Good data is no accident
December 14, 2020

Good data is no accident

David Clifton | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ThoughtSpot

ThoughtSpot is primarily used a resource tool. We have Global projects and ThoughtSpot helps us to closely track project hours on a weekly basis. It is also used to estimate project related billing costs.
ThoughtSpot is used also as an internal cost management tool given the rapid analytics capability.
Many other users have leveraged ThoughtSpot to create basic lists and counts.

Pros

  • Search through millions of rows of data in seconds.
  • Rapid response time with searches.
  • The search indexing feature is impressive.
  • Content sharing.
  • Scheduling.

Cons

  • Improve the export feature so that PDFs are paginated.
  • Pivot table exports need to have column labels included.
  • Better user/group security - ability to create special groups as in roles.
  • Better ability to report on content, tables(rows loaded, etc.), system reporting leverage search.
  • Improve scheduling to allow for report bursting to multiple users/groups/roles from a single Pinboard.
  • Positive - Rapid turnaround of business needs.
There are only a few areas where ThoughtSpot has just not matured to a comparable reporting tool.
However, even with these limitations, ThoughtSpot has proven itself in our business as the "go to" rapid data tool.
ThoughtSpot is well suited for rapid deployment, getting data in the hands of decision makers. The ease of onboarding non-technical users is a proven example of how ThoughtSpot is innovative and nimble. I have literally trained users on basic functions in 5 minutes.
When the Covid pandemic was ramping up we were able to deploy critical information to our global business leaders within days. Everyone was impressed with its capabilities.

Where ThoughtSpot is less appropriate is the embedding of links, images, videos and other web page type content. An example comes to mind with a function called Bar Chart Racing.

ThoughtSpot Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
10.0
Customizable dashboards
10
8.3
Drill-down analysis
7
Formatting capabilities
8
Report sharing and collaboration
10
6.5
Publish to PDF
3
Report Delivery Scheduling
10
10.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
10
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
10
8.5
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
7
Single Sign-On (SSO)
10
Mobile Capabilities ()
Not Rated
1.0
Themeable User Interface (UI)
1

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