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out of 5"Documentation is very detailed. User community very supportive."
"It is easy to use, plug-in, connect and start with visualization. Forecasting abilities and connection with R Studio is a plug-n-play feature."
"I love that Spotfire is able to process large file sizes extremely quickly, which means filtering millions of rows in seconds and making it easy to find and sort filter options."
"The software is hard to manage in terms of set up and updates to the templates."
"Support from Vendor in the area of customer service is weak."
"This was never intuitive for me, so I would just mess around with the axes until it looked like I wanted it to. Occasionally, this would become frustrating."
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Balaji
Verified reviewer
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Industry: Hospital & Health Care
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
May 2021
Future of Data Management
I m working in it for free years and I love it
Pros
This can be used across multiple data platform
Cons
Complicated administration takes time to understand infrastructure
Reasons for switching to TIBCO Spotfire
Cost
Anonymous
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
January 2020
Great visualization tool for large data sets!
Pros
It is extremely customizable so we have been able to create efficient templates that fit many of our process development engineering workflows. It links well with other systems to aggregate the data, and then using the tools we have created, we are able to easily line by/color by/trellis by a number of different experimental parameters to understand complex studies and DOEs with ease. It is a huge step up from our old workflow of graphing using Excel.
Cons
It can be difficult to learn how to customize complex templates with our giant data sets, so we had to specialize a small team of admins to create templates and troubleshoot issues. However, as an end user, it is very straightforward.
Reasons for switching to TIBCO Spotfire
Data entry was too manual for our growing company and data sets.
Margot
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Time used: More than 2 years
December 2015
Spotfire for Life Science
Pros
ability to quickly identify outliers in the datasets
Cons
support documentation for external domain authentication is lacking for advanced infrastructure

Surya
Verified reviewer
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
February 2022
Spotfire - F1 Chose this, aren't you?
Though the product is capable of doing the business needs, it need a good skilled resource to extract the most benefit out of it. It is a good learning process. Luckily TIBCO provides good technical support and official community page to get answers from peer.
Pros
What not? A fully packed highly profitable & flagship product of TIBCO Software. It not only benefits the product owner, it benefits twice to Customers. One of the leading BI / Data Analytics Tool which has been chosen by Formula 1 for lap time and crashes simulator prediction. It can integrate with wide variety of data Source. Can be adopted by industries like Finance, healthcare, energy and utility, logistics, etc
Cons
Pricing and Complex to install and use. Need skill.
Tina
Company size: 201-500 employees
Industry: Information Services
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
February 2021
Higher Learning Curve But Great Software
It has a steeper learning curve than I'm used to in software, but once I got more comfortable, I was able to really enjoy it. There are tons of things I can do with with the data here that don't require editing the query. I'm able to create a variety charts, including pivot tables, and there are options to filter and un-filter things from my data table.
Pros
There are lots of different features available and lots of customizations you can make to your reports. I like that I can apply transformations to the data in there without having to modify my queries. I like how much I can do with my charts, and I really love the feature that highlights the rows of my data table that went into a particular part of my chart when I click on it.
Cons
It isn't as user friendly as what I'm used to (I'm used to Microsoft programs like Excel or Word, where everything is very straightforward). There was a longer learning period with this software before I was able to feel comfortable with it. The help guide here is kind of general. It doesn't have explicit instructions for everything, so I'm just experimenting a lot of the time to figure out how to do what I want to my report or chart. Also, it doesn't seem to have a feature that can automatically email you excel files. You have to log in and export the report yourself.
Reasons for switching to TIBCO Spotfire
It was a decision from the higher ups to save money
Anonymous
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
March 2020
Comprehensive Analytics Tool
Once I had some training on Spotfire, I never looked back and use it frequently when processing large amounts of data.
Pros
I love that Spotfire is able to process large file sizes extremely quickly, which means filtering millions of rows in seconds and making it easy to find and sort filter options. In addition, the visualizations in the tool are practically limitless and allow users to make incredibly complex but extremely useful and informative reports.
Cons
Spotfire is not easy to use and requires training from an experienced person to use. It is not nearly as user friendly as its competitors.
Reasons for switching to TIBCO Spotfire
Excel can't handle the large amounts of data that Spotfire can.

Jonathan
Verified reviewer
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Industry: Consumer Electronics
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
September 2018
Tibco Spotfire Review
Very nice to use Business Intelligence tool, have user friendly interface and the basic functionality is easy to self-study. At a low cost and not so customized Dashboarding requirements Tibco Spotfire is very efficient.
Pros
* User friendly interface and ease of access. * Good design and functionality for graphs. * Low cost. * Ability to embed Python, HTML, and JavaScript. * Plenty of data source options.
Cons
* Hard to customize some visualization objects. * Few default functionality for computations especially on cross tables * Sometimes the text editor is auto changing the code layout once saved.

anthony
Verified reviewer
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
July 2018
Spotfire is good dashboarding tool
It enable us to deliver useful and competitive dashboards.
Pros
can use javascript for integrating charts not existing on spotfire. best export tool to pdf and powerpoint. far away better than other tool.
Cons
bad text editor for javascript. iF the javascript errors, you need to restart the whole IDE. small community support.

