TIBCO Spotfire vs Zapier comparison

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We performed a comparison between TIBCO Spotfire and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed TIBCO Spotfire vs. Zapier Report (Updated: April 2025).

TIBCO Spotfire vs. Zapier

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Categories and Ranking

TIBCO Spotfire

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (14th)

Zapier

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Data Integration (10th)

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Mohsin Pathan

Associate Vice President - Solutions, presales & services at Bahwan CyberTek

Flexible, offers a single pane of glass, and is highly customizable

There's one area I see that specifically needs improvement. That is when you do the data loading. It is slow. For historical data, when you talk about gigabytes of data, terabytes of data, then it becomes prolonged. Loading could be improved. That's one part. That is actually there with every tool. I would not say that this is a specific problem with Spotfire. However, it is a problem with all the BI tools. That is one area which can be improved. When you are doing analytics, you see that the value has to come perfect. There was a missing feature of alerting out of the box within Spotfire. However, they have released this in version 12.

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FrankHo

Analyst at MSXI

Though the tool offers a visually appealing UI, it needs to improve its documentation

With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation. The product has many bugs, so users have to wait for a period ranging from five minutes to an hour to see where the Zap went. In Zapier, Zaps aren't very understandable owing to the way they work. As a user, you would think that in Zapier, a Zap works in a particular way once you set it up, but it won't happen. At times, some Zaps can interfere with each other, because of which there might be infinite loops that may occur, owing to which multiple Zaps continue to run or break down in general, after which nothing would run in your environment. You would not be notified about the breakdown of Zaps. The bugs in the product may be considered to understand or get an explanation of how Zaps works between software systems, so for something between Gmail and HubSpot, Zapier would explain through better documentation what would work and what wouldn't work. Maybe if Zapier had better functionality with Python or any other coding language in general, it would make the product a lot better.

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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

"The most valuable feature is the map visuals that help us connect to the geo-specialized data which is more advanced than other solutions."

"The flexibility, data preparation, and data wrangling abilities of the platform are exceptional."

"This solution allows us to integrate data from across all client departments, for effective reporting via a single dashboard."

"The two features that I have found most valuable are its ability to customize the dashboards when it comes to the evaluation. The second feature is its ability to handle a large amount of data, which is also something very unique about it."

"The most valuable features of TIBCO Spotfire are visualization. It's very nice, clear, and, flexible. You can analyze many data types and the user interface is very good."

"We particularly like the data angling feature of this solution. This gives us the ability to work on data transformations, join files, and carry out other data preparation tasks all in a single tool."

"The solution is an affordable one."

"The ability to connect to many different data sources is one of the key features. The other would then be the different ways in which that data can be visualized."

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"Zapier handles everything under the sun that you would think you need in automation. It is the most mature integration platform and service on the market."

"The most valuable feature of Zapier is it saves me time doing repetitive tasks."

"The connection between Facebook lead forms and MailChimp integrations is the most valuable feature."

"The initial setup is pretty easy to do."

"Zapier luckily has a wide range of integrations, I would say."

"Zapier’s most valuable feature is its ability to interconnect applications or devices."

"Zapier is user friendly and makes it easy to integrate different tools. It has a drag and drop functionality which makes it easy to connect environments."

"The ability to connect web applications to trigger actions in another app after having enriched, formatted, delayed, grouped, and filtered is really valuable for many businesses."

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Cons

"The solution might be generic."

"When it comes to data manipulation, there are features which are good, but one of the features which has really been missing in Spotfire is an offline ability for data manipulation."

"One aspect where Spotfire could improve is its global recognition, especially in terms of support."

"We encountered difficulties connecting the special data sets, as the post data set did not contain any shared columns, making it difficult to establish a connection between the data sets."

"The handling and consumption of realtime data could be improved."

"TIBCO Spotfire and ClickView need improvement in scheduling, which is critical yet lacking in quality."

"Print capability and trigger-based events."

"The data compression has room for improvement."

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"The pricing of the solution is quite expensive."

"My biggest concern with Zapier would be their pricing strategy."

"It could support various languages along with Python."

