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We performed a comparison between Amazon QuickSight and ThoughtSpot based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Amazon QuickSight vs. ThoughtSpot Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"From an analytics perspective, it's really good for self-service analytics.""The solution is very quick to turn around and integrate.""It is notably fast in handling large data set refreshes, making it efficient for data analysis.""The product is easy to learn.""Amazon QuickSight has introduced a new functionality called Q bar, which allows the user to do natural language queries and get additional insights using some built-in generative capabilities.""Easily able to connect with our other services and easy to manage.""The ease with which it integrates with different data sources is most valuable. Especially when everything is on AWS, it is easy to connect to the data source and organize different dashboards.""The most valuable feature I have found is the low-level securities are very easy to use."

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"The scalability is good.""The ability to do ad hoc explorations of data has been most valuable.""It is easy to set up the solution.""The initial setup was very straightforward.""I would say the return on investment is good. Whatever we invested, we got results. We have been finding it easy to use and onboard new use cases.""It's easy to drill down or expand data to get more details right out of the box.""I like ThoughtSpot's search capabilities. You can also create custom analytics even if you aren't an experienced data analyst. We have users with no data analytics experience making some of the dashboards we've created, copying components, and customizing them to their specific use cases.""ThoughtSpot takes the modifying of existing reports out of our hands."

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Cons
"They could provide more options for graphics and other features.""The product is quite expensive because the price is too close to QlikView's prices but it does not ring as well as QlikView.""One area where Amazon QuickSight could improve is its formatting features for dashboards.""I just want a few more features to be added.""An area for improvement in Amazon QuickSight is storage. Data cleanup also needs improvement because I'm experiencing errors when cleaning the data. Amazon QuickSight needs video tutorials showing its different functions and purposes.""The number of features in the product is limited in comparison with the other tools in the market, like Power BI.""The product has some storage and SPICE data issues.""It is a simple tool with limited features. Its visualization set is very limited, and it also has limited functionality. An intelligence tool should not be only for creating reports. Currently, we have to do all computational and mathematical operations outside. We should be able to do such operations in an intelligence tool like this. As an intelligence tool, it should support dynamic refresh. QuickSight currently supports the refresh at a minimum of one hour, and it is not suitable for dynamic dashboards that require frequent refreshes."

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"The one area of the solution that I do hear needs improvement is on the visualization front.""The dashboards could give you more ability to fine tune the appearance. You get a great deal more control over how something looks in Power BI than you do in ThoughtSpot.""I would like to see more flexibility in adding the pins. Currently, we have four different sizes in which I can add pins, but I would like to be able to resize my pins.""If I want to order columns, this feature is not there.""A customized visualization is lacking in this product.""The most difficult thing I found is that it only deals with the files and does not have direct connectivity to databases.""ThoughtSpot is a fairly new product, so some usability aspects aren't as mature as we'd like them to be. One example is their organizational methodology, like how objects are organized in their dashboards inside the product. They're all on a flat list, which works if you've got five or 10 dashboards. However, it's insufficient when you're a large enterprise with multiple groups looking at the same dashboards. It isn't organized well.""In terms of features, I'd like to be able to pivot data - for example, going from rows to columns. It's not easy to do."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I wouldn't say that it is an expensive product, but to stay competitive they would need to bring down the prices."
  • "It is simpler and cheaper than other solutions."
  • "Amazon QuickSight you subscribe and you use the service."
  • "The standard edition is free to use for exploration purposes while the enterprise edition needs to be paid for. The pricing for this solution is very reasonable."
  • "The Amazon QuickSight licensing model my company's on is pay-as-you-go, but I wouldn't be able to give the figures because that's handled by the finance department."
  • "I'm using a paid version of Amazon QuickSight, paying about $22 monthly. As I have yet to learn about the pricing for other tools, such as Power BI, I won't be able to compare."
  • "The pricing is cost-effective with a good plan."
  • "A highly affordable cost structure with fixed membership and timeframe basis options."
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  • "I give the pricing a six out of ten."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: It helped the managers to visualize the data activities.
    Top Answer:They could provide more options for graphics and other features. It has a lot of limitations compared to other database platforms.
    Top Answer:It's easy to drill down or expand data to get more details right out of the box.
    Top Answer:I like the pricing structure. I get billed by how much data I put in, not how many people are looking at the data. It's better for me as I can control pricing a bit more easily.
    Top Answer:We'd like more flexibility with the calendar as our fiscal year does not align with the calendar year. We have to load or create our own custom calendar to actually need our fiscal year-end. With… more »
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    Overview

    Amazon QuickSight is a fast, cloud-powered business analytics service that makes it easy to build visualizations, perform ad-hoc analysis, and quickly get business insights from your data. Using our cloud-based service you can easily connect to your data, perform advanced analysis, and create stunning visualizations and rich dashboards that can be accessed from any browser or mobile device.

    ThoughtSpot is a powerful business intelligence tool that allows easy searching and drilling into data. Its ad hoc exploration and query-based search features are highly valued, and it is easy to set up, stable, and scalable. 

    The solution is used for reporting purposes, self-service BI, and embedding into other applications for customers to do self-service analytics. It helps businesses with metrics, KPIs, and important insights by sourcing data from various sources into one golden source and visualizing it in an easy way for the business to consume. The pricing model is ideal, charging for data rather than the number of users.

    Sample Customers
    MLB Advanced Media, Infor, HotelBeds, Gemini, Jivochat, Edmunds.com
    Primary Capital Mortgage, Sterling Backcheck, RichRelevance, Rambus, Batteries Plus Bulbs
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company43%
    Financial Services Firm21%
    University7%
    Educational Organization7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Government6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm24%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Healthcare Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise65%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business13%
    Large Enterprise88%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise78%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon QuickSight vs. ThoughtSpot
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon QuickSight vs. ThoughtSpot and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Amazon QuickSight is ranked 5th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 22 reviews while ThoughtSpot is ranked 15th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 8 reviews. Amazon QuickSight is rated 7.0, while ThoughtSpot is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Amazon QuickSight writes "Useful for developing dashboards for various lines of business". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ThoughtSpot writes "You can drill down into any data right out of the box, with a straightforward deployment, and great support". Amazon QuickSight is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Google Data Studio and Qlik Sense, whereas ThoughtSpot is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Looker, Mode Analytics and AtScale Adaptive Analytics (A3). See our Amazon QuickSight vs. ThoughtSpot report.

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