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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BrightGauge

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ABrightGauge 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

    Sisense

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASisense is a BI software and analytics platform. With what the vendor calls their In-Chip™ and Single Stack™ technologies, users have access to a comprehensive tool to analyze and visualize large, disparate data sets without IT resources.N/A
    Pricing
    BrightGaugeSisense
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $325
    per month
    Enterprise
    $449
    per month
    Enterprise+
    $635
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightGaugeSisense
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$499 one-time feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSet up fee is waived for Enterprise+ customers. A discount is offered for annual billing.Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    BrightGaugeSisense
    Considered Both Products
    ConnectWise
    No answer on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    BrightGaugeSisense
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of BrightGauge and Sisense
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    8.1
    14 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Sisense
    9.7
    47 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.210 Ratings10.037 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.814 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.113 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of BrightGauge and Sisense
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.7
    14 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Sisense
    8.8
    47 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.414 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.513 Ratings9.047 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages4.67 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.213 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of BrightGauge and Sisense
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.9
    14 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Sisense
    10.0
    46 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Publish to Web9.410 Ratings10.036 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.414 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Report Versioning5.07 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.214 Ratings10.039 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of BrightGauge and Sisense
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    5.9
    12 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Sisense
    9.5
    45 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.012 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.26 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.06 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining2.52 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of BrightGauge and Sisense
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    8.7
    14 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sisense
    10.0
    45 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.614 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.313 Ratings10.044 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.313 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.34 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of BrightGauge and Sisense
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    6.8
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Sisense
    9.7
    40 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.56 Ratings10.040 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.01 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile5.86 Ratings10.034 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of BrightGauge and Sisense
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.4
    8 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Sisense
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)3.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    BrightGaugeSisense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (47 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.2
    (47 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightGaugeSisense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Sisense Ltd
    I believe Sisense is perfectly suited for any organization of any size that have access to the proper resources, as the tool is very expensive. The data connectors come in all shapes and sizes out of the box, which allows a great deal of data control within the ElastiCubes. Additionally, while the platform only runs on Windows platforms, the web application can be accessed on any client: mobile, Apple, Windows, etc. This allows a much more flexible user experience, resulting in data and dashboards reaching further than any other tool.
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    Pros
    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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    Sisense Ltd
    • Customization - lots of supported and community plugins available. Users can also adjust the look and feel through JavaScript.
    • Innovation - Sisense is continuing to push the envelope by developing new features through Sisense Labs.
    • Customer support - the commitment to excellent customer service and ensuring organizations get the most out of their investment.
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    Cons
    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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    Sisense Ltd
    • The usability of the application on mobile devices needs some improvement, especially navigation and filtering.
    • Dashboards that are created by multiple users can be a bit of a hassle to share by Admins.
    • If you need to embed dashboards into your website, you are require to buy a license separate from the user and platform license. This is a norm on most BI visualization tools, but Sisense can seem a bit on the high side, cost-wide.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    I think the business and myself as a user has come to rely on SiSense as a dashboarding and quick ad-hoc reporting tool. I am hoping to integrate SiSense dashboards into more parts of the business in the future. We have reduced our report turn-around time for the most part from hours/days to minutes and in some cases almost the speed of thought. Reports are also easier on the eye and more easily distributed. I would also like to say that the support and professionalism from the SiSense team has been excellent.
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    Usability
    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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    Sisense Ltd
    New V5 is ground floor of an exciting collection of possibilities. Weekly Sisense developers come up with new functionality that they share with us in their forums. The move to HTML5 has been pleasing in that widgets auto size themselves into appropriate forms in the board but everyone of them can be popped out to full page size to be looked at in more detail
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    Reliability and Availability
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    There are very few situations when there is unexpected downtime. Mostly during development, new dashboard implementation and during upgrades. other then that there were very few crashes.
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    Performance
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    SiSense is usually performing better then other solutions even if going for complex reports/dashboards(of course within reasonable frames). I haven't noticed any bad influence on other systems, usually if something happens it stays within SiSense.
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    Support Rating
    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!
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    SiSense's support ninjas are very knowledgeable and are exceptionally responsive. So far, all of the issues we ran into were resolved within minimum time. My sense of dealing with the support staff at SiSense is that they are very focused on not just answering your immediate question, but also to delve into the cause of the matter.
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    In-Person Training
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    Easy and free training that allowed us quickly understand basics in SiSense and start using them. More advanced features requires some browsing through SiSense forums, but there is always support to help, and SiSense support is one of the best whith which I worked so far.
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    Online Training
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    Many examples, videos and scenarios which you try on your own right away. This combined with in-person training gives you enough to utilize most of SiSense's power.
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    Implementation Rating
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    Remember to migrate the plugins. The documentation however is pretty straight forward.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Sisense Ltd
    1) Easy to use, really, there is nothing too much to say. The set up is easy and not confusing. You can use it internally or externally.
    2) Customer Service, having spoken to various product reps from similar industry. Sisense rep provides you with the best support to get started, and it is really appreciated.
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    Scalability
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    Product is quite easily scalable. The whole installation can be easily moved to stronger machine if needed.
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    Return on Investment
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    • Report development time is reduced from 2~3 days to 2~3 hours.
    • Report querying time is improved from 0.5~10 mins to 2~30 seconds.
    • A 2-staff team delivers 10 times the BI output that we did on the old system.
    • We were able to deliver BI and data analysis for all business functions instead of a very limited group of users
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