Sisense

Score8.4 out of 10

130 Reviews and Ratings

What is Sisense?

Sisense 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.

Categories & Use Cases

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
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

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
Report sharing and collaboration
Report sharing and collaboration is the ability to easily share reports with others.
Category average: 8.5

Dhruv Vig

Consultant in Sales at gammastack (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization we use Sisense for business intelligence. It helps us with complex data from multiple sources and provides awesome insights makes easy for us to decisions making. Sisense solves major issues like lack of actionable analytics. We mainly use Sisense for tracking up all our key performance indicators and optimize our sales pipelines for the future.

Pros

Helps us monitor performance metrics and make informed decisions quickly
It helps us in creating and reports for better understanding
We use it to build dashboards for sales, marketing and operations

Cons

Some visualizations lack flexibility in design options
larger volume of data processing makes it slow down performance
non tech people can also explore data independently

Return on Investment

Automated reporting has reduced manual data processing which allow our teams to focus on core tasks and hence saved $$ for us.
Implementation and training required upfront investment in time and resources.
Handling very large dataset makes it slow in performance and hence impacting efficiency temporarily.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Power BI, Looker and Qlik Sense

Other Software Used

Microsoft Power BI, Qlik Sense, Looker

Surbhi Singhal View profile

Senior Software Engineer in Information Technology at BOLD (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

Fastest - due to its in chip methodology.
Using great visualization, BI becomes easier with Sisense.
Millions of data can be loaded in fewer seconds which didn't seem possible with other traditional reporting tools.
Robust Architecture and provides Rest APIs to access it externally.

Cons

Instability of the data cubes, runs and failures.
Unknown issues in widgets, dashboard, filters.
Republishing of the dashboards for every single change.
Variables, parameters cannot be used in the front end.

Craig Varghese View profile

Group Manager, Revenue Accounting in Finance and Accounting at Intuit (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

Customer support is straightforward and well responsive.
Data discovery is effective.
Big data services are amazing and secure.
Easy integration of APIs.

Cons

It is very costly solution.
I did not face any issue regarding its technicality, we easily came across its usage. But while purchasing the tool I face some complexities in terms of licensing which overburdened me.
Various plans are available but still, they lack a reliable plan.

Return on Investment

It's free trial helps us to find drawbacks and find the exact solution for them.
I never faced any difficulty in shifting my data from the previous cloud while implementing this software, thus it is very easy to install and get started.
Its cost should be reduced.

Alternatives Considered

Looker

Other Software Used

Constant Contact, Wix, ClickUp, Hubstaff

Usability

Andrew Goss

Data Engineer in Engineering at Interfolio (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

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.

Cons

Permissions are a pain at times - only the owner of folders and dashboards can publish any changes.
Ease of use - there's a bit of a learning curve in using Sisense, but the same can be said of any BI tool.
Windows servers are required for Sisense installation, but a new and improved Linux architecture has been introduced (currently in beta).