We performed a comparison between IBM App Connect and TIBCO Spotfire 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."I would say that the most valuable feature is the array of connectors and integration tools."
"Very scalable, flexible, and user-friendly."
"It has different type of interfaces that can integrate with companies."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendliness of the application."
"We use IBM App Connect for the integration between the applications."
"When using IBM stacks, IBM App Connect is suitable and integrates well with other IBM products like WebSphere."
"App Connect's best feature is that it can be deployed in a container."
"It can handle API conversions with mapping and transformation rules, simplifying the development process."
"This solution allows us to integrate data from across all client departments, for effective reporting via a single dashboard."
"Data discovery is very simple."
"The out-of-the-box features are simple and easy to use across the board."
"Live Query data on demand, R and Python integration, and the ability to write HTML and JavaScript text areas are all valuable features."
"The most valuable feature is the map visuals that help us connect to the geo-specialized data which is more advanced than other solutions."
"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."
"It allows users to quickly analyze data from a variety of sources and visualize it with powerful, interactive graphs, and charts."
"Spotfire is excellent for scientific applications, especially because of its integration with RNG."
"IBM App Connect should improve security features."
"It is not easy to deploy. It requires someone with a high level of knowledge in the solution to deploy it, not just anyone can do it."
"They reply in one or two hours at most, but they could be better."
"IBM App Connect is scalable. From the administration side, they need to improve the RBAC model, as well as the clustering of this product. It will be good if we can start up the cluster, via IBM Connect Console. Some other products like MuleSoft, are providing this type of administration. MuleSoft is easy to use and user friendly."
"More connectors could be available for the product as some of the third-party software doesn't have default connectors."
"Plugins for the repositories are difficult to find."
"The installation of containers could be simplified, as it currently requires a senior-level installer."
"The addition of string functionality would be a benefit, particularly in the ESQL space that IBM already uses internally."
"The design of the UI could be improved."
"When you do the data loading, it is slow."
"Compared to competitors, the UI is quite dated."
"The initial setup of TIBCO Spotfire is in the middle range of difficulty. The initial setup of Power BI is easier."
"One aspect where Spotfire could improve is its global recognition, especially in terms of support."
"The data compression has 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."
"Personalising Spotfire, as a whole, is painful and is something that could be made easier."
IBM App Connect is ranked 11th in Cloud Data Integration with 20 reviews while TIBCO Spotfire is ranked 13th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 66 reviews. IBM App Connect is rated 8.2, while TIBCO Spotfire is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM App Connect writes "Very flexible and user-friendly; embeds with other technologies; no dependency on queue manager". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TIBCO Spotfire writes "A robust BI tool, with good dashboard features and adverse event tracking". IBM App Connect is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, Mule Anypoint Platform, webMethods Integration Server, IBM InfoSphere DataStage and TIBCO BusinessWorks, whereas TIBCO Spotfire is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Qlik Sense, QlikView and Amazon QuickSight. See our IBM App Connect vs. TIBCO Spotfire report.
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