Ailene
Verified reviewer
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Industry: Logistics and Supply Chain
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
September 2018
Great Analytics Tool for Visualization Reports
Pros
Easy to use and create visual reports, more exciting design and layout for analysis.
Cons
Need more manuals training for the advance features.
Cynthia
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Management Consulting
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
October 2021
Versatile and effective
Pros
Can handle large data batches with no problem without impacting the overall loading speed . You can also store documentation on the cloud ,there is plenty of storage space and it is easy to access . The visualization aesthetics are pleasing to look at and you can also include graphs in them .
Cons
Learning the ropes is a bit hard and the available tutorials have some areas that are not easy to understand . Fortunately the community is really helpful . Incorporating data from too many different regions can get messy.

Thomas
Verified reviewer
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
April 2018
Spotfire is perhaps the best big data and data visualization software to work with R
I find that this software is the easiest to work with R, and the visualization/analytical capabilities make it generally worth the cost.
Pros
Spotfire has a nice user interface that is easy to figure out and set up automated tasks. Perhaps the biggest advantage of Spotfire over other data visualization tools is its connection with R and the ease in which one can connect R scripts with Spotfire visualizations. The beginning process of visualizing data and the suggested visualizations that Spotfire offers is nice, although it does require a few more clicks if you don't like the suggestions Spotfire suggests.
Cons
Spotfire is more expensive than other data visualization software, although I can see why. Spotfire has a host of additional graphical capabilities and analytical capabilities that I think justify the extra cost. It took me a little while to figure out how to set up the analytical models, but once set up, things run smoothly.
Alexander
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Industry: Oil & Energy
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
December 2019
The Best Reporting Tool Around - HANDS DOWN!
Overall TIBCO has saved a lot of time and money by allowing our company to make quicker and more informative business decisions based on the depth of the data we are able to display. Additionally, the ability to import data from a broad spectrum of inputs makes this software a "must-have" for any organization that is serious about its reporting capabilities.
Pros
Spotfire is the gold standard when it comes to analyzing and presenting your data in a meaningful way. There are so many robust options and metrics that are at your disposal and once you master the tool, it can really help take your reporting to the next level.
Cons
Admittedly, there is a steep learning curve to mastering this tool, but that is to be expected. Once a basic understanding is reached, I do believe that the use will be able to start using some of the more advanced features in no time.
PRAFULLA
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: More than 2 years
December 2015
Tibco Spotfire - An Analytical Tool- Get Actionable Insights
Pros
I personally work on Tibco Spotfire for more than 4 Years. Best things are: 1) Ease of use for all category of users (End user, Developers, Statisticians) 2) Intuitive, Drag Drop 3) Continuous New enhancement in new version so it always remains uptodate with latest trend in technology. Recent example is a "Recommendation" feature which is excellent and enable one as analyst even though you don't know about technology.
Cons
They should come with some cheaper version so that small scale industry and small budget people can take advantage of this product which is so immense powerful.
Andrea
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Industry: Financial Services
Time used: Less than 6 months
November 2016
A good analytics tool
I've used the demo version for a few days, feeding it with some use cases that I normally process with another top-brand tool
Pros
If you are used to BI tools, setup and learning curve are very straightforward. It is very easy to connect to the usual relational data sources, I would say easier than many other rival products. The off-the shelf visualizations are very attracting and some of them can pinpoint data patterns that would otherwise go unnoticed. Even better, the visualization wizard actually analyzes your data before suggesting a default visual. Machine learning is built on the tool, by following a simple tutorial you can start training ML models on your data.
Cons
When accessing a data source, you can only join tables, but you cannot - for instance - specify custom SQL instructions. The desktop tool cannot JOIN data sources coming from separate DBs. (a feature that I often use, in a competing product) As I said, there are some very good visualizations, but they are hard or impossible to customize. I found some situations where compiling a dialog box (perhaps with illegal Machine Learning parameters, given my inexperience with the tool) and pressing "OK" did nothing and did not show any error or warning message. Without some informative feedback, these dialogs are unhelpful for the novices.
Olaoluwa
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Industry: Oil & Energy
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
July 2019
Good Visualization Product
Having a background in R or Python programming is beneficial to fully using Spotfire's capabilities.
Pros
TIBCO Spotfire can be used to create quick and clean visualization plots. It is not difficult to use and can be easily learned.
Cons
There have been significant changes in the recent versions. Joining data tables could be confusing if not properly paid attention to.
Anonymous
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
November 2017
More a visualization tool (interactive), decent BI tool
We were able to help the client visualize their complicated data in an easy to understand format using pie charts, heat map, etc. that they were able to update easily to run different potential scenarios.
Pros
It's a great visualization tool when itegrated with a more robust BI (Business Intelligence) tool. The filtering capibility of this tool are impressive! On a side panel, as you keep applying filters, on the other side, you can easily visualize the results. I remember taking all the training online which was easily available and we were also able to contact a representative for questions. They also help with professional installation.
Cons
I selected and implemented this tool at a cilent site. Where the visualization features were pretty robust, we needed to integrate this with a stronger BI tool to be able to do complicated analytics. It can a bit pricey but it's meant for bigger organizations, hence not that big of a concern.
Anonymous
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
June 2018
Best reporting tool
Pros
The ease of use, the way you can set up reporting to show exactly what you want to see, along with the UX.
Cons
The reports aren't the easiest to set up, although they do show incredible amounts of data in great visualizations.

