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Teradata/Tibco Spotfire Developer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Consultant
Reports that had been tabular are now intuitive and automated. It saves a lot of effort, time & money. I would like to have built-in "event-based" automation.

What is most valuable?

The product’s most valuable feature is its integration with HTML, JavaScript and R, because the integration makes all impossible stuff possible with Spotfire.

How has it helped my organization?

Many reports which were tabular in form are now very intuitive after being converted to Spotfire. Also, they are automated, so it saves a lot of effort, time & money.

What needs improvement?

I would like to have "event-based" automation (without integrating with other tools), e.g., send an email only if some event has occurred.

Even though we can cascade the drop down property control, having a drop down filter would help a lot.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using it for 3.5 years.

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How are customer service and support?

Technical support is good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have also used Tableau, which is another wonderful tool for creating reports. But Tibco comes with a complete suite of products. Spotfire can be integrated with other tools in the Tibco suite.

How was the initial setup?

I can't say; I’ve never had an opportunity to install & configure the server.

What about the implementation team?

I can't say.

What was our ROI?

It is worth investing in Spotfire.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I’m not very sure if there is any, but there should be a product with no licensing cost - such as Tableau Reader - that can be used for reading the Spotfire files.

What other advice do I have?

Spotfire is a wonderful product with vast reporting and analytical capability. You must try this solution if you are looking for a tool for developing reports.

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Muzaffer Yöntem - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Enabler at Infolitik İş Çözümleri
Real User
Top 20
An easily scalable solution with strong business intelligence issue handling functionality
Pros and Cons
  • "The ability to create a real-time data mark, using just one piece of software, is the best feature of this product."
  • "I would like to see the visualization library in this solution expanded, so that I can increase what I can offer to our clients."

What is our primary use case?

I use this solution to handle business intelligence issues.

What is most valuable?

The ability to create a real-time data mark, using just one piece of software, is the best feature of this product.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see the visualization library in this solution expanded, so that I can increase what I can offer to our clients.

I would also like an option for dashboard creation on mobile and tablet to be added to this solution. At present, the mobile functionality is not as well developed as the web functionality.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with this product for seven years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have found this solution to be very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This solution is easily scalable. Even if you didn't project the correct number of users during implementation, it only takes a day or two to open the system up.

How are customer service and support?

The customer support for this solution is very good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of this solution was very simple, and straightforward.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user494244 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Application Specialist at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
Customizing data expressions is simple.

Valuable Features

  • Easy data transformations before loading data into Spotfire e.g., pivoting, unpivoting, etc.
  • Simplicity of customizing data expressions

Room for Improvement

Better UX/UI design to make the product look “sexier”. It’s somewhat difficult to add formatting to Spotfire dashboards to make them look nice (e.g. coloring backgrounds of charts, adding floating texts, etc.). This is a bit easier and more customizable in Tableau, and even more customizable in MicroStrategy.

Use of Solution

I have been using it for two years.

Deployment Issues

I have not encountered any deployment, stability or scalability issues.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Personally, I have never had to use technical support.

Other Solutions Considered

I was not involved in the evaluation.

Other Advice

Compared to Tableau, it is much more powerful in terms of statistics and analytics, but Tableau is more popular, so there is more support for it online. Spotfire is easier to use for an advanced user, while Tableau is easier to use for a beginner user.

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Manager, Business Intelligence at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
The feature most valuable to me is the incorporation of analytical techniques such as K-Means and ETL.

What is most valuable?

The feature most valuable to me is the incorporation of analytical techniques such as K-Means and ETL.

How has it helped my organization?

Reporting and dashboarding became quite easy. It is much faster and more robust than other BI or visualisation tools.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see the following improvements:

  • Multiple Interactive Layers
  • More Built-In Visualisations.
  • Dropdown and Hierarchy Filtering

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used the solution for two years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We did not encounter any issues with deployment, stability, or scalability.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer service and technical support are good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used Tableau for the same amount of time. Spotfire has its own advantages in transforming data and analytical functions.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is complex when you use Spotfire Server.

What about the implementation team?

A vendor team implemented the solution.

What was our ROI?

It provides a great ROI.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing is just fine.

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it_user176994 - PeerSpot reviewer
Organization's Metrics Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
We can see real time operational analytics. It's not as intuitive as Tableau.

What is most valuable?

Interactive Visualizations, allowing us to write scripts to change the outlook of the tool and statistics are the key to this product.

How has it helped my organization?

This has allowed us to see real time operational analytics helping us to take timely decisions in correcting the defects and repositioning them in correct mode.

What needs improvement?

Story Telling features aren't intuitive as much as Tableau and some of the features are segregated

For how long have I used the solution?

