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Elastic Search vs TIBCO Spotfire comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
3.9
Companies using Elastic Search experience operational efficiencies, faster response times, cost savings, and improved system performance with open-source benefits.
Sentiment score
5.5
TIBCO Spotfire improves reporting efficiency, boosts productivity, and offers valuable insights, leading to high ROI despite costs.
We have not purchased any licensed products, and our use of Elastic Search is purely open-source, contributing positively to our ROI.
Software Engineer at Government of India
It is stable, and we do not encounter critical issues like server downtime, which could result in data loss.
SOC A2 at Innodata-ISOGEN
The main benefits observed from using Elastic Search include improvements in operational efficiency, along with cost, time, and resource savings.
Senior Devops Engineer at Ubique Digital LTD
The reporting time was reduced by approximately forty percent, and teams could access insights much faster, which improved overall productivity.
Data Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
Elastic Search's customer service is praised for expertise and resources, though response times can vary after contracts.
Sentiment score
6.8
TIBCO Spotfire's support is praised but varies in quality, with documentation needing improvement and reliance on third parties.
For P1 tickets, they provide very immediate quick responses and join calls to support and troubleshoot the issue accordingly.
Elastic Engineer at The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
The customer support for Elastic Search is one of the best I have ever tried.
Software Developer at a media company with 10,001+ employees
They have always been really responsible and responsive to my requests.
Security Lead at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Having a local partner was crucial for us while they were there.
Production Engineer at Parex Resources Inc
Based on my experience, customer support for TIBCO Spotfire is generally good and responsive, especially for standard technical issues, documentation requests, and product guidance.
Data analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
I rate the customer support of TIBCO Spotfire around eight out of ten.
Data Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Elastic Search excels in scalable data management on cloud platforms, efficiently handling unstructured data and large user numbers.
Sentiment score
6.9
TIBCO Spotfire excels in scalability and adaptability, efficiently managing large datasets and high user counts across deployments.
We can search through that document quite easily, sometimes in 7 milliseconds, sometimes one or two milliseconds.
Product Engineer at A3L
Performance tests involving one million requests at once, we encountered issues with shards and nodes not upscaling as needed, leading to crashes and minimal data loss.
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I would rate its scalability a ten.
Backend Developer
It scales effectively for adding new dashboards, users, and data sources without major disruption.
Data analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
The scalability of TIBCO Spotfire is good overall, as it handles growing data and additional users quite well, especially in the cloud environment.
Data Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Elastic Search is stable for up to one terabyte, with slowness often due to system resources, not the software.
Sentiment score
6.6
TIBCO Spotfire is stable and reliable, with occasional issues attributed to complex operations or hardware limitations.
The data transfer sometimes exceeded the bandwidth limits without proper notification, which caused issues.
SOC A2 at Innodata-ISOGEN
The stability of Elasticsearch was very high.
Backend Developer
When you put one keyword, everything related to that keyword in your ecosystem will showcase all the results.
Chief Information Security Officer at CDSL Ventures Limited
There are no significant stability issues as long as the product's capabilities are understood and not overly pushed.
Business Enabler at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
It performs well for day-to-day reporting, dashboards, and analytic workloads.
Data analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
TIBCO Spotfire is more stable than other tools; overall, it is stable and reliable.
Data Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek enhancements in Elastic Search's mapping, scalability, interface, AI features, and support, highlighting memory, pricing, and security issues.
TIBCO Spotfire requires enhanced visualization, user interface, performance, customization, mobile capabilities, and simplified administration and scripting processes.
From a technical point of view, there are no significant issues recalled as Elastic Search has been absolutely awesome for this use case and covers 100% of the needs.
Principal Scientific Computing Software Engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
If I need to parse one million records saved into Elastic Search, it becomes a nightmare because I need to do the pagination, and it is very problematic in that regard.
Lead Engineer at Spidersilk
Observability features like search latency, indexing rate, and maybe rejected requests should be added to make the platform more reliable and accessible for everyone.
Senior System Engineer at EPAM Systems
TIBCO Spotfire and ClickView need improvement in scheduling, which is critical yet lacking in quality.
Business Enabler at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
It could be very useful if the coding part of using the platform could be more user-friendly in terms of visual capability.
Production Engineer at Parex Resources Inc
TIBCO Spotfire can be improved in handling very large data, faster dashboard loading, simpler advanced scripting, and better customization options for visualizations.
Data analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

