Amazon QuickSight vs TIBCO Spotfire comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and TIBCO are both solutions in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #3 with an average rating of 7.1, while TIBCO is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.4. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 8.3% mindshare in BIT, compared to TIBCO’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 57% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of TIBCO users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between Amazon QuickSight and TIBCO Spotfire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Amazon QuickSight vs. TIBCO Spotfire

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IBM Cognos

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of IBM Cognos is 3.8%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Amazon QuickSight is 8.3%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Spotfire is 1.1%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Carlos Larrad Salgado

Deputy Director Operations Management Control at Mapfre

Improved the quality of our KPIs, while reducing calls to the IT department

I don't like that when we use Colab packages, we get less functionality. For example, you can make groups of data with Excel or with the data sets from the packages, but when you use the Colab packages directly, you can only group the data when you analyze it with Analysis Studio. I think Cognos needs to improve more on this functionality. The user experience is also very important. Cognos is not very easy to understand sometimes, especially when they change the layout but keep the functionality the same. The help is not very graphic and they have no examples. Cognos has to make a big effort to help with understanding the functionality by improving the documentation. There is a lot of documentation, but the examples are hard to find and they should make their help section easier to understand for non-technical users.

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Anoop Jose

Senior Manager - Architecture and engineering excellence at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees

Helpful for visualization purposes but delayed drill-downs feature

Compared to Power BI, I felt QuickSight lacks some features, like delayed drill-downs. Drill-downs were the main area where we found QuickSight lacking. Especially for root cause analysis, the ability to drill down from a high-level problem to its root is crucial. Aside from that, QuickSight is a good service.

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Fuad Mammadli

Deputy Chief Financial Officer at Unibank

A scalable tool to create dashboards for financial reporting

I have experience with Qlik. Our company moved from Qlik to TIBCO, as the latter provided us with easier options to make dashboards. We consider TIBCO to be better for our company in some of the areas related to automation and analytics. The data monitoring team in our company prefers TIBCO.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The dashboarding offered by this solution is very valuable to us."

"I have worked on the features like dashboards and stories, and I do like them a lot."

"The initial setup is quite straightforward."

"Dashboarding, reporting, and ad hoc reporting are the valuable features of IBM Cognos."

"The Report Studio that is aimed at professional report writers."

"Using custom controls, it is possible to extend the application with even more functionality and make the application intuitive and attractive."

"The solution's initial setup process is easy."

"The most valuable features of IBM Cognos are governance and enterprise reporting."

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"Compared to other reporting tools, it is very effective but does require an understanding of certain concepts in QuickSight. This understanding is crucial for creating dimensions, changing metrics, and visualizing reports."

"The query and dashboard capabilities are entirely good."

"It works well with the AWS ecosystem."

"The solution is simple to implement."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon QuickSight is its connectivity with other Amazon services."

"I like that with Amazon QuickSight, you don't need to install an app to use its services. With other BI tools, you need to install the app, so Amazon QuickSight is better for me in this area."

"The graph charts, pie charts, and box plots are valuable."

"It helped the managers to visualize the data activities."

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"TIBCO Spotfire is easy to use. We initiated Spotfire as POC, with support from a tech team based in South Africa. While they assisted with the setup, we conducted the POC ourselves."

"From a scalability standpoint, I would say it's pretty fantastic."

"R and automation services."

"It's scalable."

"This solution allows us to integrate data from across all client departments, for effective reporting via a single dashboard."

"The out-of-the-box features are simple and easy to use across the board."

"The two features that I have found most valuable are its ability to customize the dashboards when it comes to the evaluation. The second feature is its ability to handle a large amount of data, which is also something very unique about it."

"The flexibility, data preparation, and data wrangling abilities of the platform are exceptional."

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Cons

"Cognos charts are not as fast as those of the other tools, even with DQM (dynamic query mode)."

"Tableau and Power BI are faster than Cognos."

"Data modeling needs to be improved. We use the ETL process, and when we get errors, we then need to identify which structural change is required. The error messaging should be better. They should be descriptive rather than semantic."

"One key area for improvement is the need to improve the self-service nature and functionality of the product in terms of visual analytics."

"Chart quality: many other competitors have charts and graphics that look much better and that provide dynamic effects. Cognos doesn't."

"I would like to see is more easy building, movement in the reports, and dashboard functionality within reporting. Overall more simple elements within reports. If the elements are simple then you don't have to render a full page, but you can move separate parts in the page."

"We need more predictive analytical functions, not only diagnostic or decryptic analytics."

