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TIBCO Spotfire pros and cons

Vendor: TIBCO
4.2 out of 5
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PROS

TIBCO Spotfire is highly valued for its scalability, enabling it to handle large amounts of data efficiently.
It offers impressive data visualization capabilities, integrating with R and Python for advanced analytics.
The ability to customize dashboards and create real-time data marks enhances its utility for business insights.
Its flexibility in data gathering and transformation tasks, such as data wrangling and joining files, is exceptional.
Spotfire's integration with various data sources and its affordability make it a strong choice for businesses.

CONS

The number of charts available out of the box in Spotfire can be enhanced.
Personalizing Spotfire is painful and could be made easier.
Spotfire needs more easy-to-implement analytical algorithms, such as forecasts and regressions, since not everyone is a data scientist.
Difficulties occur when connecting special data sets, as missing shared columns complicate establishing connections.
Spotfire lacks an offline ability for data manipulation, hindering data management.
 

TIBCO Spotfire Pros review quotes

DG
Dec 27, 2021
Spotfire is excellent for scientific applications, especially because of its integration with RNG.
reviewer1431795 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 6, 2020
From a scalability standpoint, I would say it's pretty fantastic.
reviewer1456815 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 24, 2021
The out-of-the-box features are simple and easy to use across the board.
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Mohsin Pathan - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 5, 2022
It’s stable and straightforward.
ILGAR SARIJANLI - PeerSpot reviewer
May 22, 2022
It's scalable.
reviewer1441695 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 2, 2020
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.
reviewer1442247 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 22, 2023
I appreciate Spotfire's range of visualization options, advanced analytics features, and seamless integration with other TIBCO products.
RO
Apr 18, 2024
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.
Fuad Mammadli - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 8, 2023
The product's initial setup phase was simple.
Dedy Rachmanto - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 26, 2022
The most valuable features of TIBCO Spotfire are visualization. It's very nice, clear, and, flexible. You can analyze many data types and the user interface is very good.
 

TIBCO Spotfire Cons review quotes

DG
Dec 27, 2021
The handling and consumption of realtime data could be improved.
reviewer1431795 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 6, 2020
The design of the UI could be improved.
reviewer1456815 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 24, 2021
Personalising Spotfire, as a whole, is painful and is something that could be made easier.
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Mohsin Pathan - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 5, 2022
When you do the data loading, it is slow.
ILGAR SARIJANLI - PeerSpot reviewer
May 22, 2022
The initial setup can be difficult.
reviewer1441695 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 2, 2020
When it comes to data manipulation, there are features which are good, but one of the features which has really been missing in Spotfire is an offline ability for data manipulation.
reviewer1442247 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 22, 2023
One aspect where Spotfire could improve is its global recognition, especially in terms of support.
RO
Apr 18, 2024
The solution might be generic.
Fuad Mammadli - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 8, 2023
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.
Dedy Rachmanto - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 26, 2022
The initial setup of TIBCO Spotfire is in the middle range of difficulty. The initial setup of Power BI is easier.