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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Sisense and QuickBooks Online (QBO) cater to business intelligence and online accounting sectors, respectively. Sisense holds an advantage in data integration efficiency and real-time dashboard creation, while QBO provides robust accounting solutions with easy accessibility.

Features: Sisense enables seamless integration of various data sources and fast dashboard building. It supports complex analytics without requiring extensive IT knowledge and is noted for its user-friendly interface. QBO is known for its comprehensive banking module, detailed report generation, and strong online accessibility, making it a versatile accounting tool for businesses, enhanced by an array of tutorials and training resources.

Room for Improvement: Sisense users recommend better handling of complex data models and improved documentation, as well as enhanced data export controls and visualization for large datasets. QBO's areas for improvement involve adding keyboard shortcuts, more advanced inventory management, enhanced integration with payment gateways, and improving client portal features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Sisense offers flexible deployment options across on-premises, private, and public clouds, with customer service praised for responsiveness, easing deployment and learning processes. QBO operates primarily in a public cloud environment, emphasizing accessibility, although some users suggest improvements in support response times and communication.

Pricing and ROI: Sisense offers customizable pricing competitive with other BI tools, with users appreciating its value through enhanced efficiency and decision-making. QBO, while perceived as costly within accounting software, provides significant long-term value and scalability. Sisense focuses on analytics ROI, while QBO emphasizes flexible financial management and integration benefits.

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Categories and Ranking

QBO

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

61st

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Sisense

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

18th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Analytics (6th), Reporting (13th), Data Visualization (13th), Embedded BI (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of QBO is 0.4%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sisense is 1.1%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Sisense	1.1%
QBO	0.4%
Other	98.5%

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

Featured Reviews

Mimi Evans

Owner/Operator at Fearless Bookkeeping Services LLC

Offer great partnership models and relatively simple to use

My only issue with QuickBooks Online is their inventory capabilities. My understanding is that they're rolling out improvements in 2023, but anytime a person asks me about using QuickBooks Online and inventory, then I always recommend the desktop version because otherwise the functionality isn't great. They're trying to become the all-in source that we use for everything. However, the product lakcs a client portal, a feature that would make a huge difference. I'm an accountant and if I can't use it well, I can't train my customers to use it well. There are so many professional service companies that would love to be able to offer a client portal of some sort but they're so industry-specific or they're outrageously expensive because they're meant for enterprise level. I don't like the UI or the functionality of their cash flow planner. I would rather pay for another software than use theirs.

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Vishal Halbe

System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed

Has improved project turnaround time with customizable dashboards and faster data delivery to stakeholders

Sisense has some limitations, especially in rendering tables or graphs. For example, if you want to perform custom sorting or searching based on multiple columns, that becomes quite tricky. Providing more control over how the data is sorted or filtered would be quite useful. Additionally, it could provide more connectors to integrate with emerging different data sources to exponentially increase the amount of data it can handle. Sisense should provide more support for CI/CD, as we found the CI/CD approach quite limited, which is something that can be worked on. Some data scientists suggested more features can be offered by providing different models for data analytics. Sisense can improve by adding more features for handling complex schemas and making the pricing straightforward. The dashboarding features are good enough, but additional features could make it even more attractive. Also, CI/CD support or source control support would be really helpful.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"QBO has a very good reconciliation tool."

"It's intuitive, electronic, and, as in the old days, eliminates the need for pen and paper. It is the only option. It's the best software."

"The most valuable feature of QBO is that it can be reconnected at any time and anywhere. It is not like other software where you have to back up and restore the data."

"The most valuable feature is the collaboration around allowing many people to ask questions and see the dashboards together."

"The scheduling feature for salaries and taxes is one of the best features of QBO. It's also very user-friendly."

"The most valuable features of QBO are its order processing and sales capabilities, as well as its invoice and batch processing capabilities. It allows for multiple batch processing and integration with other platforms, such as SAP V1, Oracle, and Dynamics BC. This makes the solution versatile and effective for customers, and they are satisfied with its integration with different platforms. The integration of this solution is not fixed, it can be based on the user's requirements."