"IBM Cognos's error messages seem to be a bit ambiguous. An error will be encountered and a message will be sent out very ambiguous and after investigating the error message it could be any number of issues. There was never a direct answer to the question or a direct answer to the error messages. Sometimes it would be a generic error message for 21 different solutions. It wasn't very specific, which required a lot of digging around and trial and error trying to fix the problem. The messaging in their error messaging is something needing improvement."

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"The solution must be more user-friendly."

"The product has some storage and SPICE data issues."

"I just want a few more features to be added."

"The number of features in the product is limited in comparison with the other tools in the market, like Power BI."

"One area is that integrating data from different sources into QuickSight can be a bit tricky, especially with Amazon Connect. To get data flowing, you need to use two additional services and configure them correctly."

"There could be an end-to-end pipeline for data cleaning as well as presenting it using different visualizations."

"I would like to see a feature that allows us to save a draft version before making it public and publishing it."

"There is room for improvement in terms of the number of visualizations and dashboards that are available."

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"We would like an easier way to get the product to the cloud. Right now, we have the on-premise version, and we would like to find a way to make it easier to migrate it over to the cloud."

"Compared to competitors, the UI is quite dated."

"The initial setup of TIBCO Spotfire is in the middle range of difficulty. The initial setup of Power BI is easier."

"The handling and consumption of realtime data could be improved."

"The layered features within Spotfire can make it a bit complicated sometimes as compared to Power BI."

"When you do the data loading, it is slow."

"The way TIBCO Spotfire is designed, in my opinion, is the reason why it lags a bit, especially compared to other BI tools like Qlik."

"Print capability and trigger-based events."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM Cognos price is on the higher side of the spectrum. However, with the features that it brings, such as correlation analysis, it's worth the money. They should look at the pricing more clearly because it's a little on the higher side."

"The licensing costs are a little bit higher for IBM Cognos. I don't think there is any additional cost apart from the licensing charges."

"I don't know the exact cost, but I believe Cognos is quite expensive, especially when it comes to the support consultants and the procedures that need to be applied."

"It is quite pricy. I think Microsoft BI is cheaper. Tableau might also be cheaper, but it also depends on the usage. If you have very many users, Cognos can be a problem. It could be cheaper than Tableau but not for so many users. If you have a few thousand users, Tableau, which is generally quite expensive, can be cheaper than Cognos."

"There is need to assess the purchase license accordingly so as to avoid audit penalties."

"The pricing of this product is meant for medium to large-scale enterprises."

"I rate the product price as four or five on a scale from one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

"There is a standard license required to use this solution. There are some additional tools but I am not sure if they are an extra cost."

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"It is simpler and cheaper than other solutions."

"The Amazon QuickSight licensing model my company's on is pay-as-you-go, but I wouldn't be able to give the figures because that's handled by the finance department."

"Amazon QuickSight you subscribe and you use the service."

"The pricing is cost-effective with a good plan."

"The solution's pricing is cheaper than the other products in the market."

"I rate the price of Amazon QuickSight a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

"I wouldn't say that it is an expensive product, but to stay competitive they would need to bring down the prices."

"The solution is not affordable."

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"The solution is affordable one."

"The price-point for this solution is negotiable depending on usage levels."

"The Tibco sales teams have been very difficult to work with - ignoring requests, misrepresenting level of demand, etc."

"The cost of TIBCO Spotfire could improve. It should be less expensive. It's the most expensive visualization tool in our company."

"The pricing seems competitive and reasonable. The value delivered by the product far exceeds the cost."

"This product carries a monthly licensing charge, with the amount depending on the features that are to be included. This costs also covers the use of technical support."

"The ROI is nearly impossible to calculate."

"I would describe TIBCO Spotfire as an averagely-priced product."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

56%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Energy/Utilities Company

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Seeking lightweight open source BI software

It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement. Some great tools in the market are Qlik ...

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What do you like most about IBM Cognos?

The solution's most valuable feature is its ease of use, which makes it easily compatible with other tools.

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What needs improvement with IBM Cognos?

I need improvements, particularly with the Framework Manager, which has an outdated user interface from older version...

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What do you like most about Amazon QuickSight?

The integration is very seamless. We stored our result CSV files in S3 and connected directly from there.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon QuickSight?

Competition pricing is high for query processing, however, the Data Lake cost is nominal as it is on top of S3.

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What needs improvement with Amazon QuickSight?

The cost of queries is very high. Improvements in drill-down ability and evolving it as an OLAP tool would help more.

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What do you like most about TIBCO Spotfire?

