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Sisense

Score8.4 out of 10

130 Reviews and Ratings

Top Performing Features

+22%

Pixel Perfect reports

Pixel Perfect reports are highly-formatted reports with graphics and ability to preview the report before printing.

Cat avg: 8.2

+18%

Customizable dashboards

Customizable dashboards are dashboards providing the builder some degree of control over the look and feel and display options.

Cat avg: 8.5

+19%

Drill-down analysis

Drill down analysis is the ability to get to a further level of detail by going deeper into the hierarchy.

Cat avg: 8.4

+18%

Publish to Web

Cat avg: 8.5

Worst Performing Features

-15%

Report sharing and collaboration

Report sharing and collaboration is the ability to easily share reports with others.

Cat avg: 8.6

+11%

Report Formatting Templates

Cat avg: 8.1

+11%

Formatting capabilities

Ability to format output e.g. conditional formatting, lines, headers, footers.

Cat avg: 8.1

Sisense Features from Reviews

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

9.7+16%
  • Pixel Perfect reports

    Pixel Perfect reports are highly-formatted reports with graphics and ability to preview the report before printing.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Customizable dashboards

    Customizable dashboards are dashboards providing the builder some degree of control over the look and feel and display options.

    Category average: 8.5

  • Report Formatting Templates

    Category average: 8.1

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

8.8+8%
  • Drill-down analysis

    Drill down analysis is the ability to get to a further level of detail by going deeper into the hierarchy.

    Category average: 8.4

  • Formatting capabilities

    Ability to format output e.g. conditional formatting, lines, headers, footers.

    Category average: 8.1

  • Integration with R or other statistical packages

    Integration with the open-source R predictive modeling environment.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Report sharing and collaboration

    Report sharing and collaboration is the ability to easily share reports with others.

    Category average: 8.6

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

10+20%
  • Publish to Web

    Category average: 8.5

  • Publish to PDF

    Category average: 8.5

  • Report Versioning

    Report versioning is the assignment of version numbers to each version of a report to help in tracking.

    Category average: 8.5

  • Report Delivery Scheduling

    Report Delivery Schedule is the ability to have reports delivered to a destination at a specific data and time.

    Category average: 8.4

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

9.5+22%
  • Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

    Pre-built visualization formats are canned visualization types that can be selected to visualize different kinds of data.

    Category average: 8.1

  • Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

    Location analytics is the visualization of geographical or spatial data.

    Category average: 8

  • Predictive Analytics

    Predictive Analytics is the ability to build forecasting models based on existing data sets.

    Category average: 7.8

  • Pattern Recognition and Data Mining

    Pattern recognition and data mining mean the ability to recognize hidden patterns in large quantities of data.

    Category average: 7.6

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

10+19%
  • Multi-User Support (named login)

    Named model access means that users have access based on name and password.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Role-Based Security Model

    Role-based access means that access to data is determined by job or position in the corporation.

    Category average: 8.4

  • Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

    Multiple access permission levels means that different levels of users have different rights.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Report-Level Access Control

    Report-level access control means that the type of report determines who has access to it.

    Category average: 8

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

9.7+28%
  • Responsive Design for Web Access

    Web design aimed at producing easy-to-read sites across a range of different devices.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Mobile Application

    A dedicated app for iOS and/or Android.

    Category average: 7.4

  • Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

    In-app dashboard reports and data visualization.

    Category average: 7.9

Sisense Features from the Vendor

BI Platform

Vendor-contributed
  • Administration via Windows App

  • Administration via MacOS App

  • Administration via Web Interface

  • Live Connection to External Data

  • Snapshot of External Data

  • In-memory data model

  • OLAP (Pre-processed cube representation)

  • ROLAP (SQL-layer querying)

  • Multi-Data Source Reporting (Blending)

  • Data warehouse / dictionary layer

  • ETL Capability

  • ETL Scheduler

Supported Data Sources

Vendor-contributed
  • MS Excel Workbooks

  • Text Files (CSV, etc)

  • Oracle

  • MS SQL Server

  • IBM DB2

  • Postgres

  • MySQL

  • ODBC

  • Cloudera Hadoop

  • Hortonworks Hadoop

  • EMC Greenplum

  • IBM Netezza

  • HP Vertica

  • ParAccel

  • SAP Hana

  • Teradata

  • Sage 500

  • Salesforce

  • SAP

  • Google Analytics

BI Standard Reporting

Vendor-contributed
  • Pixel Perfect reports

    Pixel Perfect reports are highly-formatted reports with graphics and ability to preview the report before printing.

  • Customizable dashboards

    Customizable dashboards are dashboards providing the builder some degree of control over the look and feel and display options.

  • Report Formatting Templates

Ad-hoc Reporting

Vendor-contributed
  • Drill-down analysis

    Drill down analysis is the ability to get to a further level of detail by going deeper into the hierarchy.

  • Formatting capabilities

    Ability to format output e.g. conditional formatting, lines, headers, footers.

  • Predictive modeling

    Predictive modeling is the ability to build future forecasting models.

  • Integration with R or other statistical packages

    Integration with the open-source R predictive modeling environment.

Report Output and Scheduling

Vendor-contributed
  • Publish to Web

  • Publish to PDF

  • Output Raw Supporting Data

  • Report Versioning

    Report versioning is the assignment of version numbers to each version of a report to help in tracking.

  • Report Delivery Scheduling

    Report Delivery Schedule is the ability to have reports delivered to a destination at a specific data and time.

Data Discovery and Visualization

Vendor-contributed
  • Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

    Pre-built visualization formats are canned visualization types that can be selected to visualize different kinds of data.

  • Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

    Location analytics is the visualization of geographical or spatial data.

  • Predictive Analytics

    Predictive Analytics is the ability to build forecasting models based on existing data sets.

  • Support for Machine Learning models

    Machine learning refers to computer programs that can learn when exposed to new data.

  • Pattern Recognition and Data Mining

    Pattern recognition and data mining mean the ability to recognize hidden patterns in large quantities of data.

  • Integration with R or other statistical packages

Access Control and Security

Vendor-contributed
  • Multi-User Support (named login)

    Named model access means that users have access based on name and password.

  • Role-Based Security Model

    Role-based access means that access to data is determined by job or position in the corporation.

  • Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

    Multiple access permission levels means that different levels of users have different rights.

  • Report-Level Access Control

    Report-level access control means that the type of report determines who has access to it.

  • Table-Level Access Control (BI-layer)

  • Field-Level Access Control (BI-layer)

Mobile Capabilities

Vendor-contributed
  • Responsive Design for Web Access

    Web design aimed at producing easy-to-read sites across a range of different devices.

  • Mobile Application

    A dedicated app for iOS and/or Android.

  • Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

    In-app dashboard reports and data visualization.