Spotfire is the best tool to empower analytics to produce visually rich results
July 05, 2021
Spotfire is the best tool to empower analytics to produce visually rich results
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Spotfire Platform
Overall Satisfaction with Spotfire
It is being used in three areas. Advanced Analytics, Pricing, and Marketing. Across the three business units Spotfire is an analytics tool, whereas Tableau is used for reporting dashboards.
- It has the best coding integration (python, R) of any BI product
- The ability to work with very large datasets (10 mil+) is better than competitors
- Export options are more complete and have better functionality
- The data canvas is the best tool to join and transform data vs. competitors
- User interface is less intuitive and changes are more visual than functional.
- Dedicated settings to build solutions for mobile would be appreciated.
- More statistical and analytics functions would be good. The list has been static for a while.
- Positive impact on pricing to complete advanced analytics.
- Improved our efficiency by smoothly exporting results.
- Very good for ad hoc analysis of data.
We use Spotfire Data Science as well as Spotfire. But the integrated capabilities of Spotfire to run R data functions makes much of the capabilities of Data Science redundant. The Spotfire Data Science interface and output are not contemporary, although the power is obvious. Integration is possible but another added cost.
Spotfire is the best application for power users by virtue of its wide variety of visualizations, incorporated analytics, superior data canvas, and ability to integrate code such as R or Python. The learning curve is steeper and the menus are Windows 7 once you are past some superficial visual improvements. But the power is unmatched.
Tableau has a smoother web publishing platform and user access management. And to create reporting tables, as one might create in Excel, are easier. But it falls down in flexibility and overall analytics power. Power BI is a disaster all around, but it has tight integration with other Microsoft applications.
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 Feature Ratings
Spotfire Training
- no training
No formal training other than what could be accomplished via documentation (very thorough) and online sources such as YouTube. Tableau has a much larger user community and hence more freely available resources.