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Spotfire - Practical Outlook
October 26, 2017

Spotfire - Practical Outlook

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

Software Version

Desktop

Overall Satisfaction with Spotfire

We use Spotfire to design Enterprise-wide dynamic end-to-end automated reporting and analytics solutions. We were able to significantly reduce the TCO and eliminate bottlenecks associated with the use of some legacy tools like Excel, PowerPoint, etc. On the other hand, Spotfire lacks some esthetics, doesn't offer all modern chart types, and could be difficult and expensive to learn.
  • Data input automation
  • Automated data transformation procedures
  • Relatively easy to implement
  • Types of charts and tables
  • Availability of basic statistical functions
  • Lack of good documentation and examples beyond basic
We signed an enterprise-level deal with Spotfire, and this defined Spotfire as our long-term solution.
When consumers of dashboards are looking for efficiency and information at their fingertips, ready to self-serve and not extremely picky on the esthetics of Spotfire dashboards. The more the user base is focused on results and convenience rather than look and feel of dashboards and charts, the more tech-savvy the user base is, the happier they will be.

Spotfire Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
8.0
Customizable dashboards
8
Report Formatting Templates
8
5.8
Drill-down analysis
5
Formatting capabilities
6
Integration with R or other statistical packages
5
Report sharing and collaboration
7
7.0
Publish to Web
8
Publish to PDF
8
Report Delivery Scheduling
5
4.7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
7
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
5
Predictive Analytics
2
6.0
Multi-User Support (named login)
8
Role-Based Security Model
8
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
2
4.7
Responsive Design for Web Access
3
Mobile Application
6
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
5
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding ()
Not Rated

Spotfire Training

  • Self-taught
The product is not easy to learn and unless you have a relational database background, it may be quite counterintuitive. The best way to learn this product is to start building visualizations and have someone around who can answer your questions. Online help is not very useful but [you] may get lucky and find some examples online.