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."Its speed and the ease of server management are valuable. If I compare Microsoft SQL Server to MySQL, what I like in Microsoft SQL Server is the speed. We are using Microsoft Management Studio for managing our Microsoft SQL Server, and the user interface that I get to work with is also better."
"It is a stable product, and it runs seamlessly. It is not complex."
"Its usability is very good. Its performance is satisfactory."
"For me, the initial setup is very easy as I have years of experience with the product."
"Tuning Advisor suggests where to add indexes and from where to remove them. It works like an adviser."
"The tool helps us by being available always."
"I believe Always On is the most valuable feature. It's also easy to use and not very tricky."
"SQL Server is a stable product."
"The product's initial setup phase was simple."
"Spotfire is excellent for scientific applications, especially because of its integration with RNG."
"One of the main features is integrated statistical analysis."
"The most valuable features of TIBCO Spotfire are visualization. It's very nice, clear, and, flexible. You can analyze many data types and the user interface is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the map visuals that help us connect to the geo-specialized data which is more advanced than other solutions."
"Live Query data on demand, R and Python integration, and the ability to write HTML and JavaScript text areas are all valuable features."
"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’s stable and straightforward."
"SQL is a highly unstable server - there are patch updates on the Windows server every week, which is why we only use it for non-critical systems."
"One stability issue I encountered was the deadlocking between calls to the same resources (tables, etc.). That was solved by row versioning."
"Since this is a relational order system, scalability has a limit. If your system is very big, you need bigger servers and you have to spend more money. We scale a system up to a certain level, and then we move or shift data to the warehouse, which is NoSQL. We then do not have any bottleneck in scaling. For using this technique we are happy with it."
"The reporting services of the solution (SSRS and now Power BI) are the less valuable items of the SQL Server suite."
"The pricing of the product could be better."
"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 integration could be better. They are not open-source, so the integration with other platforms is not that easy."
"SQL Server could improve by providing something similar to an interface or dashboard where a developer can do debugging, this would make a developer's work easier. Additionally, the optimization could be better. If there was an interface showing information needed for the optimization it would help because there can be some data loss making it difficult to optimize the SQL Server."
"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."
"The handling and consumption of realtime data could be improved."
"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."
"Print capability and trigger-based events."
"The initial setup can be difficult."
"Personalising Spotfire, as a whole, is painful and is something that could be made easier."
"Compared to competitors, the UI is quite dated."
"The number of charts available out of the box in Spotfire can be enhanced."
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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