Sisense Software

Pros

I’ve been generally very satisfied with this product as a whole, it is easy and efficient to use and offers all necessary features.

Cons

This product can get a little pricey if you are a small company and have previously used free or low cost software.

Pros

sisense is good and beautiful looking very clean and innovative. application running smooth and clear.

Cons

some features and concepts are unique to Sisnese and not aligned with the industry, this make it not easy to use

Bottomline is no matter how the byzantine your data demand is, Sisense is just kicking hard like a sensei to simplify it.

Pros

Demo of interaction Dashboard which we can consume it to learn online, as well as many other features such as custom-made for different industry-standards and roles.

Cons

Hardly anythings I can mention about the negative aspect for an enticing and robust business analytics software like Sisense.

Pros

Easy to use. Easy to extract data and generate into reports. And the support team has been very accommodating on all our concerns.

Cons

I think it will be more great if it is having a SAP Generator

Implementation was easy and dashboard performance is quick. Being a true end-to-end BI solution has its pros and cons depending on the scope of your needs, but overall I have been very satisfied with my choice to go with SiSense.

Pros

Many BI solutions require significant infrastructure and/or IT resources to administer/manage its implementation. SiSense does not require this, and its ease-of-use, speed of performance, and broad feature set will satisfy most BI needs.

Cons

Pricing based on user discourages widespread adoption. There could also be some improvement in the front-end/UI feature capabilities, with less reliance on custom plug-ins and scripting.

The Sisense support team is responsive and has been helpful in getting things resolved. Sometimes there is a tendency to simply ask for .dash files and tell us to turn all widgets off....and that usually means the person hasn't read the issue properly. It wastes time and is frustrating. Other than that, I have found everyone sincerely wanting to get to the bottom of things and be supportive and helpful.

Pros

Great design - dashboards are looking wonderful and clients love them. The interface is generally simple and easy to use - don't have to be a coder or developer to use it.

Cons

There have been some bugs. Some "normal" functions seem harder than they should and require extra time and programming skills.

Sisense as a company is a very passionate group. From sales through support I have never felt like they were done with us. As we continue our ongoing implementation it is always easy to communicate our needs with our success team.

Pros

Very easy to use. Performance is good. The team is constantly improving the product. Support sticks with you until you are satisfied.

Cons

Plugins can be inconsistent in overall utility. Requires plugins for some basic things. The product is still in its infancy in some ways which can lead to gaps in what it can provide.

Pros

I like that it has great presentation dashboards and the ability to melt other data sources into a single Elasticube.
The automated scheduled reporting feature is a key feature for our organization to provide senior leaders key snapshots.
The Customer Service team and IT is exceptional! They go above and beyond to help clients be successful.

Cons

Hoping to have more live data as well as a better Elasticube manager interface in the new 7.0 version.
Email and pdf formatting reporting is limited . Pivot tables with many rows truncate. Hoping this is resolved in future versions.

Overall very good software to use, relatively easy to create dashboards with little prior knowledge. Cube building is a little bit more technical without previous experience.

Pros

- Powerful BI software
- Easy to use the front end
- Easy to filter inside of sums (e.g Financial Year, types)
- Easy to use security features
- Flexibility to add custom data to tables in the cubes

Cons

- Not as visually pleasing as other BI software
- Filtering on the dashboards could be easier for the front end user
- Could have better in dashboard search functions

SiSense has been a fantastic BI tool. Combining data from multiple systems is simple with their ElastiCube caching system. The ability to write pass-through queries at the time of importing the data and then custom SQL expressions on data within the cube means that the data can be arranged and linked as if it was natively in one large relational database. The visualization tool is sleek and easy to modify. The ability to add community-made plugins means the visualization options are virtually endless. My customers, both internal and external, routinely compliment the appearance and value of our BI implementation.

Pros

Community-driven Plug-Ins allow for unparalleled customization for someone who is not a developer.

Cons

Joining data outside of SQL expressions is an enforced inner join and null values will drop from tables. Be careful about dropped data!

