The New Generation BI Tool
August 16, 2021

The New Generation BI Tool

Prashast Vaish | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ThoughtSpot

ThoughtSpot is currently being used by my department and not the whole organization. I work for an insurance client and am responsible for data analytics and visualization. Graphs and other visualizations provide a clearer understanding of what the data says and this is where ThoughtSpot comes in. My clients are trying to move completely to ThoughtSpot for any visualization requirements.

Pros

  • ThoughtSpot is great at using artificial intelligence to give some automated insights from data.
  • ThoughtSpot allows you to source data from multiple data stores like Redshift, Excel, etc.
  • Querying on ThoughtSpot is super easy.
  • It provides a wide variety of visualization.

Cons

  • Since ThoughtSpot is not widely used, there are very few tutorials.
  • ThoughtSpot needs to include a lot more customization in their visualizations.
  • Sometimes, ThoughtSpot is buggy and clients need to contact their support to resolve issues.
  • ThoughtSpot has reduced the overall cost of my clients for their visualization requirements.
  • Since it charges on basis of storage, it pushes the developers to optimize the data as much as they can.
  • Sometimes, the buggy nature of ThoughtSpot results in failure of pinboards.
ThoughtSpot is super user-friendly, however, being new in the market, it has a long way to go and lots of new features to be added.
Tableau is indeed better than ThoughtSpot (as of now), but the license for Tableau is expensive. ThoughtSpot integrates BI with AI, which kind of looks like the future.

Do you think ThoughtSpot delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with ThoughtSpot's feature set?

Yes

Did ThoughtSpot live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of ThoughtSpot go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy ThoughtSpot again?

Yes

ThoughtSpot is by far the best BI tool for business users who are not that tech-savvy. Since querying is super easy and very intuitive, users can get insights in no time. It also supports natural language processing for querying data which takes it a step ahead of other tools. Since ThoughtSpot only charges you based on the storage you use, it helps reduce costs as well. ThoughtSpot lags behind when a user requires a lot of customization in their visualizations. It also does not have a free version for users to try and see for themselves.

ThoughtSpot Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
7.0
Customizable dashboards
7
8.0
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
8
Integration with R or other statistical packages
7
Report sharing and collaboration
9
7.7
Publish to Web
8
Report Delivery Scheduling
7
Delivery to Remote Servers
8
8.7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
9
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
8
Predictive Analytics
9
9.3
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Role-Based Security Model
9
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
9
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Not Rated
8.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Mobile Application
8
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
8
Not Rated
REST API
Not Rated
Javascript API
Not Rated
iFrames
Not Rated
Themeable User Interface (UI)
Not Rated

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