We performed a comparison between Information Builders WebFOCUS and Sisense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Embedded BI solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is building ad hoc reports."
"The solution can read and write 500 different types of outputs."
"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's highly scalable and can handle significant data volumes."
"It stands out for its ability to work across different platforms, support mainframe data, offer cloud integration, automate report scheduling, and provide a robust scripting language."
"The most valuable thing I have found is the ability for Sisense to connect data from totally different sources."
"Support is very responsive and clearly one of the strengths of Sisense. I have always received a fast response and the staff is very helpful."
"ElastiCube Manager is a very easy to use ETL tool, which includes the ability to easily transform raw data into reusable data."
"A very simple setup: Easy to download, install, and updates are pain free."
"Visually displaying data."
"The solution's technical support team is good."
"Allows users to build their own solutions without as much reliance on technology staff."
"I have found the dashboard creating feature helpful."
"The solution can be improved by adding more automated options for reporting."
"If there were to be any improvements right now, their documentation needs to get in sync with their product."
"The challenge lies not in what the tool can do but in how you use it and understand the data."
"When it comes to customer support, we don't always reach the right person. Sometimes, we get junior-level reps who aren't as knowledgeable as we are."
"I would like Sisense to improve its performance, particularly when we are dealing with large-scale data."
"I would love to have more customization capabilities for building dashboards, especially in creating custom widget sizes."
"The solution's setup process could be easier."
"This solution does not have tabs. In order to have tabs, you have to download an add-on to mimic the tabs. They should be integrated to improve the solution."
"I would also like to be able to run a bursts of reports based on different field values with PDF output right in the tool, rather than filtering on each field value and generating each PDF manually."
"At present there are additional costs involved if we wish to share our data queues within this solution, which we would like to see removed."
"They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard."
"The initial version we purchased only ran on Windows servers, which was less than ideal for our DevOps team. I believe that has been remedied in the latest release."
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Information Builders WebFOCUS is ranked 10th in Embedded BI with 18 reviews while Sisense is ranked 9th in Embedded BI with 39 reviews. Information Builders WebFOCUS is rated 8.8, while Sisense is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Information Builders WebFOCUS writes "A flexible mainframe product with unique file features and a rock solid scheduling feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sisense writes "Business intelligence solution that has improved automation and provided meaningful insights". Information Builders WebFOCUS is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Alteryx and Databricks, whereas Sisense is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Apache Superset, Qlik Sense and Amazon QuickSight. See our Information Builders WebFOCUS vs. Sisense report.
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