Altair SmartSight vs. BrightGauge

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Altair SmartSight
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Altair SmartSight (formerly Carriots Analytics) is a cloud data analytics platform for embedded, Big Data, and IoT applications. It provides secure and rapid free-form data visualization and exploration, scalable throughout the enterprise in real time.N/A
BrightGauge
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
BrightGauge is a BI tool from ConnectWise that puts essential information in one place, providing visibility for more informed decisions. The user can customize BrightGauge dashboards and sync other business tools in its BI dashboard software for ultimate visibility. Users can also display data with embeddable gauges on public sites.
$325
per month
Pricing
Altair SmartSightBrightGauge
Editions & Modules
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Standard
$325
per month
Enterprise
$449
per month
Enterprise+
$635
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Altair SmartSightBrightGauge
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$499 one-time fee
Additional DetailsSet up fee is waived for Enterprise+ customers. A discount is offered for annual billing.
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Features
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BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Ratings
BrightGauge
8.1
14 Ratings
1% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.814 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.213 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
-
Ratings
BrightGauge
7.7
14 Ratings
4% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.414 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.513 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings4.77 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.213 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
-
Ratings
BrightGauge
7.9
14 Ratings
5% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.410 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.414 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings5.07 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.214 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Ratings
BrightGauge
5.9
12 Ratings
30% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings2.52 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Ratings
BrightGauge
8.7
14 Ratings
3% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.614 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.213 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.213 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
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Ratings
BrightGauge
6.8
7 Ratings
15% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings5.96 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Altair SmartSight
-
Ratings
BrightGauge
7.4
8 Ratings
5% below category average
REST API00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings3.53 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(5 ratings)
9.2
(14 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(5 ratings)
8.4
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
8.7
(5 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Altair Engineering, Inc.
As per my knowledge and Altair Product experience, It is really a good product that comes with multiple features like IoT, BigData, dashboards, and other things. I personally really enjoyed using the services provided by Altair. It is well suited for the organizations who don't spend much time setting up their own platform, maintenance, and much more because Altair not only provides the platform but they will care about your products with good customer support and maintenance. I only found a bit low in the case of machine learning and AI products because I have checked different products that provide these services with good accuracy.
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ConnectWise
BrightGauge lets us know when we have critical issues that need solving. A massive influx of tickets all at the same time triggers an investigation. Usually, it is tied to a server going down, which we can address. It would not be helpful for a small MSP or IT department with just a few daily tickets. The stats are better used to track a large amount of clients.
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Pros
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • The global navigation bar with links to the library for easy access and management within the platform.
  • Simplified task viewer where we can find the profile, performance, help, resources and a link also to manage your account.
  • System administrators can define profiles for task execution.
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ConnectWise
  • SQL queries can be presented in many different ways to illustrate the data. They can be used in lists, graphs, meter, etc.
  • The datasets frequency of updates can be customized to from 5 minutes to annually. It's very granular in this respect.
  • It allows dashboards to be shared outside your organization with clients, partners, and vendors to maximize collaboration and reporting.
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Cons
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • Integration with other systems could be better.
  • Ability to handle large amount of data.
  • Expertise services might be better.
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ConnectWise
  • Annual or more than annualized data is desperately needed for MSPs to show trends, current limitation is previous 240 days for ConnectWise tickets
  • Alerts when datasets do not sync properly, I have to rely on my team to notice vs get an automated alert from BrightGauge
  • Small thing, but it would be nice to have more options on the report scheduler to enable a start date. If you wish to do it quarterly, you have to start the schedule exactly 3 months from the next run.
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Usability
Altair Engineering, Inc.
Very user-friendly UI and visual representation is also good for the price offered. Good tool but lacks some advanced and AI-based insights. It has an edge over other tools for the price of this tool. It has some great potential and i would consider this in my top 5 when considering tools of this domain
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ConnectWise
Usability is BrightGauge's strength. Granting the ability of virtually any user to be able to create a dashboard is incredibly valuable. If an organization very simple and straight forward reporting needs then BrightGauge is a perfect fit for them. Connecting to the dataset we used was very quick and easy and I imagine it would be the same for any major data source you would like to pull from.
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Support Rating
Altair Engineering, Inc.
I only had one problem with the software, and the support system response was very quick.
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ConnectWise
Anytime I have reached out to the BrightGauge support team they have been quick, responsive, and solved my issue. They go out of their way to be helpful!
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Alternatives Considered
Altair Engineering, Inc.
Altair smart sight stacks up against all the products mentioned above because it comes with a wide variety of applications and services like Big Data, IoT services, Embedded systems, cloud-based service, data visualization, Machine learning, dashboarding, and much more. I have used the other products like Logi Composer, Tableau CRM, and PowerBI but they only handle the specific use cases. So Because of that Altair Smartsight really provide a good and wide range of solution.
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ConnectWise
I'm not aware of any other competitors to Bright Gauge that we selected. They seem to be very close to managed IT service providers and have been great at tailoring their support to the PSAs like ConnectWise, AutoTask, etc. I can see Bright Gauge getting more and more popular as time goes by
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Return on Investment
Altair Engineering, Inc.
  • The workflow interface consists of the workflow canvas where we do our actual pipeline and workflow execution log, display information and each process.
  • You can use it to create a workflow and the available execution profiles in which to run them.
  • We currently have one session running for each workflow.
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ConnectWise
  • We were purchased by a large PE firm because we could easily show CSAT ratings.
  • The easily trackable stats are suitable for the C-Suite to see which division is the most profitable.
  • We won 60,000 MRR by displaying to potential customers how we track important issues with the gauges.
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