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Oracle GoldenGate 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
5.6
Oracle GoldenGate reduces integration time and costs, enhancing disaster recovery and proving economically beneficial for large budgets.
Sentiment score
5.8
TIBCO Spotfire boosts ROI by reducing maintenance, enhancing efficiency, and improving data analysis for informed decision-making and productivity.
I have seen a return on investment with TIBCO Spotfire; it has significantly reduced our manual report creation time and increased data-driven decision-making efficiency, so our ROI is good in that aspect.
Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.2
Oracle GoldenGate's customer service is praised for handling critical issues but criticized for slow responses and initial expertise.
Sentiment score
6.9
TIBCO Spotfire's customer service is praised for responsiveness and expertise, with some variability in support quality noted.
The rating for Oracle GoldenGate support is a three.
Oracle DBS at Bpifrance
The support team responds quickly, providing feedback which we then implement.
Business Manager at LS Systems Philippines
Having a local partner was crucial for us while they were there.
Production Engineer at Parex Resources Inc
I would rate the customer support for TIBCO Spotfire nine out of ten.
Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
TIBCO's support, especially for integration products, is swift.
Business Enabler at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Oracle GoldenGate is highly scalable, efficiently handling data transformations and integrations despite licensing and configuration complexities.
Sentiment score
7.0
TIBCO Spotfire is highly scalable with improved load balancing, suitable for large datasets, but cost may be a concern.
It effectively manages larger databases, such as those of 15 terabytes and above.
Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl
The platform was able to support multiple simultaneous users and connect to cloud analytics in the backend, making it quite scalable.
Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Oracle GoldenGate is praised for stability and reliability, with quick issue resolution and superior performance over competitors.
Sentiment score
6.5
TIBCO Spotfire is stable and reliable, with occasional issues in complex projects, improved by hardware updates and software patches.
Oracle GoldenGate is quite stable.
Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl
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
The action logs allowed us to check traceability and see how mature and stable the setup was if corruption, performance drift, or synchronization issues occurred.
Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Overall, TIBCO Spotfire is a good product and has been a stable platform.
Lead Data Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Oracle GoldenGate requires better user-friendliness, reduced costs, improved support, enhanced scalability, clearer documentation, and expanded non-Oracle database features.
TIBCO Spotfire's UI is outdated, lacks customization, struggles with data handling, and users seek better integration and training.
The configuration process could be made simpler.
Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl
For Oracle GoldenGate, customers face challenges with patching, the latest updates, and encountering bugs.
Business Manager at LS Systems Philippines
You can tune Oracle GoldenGate to use more RAM on the source side or more processes.
DBA at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
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
For regulatory submissions, we sometimes had to additionally deploy external tools to provide our client with a perfect export.
Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Oracle GoldenGate is costly, with complex licensing; alternatives like Qlik or SAP are often considered due to lower costs.
TIBCO Spotfire's pricing is high yet valuable, with complex licensing and long negotiation, but offers strong ROI and features.
The list price is high, and the price can sometimes seem expensive if the appropriate discount is not applied.
Business Manager at LS Systems Philippines
The pricing of Oracle GoldenGate is quite high.
Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl
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
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for TIBCO Spotfire appears fair.
Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Oracle GoldenGate provides real-time data replication, platform integration, and scalability, ensuring data integrity and user-friendly customization.
TIBCO Spotfire offers powerful analytics, easy visualizations, and customization, integrating diverse data sources for insightful business decisions.
The most valuable feature of Oracle GoldenGate is its ability to sync data in real-time, which is crucial for me.
Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl
Oracle GoldenGate is beneficial for data replication and ensures secure data transport.
Business Manager at LS Systems Philippines
With Oracle GoldenGate, we were able to apply transformations to the data during the streaming between source and target.
DBA at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 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
Our client wanted a single analytic environment to serve as a one-stop place where their teams could explore, visualize, and collaborate in real time while maintaining security and regulatory expectations.
Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I think having Python included is a big win because you get the chance to customize your algorithm and your in-house development without having a big dependency on a third party.
Production Engineer at Parex Resources Inc
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle GoldenGate
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (6th)
TIBCO Spotfire
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
74
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Oracle GoldenGate and TIBCO Spotfire aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Oracle GoldenGate is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 1.8%, down 3.6% compared to last year.
TIBCO Spotfire, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 1.1% mindshare, up 1.0% since last year.
Data Integration Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle GoldenGate1.8%
SSIS4.0%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)3.7%
Other90.5%
Data Integration
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
TIBCO Spotfire1.1%
Microsoft Power BI9.4%
Tableau Enterprise6.7%
Other82.8%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

