TIBCO BusinessWorks vs TIBCO Spotfire comparison

"I work in operations, so I value BusinessWorks' performance the most."

"XML to JSON transformations, out-of-the-box, helps to build REST services."

"We are using only plugins for the database and SAP."

"It is a seamless and sophisticated tool."

"The initial setup of TIBCO BusinessWorks was straightforward since we have used the solution in our organization for a long time."

"Customer support is very efficient."

"We use the solution to develop applications."

"The Business Studio interface based on SCA Standards helps to show the business logic at first look and improve code maintenance."

"Data discovery is very simple."

"The most valuable feature is the map visuals that help us connect to the geo-specialized data which is more advanced than other solutions."

"It's scalable."

"The product's initial setup phase was simple."

"It allows users to quickly analyze data from a variety of sources and visualize it with powerful, interactive graphs, and charts."

"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."

"The ability to connect to many different data sources is one of the key features. The other would then be the different ways in which that data can be visualized."

"We particularly like the data angling feature of this solution. This gives us the ability to work on data transformations, join files, and carry out other data preparation tasks all in a single tool."

"Its price can be improved. For medium enterprises, it is a very expensive tool. In the market, you won't get many resources for this solution. You won't find many developers in the market very easily. The latest version of TIBCO (6.4 or 6.x) is not very stable. It has got many issues. We have raised this with TIBCO, and they are taking a lot of time to come up with a fix, which is making us move away from this product. Some of the performance-tuning aspects are also missing in version 6. They should provide performance-related fixes, which will be helpful for the customers. If you are migrating from the current version to the container-supported version, it is quite expensive. The product has evolved, but it is very pricey. That's one of the challenges. They have provided all the features that are there in other products, but this is a platform upgrade. The platform has completely been changed from 5.x to 6.x, and we can't use the same environment. We can't run both versions on the same server as VM. The development environment is entirely different. In version 5.x, there was a proprietary designer. Now, it has common plug-ins developed on top of Eclipse."

"Could be more user friendly in the development area."

"I'd like to see a new cloud approach in the next release. They need to work on integrations, stability and management issues on their cloud platform."

"The communication protocols could be improved."

"Technical support is average. It's not the best."

"TIBCO BusinessWorks needs to improve its digital IDs and data processing capabilities. It will benefit small and medium businesses."

"The cost has room for improvement."

"Though it is a stable product, if we have an issue with the product, it gets difficult, and it gets really difficult to explain the issue to the support team. Also, it takes a long time to get resolved."

"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."

"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."

"We encountered difficulties connecting the special data sets, as the post data set did not contain any shared columns, making it difficult to establish a connection between the data sets."

"The data compression has room for improvement."

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

"I would like more easy-to-implement analytical algorithms. At the moment they include things like forecasts and regressions. They need to add a lot more of these types of things to the product because not everyone is a data scientist."

"We would like to see some development in the visualization aspect of this solution, as they can currently only be configured in the cloud, which limits us to one endpoint. It would be helpful if this could be integrated with other tools."

"The solution might be generic."

"The solution is too expensive. It's one of the most expensive solutions out there, particularly because there are so many open-source competitors on the market. I don't know the exact numbers, however."

"Licensing scheme is too rigid"

"I would rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"TIBCO BusinessWorks is a very expensive solution."

"I give the cost of the solution a four out of ten."

"It is a bit expensive for medium-sized companies. If you are migrating from the current version to the container-supported version, it is quite expensive. The existing licensing will not work because the product platform itself is different."

"I think BusinessWorks is more expensive compared to other products. We have the ELA, so at least we have some sort of bargain or discount with that. But for a start-up, it's very expensive compared to other ESBs."

"My understanding is that the licensing is very costly."

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

"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."

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

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

"In comparison to other solutions such as IBM Cognos, TIBCO Spotfire is more affordable."

"The cost is a few hundred dollars per user per year."

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