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Spotfire
Updated December 09, 2016

Spotfire

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Spotfire

We used Spotfire for our analytics department. It is a very helpful tool for visualizing data. It helps the organizations to understand their data patterns and take corrective actions to improve their outcomes.
  • Easy to use
  • Fast data retrieval
  • Very stable
  • Easy to colloborate with other users
  • Does not understand complex SQL queries
  • Can not write stored procedures
  • No email bursting option in desktop version
The only hurdle I see is the meta data model between the SQL server and the Spotfire. If we connect data from Spotfire to SQL server it lowers the sql server performance. Hence Spotfire created information tools which act as an interface between Spotfire and SQL. The problem is every time the SQL data is refreshed or schema changed the information links are broken. The information links are connected to front end visualization and it breaks too.
The IT [team] did create a single sign on feature for each client. And Spotfire has its own platform to share a dashboard to users; it is very customizable.
It was my organization's decision.
It is very easy to learn. The data can be transformed easily. The only hurdle I see is the meta data model between the SQL server and Spotfire. If we connect data from Spotfire to SQL server it lowers the sql server performance. Hence Spotfire created information tools which acts as a interface between Spotfire and SQL. The problem is every time the SQL data is refreshed or changed the information links are broken.

Spotfire Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
10.0
Customizable dashboards
10
7.5
Drill-down analysis
9
Formatting capabilities
9
Integration with R or other statistical packages
5
Report sharing and collaboration
7
9.0
Publish to PDF
9
9.5
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
10
Predictive Analytics
9
Access Control and Security ()
Not Rated
8.5
Mobile Application
7
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
10
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding ()
Not Rated

TIBCO Cloud Capabilities

We were facing difficulty in bulding the information link and columns every time when there is a schema change in SQL. We were later advised by the Spotfire team to create the SQL tables into stored procedures and then use them while creating IL's and columns. It helped us to save a lot of time.

Spotfire Support

ProsCons
Knowledgeable team
Support cares about my success
Slow Resolution
Poor followup
Escalation required
Difficult to get immediate help
Need to explain problems multiple times
Yes
The do not have free support that they provide to help clients to build reports/ dashboards
We need to call the support desk multiple times to get our issue sorted. And there is a price tag on all their services
Yes

Using Spotfire

ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
None
  • Dashboard designing
  • Phython, Ruby on Rails & Python scripting
  • R utility
  • Data refresh
  • Creating information links and columns
My clients used to like it but they had data loading troubles.
Yes - It is pretty good.