Our business relationship and partnership with Sisense is among the main reasons we use and will continue to use Sisense's technology.
The support provided by everyone from Sisense is "top-notch," and without it the ATF would not be where it is today.

Pros

Provides a rich set of visualization widgets to create comprehensive dashboards.
Easy to navigate, filter and drill down to the details one needs to see.
Allows access to multiple data sources in a straightforward manner.

Cons

Some widgets need additional development.
Text is sometimes obscured depending on what is being displayed.
Dashboard developers should be comfortable programming Javascript.

Pros

Once you figure out how to build the back end and learn the dashboard formulas, it is relatively easy to learn. It is fairly easy to build out dashboards with multiple data sources. It is very customizable and can take numerous plugins without blowing up.

Cons

It helps to understand Sequel when getting started. I was hoping for more of a gooey interface. Customization requires JavaScript or at least copying in a plugin. You can get by without too much trouble.

Pros

Very User friendly interface, easy to get started and the training tutorials are extremely helpful in getting you familiar with the elasticube environment. You can build a working dashboard in minutes as long as your data is normalized. It can analyze large amounts of data very quickly and present the findings in a number simple and easy to understand views. The filters are also very easy to adjust and implement. Overall it was a pleasant experience creating dashboards using Sisense and the Customer service team was very helpful in answering any questions we had.

Cons

Very Important to ensure that your data is normalized before building the cube or dashboard. This is more of a basic requirement than a con, but is necessary for successful data aggregation.

Pros

Ability to blend and bring together multiple data sets, multi-level user security, REST API feature allows for easy customization, and dashboard widgets are equipped with drill down paths and interactive capabilities.

Cons

ElastiCube manager is limited to inner joins and some errors seen when an ElastiCube build fails are hard to diagnosis.

Sisense is quick to learn and intuitive for even non-technical users. A solid tool that can bring multiple data sources together and visualize on one dashboard.

Pros

- Multi-level data security
- Easy to customize through the Rest API
- User ability to create custom fields at the ElastiCube level
- Drill down capabilities, filtering options and interactive widgets to visualize the data
- Ability to crunch large data sets
- Wide variety of plugins

Cons

- Limited flexibility to the types of joins within the ElastiCube manager
- Cookie cutter on-boarding process

Pros

Ease of use. Sisense is extremely easy to use and BI use cases can be developed within hours of installing the software.

Cons

Limited maps functionality. While Sisense does support map-based functionalities, the scope of these visualizations is limited.

We've been using Sisense for more than a year. We have had challenges but both Sisense Support and the Sisense community have helped us. We use Sisense for real-time reporting.

Pros

User friendly BI tool for reporting in real-time. Sisense Support is very efficient and knowledgeable. Most of the answers could be found in community forums.

Cons

Customized dashboard scripts that are not supported properly after the initial implementation. Mobile experience needs to improve to meet expectations.

I highly recommend this tool to anyone who is looking for a reporting/dashboard tool.

Pros

From day 1, Sisense and their support team are there to get you going. They are ready to go immediately and will work as quickly or as slowly as you would like. The comprehensive training materials their support team offers was great and is a continued asset when there is something that I do not understand. The tool itself is powerful and intuitive. You do not need to be an expert data modeler to take full advantage of this tool.

Cons

There are a limited number of out of the box widgets. More can be easily added through their plug-ins though.

Pros

The support people are efficient, professional, skilled and simply nice people. There were challenges as we pushed the boundaries of functionality, but the support of both the Sisense community and Sisense support people allowed us to overcome these challenges.

Cons

The mobile experience is not as rich as we would like. They grew up a bit there last year but still need more capabilities.

Pros

The flexibility of the platform gives us some options and there is an existing community that offers some additional functionality without needing to DIY.

Cons

UI requires technical work to be truly presentable. There are a few snags and gotchas, the technology is clearly still under development, which is a minus from a polish level, but does give us more opportunities for feedback.