We performed a comparison between Databricks and TIBCO Spotfire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Databricks, Microsoft, Alteryx and others in Data Science Platforms."It's great technology."
"Databricks is based on a Spark cluster and it is fast. Performance-wise, it is great."
"We can scale the product."
"Automation with Databricks is very easy when using the API."
"The ease of use and its accessibility are valuable."
"There are good features for turning off clusters."
"Databricks integrates well with other solutions."
"Databricks gives us the ability to build a lakehouse framework and do everything implicit to this type of database structure. We also like the ability to stream events. Databricks covers a broad spectrum, from reporting and machine learning to streaming events. It's important for us to have all these features in one platform."
"R and automation services."
"From a scalability standpoint, I would say it's pretty fantastic."
"Data discovery is very simple."
"Live Query data on demand, R and Python integration, and the ability to write HTML and JavaScript text areas are all valuable features."
"The ability to create a real-time data mark, using just one piece of software, is the best feature of this product."
"The solution is an affordable one."
"We used it pretty heavily in gathering data, which goes to our VPs. They are able to base their next revenue planning based on this metric. So, it has been invaluable."
"One of the main features is integrated statistical analysis."
"This solution only supports queries in SQL and Python, which is a bit limiting."
"Overall it's a good product, however, it doesn't do well against any individual best-of-breed products."
"The product should incorporate more learning aspects. It needs to have a free trial version that the team can practice."
"The product could be improved by offering an expansion of their visualization capabilities, which currently assists in development in their notebook environment."
"Implementation of Databricks is still very code heavy."
"Support for Microsoft technology and the compatibility with the .NET framework is somewhat missing."
"There are no direct connectors — they are very limited."
"Databricks is an analytics platform. It should offer more data science. It should have more features for data scientists to work with."
"When you do the data loading, it is slow."
"The way TIBCO Spotfire is designed, in my opinion, is the reason why it lags a bit, especially compared to other BI tools like Qlik."
"Compared to competitors, the UI is quite dated."
"One aspect where Spotfire could improve is its global recognition, especially in terms of support."
"The Text Area feature needs to be more user-friendly. It is a little clunky to use, and it is difficult to consistently format text."
"The initial setup of TIBCO Spotfire is in the middle range of difficulty. The initial setup of Power BI is easier."
"We would like an easier way to get the product to the cloud. Right now, we have the on-premise version, and we would like to find a way to make it easier to migrate it over to the cloud."
"The data compression has room for improvement."
Databricks is ranked 1st in Data Science Platforms with 78 reviews while TIBCO Spotfire is ranked 10th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 66 reviews. Databricks is rated 8.2, while TIBCO Spotfire is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Databricks writes "A nice interface with good features for turning off clusters to save on computing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TIBCO Spotfire writes "A robust BI tool, with good dashboard features and adverse event tracking". Databricks is most compared with Amazon SageMaker, Informatica PowerCenter, Dataiku Data Science Studio, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio and Dremio, whereas TIBCO Spotfire is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, QlikView, Qlik Sense and TIBCO BusinessWorks.
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