"There is room for improvement in the support. They are not responsive, and they don't take much time to get resolved."

"Zapier could be a little faster, but that might not be possible. I would encourage Zapier to make more API endpoints for each application"

"I would like to see them improve the Quickbase integration. Currently, it only allows triggering actions when records are added, but it would be more useful if we could also trigger actions when records are modified or deleted."

"After mapping them out, and they'd worked for a while, I've had Zapier fail."

"Some apps are not available yet. For instance, a connection with Joomla! would be great. In general, all the most-used apps are available, but I bumped into Joomla! with a client."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would describe TIBCO Spotfire as an averagely-priced product."

"The Tibco sales teams have been very difficult to work with - ignoring requests, misrepresenting level of demand, etc."

"This product carries a monthly licensing charge, with the amount depending on the features that are to be included. This costs also covers the use of technical support."

"In comparison to other solutions such as IBM Cognos, TIBCO Spotfire is more affordable."

"The pricing seems competitive and reasonable. The value delivered by the product far exceeds the cost."

"The price-point for this solution is negotiable depending on usage levels."

"The ROI is nearly impossible to calculate."

"The cost is a few hundred dollars per user per year."

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"Zapier is a paid service. Its license renews monthly, and Zapier will downgrade your subscription to the free version when your credit card doesn't have funds. That significantly impacts your service because everything halts completely. Zapier doesn't have any hidden costs."

"Think your Zaps through to make sure you don't use more Zaps than you need."

"The price of Zapier is approximately $75 monthly."

"Zapier's price is good."

"There is a free plan that is, of course, limited. However, it allows you to understand and check true scenarios for a while."

"The least expensive plan is $24 a month, and you can go all the way to $800 a month if you're a huge company using many tasks."

"It's very affordable."

"Per task, there is a monthly plan involving 15 euros...Also, in different forms, they just give you the ability to use different features. They charge 18.58 euros for the first standard plan, which includes 750 tasks. So, it is about 25 cents per task."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

University

Educational Organization

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By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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?

TIBCO Spotfire's pricing is high, particularly in traditional markets like Turkey, impacting market penetration. There is a lack of local support and distributors, making it challenging to sell.

What needs improvement with TIBCO Spotfire?

ClickView ( /products/clickview-reviews ) offered more visually appealing visualizations. TIBCO Spotfire and ClickView ( /products/clickview-reviews ) need improvement in scheduling, which is criti...

What do you like most about Zapier?

The product's most valuable feature is automation.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zapier?

The pricing is suitable. It's not cheap, but not expensive.

What needs improvement with Zapier?

The pricing could be a little cheaper.

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Overview

TIBCO Spotfire is a versatile data analytics platform that can handle large datasets and be deployed on-premise or in the cloud. Its dynamic reporting, easy creation of dynamic dashboards, and highly customizable tool make it a valuable asset for process data analysis, industrial performance dashboards, problem root cause analysis, business intelligence, and real-time analytics for IoT devices in the energy sector.

The solution also offers data science functions, map visuals, R and Python integration, and the ability to write HTML and JavaScript text areas. Spotfire has helped organizations deliver projects more efficiently and cost-effectively, allowing for faster data analysis.

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Zapier is a tool for primarily non-technical users to connect together web apps.

An integration between two apps is called a Zap. A Zap is made up of a Trigger and one or more Actions or Searches.

Whenever the trigger happens in one app, Zapier will automatically perform the actions or searches in another app in order.

Zaps are very lightweight and easy to set up. Zaps do not import or export old data (they only operate on new items created after the Zap is enabled). Zaps are also not kept in sync ("two way syncing") after the Zap is triggered.

Zaps are deceivingly simple if you're used to dealing with complex and difficult integrations. Their simplicity is what enables anyone to create them.

Sample Customers

Allergan, ASSS de Montreal, Avantium, Blue River, Bank of Montreal, Citibank, FrieslandCampina, Hellmann Logistics, Merck, Novartis

BuzzFeed, Groupon, Spotify, Columbia University, FOX

TIBCO Spotfire vs. Zapier