TIBCO Spotfire is easy to use. We initiated Spotfire as POC, with support from a tech team based in South Africa. Whi...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Spotfire?

Spotfire is a bit costly in terms of money, but it is value for money if you are installing it and working with it. C...

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What needs improvement with TIBCO Spotfire?

The hierarchies or the maps to some extent may need some modifications. The layered features within Spotfire can make...

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Comparisons

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Compared 7% of the time

SAP Analytics Cloud vs IBM Cognos

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Compared 25% of the time

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Compared 20% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

Qlik Sense vs Amazon QuickSight

Compared 8% of the time

Domo vs Amazon QuickSight

Compared 1% of the time

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Also Known As

Cognos, Cognos Analytics, IBM Cognos Analytics

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Overview

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence provides a wide range of tools to help you analyze your organization's data. IBM Cognos BI allows businesses to monitor events and metrics, create and view business reports, and analyze data to help them make effective business decisions.

IBM Cognos applies techniques to describe, summarize, and compare data, and draw conclusions. This allows users to see trends and discover anomalies or variances that may not be evident by simply reading data. Data sources that contain information from different areas of a business can be stored in separate packages. Users can see only information that they have been granted access to, based on their group or role.

IBM Cognos BI consolidates the following business intelligence functions into a single web-based solution:

IBM Cognos Insight: Create personal and managed workspaces for data analysis. Using these interactive workspaces, you can share insight results with managers. Cognos Insight supports write-back, and you can also use these workspaces to capture and integrate management goals, commitments, and forecasts.
IBM Cognos Workspace: With IBM Cognos Workspace, you can create rich, interactive workspaces using IBM Cognos content as well as data from external sources. You can view and open your favorite workspaces and reports, edit content in your workspaces, and share your workspaces via email.
IBM Cognos Analytics: IBM Cognos Analytics utilizes built-in AI and intuitive searches which helps users to quickly create the visualizations and a wide range of reports. Cognos Analytics provides cognitive and managed self-service, enabling you to gain insights from controlled and trusted data.
IBM Cognos Report Studio and IBM Cognos Query Studio: Easily create structured and query reports. IBM Cognos allows users to create application and report templates. In addition, report authors can reuse report objects to apply filters, fields, and styles to reports. Users can set the language of the user interface and report content according to the user's native language.
IBM Cognos Event Studio: Receive notifications of events that occur within your organization in real time. Event Studio enables the creation of agents that detect the occurrence of business events, failures, or anomalies, based on the change of specific events or data conditions. Notification can be sent via email, publication in the portal, or by triggering reports.
IBM Cognos Connection: This is the Web portal for IBM Cognos BI and is the central area for accessing all the IBM Cognos functions. In the web portal, users can schedule and distribute reports, create tasks, administer the server and the access permissions, and more.

Reviews from Real Users

IBM Cognos stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its powerful analysis tool and its reporting capabilities.

Prasad B., a senior software engineer at a financial services firm, notes, “The product is a very good reporting tool and is very flexible. It allows for the users to get a scheduled report. We can receive automated reports as well. They are easy to schedule on a weekly or monthly basis. It is very fast. I mean in means of report output, it's very fast compared to the actual clients involved.”

Amazon QuickSight is a fast, cloud-powered business analytics service that makes it easy to build visualizations, perform ad-hoc analysis, and quickly get business insights from your data. Using our cloud-based service you can easily connect to your data, perform advanced analysis, and create stunning visualizations and rich dashboards that can be accessed from any browser or mobile device.

TIBCO Spotfire is a versatile data analytics platform that can handle large datasets and be deployed on-premise or in the cloud. Its dynamic reporting, easy creation of dynamic dashboards, and highly customizable tool make it a valuable asset for process data analysis, industrial performance dashboards, problem root cause analysis, business intelligence, and real-time analytics for IoT devices in the energy sector.

The solution also offers data science functions, map visuals, R and Python integration, and the ability to write HTML and JavaScript text areas. Spotfire has helped organizations deliver projects more efficiently and cost-effectively, allowing for faster data analysis.

Sample Customers

More than 23,000 leading organizations across multiple industries use Cognos. Some examples of Cognos customers include BMW Financial Services, Quinte Health Care, Troy Corporation, Michigan State University, and GKN Land System.

MLB Advanced Media, Infor, HotelBeds, Gemini, Jivochat, Edmunds.com

Allergan, ASSS de Montreal, Avantium, Blue River, Bank of Montreal, Citibank, FrieslandCampina, Hellmann Logistics, Merck, Novartis

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