Sigma Computing vs. Yellowfin

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Sigma
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Sigma Computing headquartered in San Francisco provides a suite of data services such as code free data modeling, data search and explorating, and related BI and data visualization services.N/A
Yellowfin
Score 8.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Yellowfin is a cloud-based business intelligence and dashboarding platform.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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SigmaYellowfin
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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Community Pulse
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Features
Sigma ComputingYellowfin
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
8.9
Ratings
9% above category average
Yellowfin
6.1
Ratings
29% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.80 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.20 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.70 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
8.6
Ratings
7% above category average
Yellowfin
6.6
Ratings
20% below category average
Drill-down analysis9.40 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.30 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.30 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.40 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
9.1
Ratings
9% above category average
Yellowfin
5.9
Ratings
34% below category average
Publish to Web9.90 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Report Versioning9.90 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.80 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
6.6
Ratings
19% below category average
Yellowfin
5.8
Ratings
32% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.90 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization5.60 Ratings5.70 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.20 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
-
Ratings
Yellowfin
6.2
Ratings
31% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
-
Ratings
Yellowfin
6.7
Ratings
16% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Sigma Computing
-
Ratings
Yellowfin
6.1
Ratings
24% below category average
REST API00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings5.40 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
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User Ratings
Sigma ComputingYellowfin
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
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6.2
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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Usability
7.6
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6.3
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Availability
8.2
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9.1
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Performance
9.1
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8.2
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Support Rating
10.0
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5.6
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In-Person Training
-
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9.1
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Online Training
-
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8.2
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Implementation Rating
9.1
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9.1
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Configurability
7.3
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8.2
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Ease of integration
9.1
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9.1
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Product Scalability
8.2
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8.2
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Vendor post-sale
7.3
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9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
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9.1
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User Testimonials
Sigma ComputingYellowfin
Likelihood to Recommend
Scenarios where Sigma Computing is well suited: - Data Reporting and Visualisation : It is suitable for dashboards that integrate data from multiple back-office systems - Search and Filtering Capabilities: It provides a robust platform for searching through datasets and visualisations. Scenarios where Sigma Computing is less appropriate: Handling of null values and dynamic table adjustments
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We can recommend this software without hesitation, as it has the ability to generate reports and data analysis, as well as process the data automatically, which saves time. It is ideal for small and medium-sized companies that wish to improve their services in the business world
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Pros
  • Allows end users to easily dive into the data without having direct access to the table in our database management software.
  • Can easily turnaround dashboards that are detailed and visually pleasing.
  • Sigma is intuitive and as new features are rolled out it is easy to adopt and incorporate them into new and existing dashboards.
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  • The Yellowfin user interface fits seamlessly into our own web software as it too is designed in the latest web technologies making it easy to use and easily accessible to our client base.
  • The Yellowfin user interface is intuitive and easy to use, elevating VSV clients from needing in-depth training on the product before true value can be realised.
  • The Yellowfin architecture supports the Pintl architecture 100% due to a similar design strategy and as such no real overhead is added to the Pintl system for the addition of the Yellowfin product nor does it add any additional IT overhead to be used.
  • The Yellowfin product is quick and simple to develop reports and dashboards in cutting turn-around-time at the VSV development team and when new/custom reports are required by VSV clients.
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Cons
  • Viewer level license is quite limited. These users can't download data or even add filters on datasets. Something to keep in mind.
  • Directly querying the underlying data warehouse will lead to increased usage. Not a big deal on something like Redshift, but your Snowflake consumption will increase, potentially by a lot.
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  • The ability to predefine a colour for a specific graph as a selection option dynamically.
  • The ability to customise the label of a chart, especially with respect to performance related reporting graphs we need an increase in dynamic charting options to meet our more specialised requirements.
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Likelihood to Renew
Because we are very satisfied with the product and would most likely renew because of the services it provides. It is a tool that you bring into your organization and let it change the way you analyze your data, present your data and share you date within the Respective teams
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Usability
It has a clean and modern interface. However, it is not completely intuitive. I think it would be better and easier to navigate with more Windows style drop down menus and/or tabls. There is a significant learning curve, but that may be due in part to the technical nature of this type of software tool.
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Yellowfin has large promises that did not meet our expectations after we got it installed. We tried to configure it but things did not go as planned. After 1 year of trying - we still cannot get it working. Be very careful when signing up with them - everything is not what it seems.
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Reliability and Availability
Yes, as long as you don’t conduct user error sigma is always up and running and waiting for you to complete your dashboards
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99.9% availability
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Performance
It depends, it loads quickly for smaller dashboards but when loading larger amounts of data it takes more time to do so
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Support Rating
They are very friendly and informative. They are quick in resolving our queries and help us understand very minute things as well. They are quick in creating feature tickets based on our custom requirements, and they would also create a bug ticket if there is any discrepancy and get that checked on time.
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Anytime I needed a report, I ran into issues with this software. We used Yellowfin for a period of months, having switched from Salesforce. I found the reports were difficult to produce, and the data management was okay at best.
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In-Person Training
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Yellowfin provides 3 levels of training to support consumers, business analytics, developers and Administrations :
  1. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 1 (Exploration)
  2. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 2 (Advanced)
  3. Yellowfin BI Training - Level 3(Expert)
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Online Training
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Web-based training for large audiences for Level 1 and Level 2 I would suggest
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Implementation Rating
Was not involved in implementation
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Design the data model and views for each dashboard is very important and it is the success factor Configuration of cluster for large implementation
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Alternatives Considered
I am not an expert in any of these, though from my brief exposure to Looker it felt like a steeper learning curve, more appropriate to companies with dedicated and skilled BI engineers, whereas Sigma (and Tableau, and Looker Studio) offer a quicker and more intuitive interface for smaller companies like ours without dedicated BI resources on staff.
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Yellowfin is no doubt, a stronger, more eloquent and polished tool compared to Microsoft's Power BI. The issue with our company specifically is that we are a big Microsoft shop, and pay for Power BI more or less in our bundle esp w/ O365. While the Yellowfin tool is a more sleek tool, the cost to our company is something that we have to weight against a negligible cost with Power BI.
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Scalability
It is a cloud service offering that is able to expand based on your usage
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- Tested 500 con-current users in Linux platform with 4 cores systems - Tested with cloud based VM - Tested with 1000 reads per minutes
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Return on Investment
  • Monitoring health of cloud platform has allowed the company to anticipate issues before they affect customers – Sigma prompted us building a canary monitoring process that provides customer container health.
  • Customer success has used an activity report to discover customers running runaway processes that they were unaware of, creating an alert to contact the customer and prevent an embarrassing situation.
  • Customer success uses the activity report to prompt conversations regarding increases or declines in behavior that led to increasing contract limits or addressing churn concerns.
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  • made our org more data centric
  • Decisions are made based on data vs opinion
  • has created a single source of truth for the bulk of the organization
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