Anna
Verified reviewer
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Oil & Energy
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
November 2018
Visualization Dashboards and Reporting
Making dashboards for top management so that they can drive growth by making decisions by looking at the data.
Pros
Dashboards are used to make business decisions which are data driven and are very powerful , intuitive in nature. Data can extracted from any format almost.
Cons
You got to spend years to fully utilize the tool. It is such a powerful tool.
Ryan
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Accounting
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
February 2020
Good software but not user friendly
Overall, I like using it and will continue to use it. However, I would like a smoother interface.
Pros
Once you learn how to use the software it is very helpful. It is extremely helpful when using CSV files that are too big (too many rows) to use in excel.
Cons
The biggest drawback is that the software has so many functions and buttons, that it is very hard to know how to use all of the buttons. It is kind of overwhelming. It may be helpful if they make the look more simple and consolidate buttons by type (kind f like how has all its functionalities sorted by tabs).
Wendy
Industry: Management Consulting
Time used: Free Trial
January 2015
Spotfire is solid visualization software.
Pros
This product is easy to use. The start up is fast, and the visuals are great to work with. I like the front end design elements. Everyone I have demoed Spotfire for has been impressed by the visuals, details on demand, filters, highlighting functions etc. I enjoy developing in Spotfire and learning more and more about it.
Cons
Modifying custom SQL is very finicky in the information services library. For example, after optimizing the SQL in SQL Server, Teradata, etc, you still have to fix the individual elements and joins, which is frustrating because, in my opinion, getting the code correct should be more difficult than jamming it back into the Information Services.
Reece
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Medical Devices
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
November 2016
Spotfire is Indispensable for Data Visualization
I use Spotfire to explore and visualize data from clinical trial, economic and financial databases. It is my go to method when exploring new datasets to get the quickest and best insights.
Pros
It is blazingly fast. I work with datasets that have hundreds of thousands of entries, each with dozens of fields. Spotfire makes analyzing this data real time a snap.
Cons
The learning curve is a bit steep, it takes a while to learn how to use it well. But the investment is well worth it.
Jason
Industry: Utilities
Time used: More than 2 years
December 2015
I have worked with Spotfire since version 3.0 as a developer and BI PM
Pros
The product continues to be developed and offer business a user enabling and powerful tool for visually analyzing data.
Cons
Support from Vendor in the area of customer service is weak. Implementation as companies is done with little or no training making support a vital feature to organizations.
John
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Industry: Biotechnology
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
January 2020
Spotfire is a great visualization software
Great product when taken full advantage of. Really great getting networked data to populate.
Pros
The customizability and ability to create templates is amazing to tailor the different features of the product for all types of business pages.
Cons
The software is hard to manage in terms of set up and updates to the templates. You have to have decent knowledge about scripting to do advanced things.

Monel
Verified reviewer
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Oil & Energy
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
February 2019
Data Analytics and Data Manipulation
Helps to generate value for the business and report out the data.
Pros
Graphs and charts available helps to analyze the data. Integration with Python also helps to analyze and manipulate the data as per the requirement. Documentation is very detailed. User community very supportive.
Cons
Integration with R is also required for statistical analysis and prediction using the data.
Anonymous
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
December 2019
Tool for Data Visualisation
The analyst version of Tibco Spotfire is quite handly to identify patterns and draw insight from the data visualisation tool.
Pros
- A convenient platform to organising and arranging large volume of data to identify patterns and trends
Cons
-This platform is not convenient for small set of data. - Convenient only for quantitative data analysis.
