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Entry level user
Updated March 17, 2023

Entry level user

Marco J. Morelli | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

TIBCO Cloud Spotfire Enterprise

Overall Satisfaction with Spotfire

We would like to use Spotfire in our Research Centre at the Hospital for a quick visualization and analysis of the data for projects which do not need the development of ad hoc methods, to be used by users without a computational background. The results were okay, although you always need to take into account the cost related to changing a workflow from what people are used to. In particular, those without a technical background were thrilled to be able to run simple analyses without having to learn how to code. A couple of years later, we decided to use Spotfire to show results to collaborators
  • Ease of use
  • Visualization
  • Communication
  • Generating figures
  • Handling of samples. We would have liked something closer to a laboratory information management system, where samples could be tracked before sequencing. Even tracking the position of a vial in a fridge/rack would be useful for us.
  • Documentation
  • Saved time on discussions
  • Empowered inexperienced users
  • Quickly generated graphs
Unfortunately we do not have other Spotfire products in our organization.
Linux, and the whole open source world.
No, we did not try any integration with other Spotfire products.
We tried Asana but was too difficult to personalise and did not help us in analysing the data. We are now using Redmine as a time and workflow tracker as our group grew larger, and we are satisfied with it, although it needed some customization that was performed by external professionals.

Do you think Spotfire delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Spotfire's feature set?

Yes

Did Spotfire live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Spotfire go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Spotfire again?

Yes

Spotfire is well suited for environments where data analysis is standard and can be run through automated pipelines: the final results need to be showed to people who can not write or interpret the analysis details, but want to explore the results independently and put them in the context of published data.

Spotfire Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
6.5
Customizable dashboards
8
Report Formatting Templates
5
6.5
Drill-down analysis
4
Formatting capabilities
7
Integration with R or other statistical packages
9
Report sharing and collaboration
6
8.0
Publish to Web
8
Publish to PDF
9
Report Delivery Scheduling
7
7.7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
9
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
6
Predictive Analytics
8
8.7
Multi-User Support (named login)
8
Role-Based Security Model
9
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
9
Mobile Capabilities ()
Not Rated
7.0
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)
7

Spotfire Training

  • No Training
It allowed me and my colleagues to use Spotfire in a satisfactory way, although we reckon that we could use it better if we dedicated more time to it.