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Posit vs Sigma comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

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
7.3
Posit boosts efficiency and ROI with significant time savings, improved productivity, and enhanced analytics deployment across industries.
Sentiment score
6.0
Sigma enhances productivity by 25% through efficiency, reducing development time and manual tasks for quicker data-driven decisions.
Posit simplifies the deployment of analytics outputs and reduces time spent on environment setup and troubleshooting, allowing teams to focus more on analysis and delivering insights.
Senior Manager, Scientific Computing at MSD
In comparison to other tools, we have saved money, and by using Shiny apps, we save time as well.
Biostatistician at Lambda Therapeutic Research Ltd.
Since adopting Posit, by using the tool, we have saved about 57% on the amount of time needed to compile a systematic review.
Electrical Engineer Ii at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
It's essential for everything data-related within our company.
CEO at PeerSpot
I have seen a return on investment with Sigma; we already said that it saves about a quarter, it gets me to answers about 25% faster.
Customer Success Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
I have definitely seen a return on investment through time saving because once the dashboards are built, they are built.
Head of Marketing at a tech company with 51-200 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Posit customer service is generally satisfactory, but international users face delays due to time zones and limited availability.
Sentiment score
7.2
Sigma's customer service is praised for its accessibility, professionalism, real-time expertise, and efficient problem-solving during transitions and urgent issues.
Whenever we encounter any issues or require assistance with configuration, we email support@posit.co and receive an immediate response.
Data Engineer at Bayer
You have a dedicated sales rep associated with your account.
Director, Data Science at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I would rate the technical support team a six or seven because they operate on U.S. time, which can delay response times to 24 to 48 hours.
Principal Data Engineer at Oracle
Their support I really think is a 10 out of 10.
The support staff are all professional users of the product itself and they are available almost 24/7 and helped me to come up with solutions to all of the problems that I had.
Business Intelligence and Analytics Intern at Workato
As Sigma is a cloud platform, you do not need to do all that maintenance work.
Lead Analytics Consultant at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Posit provides efficient scalability for diverse environments, supporting vertical and horizontal scaling on platforms like EC2, AWS SageMaker, and EKS.
Sentiment score
6.0
Sigma's architecture offers scalability and flexibility, managing large data and users efficiently, supporting expansion with accessible features.
Posit's scalability is commendable, as we are running in EKS, so we can easily scale anywhere from 20 to 200 users with both the IDEs and app deployment.
Data Engineer at Bayer
While Posit Connect can scale vertically, horizontal scaling may be a prospective feature to consider.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Sigma seemed to scale just fine with our large data sets and could handle anything we threw at it.
Business Intelligence and Analytics Intern at Workato
Permissions are easily set, so you only get to see what you need to see and you can share what needs to be shared.
Head of Marketing at a tech company with 51-200 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Posit is stable and reliable but may struggle with large datasets and complex tasks lacking resources.
Sentiment score
8.2
Sigma offers stable, reliable performance for daily analytics, with users experiencing smooth functionality and no major issues.
We did not face typical errors during our project with Sigma.
Lead Analytics Consultant at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Posit seeks to improve resource management, deployment, integration, user training, and streamline processes for enhanced adoption and visibility.
Sigma requires advancements in complex queries, visualization, user interface, data modeling, collaboration, and faster processing, with improved Snowflake integration.
The time savings is an incredible feature and the horizontal deployability is great.
Electrical Engineer Ii at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Posit lacks a smooth solution for the build and release pipeline, requiring duplicate effort for production transitions.
Principal Data Engineer at Oracle
I hope for it to provide specific issue resolutions and suggestions, not just basic searches.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The main improvement needed is in data modeling capabilities.
Lead Analytics Consultant at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Sigma lacks a versioning feature to track changes.
Technical Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It would be great if there was a way for me to create reports without relying on a data analyst.
CEO at PeerSpot
 

