TIBCO BusinessWorks vs TIBCO Spotfire comparison

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

"The most valuable part of the solution is the ease-of-use and ease of deployment."

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

"I like TIBCO BusinessWorks because it has a user-friendly GUI for developing solutions."

"It is a seamless and sophisticated tool."

"The solution is stable. We haven't had any serious technical issues."

"Areas for improvement would be the cloud fitness of the product and the ease of migrating to newer versions."

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

"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."

"We used it pretty heavily in gathering data, which goes to our VPs. They are able to base their next revenue planning based on this metric. So, it has been invaluable."

"It's scalable."

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

"The solution is an affordable one."

"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."

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

"One of the main features is integrated statistical analysis."

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

"Cloud fitness is lacking"

"I would like the solution to be integrated into the cloud."

"The communication protocols could be improved."

"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."

"Scaling with the solution is costly because if we need to scale up, we have to buy more memory. That means more money. Solutions like Camel or Pulsar come with built-in options to scale horizontally, vertically, region-wide or country-wide."

"There are multiple plugins which increase the number of product installations."

"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."

"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."

"One aspect where Spotfire could improve is its global recognition, especially in terms of support."

"The solution might be generic."

"The initial setup is complicated and needs experience and knowledge."

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

"Print capability and trigger-based events."

"The data compression has room for improvement."

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

"Licensing scheme is too rigid"

"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."

"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."

"The payments made for service are the only addition to the standard licensing fees that we pay for the solution."

"TIBCO licensing is yearly and very costly for a company like ours."

"The product is not cheap."

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

"The cost depends on the components required."

"The ROI is nearly impossible to calculate."

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

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

"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."

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

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

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