We performed a comparison between SQL Server and TIBCO Spotfire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and others in Relational Databases Tools."Easy to implement and user-friendly relational database management system. This product is stable and scalable."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Enables us to convert to bigger DBs and more easily move or upgrade between branches."
"I have found the most valuable features to be the flexibility and the vast amount of features available."
"It is integrated with Microsoft tools."
"The most valuable feature would most likely be querying. We query a lot, we use a lot of stored procedures. As for other features, such as replication and all other more fancy features we don't use them the most. I do not know, but perhaps the DBAs would be the best people who know of the features that they use, but as far as how I use it, it's just for querying and running stored procedures. We use the bare minimum features."
"Very stable relational database management system that offers ease of management, querying, and scaling. It has well-designed databases."
"SQL Server provides good performance. Most of the SQL solutions can be integrated and this solution is no different, you are able to link other databases. For example, we have Oracle running a Postgres Server and it is linked. It follows the ISO standard when it comes to commands, it works well."
"From a scalability standpoint, I would say it's pretty fantastic."
"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 product's initial setup phase was simple."
"I appreciate Spotfire's range of visualization options, advanced analytics features, and seamless integration with other TIBCO products."
"It allows users to quickly analyze data from a variety of sources and visualize it with powerful, interactive graphs, and charts."
"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."
"R and automation services."
"I would say that people should know how to get a SQL setup in place since it might be an area where they lack when it comes to the solution."
"We want to move to Azure, and the solution could be made better to make the process easier for the migration from on-premise to the cloud."
"I have experience working with SQL Server 2016 and older versions, including handling JSON data. Initially, I found the JSON capabilities to be less helpful, but over time, they have greatly improved. SQL Server now offers extensive capabilities for working with various forms of data, particularly when communicating with text, such as in JSON format. I particularly prefer working with these features on Azure, as it provides numerous possibilities, especially in the field of business intelligence (BI). Additionally, the serverless platform offered by Azure is highly beneficial and makes tasks easier to manage."
"Occasionally the performance, as good as it is, is a bit off. We sometimes experience memory spiking. If they could maybe fix that aspect of the solution, that would be quite helpful for our organization."
"When we run into problems, it's usually during installation, and finding answers to the problem has been a nightmare because the documentation is terrible."
"The only item which I can list is application failure during Integration Services debugging, when restarting a process flow. In a number of instances the solutions fails. I have not given this much thought and simply stop and start the debugging service rather than restarting."
"It is very costly, and that's the reason people are moving away from SQL Server."
"Maintenance of the solution is an area of concern, and improvements can be helpful."
"The number of charts available out of the box in Spotfire can be enhanced."
"The design of the UI could be improved."
"The initial setup of TIBCO Spotfire is in the middle range of difficulty. The initial setup of Power BI is easier."
"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."
"When you do the data loading, it is slow."
"Personalising Spotfire, as a whole, is painful and is something that could be made easier."
"The initial setup is complicated and needs experience and knowledge."
"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."
SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 260 reviews while TIBCO Spotfire is ranked 13th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 66 reviews. SQL Server is rated 8.4, while TIBCO Spotfire is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SQL Server writes "Easy to use and provides good speed and data recovery". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TIBCO Spotfire writes "A robust BI tool, with good dashboard features and adverse event tracking". SQL Server is most compared with MariaDB, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB and IBM Db2 Database, whereas TIBCO Spotfire is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Qlik Sense, QlikView and Alteryx.
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