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Honest and Fair
October 30, 2017

Honest and Fair

Justin Ricker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Desktop

Overall Satisfaction with TIBCO Spotfire

Spotfire is being used across the whole organization, and it encompasses several departments. The product allows us to utilize our current databases to create visualizations to easily depict data.
  • Allows for easy creation and utilization of data visualizations.
  • Easy to setup folders and permissions to allow several users to access data.
  • The ease of use allows for users to access and utilize data to make strategic decisions throughout the organization.
  • Understanding the full benefits of the program takes time and experience.
  • Some SQL language requires different setting/filters/statements than Teradata.
  • Some of the options that are used are too buried to easily locate.
I have not used any others products that closely compare to Spotfire.
  • Online training
  • In-person training
Our organization used in person training, and it was very useful for our staff. This allowed us to walk through scenarios with a trainer to easily identify and resolve issues that came up.
Spotfire is well suited for use when using "big data" and multiple views of data are needed. Spotfire is not desired for simple data sets that are being used in a single graph.

Spotfire Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
8.0
Customizable dashboards
8
Report Formatting Templates
Not Rated
9.3
Drill-down analysis
9
Formatting capabilities
10
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
9
9.0
Publish to Web
9
Publish to PDF
9
Report Delivery Scheduling
9
9.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
8
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
10
Predictive Analytics
Not Rated
10.0
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Role-Based Security Model
10
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10
9.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
9
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding ()
Not Rated

Using TIBCO Spotfire

The users represent multiple functions within our organization. (Transportation, Customer Service, Transportation Planning, Locomotive Utilization, etc)
20 - Spotfire users typically require being savvy using programs that handle large data, and our users also have a strong background in data analytics.
  • Data Integration.
  • Marketing and Sales.
  • Large Data Visualization.
  • Displaying data results and trends.
  • Creating Dashboards for users that encompass different and multiple data points.
  • Displaying Data for non-traditional data users.
  • Integrating data sets from different departments data.
The visualization recommendations provide a great starting point for visualizations that the user may not have initially thought to use.
This feature is specifically useful for the intent of making it more appropriate and valuable for a variety of downstream purposes such as analytics.
I do not have much experience with this feature.
This is probably my most enjoyed analytical feature the product offers. This has proved to be very useful for me and my team by using geographical points with data sets.

Evaluating TIBCO Spotfire and Competitors

Not Sure
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
The product features and usability of Spotfire provided a very useful tool that our organization had not yet had access to.
I would not have changed a thing! Great product that offers wonderful support and features!

TIBCO Spotfire Implementation

The implementation seemed to be a smooth change.
  • Vendor implemented
  • Implemented in-house
Yes - The implementation was broken into phases that brought in the right people within our organization to seamlessly integrate the product into our daily working lives.
  • Identifying the correct users as initial users.
  • Training the identified users.

Configuring TIBCO Spotfire

The product's configurability is very extensive, and this can prove to be cumbersome at times. Once the user becomes more proficient with the product, the configurability is one of the more useful features.
Not at this time.
I created customized themes.

TIBCO Spotfire Support

I have had great success with the support of the product.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
Spotfire software went above and beyond during our initial training exercises. The trainers provided very detailed steps that have proven to be a great success.

Using TIBCO Spotfire

This is a wonderful product that is easy to learn. The support of the company allows users to become experts of the product in no time.
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Familiar
None
  • General Data Visualizations.
  • Integrated SQL Feature.
  • Creating multiple visualizations on a single page.
  • The geographic mapping feature (although it is my favorite featured offered).
  • The SQL language used has discrepancies with typical Teradata SQL language.

TIBCO Spotfire Reliability

The program has proved to be very useful and allows for analyzing various forms of data.
The only issue that I have encountered is if the program crashes, which is not often, or the laptop dies, there is not an auto save feature where the user can pick up where they left off.
This is a wonderful product that can and will transform how a user looks at data.