"The most valuable thing I have found is the ability for Sisense to connect data from totally different sources."

"Visually displaying data."

"I have found the dashboard creating feature helpful."

"Allows users to build their own solutions without as much reliance on technology staff."

"Sisense has helped us gain knowledge about our customers, as well as highlighting data quality issues to correct."

"This solution is easy to learn how to use."

"The solution's technical support team is good."

"The Sisense solution was very easy to set up, and its visualizations were effective."

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Cons

"The internet version is less user-friendly than the desktop version. The desktop version is their flagship, whereas the online version is considerably different, requiring all new learning and having several glitches."

"Inventory capabilities are lacking in the cloud version."

"The dashboards can be improved by making them customizable in a more granular manner."

"QBO could be improved by adding more flexibility in its invoice and sales order processing capabilities. Customers have requested the ability to integrate with different retail services and the ability to easily integrate with different payment gateways, such as PayPal, by providing API and credentials, with the system automatically processing the integration."

"Compared to offline accounting software with many shortcuts and allows you to operate the software using the keyboard, QBO doesn't have the keyboard feature."

"The Linux Operating System feature is not available. When we access it from the accounting features, it does not transit to installation."

"I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster."

"I would like to see more development and growth for the support of Knowledge Base and Community forums."

"I would say that using Sisense on Linux's platform might not be advantageous for everyone."

"Sisense has some limitations, especially in rendering tables or graphs. For example, if you want to perform custom sorting or searching based on multiple columns, that becomes quite tricky."

"They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard."

"I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster."

"Larger datasets will sometimes give a "Accumulated logs" error when trying to make minor changes. T"

"I would like Sisense to improve its performance, particularly when we are dealing with large-scale data."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"In my opinion, QBO is a bit on the pricey side, but you have no choice. It is still better, in the long run, to go with their pricing or their software than the alternatives."

"I give the pricing a nine out of ten."

"The solution is expensive."

"Compared to Power BI or Tableau, Sisense is much more expensive."

"This solution is more expensive than Tableau, Qlik and Dundas. It is an expensive tool. They charge $75,000 while Tableau is $45,000."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

University

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	11

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What needs improvement with Sisense?

I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster. Additionally, incorporating more self-service capabilities would benefit the product.

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There was no significant difference in pricing between Sisense and ThoughtSpot. They were practically dead even from a pricing perspective.

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Overview

QBO combines the power of natural language and spontaneous collaboration to deliver on-demand insights to the decision-makers. Winning features of QBO: 1. Easily connect to multiple internal and external datasets 2. Slice-and-diced data in infinite ways using natural language (English) and interactive visualizations 3. Responds easily to descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive questions 4. Native integration with Microsoft Teams 5. Save and share your findings easily on interactive boards URL of the product : https://www.unscrambl.com/qbo-insights/ Powered by Unscrambl, we believe that our increasingly complex world of data can be simplified and transformed into actionable insights, saving valuable time and resources for every business. Unscrambl develops next-generation conversational analytics software that gives business users the power to access and consume data instantly and collaboratively. Unscrambl is headquartered in the United States and has offices in Singapore, Turkey, India, and the Philippines. For more information, please visit www.unscrambl.com

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Sisense is an end-to-end business analytics software that enables users to easily prepare and analyze large, complex datasets. Sisense’s Single-Stack BI software includes data preparation, data management, analysis, visualization and reporting capabilities.

Sample Customers

SATS, Celcom, EastWest, DBS, Metrobank, XL-Axiata, Etisalat, UnionBank of the Philippines

Ebay, WIX, Wave Accounting, ESPN.com, Magellan Luxury Hotel, Paylogic, Sony, Merck, EDA, One Hour Translation, NASA, Plastic Jungle, Philips, Yahoo

QBO vs. Sisense