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Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics vs TIBCO Spotfire comparison

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
Pentaho streamlines data integration, reducing costs and development time, with savings up to $75,000 annually and improved efficiency.
Sentiment score
5.8
TIBCO Spotfire boosts productivity and decision-making efficiency by reducing reporting time, enhancing data analysis, and integrating smoothly with IT infrastructure.
I have seen a return on investment; my team was able to stay extremely small even though we had a lot of data integrations with many companies.
Principal Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I can testify to the return on investment with metrics regarding time saved; we have increased our efficiency by about 20 to 30 percent due to the swift migration processes facilitated by the tool.
Data Integration Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have noticed a return on investment with Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics in terms of time savings and staff reduction.
Data Analyst at Telefonica Digital
The reporting time was reduced by approximately forty percent, and teams could access insights much faster, which improved overall productivity.
Data and Integration Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It has helped us save costs by making sense of large bodies of data.
manager at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees
I have seen a return on investment with TIBCO Spotfire, as it definitely saves time.
Associate Research Analyst at a marketing services firm with 201-500 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.1
Users find community resources and forums helpful for Pentaho support, but complex issues sometimes require paid assistance.
Sentiment score
6.9
TIBCO Spotfire's customer service is well-rated for responsiveness and support, though some inconsistencies and documentation improvements are noted.
24/7 assistance is available for the Enterprise Edition.
Data architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
take the time to understand our business requirements, offering appropriate recommendations.
Data Integration Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Communication with the vendor is challenging
Data Architecture and Engineering Specialist at coprocenva
Having a local partner was crucial for us while they were there.
Production Engineer at Parex Resources Inc
They are very supportive when needed and very knowledgeable about the product.
manager at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees
Based on my experience, customer support for TIBCO Spotfire is generally good and responsive, especially for standard technical issues, documentation requests, and product guidance.
Operations Analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Pentaho Data Integration scales effectively for large datasets, though massive environments may challenge performance without cloud deployment.
Sentiment score
7.0
TIBCO Spotfire's scalable architecture supports multiple users and large datasets, integrating with data sources and offering advanced analytics.
It can be scaled well until you reach a point where you need to perform a lot of operations, and the issue arises when it runs out of memory to handle some data.
Data engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Its ability to scale horizontally in cloud-native architectures or for massive real-time processing is limited.
Data Analyst at Telefonica Digital
Pentaho Data Integration handles larger datasets better.
Data Architecture and Engineering Specialist at coprocenva
It scales effectively for adding new dashboards, users, and data sources without major disruption.
Operations 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 and Integration Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Spotfire continues to perform effectively as data volume grows.
Associate Research Analyst at a marketing services firm with 201-500 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Pentaho Data Integration's stability varies, with reliability for small tasks but struggles with massive data and occasional bugs.
Sentiment score
6.8
TIBCO Spotfire is generally stable but may crash with complex visualizations or large datasets, lacking auto-save feature.
Performance issues arise due to reliance on a flowchart-based mechanism instead of scripts, which can lead to longer execution times.
Data architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I find that version 3.1 is the most stable version I have ever used.
Founder-CEO at Ubuntu Analytica
It's pretty stable, however, it struggles when dealing with smaller amounts of data.
Data Architecture and Engineering Specialist at coprocenva
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.
Operations Analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
TIBCO Spotfire is more stable than other tools; overall, it is stable and reliable.
Data and Integration Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Pentaho Data Integration needs improved performance, scalability, cloud integration, real-time processing, updated interface, and better documentation and support.
TIBCO Spotfire requires improved visualizations, user interface updates, integration ease, and better documentation for enhanced user experience and administration.
We should also explore more effective partitioning for parallel processing and fine-tuning database connections to reduce load times and improve ETL speed.
Data Integration Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics can be improved by working with different environments, specifically the possibility to change the variables, meaning I write my variables only once and can change them for different environments such as production or development.
Founder-CEO at Ubuntu Analytica
Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics could have real-time processing and automatic alerting, having alerts or automatic notifications when a job fails or when certain data doesn't meet certain rules.
Data Analyst at Telefonica Digital
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.
Operations Analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

