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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Grafana

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AGrafana is a data visualization tool developed by Grafana Labs in New York. It is available open source, managed (Grafana Cloud), or via an enterprise edition with enhanced features. Grafana has pluggable data source model and comes bundled with support for popular time series databases like Graphite. It also has built-in support for cloud monitoring vendors like Amazon Cloudwatch, Microsoft Azure and SQL databases like MySQL. Grafana can combine data from many places into a single dashboard.

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    Mode

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AMode, or Mode Analytics, from ThoughtSpot since the June 2023 acquisition, is a business intelligence platform that unifies company analytics by bringing data teams and business teams together, so analysts can provide rapid answers to strategic, ad hoc questions. And, business stakeholder can access relevant data to answer their own questions which can often detract more impactful work.N/A
    Pricing
    GrafanaMode
    Editions & Modules
    Grafana Cloud - Pro
    $8
    per month up to 1 active user
    Grafana Cloud - Free
    Free
    10k metrics + 50GB logs + 50GB traces up to 3 active users
    Grafana Cloud - Advanced
    Volume Discounts
    custom data usage custom active users
    Grafana - Enterprise Stack
    Custom Pricing
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    Pricing Offerings
    GrafanaMode
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    GrafanaMode
    Considered Both Products
    Grafana Labs
    No answer on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    Chose Mode
    In my opinion Mode Analytics has an edge on much of the competition due to the intuitive and powerful custom dashboard creation interface. I can create dashboards for stakeholders that are self explanatory and easy to make conclusions from. In other respects, it's very much at …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    GrafanaMode
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Grafana and Mode Analytics
    Feature
    Grafana
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Mode Analytics
    8.5
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports6.05 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings8.49 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.05 Ratings7.86 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Grafana and Mode Analytics
    Feature
    Grafana
    6.8
    4 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Mode Analytics
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Drill-down analysis6.04 Ratings7.18 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.04 Ratings6.79 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages5.04 Ratings7.39 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.04 Ratings8.78 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Grafana and Mode Analytics
    Feature
    Grafana
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Mode Analytics
    7.9
    8 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Publish to Web7.04 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.04 Ratings5.88 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.04 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.04 Ratings9.68 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.04 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Grafana and Mode Analytics
    Feature
    Grafana
    7.7
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Mode Analytics
    6.5
    9 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.04 Ratings7.79 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.04 Ratings5.56 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.04 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Grafana and Mode Analytics
    Feature
    Grafana
    -
    Ratings
    Mode Analytics
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Grafana and Mode Analytics
    Feature
    Grafana
    -
    Ratings
    Mode Analytics
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    GrafanaMode
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GrafanaMode
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Grafana Labs
    Just about any organization with more than one server and more than one cluster as it scales very well. Configuration of the application takes time and finesse to fine tune to where the balance of load time and getting data quickly meets. The plugins add load time but fine tuning for the application to meet demand needs nailed down at implementation
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    ThoughtSpot
    Mode is a clear category winner for how it easy it is to go from interactive analysis to professional quality reporting. You can easily do all your SQL and quite a bit of R/Python. If you want to quickly go from your database to simple charts, this is your pick. If you need to do heavier data modeling, scheduling jobs, or ML, you'll need something else, like Databricks. In my opinion, the quality of visualizations and some developer/analyst features make Databricks an unacceptable substitute.
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    Pros
    Grafana Labs
    • Alerting through many different medium as Slack, Email, Webhook etc
    • Beautiful and unlimited number of dashboards to view your metrics and tweak them as you please
    • Log aggregation and powerful Logql to filter and view your logs
    • Microservices monitoring
    • Large number of plugins and data sources to collect your metrics from almost anywhere
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    ThoughtSpot
    • It allows me to undertake data visualization tasks by creating really insightful charts and dashboards
    • It allows for easy sharing and work collaboration on data analysis tasks
    • Mode has an easier to use SQL editor as well
    • I love how it organizes all our SQL data tables into easy-to-view data we can draw insights on
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    Cons
    Grafana Labs
    • There are some settings which we can't configure from UI (Web Console).
    • We've open[ed] up configuration files in command line text editors and manually do the settings e.g. LDAP/SSO configuration.
    • In terms of visualization, it's best, but it doesn't support log analysis otherwise it could destroy business of all other visualization tools.
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    ThoughtSpot
    • Date ranges aren't always the most intuitive to set, strangely
    • Faster refresh rates would be ideal
    • Would love more dynamic mobile device integration (alerts, etc)
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    Usability
    Grafana Labs
    It is infinitely flexible. If you can imagine it, Grafana can almost certainly do it. Usability may be in the eye of the beholder however, as there is time needed to curate the experience and get the dashboards customized to how it makes sense to you. I know one thing they are working on are more templates, based on data sources
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    ThoughtSpot
    For the advanced user already familiar with Python. It is just the same tool, already managed and connected to the data.
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    Support Rating
    Grafana Labs
    No answers on this topic
    ThoughtSpot
    Mode has dedicated agents who are online in a chatroom, ready to take on any questions and provide helpful feedback.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Grafana Labs
    Grafana blows Nagios out of the water when it comes to customization. The ability to feed almost any data source makes it very versatile and the cost is great.
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    ThoughtSpot
    We used both Qlik and Mode at our organization. The mode was used a quick analysis SQL tool while Qlik was our enterprise BI solution.
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    Return on Investment
    Grafana Labs
    • Grafana has replaced many higher priced tools
    • The integrations are seemless with multiple backends
    • Combining graphs and dashboards from multiple data sources is a game changer
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    ThoughtSpot
    • Extremely positive. It's a key feature in our application.
    • Were it not for the account management bit, Mode would be hands-down our recommendation for anyone looking for cloud BI.
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