Spotfire offers smooth learning curve and quick wins for more focus on business analytics goals and less on technology
August 27, 2018

Spotfire offers smooth learning curve and quick wins for more focus on business analytics goals and less on technology

Gauthier Vasseur | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

TIBCO Cloud Spotfire Enterprise

Overall Satisfaction with Spotfire

I work with large organizations on their data/digital transformation. Leveraging Spotfire makes the transition easy and frictionless. We need people to focus on their business goals not on the tech. Spotfire delivers the simplicity and logic that enables that. Learning curve fits within a day. Performance suits any business analytics needs. Visualization is powerful and satisfying to the users who are encouraged to do more. It is a great solution to support transformation in the digital age.
  • Short learning curve with a nice learn-by-doing dynamic.
  • Cool visualisation options that really support decision-making process.
  • Nice data preparation features to feed analytics with better data.
  • Smoother integration with D3 libraries.
  • Easier integration of R on Mac.
  • It delivers from a business standpoint. Business users will deliver results.
  • IT overhead sounded a bit heavy at my clients.
No, not in the companies I worked with.
Spotfire has a broad feature set which covers all the needs of today's analyst, in one single solution. It could be better at data preparation, but is it its core domain after all?

Spotfire Feature Ratings

Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
9
Drill-down analysis
9
Formatting capabilities
9
Integration with R or other statistical packages
6
Report sharing and collaboration
9
Publish to Web
9
Publish to PDF
8
Report Delivery Scheduling
9
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
8
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
8
Predictive Analytics
8
Multi-User Support (named login)
Not Rated
Role-Based Security Model
Not Rated
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
Not Rated
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated
REST API
Not Rated
Javascript API
Not Rated
iFrames
Not Rated
Java API
Not Rated
Themeable User Interface (UI)
Not Rated
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
Not Rated

Spotfire Training

  • In-person training
  • Self-taught
Learning the methodology is what had the biggest impact. Data savvy people rapidly get their bearings in the application.