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Really good at making data accessible, but rough around the edges!
March 06, 2024

Really good at making data accessible, but rough around the edges!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with ThoughtSpot

It is our main BI tool. We use it to give our business users access to all kinds of data.
  • Makes it really easy for nontechnical users to access data.
  • Data models are more complex than other tools.
  • Missing niche features (like table calculations).
  • It allows our teams to access data much faster.
Not very long.
Most of the time, they are pretty accurate.
From an end user's perspective, it is great. From an admin's perspective, there are many frustrations when modifying data sources, and the data model is quite confusing.
We've already been using Snowflake.
ThoughtSpot was much easier from an end-user perspective. Looker and Tableau allowed for more customization and detailed dashboards.

Do you think ThoughtSpot delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with ThoughtSpot's feature set?

No

Did ThoughtSpot live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of ThoughtSpot go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy ThoughtSpot again?

Yes

It is excellent if you want to give access to a tool to many people who aren't BI experts. We removed our BI teams as a dependency for most users to build out reports and access data. From an admin perspective, there are a handful of frustrations, but we can get over those. I would recommend a more advanced tool like Looker or Tableau if you want very advanced customization options and to build feature-packed dashboards.

ThoughtSpot Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
3.0
Customizable dashboards
3
6.3
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
4
Integration with R or other statistical packages
5
Report sharing and collaboration
8
5.5
Publish to Web
5
Publish to PDF
5
Report Delivery Scheduling
8
Delivery to Remote Servers
4
4.5
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
8
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
5
Predictive Analytics
3
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
2
8.4
Multi-User Support (named login)
8
Role-Based Security Model
8
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
8
Report-Level Access Control
8
Single Sign-On (SSO)
10
Not Rated
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated
7.0
REST API
7
Javascript API
Not Rated
iFrames
Not Rated
Themeable User Interface (UI)
Not Rated