We performed a comparison between Information Builders WebFOCUS and TIBCO Spotfire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Predictive Analytics solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is building ad hoc reports."
"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."
"I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's highly scalable and can handle significant data volumes."
"The solution can read and write 500 different types of outputs."
"The product's initial setup phase was simple."
"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."
"It allows users to quickly analyze data from a variety of sources and visualize it with powerful, interactive graphs, and charts."
"R and automation services."
"One of the main features is integrated statistical analysis."
"Live Query data on demand, R and Python integration, and the ability to write HTML and JavaScript text areas are all valuable features."
"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."
"From a scalability standpoint, I would say it's pretty fantastic."
"If there were to be any improvements right now, their documentation needs to get in sync with their product."
"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."
"The solution can be improved by adding more automated options for reporting."
"The challenge lies not in what the tool can do but in how you use it and understand the data."
"When you do the data loading, it is slow."
"Personalising Spotfire, as a whole, is painful and is something that could be made easier."
"I would like more easy-to-implement analytical algorithms. At the moment they include things like forecasts and regressions. They need to add a lot more of these types of things to the product because not everyone is a data scientist."
"We would like to see some development in the visualization aspect of this solution, as they can currently only be configured in the cloud, which limits us to one endpoint. It would be helpful if this could be integrated with other tools."
"Compared to competitors, the UI is quite dated."
"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 number of charts available out of the box in Spotfire can be enhanced."
"I would like to see the visualization library in this solution expanded, so that I can increase what I can offer to our clients."
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Information Builders WebFOCUS is ranked 6th in Predictive Analytics with 18 reviews while TIBCO Spotfire is ranked 13th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 66 reviews. Information Builders WebFOCUS is rated 8.8, while TIBCO Spotfire is rated 8.2. 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 TIBCO Spotfire writes "A robust BI tool, with good dashboard features and adverse event tracking". Information Builders WebFOCUS is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Alteryx, whereas TIBCO Spotfire is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Qlik Sense, QlikView and Amazon QuickSight. See our Information Builders WebFOCUS vs. TIBCO Spotfire report.
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