased Efficiency.
  • More Data Literacy.
  • Saved Time.

Do you think Sigma Computing delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Sigma Computing's feature set?

No

Did Sigma Computing live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of Sigma Computing go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Sigma Computing again?

Yes

Much better than IBM Cognos. However, I prefer Tableau over Sigma due to its robust optionality. Sigma's only leg up on Tableau is its ease of use and speed of producing visuals and iterating tables.
Sigma is great for a quick and dirty answer, especially in a large data set. However, for senior presentations, there are typically too many limitations to entirely finish a presentation. Tableau has a much steeper learning curve. However, it allows users nearly complete creative design. I feel that Sigma could be a much more robust competitor with a handful of additions in terms of editing visuals and relative functions.

Sigma Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
5.0
Customizable dashboards
5
6.0
Drill-down analysis
7
Formatting capabilities
2
Report sharing and collaboration
9
6.0
Publish to Web
8
Publish to PDF
2
Report Versioning
7
Report Delivery Scheduling
7
Delivery to Remote Servers
Not Rated
7.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
7
Access Control and Security ()
Not Rated
Mobile Capabilities ()
Not Rated
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding ()
Not Rated

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