Spotfire is an essential data analysis tool.
June 28, 2021

Spotfire is an essential data analysis tool.

Braeden Gilchrist | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User

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Spotfire Platform

Overall Satisfaction with Spotfire

Spotfire is a powerful data analysis tool our company uses for data exploration and data visualization. Spotfire is flexible when it comes to connecting to varied data sources. Additionally, we deliver data products to our customers. On top of the data, Spotfire makes it easy to create template data visualization for our customers to analyze data on the web. These custom views can be quite complex, as Spotfire can be extended using Python, R, and JS.

Pros

  • Data connection
  • Data visualization
  • Web access

Cons

  • Change management aka GIT
  • Labels
  • Custom annotations
  • Faster development
  • Meets customer on the tool they use
  • Low maintenance
Spotfire is much more powerful in terms of data visualization and data connections compared to Microsoft Power BI. Mapping and geographic analysis is another area where Spotfire is strong. Perhaps Power BI is the cost effective option. I see both being equally easy to use to onboard new users and clients.

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?

Yes

Would you buy Spotfire again?

Yes

Spotfire is great for sharing data analysis internally between power users and report viewers. It is my go-to tool for data exploration. It might be less appropriate for multiple users working on the same project at the same time. There may be better tools for supporting external users, as deployment can take effort.

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