EmmanuelCatalano - PeerSpot reviewer
DBA at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real-time data streaming has simplified transformations and kept enterprise databases synchronized
Oracle GoldenGate is good, but I would like to improve it. There is a need for whoever installs and configures Oracle GoldenGate to set the correct parameters for the use cases we need to use. In some cases, we had performance problems related to the streaming because there was a lot of information to stream concurrently. However, you can tune Oracle GoldenGate to use more RAM on the source side or more processes. I think that sometimes what is missing is knowledge about the tool from the person responsible for configuration. At this moment, Oracle GoldenGate is a very good tool, and I do not know in which area we can improve it. Perhaps the debug part of the tool could be improved. In some cases, I use the utility for how Oracle GoldenGate generates messages about the statements that it streams because of bugs, and in some cases, it is not very user-friendly. It may be possible to improve the API or the path related to debugging, but not the tool itself. The tool itself is good. I remember that in some configurations, we had problems with the streaming of DDL, which are changes to Oracle object structures such as tables and procedures. A new feature could be to perform streaming for operational objects such as procedures, functions, packages, or grants. This would synchronize source and target for these aspects, not only for data or the main types of structures, but also for others. I remember that there was some configuration in which you performed the streaming of the entire schema, or if you performed streaming for only tables, then you were unable to stream grants and other Oracle objects. I think it is important to introduce that capability.
reviewer2774796 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Clinical teams have transformed trial data into real-time, governed insights for faster decisions
Our client was a biotech company whose clinical pipeline was expanding with teams across clinical operations, biometrics, safety, and translational sciences. All these organizations and departments were drowning in data. Every week, teams stitched together different PowerPoint decks, SAS listings, spreadsheets, and extracts from central labs, CTMS, and warehouses. The problem was not a lack of data but a lack of timely insights. We were constantly asked which sites were falling behind, whether there was any worrying safety drift, or which biomarkers were correlating with response. Analysts would manually rerun scripts or pull static listings, which resulted in delays ranging from two weeks to a month. There were also many inconsistencies in definitions between ORR, PFS censoring rules, and protocol deviation categories, causing confusion and rework. Our client wanted a single analytic environment to serve as a one-stop place where their teams could explore, visualize, and collaborate in real time while maintaining security and regulatory expectations. TIBCO Spotfire became their live analytics workspace. Previously, teams had to collect emailed spreadsheets and various documents. By having one combined place, teams could open dynamic dashboards that were directly governed by curated datasets. The data canvas showed every transformation step, which helped the client maintain traceability for audits. Data functions written in R or Python allowed statisticians to encode and have approved analytic methods that could be used everywhere. Before implementing the tool, we built a framework and strategy. First, we mapped their high-value pain points including trial enrollment forecasting, safety drift monitoring, protocol deviation detection, and biomarker response analysis. Based on these priorities, we defined common language and common rules by aligning calculations with CDISC standards and creating shared data functions for lab shift rules and biomarker classifications. This prevented inconsistent interpretations across studies. We then built the technical foundation by connecting TIBCO Spotfire securely to their EDC, R environment, data lake, and row-level security to ensure adherence to PHI, PII, and regulatory compliances. Clinical operations dashboards provided real-time insights into enrollments and deviations. Safety dashboards were deployed to visualize patterns, biomarker distributions, and tumor burden changes for their cancer-related drug studies. The business validated the dashboards based on GxP principles, and we trained the study teams and built new templates so that trials could launch analytics much faster.
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Comparison Review

it_user99375 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Mar 31, 2014
Oracle GoldenGate vs. Oracle Active Dataguard
As an Oracle DBA, while working upon high availability of your database you may stumble upon various Oracle strategic capabilities that fall into categories of Oracle Replication. Oracle provides various technologies for replication like GoldenGate, streams, and Active Dataguard. Replication…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise30
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise42
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle GoldenGate?
The product is reliable for data integrity.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle GoldenGate?
The pricing of Oracle GoldenGate depends on the discount we receive from Oracle. If the customer orders a larger quantity, we get a more flexible price. The list price is high, and the price can so...
What needs improvement with Oracle GoldenGate?
Oracle GoldenGate is good, but I would like to improve it. There is a need for whoever installs and configures Oracle GoldenGate to set the correct parameters for the use cases we need to use. In s...
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?
TIBCO Spotfire can be improved in several areas. The UI can be enhanced, and the usage and flexibility need to be better compared to other analytical tools.
 

Also Known As

GoldenGate
Spotfire
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Japan Exchange Group, Daewoo E&C, Herbalife, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Canon, Turk Telekom
Allergan, ASSS de Montreal, Avantium, Blue River, Bank of Montreal, Citibank, FrieslandCampina, Hellmann Logistics, Merck, Novartis
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