Pentaho provides cost-effective data integration and analytics with a free Community Edition and a competitively priced Enterprise Edition.
TIBCO Spotfire's high pricing is justified by its features and scalability, with flexible licensing and negotiable costs.
I use the community version of Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics, and I do not need additional costs.
Project Manager at Laberit
The setup cost was minimal, and the pricing experience was pretty good.
Data engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
The company covered it and they had no problem paying for it because they saw that it was cost-effective in terms of performance afterwards.
Data Analyst at Telefonica Digital
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.
Operations 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 and Integration Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Pentaho Data Integration is user-friendly, versatile, and integrates well with data sources, supporting automation and minimal coding for efficiency.
TIBCO Spotfire excels in data integration, advanced analytics, scalability, and usability, enhancing efficiency and data-driven decision-making.
Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics has positively impacted my organization because it meant we didn't have to write a lot of custom API back-end processing logic; it did the majority of that heavy lifting for us.
Principal Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It automates the data workflow, including extraction, cleansing, and loading into warehouses for BI reporting purposes, while also removing duplicates, validating data, and standardizing formats, enabling real-time decision-making.
Data Integration Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics has positively impacted my organization because it is easier to use, and my knowledge about this work facilitates the translation from the source to my final system.
Project Manager at Laberit
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.
Operations 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 and Integration Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Pentaho Data Integration an...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
61
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (9th)
TIBCO Spotfire
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics and TIBCO Spotfire aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 1.8%, up 1.6% compared to last year.
TIBCO Spotfire, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 1.3% mindshare, up 1.1% since last year.
Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics1.8%
SSIS4.0%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)3.8%
Other90.4%
Data Integration
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TIBCO Spotfire1.3%
Microsoft Power BI7.6%
Tableau Enterprise6.3%
Other84.8%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Michelle Lawson - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Streamlines complex data workflows and has supported automated customer payment notifications
I haven't used Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics in a couple of years, so I don't know how it can be improved. I was pretty pleased with it and was self-taught on it, working a lot with their team at various times, but they were surprised that I was able to learn it all by myself. The documentation is not bad, and documentation is the main thing that any product can do to make themselves better because the easier it is to find examples of what you're trying to do improves the learning curve. I think it took me the longest to learn how to do the asynchronous processing and have things wait for other things to finish processing before continuing on in the workflow. I choose 8 out of 10 because the one reason that it's been rejected at T-Mobile is that everything has to go through a provisioning process and has to get approved, meaning the actual code base has to be investigated by T-Mobile before they'll allow us to use tools of that nature. For whatever reason, we just haven't been able to get that approval; I don't know if it's on Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics' side or if it's on our side. The more you can make it easier for companies to feel comfortable that your product is secure, robustly tested and bug-free, and free of any other kind of negative hacks, the more quickly it will get accepted.
reviewer2835996 - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations 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
12%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Educational Organization
8%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise32
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise44
 

Questions from the Community

Which ETL tool would you recommend to populate data from OLTP to OLAP?
Hi Rajneesh, yes here is the feature comparison between the community and enterprise edition : https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/pdf/brochure/leverage-open-source-benefits-with-assurance-of-hita...
What do you think can be improved with Hitachi Lumada Data Integrations?
In my opinion, the reporting side of this tool needs serious improvements. In my previous company, we worked with Hitachi Lumada Data Integration and while it does a good job for what it’s worth, ...
What do you use Hitachi Lumada Data Integrations for most frequently?
My company has used this product to transform data from databases, CSV files, and flat files. It really does a good job. We were most satisfied with the results in terms of how many people could us...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Spotfire?
I really had no control in the area of pricing, setup cost, and licensing as I was just the end-user of the product.
What needs improvement with TIBCO Spotfire?
I think TIBCO Spotfire could be improved by having better training, as the setup is probably the hardest aspect to get familiar with. Once you do, it becomes straightforward. Better training and ea...
What is your primary use case for TIBCO Spotfire?
My main use case for TIBCO Spotfire is to showcase and visualize large bodies of data in charts and categorize them to identify trends and determine what works and what does not work from an analyt...
 

Also Known As

Hitachi Lumada Data Integration, Kettle, Pentaho Data Integration
Spotfire
 

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Sample Customers

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