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SAS Visual Analytics vs TIBCO Spotfire comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

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
6.3
Organizations saw varied ROI from SAS Visual Analytics, noting improved efficiency and financial tracking despite initial cost challenges.
Sentiment score
5.8
TIBCO Spotfire boosts ROI by reducing maintenance, enhancing efficiency, and improving data analysis for informed decision-making and productivity.
The enterprise subscription offers more benefits, ensuring valuable outcomes.
Senior Manager: ICT Compliance at DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
SAS Visual Analytics customer service is mixed, with praise for technical support but noted gaps in business needs and regional availability.
Sentiment score
6.9
TIBCO Spotfire's customer service is praised for responsiveness and expertise, with some variability in support quality noted.
They provide callbacks to ensure clarity and resolution of any queries.
Senior Manager: ICT Compliance at DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
Having a local partner was crucial for us while they were there.
Production Engineer at Parex Resources Inc
TIBCO's support, especially for integration products, is swift.
Business Enabler at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
SAS Visual Analytics effectively scales for large datasets and users, though high resource demands and expenses may concern some.
Sentiment score
7.0
TIBCO Spotfire is highly scalable with improved load balancing, suitable for large datasets, but cost may be a concern.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
SAS Visual Analytics is generally reliable but can face performance issues with large data, often due to user practices.
Sentiment score
6.5
TIBCO Spotfire is stable and reliable, with occasional issues in complex projects, improved by hardware updates and software patches.
SAS Visual Analytics is stable and manages data effectively without crashing.
Senior Manager: ICT Compliance at DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
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
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

SAS Visual Analytics is complex and costly, with challenges in integration, performance, user-friendliness, and external language support.
TIBCO Spotfire's UI is outdated, lacks customization, struggles with data handling, and users seek better integration and training.
In terms of configuration, I would like to see AI capabilities since many applications are now integrating AI.
Senior Manager: ICT Compliance at DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
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 and ClickView need improvement in scheduling, which is critical yet lacking in quality.
Business Enabler at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The usage and flexibility need to be better compared to other analytical tools.
Lead Data Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

SAS Visual Analytics is costly for small enterprises, but offers strong analytics and simplicity, though consulting and scaling add expenses.
TIBCO Spotfire's pricing is high yet valuable, with complex licensing and long negotiation, but offers strong ROI and features.
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
 

Valuable Features

SAS Visual Analytics excels in data visualization, advanced analytics, and user-friendly interface with rapid processing and seamless integration.
TIBCO Spotfire offers powerful analytics, easy visualizations, and customization, integrating diverse data sources for insightful business decisions.
In terms of reporting, it is easy to extract quick reports and provides graphical representations of the data, which is a great feature.
Senior Manager: ICT Compliance at DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
TIBCO Spotfire integrates with R and Python, offering a differentiator from the competition.
Business Enabler at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
TIBCO Spotfire offers excellent features, including flexibility and the ability to do much better compared to other analytical tools.
Lead Data Engineer at a transportation company with 10,001+ 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

SAS Visual Analytics
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (11th)
TIBCO Spotfire
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. SAS Visual Analytics is designed for Data Visualization and holds a mindshare of 1.8%, down 4.6% compared to last year.
TIBCO Spotfire, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 1.1% mindshare, up 1.1% since last year.
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAS Visual Analytics1.8%
Tableau Enterprise11.0%
Domo5.7%
Other81.5%
Data Visualization
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TIBCO Spotfire1.1%
Microsoft Power BI9.3%
Tableau Enterprise6.7%
Other82.9%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

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Senior Manager: ICT Compliance at DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
Enables effective data management and reporting with a straightforward setup
SAS Visual Analytics is helpful as it allows us to perform any queries we need. The ability to query information from our Excel data into SAS to view specific data is invaluable. In terms of reporting, it is easy to extract quick reports and provides graphical representations of the data, which is a great feature.
Jacobo Ortiz Avila - PeerSpot reviewer
Production Engineer at Parex Resources Inc
Has improved data handling and customization but requires more intuitive visual design for workflows
It was kind of tough to have the visualizations with HTML, or you have to create your own page. But it was working great with buttons and every page updated pretty fast with the server capability, and it was handling a big amount of data, maybe five years of data. It was performing quite well, taking maybe three minutes to update the whole model. It has been good, but most recently, they changed the commercial methodology to get the license. Our política in the company is to hire or get licenses year by year, but most recently, TIBCO Spotfire asked us to have a three-year license term. That made things a little bit tougher for the commercial relationship. Maybe with all these automation processes that you have, those could be more visually friendly. N8N is a good example where you could connect some platforms, and you don't have to code strictly, but you could visually create an algorithm. That capability of clicking and dragging some boxes of code could actually facilitate how people create their own algorithms. It could be very useful if the coding part of using the platform could be more user-friendly in terms of visual capability.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
10%
Construction Company
8%
University
7%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise42
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAS Visual Analytics?
It's about an average of five. It's easy to scale, but it comes with cost.
What needs improvement with SAS Visual Analytics?
In terms of configuration, I would like to see AI capabilities since many applications are now integrating AI. It may be that our current subscription does not include AI-enabled features, but I wo...
What is your primary use case for SAS Visual Analytics?
I started to work with SAS Visual Analytics ( /products/sas-visual-analytics-reviews ) in 2015. We use it for analysis on ICT expenditure information and ICT personnel information. The analytics ar...
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?
The web client of TIBCO Spotfire lacked the full authoring capabilities available in the analyst client. Source control for DXP files was limited compared to a Git-style workflow. For regulatory su...
 

Also Known As

SAS BI
Spotfire
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Staples, Ausgrid, Scotiabank, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Xcel Energy, and Triad Analytics Solutions.
Allergan, ASSS de Montreal, Avantium, Blue River, Bank of Montreal, Citibank, FrieslandCampina, Hellmann Logistics, Merck, Novartis
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