We performed a comparison between MicroStrategy and ThoughtSpot based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We prefer having the analytic capabilities in a single platform, like MicroStrategy provides, because it is easier. The customer gets used to one type of tool, then sticks with it."
"We've made it an open BI platform, so that all our business analysts can build their own dashboards and Dossiers."
"It is definitely customizable. We have been able to put in key metrics and performance indicators, thus it is customizable."
"Getting more data to people more quickly. Providing more flexibility for how they use the data."
"The convenience of it. Having it on the mobile, so someone has it right there in their pocket most of the time."
"The feature I found most valuable is the drop and drag functionality available."
"Provides seamless integration between browser-based BI and Mobile BI."
"Dossiers are going to change the name of the game for us. We want to be able to have the executive committee go into a meeting and tell a story. We want them to tell us a story, not us."
"It's easy to drill down or expand data to get more details right out of the box."
"I would say the return on investment is good. Whatever we invested, we got results. We have been finding it easy to use and onboard new use cases."
"The ability to do ad hoc explorations of data has been most valuable."
"The initial setup was very straightforward."
"ThoughtSpot takes the modifying of existing reports out of our hands."
"The scalability is good."
"I like ThoughtSpot's search capabilities. You can also create custom analytics even if you aren't an experienced data analyst. We have users with no data analytics experience making some of the dashboards we've created, copying components, and customizing them to their specific use cases."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"The web developer tool for documents creation does not have all the features of the client version"
"I don't think that they will, but I'd like to see parallel processing, scalable parallel processing."
"MicroStrategy is not cloud native today and some of their APIs are a little limiting."
"When we come to them with a problem, they might know more of a generalized solution, but not one targeted to our industry."
"The problem is the way that their metrics are designed. It can be difficult to understand what you're actually looking at. Then when you're comparing a document against the VI, you can't actually do that properly. So there are components, and there is a huge learning curve in the Enterprise Manager space. I think it would benefit them greatly if they were to exercise a significant amount of research and development in that space."
"There are a lot of offerings, and we are not fully using everything to its advantage."
"The areas that have room for improvement in MicroStrategy are mainly related to building additional tools. Specifically, the embedding process has been a bit of a struggle."
"The graphs available for the new dashboard of version 10 are weak."
"The dashboards could give you more ability to fine tune the appearance. You get a great deal more control over how something looks in Power BI than you do in ThoughtSpot."
"I would like to see more flexibility in adding the pins. Currently, we have four different sizes in which I can add pins, but I would like to be able to resize my pins."
"The most difficult thing I found is that it only deals with the files and does not have direct connectivity to databases."
"In terms of features, I'd like to be able to pivot data - for example, going from rows to columns. It's not easy to do."
"ThoughtSpot is a fairly new product, so some usability aspects aren't as mature as we'd like them to be. One example is their organizational methodology, like how objects are organized in their dashboards inside the product. They're all on a flat list, which works if you've got five or 10 dashboards. However, it's insufficient when you're a large enterprise with multiple groups looking at the same dashboards. It isn't organized well."
"The one area of the solution that I do hear needs improvement is on the visualization front."
"A customized visualization is lacking in this product."
"If I want to order columns, this feature is not there."
MicroStrategy is ranked 8th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 155 reviews while ThoughtSpot is ranked 15th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 8 reviews. MicroStrategy is rated 8.2, while ThoughtSpot is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of MicroStrategy writes "A robust solution for powerful data analytics". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ThoughtSpot writes "You can drill down into any data right out of the box, with a straightforward deployment, and great support". MicroStrategy is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, IBM Cognos, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Qlik Sense, whereas ThoughtSpot is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Looker, Amazon QuickSight and Mode Analytics. See our MicroStrategy vs. ThoughtSpot report.
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