TIBCO Spotfire vs Zapier comparison

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

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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TIBCO Spotfire vs. Zapier

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Categories and Ranking

TIBCO Spotfire

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

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BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (14th)

Zapier

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Data Integration (10th)

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Mohsin Pathan

Associate Vice President - Solutions, presales & services at Bahwan CyberTek

Flexible, offers a single pane of glass, and is highly customizable

There's one area I see that specifically needs improvement. That is when you do the data loading. It is slow. For historical data, when you talk about gigabytes of data, terabytes of data, then it becomes prolonged. Loading could be improved. That's one part. That is actually there with every tool. I would not say that this is a specific problem with Spotfire. However, it is a problem with all the BI tools. That is one area which can be improved. When you are doing analytics, you see that the value has to come perfect. There was a missing feature of alerting out of the box within Spotfire. However, they have released this in version 12.

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FrankHo

Analyst at MSXI

Though the tool offers a visually appealing UI, it needs to improve its documentation

With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation. The product has many bugs, so users have to wait for a period ranging from five minutes to an hour to see where the Zap went. In Zapier, Zaps aren't very understandable owing to the way they work. As a user, you would think that in Zapier, a Zap works in a particular way once you set it up, but it won't happen. At times, some Zaps can interfere with each other, because of which there might be infinite loops that may occur, owing to which multiple Zaps continue to run or break down in general, after which nothing would run in your environment. You would not be notified about the breakdown of Zaps. The bugs in the product may be considered to understand or get an explanation of how Zaps works between software systems, so for something between Gmail and HubSpot, Zapier would explain through better documentation what would work and what wouldn't work. Maybe if Zapier had better functionality with Python or any other coding language in general, it would make the product a lot better.

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

Pros

"Live Query data on demand, R and Python integration, and the ability to write HTML and JavaScript text areas are all valuable features."

"I appreciate Spotfire's range of visualization options, advanced analytics features, and seamless integration with other TIBCO products."

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

"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."

"It's scalable."

"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."

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

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"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is very intuitive and has a very flat learning curve."

"We can connect Zapier with Zoho CRM for lead generation. I like the tool's drag and drop feature."

"Zapier handles everything under the sun that you would think you need in automation. It is the most mature integration platform and service on the market."

"There are a few valuable features, like the stability that it comes with and also the number of features that it offers. I've used other services like Pabbly, but they don't offer similar numbers of applications that Zapier has or allows to integrate with – it's maximum."

"The connection between Facebook lead forms and MailChimp integrations is the most valuable feature."

"What's most valuable in Zapier is its simplicity, seamlessness, and smooth plug-in, so you won't need to build code for every action. I'm not a developer, but I can use Zapier."

"Zapier's interface, for me, is the solution's greatest value proposition. It is designed and developed for people who don't have a clue about what they're trying to do. It has a very user-friendly interface."

"The most valuable feature of Zapier is it saves me time doing repetitive tasks."

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Cons

"The design of the UI could be improved."

"The Text Area feature needs to be more user-friendly. It is a little clunky to use, and it is difficult to consistently format text."

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

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

"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."

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

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

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"There is room for improvement in the support. They are not responsive, and they don't take much time to get resolved."

"The user interface for Zapier could be improved. It also takes some time to sync the data between different environments."

"At the moment, they allow a limited number of apps. I look forward to getting more apps for each package."

"With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation."

"I think that this solution should have more apps connected to it."

"After mapping them out, and they'd worked for a while, I've had Zapier fail."

"System-to-system is fine, but when it comes to system-to-user, where Zapier is helping to communicate to a user, that's a one-way communication. If that user has to perform some action on that notification, the action isn't handled by Zapier. So there's no way to orchestrate that and it's very cumbersome."

"Zapier needs to improve in the same way most RPA solutions should, such as Robocorp, Make, or UiPath. They are not good at helping you find the connections that you need for the problem that you have. For example, if need something on Instagram. I'm going to have to do research for hours to be able to find the components or the app, which is going to do what I need it to do. It makes it difficult to use the system when you don't know what to use."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The solution is affordable one."

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

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

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

"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 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."

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"Think your Zaps through to make sure you don't use more Zaps than you need."

"The price of Zapier is approximately $75 monthly."

"Zapier's price is good."

"Zapier is a paid service. Its license renews monthly, and Zapier will downgrade your subscription to the free version when your credit card doesn't have funds. That significantly impacts your service because everything halts completely. Zapier doesn't have any hidden costs."

"It's very affordable."

"There is a free plan that is, of course, limited. However, it allows you to understand and check true scenarios for a while."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"Per task, there is a monthly plan involving 15 euros...Also, in different forms, they just give you the ability to use different features. They charge 18.58 euros for the first standard plan, which includes 750 tasks. So, it is about 25 cents per task."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

10%

Computer Software Company

16%

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Questions from the Community

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. While they assisted with the setup, we conducted the POC ourselves.

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

Compared to other tools, Spotfire's pricing is competitive, especially with its enterprise licensing.

What needs improvement with TIBCO Spotfire?

Spotfire requires better documentation. Unlike competitors like Power BI and Tableau, Spotfire lacks comprehensive metadata dictionaries. This makes it difficult to generate usage metrics, which ar...

What do you like most about Zapier?

The product's most valuable feature is automation.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zapier?

The pricing is suitable. It's not cheap, but not expensive.

What needs improvement with Zapier?

The pricing could be a little cheaper.

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Overview

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.

TIBCO

Zapier is a tool for primarily non-technical users to connect together web apps.

An integration between two apps is called a Zap. A Zap is made up of a Trigger and one or more Actions or Searches.

Whenever the trigger happens in one app, Zapier will automatically perform the actions or searches in another app in order.

Zaps are very lightweight and easy to set up. Zaps do not import or export old data (they only operate on new items created after the Zap is enabled). Zaps are also not kept in sync ("two way syncing") after the Zap is triggered.

Zaps are deceivingly simple if you're used to dealing with complex and difficult integrations. Their simplicity is what enables anyone to create them.

Sample Customers

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

BuzzFeed, Groupon, Spotify, Columbia University, FOX