2+ years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Deployment issues were very minimal.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

So far, not any noticed issue on stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Few times when the data size got increased , it shuts automatically and restarts in the thick client environment.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

It’s good, at least the Tibco Community is active and very helpful.

Technical Support:

9/10

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I haven’t used any other reporting tool as my present organization using Spotfire exclusively for it.

What about the implementation team?

It was implemented in-house.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I know that other products were evaluated but I don't know what they were.

What other advice do I have?

Know the complete tool by going through all the help files available. Feel free to play with this product with no limitations to the imagination. It makes it possible to give us factual insights, helps us to take a right decisions transforming our business.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Consultant at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
It can be manipulated using IronPython, JavaScript, HTML/CSS & jQuery, and so on.

What is most valuable?

The best features are its malleability; it can be manipulated using IronPython, JavaScript, HTML/CSS & jQuery, etc.

How has it helped my organization?

It is being used in a number of ways within the organisation, from internal financial analysis to products and services we sell to our clients.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for ~18 months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have not encountered any stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have not encountered any scalability issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

I have not had to use technical support that much, save for when I first started learning the software. The service I got then was very good/positive.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have used a number of solutions (as the product is used in many areas of the company). In my previous role, we replaced Cognos with Spotfire and the benefits were plentiful, including but not limited to:

  • Improved types of reporting/visualisations
  • Significantly more malleable than Cognos
  • Advanced analysis features

How was the initial setup?

I believe the admin/installation was not as straightforward as other software. However, I wasn’t directly involved in that.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Many other software products were reviewed; the decision to proceed with Spotfire was made at executive level.

What other advice do I have?

Find experts in Spotfire; perhaps get some consultancy to fast-track your knowledge. We are lucky enough to have internal expertise to fulfill that requirement.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user326337 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user326337Customer Success Manager at PeerSpot
Real User

Good to know. Is this something you've found with many solutions in general or specifically with/exclusively to BI Tools or to Spotfire?

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it_user494859 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analytical Scientist at Syntelli Solutions Inc.
Vendor
It provides a more systematic way of tracking employees and their hours. Some simple functions such as aggregating rows are too complicated.

Valuable Features

The most valuable features of this product are:
  • R integration using the data function in the Spotfire client
  • Bringing data into Spotfire using APIs

Improvements to My Organization

It provides a more systematic way of tracking employees and their hours.

Room for Improvement

  • Simple functions like aggregating rows and performing PnL are very complicated
  • The limited number of connectors

Use of Solution

I have been using it for one year.

Deployment Issues

We encountered an issue while integrating a Kerberos-secured HBase into Spotfire.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Technical support has good response times; we’re very happy with the support.

Initial Setup

Initial setup was complex, as we had to integrate it with a secured Hadoop cluster.

Implementation Team

An in-house team implemented it.

Other Advice

Gather the correct requirements and ask for help.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user504063 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Vendor
Spotfire is a powerful, intuitive application that makes it easy to visualize and interact with complex data to quickly answer questions
Pros and Cons
  • "It allows users to quickly analyze data from a variety of sources and visualize it with powerful, interactive graphs, and charts."
  • "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."

Improvements to My Organization

It allows users to quickly analyze data from a variety of sources and visualize it with powerful, interactive graphs, and charts. This leads to faster and better decision making, as well as identifying areas to save costs, increase revenue, optimize, etc.

Valuable Features

  • Intuitive interface: Easy to get started and use features.
  • Filtering: Quickly filters to a level of detail that you are interested in.
  • Marking: Drills into data, seeing the same data in other charts.
  • Data connections: Having the ability to quickly connect to just about any data source.

Room for Improvement

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. Here are a few suggestions:

  • Don't make it pop out when editing the text area.
  • Add a feature to easily add tables (without HTML).
  • Overall, make it more user-friendly.

Stability Issues

It is prone to crashing every now and then for seemingly arbitrary reasons.

Initial Setup

Initial setup is straightforward: Just downloaded it from their website (not applicable for large organizations).

ROI

The ROI is nearly impossible to calculate. 

Pricing, License Cost and Setup

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

Other Solutions Considered

I have tried Tableau, but haven't spent much time working with it because my previous organization and current clients use Spotfire. Excel is also a competitor, but Spotfire is significantly better than Excel for data visualization.

Other Advice

I recommend watching some Spotfire demo videos on YouTube, and also downloading the free trial to get a feel for the software.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user871230 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user871230Senior Technical Recruiter at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Real User

Hi There,

Nice to be visiting your blog again, it has been months for me. Well this article that i’ve been waited for so long.

I have a data set of users and the date they have logged into the system. I want to show a cumulative chart which shows the number of new users of every month on top of returning users. I have attached a picture for reference. The X axis would be the Months and the Y axis would be the count of UserIds

THANK YOU!! This saved my butt today, I’m immensely grateful.

Cheers,
Preethi

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