Elastic Search's flexible pricing starts affordably but can increase significantly with scalability, features, and managed services.
TIBCO Spotfire provides scalable, advanced analytics licensing for enterprises with costs varying by roles and deployment, requiring negotiation.
On the AWS side, it is very expensive because they charge based on query basis or how much data is transferred in and out, making it very expensive.
Lead Engineer at Spidersilk
Having the hosted solution and not having to pay for essentially a DevOps person on staff to manage makes it affordable.
CTO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
You can host it on-premises, which would incur zero cost, or take it as a SaaS-based service, where the expenses remain minimal.
Senior Software Engineer at Agoda
TIBCO Spotfire's pricing is high, particularly in traditional markets like Turkey, impacting market penetration.
Business Enabler at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The pricing of TIBCO Spotfire is on the higher side compared to some competitors.
Data analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
The pricing for TIBCO Spotfire was on the higher side compared to some other BI tools.
Data Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Elastic Search offers advanced search, scalability, speed, cost-effectiveness, machine learning, and seamless integration, enhancing its overall appeal.
TIBCO Spotfire integrates diverse data sources, offering real-time insights, visualizations, predictive analytics, and user-friendly, scalable interfaces.
Elastic Search makes handling large data volumes efficient and supports complex search operations.
Software Engineer at Government of India
The most valuable feature of Elasticsearch was the quick search capability, allowing us to search by any criteria needed.
Backend Developer
The speed with which Elastic Search is able to search through all of the documents we place into it is quite remarkable, as we search through 65 billion documents in less than a second in most cases, on a constant consistent basis.
Director, Software Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
TIBCO Spotfire integrates with R and Python, offering a differentiator from the competition.
Business Enabler at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The best features of TIBCO Spotfire are interactive dashboards, real-time data analysis, strong data visualization, easy data integration, and it also provides drill-down analysis, predictive analytics, and user-friendly filtering options.
Data analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
The best features of TIBCO Spotfire for me are the interactive dashboards, which provide easy data visualization and strong data integration support.
Data Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Elastic Search
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
97
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (1st), Cloud Data Integration (5th), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (2nd)
TIBCO Spotfire
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (15th)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2817942 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Logging and vector search have transformed observability and empowered reliable ai agents
Elastic Search is not specifically being used for certain purposes. I deploy Elastic Search database on the cloud and use cloud services so that nobody can attack. However, I do not use Elastic Search to resolve attack issues. The basic main purpose of Elastic Search, as of now, I feel it can do more in the AI area. Sometime I saw that when I am developing RAG and have to generate the embeddings, which I call metadata, sometimes it tries to fail. That durability or issue handling should be improved, but apart from that, I did not find anything as of now. As per my use case, whatever I am using seems pretty good. Apart from that, some definitely improvement will be there. One improvement is that it should be faster. Whenever I am searching any logs, it takes much time. For example, if I open my log in Notepad or a similar tool, I can search the text within a second. With Elastic Search, it takes a little bit of time, ten to fifteen seconds. That can be improved. Sometimes, engineers take time to assign when I create a ticket.
reviewer2835996 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Interactive dashboards have transformed reporting and now support real-time data-driven decisions
One area that could improve in TIBCO Spotfire is performance with very large data sets. I use the advanced scripting feature less often, but the visualization and dashboard features are very useful in my daily work with TIBCO Spotfire. TIBCO Spotfire can be improved in handling very large data, faster dashboard loading, simpler advanced scripting, and better customization options for visualizations. Integration with some external tools in TIBCO Spotfire can be smoother, and the user interface for advanced features could be more beginner-friendly. A more intuitive navigation system, a cleaner interface, and an easier drag-and-drop option for report building would also make it more useful.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
6%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise47
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise44
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ELK Elasticsearch?
Elastic Search is easy to use in Azure cloud. Mostly, my full company uses Azure cloud, so it is easy to use. Cost-wise, my company found Elastic Search is good. Cost matters. Based on cost and use...
What needs improvement with ELK Elasticsearch?
Elastic Search is not specifically being used for certain purposes. I deploy Elastic Search database on the cloud and use cloud services so that nobody can attack. However, I do not use Elastic Sea...
What is your primary use case for ELK Elasticsearch?
I have been using Elastic Search for the last five years. I have a couple of use cases. First, I use it for logging purposes and observability logging of our product. In Azure, Elastic Search has g...
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?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for TIBCO Spotfire appears fair, and I think they are fairly priced as far as the features are concerned.
What needs improvement with TIBCO Spotfire?
The web client of TIBCO Spotfire lacked the full authoring capabilities available in the analyst client. Source control for DXP files was limited compared to a Git-style workflow. For regulatory su...
 

Also Known As

Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
Spotfire
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

T-Mobile, Adobe, Booking.com, BMW, Telegraph Media Group, Cisco, Karbon, Deezer, NORBr, Labelbox, Fingerprint, Relativity, NHS Hospital, Met Office, Proximus, Go1, Mentat, Bluestone Analytics, Humanz, Hutch, Auchan, Sitecore, Linklaters, Socren, Infotrack, Pfizer, Engadget, Airbus, Grab, Vimeo, Ticketmaster, Asana, Twilio, Blizzard, Comcast, RWE and many others.
Allergan, ASSS de Montreal, Avantium, Blue River, Bank of Montreal, Citibank, FrieslandCampina, Hellmann Logistics, Merck, Novartis
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