Spotfire is like a diamond on a land mine
September 14, 2018

Spotfire is like a diamond on a land mine

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

Software Version

Spotfire Platform

Overall Satisfaction with TIBCO Spotfire

Spotfire is being used broadly in our client's organization. As we support the client in most of their challenges, that means that we use the software within our organization too. We are a very lean company and do not have corporate department silos, so every employee uses it. The software addresses all problems related to visualisations, reporting and big data analytics.
  • Efficient with analysing milions of rows of data
  • Very logical user interface
  • Heavily customizable
  • Supports many programming languages
  • The UI is not very intuitive
  • The charts are just not as aesthetically appealing as in PowerBI
  • There's no easy way of creating dashboards viewable on mobile devices
I've used Microsoft PowerBI in the past and it was a pleasant experience. The UI was very intuitive and had a MS Office-like vibe, which made the introduction quite smooth at the beginning. As I started using it more and more, it became clear to me that PowerBI's analytical backend is surprisingly limited. With Spotfire, I was very reluctant at the beginning, but the more I use it, the more I love it.
We have not integrated Spotfire with other Spotfire products .... yet
Spotfire is best suited for companies with a mature data analytics capability. For organisations beginning their data-driven journey, the high barriers of entry may prove too high. However, organisations who are mature (analytics wise) will be able to unleash the immense potential of the software and drive insights limited only by the imagination of responsible analysts.

Spotfire Feature Ratings

Customizable dashboards
10
Report Formatting Templates
4
Drill-down analysis
10
Formatting capabilities
9
Integration with R or other statistical packages
10
Report sharing and collaboration
7
Publish to Web
10
Publish to PDF
10
Report Delivery Scheduling
10
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
10
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
10
Predictive Analytics
7
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Role-Based Security Model
10
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated
REST API
Not Rated
Javascript API
10
iFrames
Not Rated
Java API
10
Themeable User Interface (UI)
10
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
Not Rated