Setup Cost

Posit's transparent pricing and strategic product options offer cost savings despite some concerns over anticipated price increases.
Sigma offers moderate pricing with flexible licensing, though high admin costs may limit report creation access, saving infrastructure expenses.
The pricing was very transparent and they have three different product lines, or at least they did when we purchased it.
Director, Data Science at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
RStudio Pro and Workbench are quite costly.
Principal Data Engineer at Oracle
The costing of Posit is very good in comparison to other statistical software.
Biostatistician at Lambda Therapeutic Research Ltd.
The pricing of Sigma is a concern, as it restricts our ability to provide more users with report-creating capabilities due to the high cost of admin or report creator licenses.
CEO at PeerSpot
 

Valuable Features

Posit's integrated environment streamlines R and Python workflows, enhancing collaboration, security, deployment, and productivity for data teams.
Sigma offers a user-friendly, scalable platform for data analysis, integrating Snowflake and enabling dashboard creation without SQL expertise.
Posit has significantly increased the productivity of our team by allowing us to incorporate AI tools and other computational tools to reduce the stress and workload of scientists so that they can continue to do science without having to worry about organization and structure.
Electrical Engineer Ii at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
The RStudio integration is great because I can tap Posit workbench server compute, which is significantly higher than our laptops, to scale our processes up if we are working with a particularly large dataset.
Director, Data Science at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Posit Workbench serves as a shared IDE for users and stands out as one of the best features Posit offers.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The use of Sigma in decision-making, presentations to customers, and reporting to investors showcases its value in handling data-related tasks.
CEO at PeerSpot
Sigma has positively affected my organization by saving us time in accessing information, which ultimately gets us to complete projects faster.
Customer Success Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Sigma has positively impacted my organization because I think it has been a huge impact, and we use it for all our reporting and our dashboards for tracking.
Head of Marketing at a tech company with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Posit
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
15th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sigma
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
16th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Posit is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sigma is 1.4%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Posit0.7%
Sigma1.4%
Other97.9%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

MK
Data Engineer at Bayer
Unified analytics has transformed collaborative drug research and clinical reporting workflows
Posit can be improved as they are constantly listening to our feedback; currently, we have Databricks and Snowflake support, and we have been trying to ask for more in the LLM space, as previously only Anthropic and GitHub were available, and now we see AWS Bedrock has been added. They continue to engage with the user community across multiple customers and keep adding features. If they keep progressing in this innovation space, it would be fantastic for a company Posit to adopt more Posit. An improvement needed for Posit that I haven't mentioned yet is possibly providing more user-level training for vendors such as us; not just monthly, but at least quarterly deep dives into their features would be beneficial.
reviewer2729628 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Analytics Consultant at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Great collaboration with intuitive interface and dynamic visualization capabilities
As we are exploring multiple features in Sigma, I think Sigma can add more functionality. As Power BI gives multiple modeling options in its interface with the query editor, those features can be added in Sigma for intuitiveness or for making the data very clean. From the dashboarding perspective, it performs well. However, from the modeling perspective, it requires more capabilities that can be added in Sigma. The main improvement needed is in data modeling capabilities. If they add those features in the near future, it would be very helpful for us to implement the same or do the data cleansing part in the Sigma tool itself.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
University
8%
Pharma/Biotech Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for Posit?
My main use case for Posit is performing statistical analysis, data filtration, data management, and fetching raw data from EDC tools. I use Posit for performing statistical analysis using various ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Posit?
Posit is a very useful tool, and while it is an open-source tool, it sometimes offers a free environment, and the costing of Posit is very good in comparison to other statistical software. Posit ha...
What needs improvement with Posit?
The version control of Posit is not very good, and there are so many updates coming from Posit. That could be one improvement Posit can make.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sigma?
I do not know much about my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing because I am not heavily involved in that.
What needs improvement with Sigma?
I think Sigma can be improved by continuing to do what they are doing in leaning into AI and leaning into the Snowflake integration with AI. All of the conversational features that they have recent...
What is your primary use case for Sigma?
My main use case for Sigma is for enterprise dashboards, which is originally why I brought it in, and self-service analytics. A quick and specific example of how I used Sigma for enterprise dashboa...
 

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