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IBM Turbonomic vs Sisense comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.2
IBM Turbonomic offers quick ROI by reducing hardware costs, optimizing resources, and decreasing operational expenses through automation and efficiency.
Sentiment score
6.8
Sisense enhances efficiency with cost savings, improved analytics, easier data management, and automated reporting despite initial costs.
It makes it very easy for us to make data-driven decisions and we are able to forecast our future predicament or future plans, hence increasing or boosting productivity in my organization.
Lead Software Engineer at Ernst & Young
Due to the data presented to stakeholders, they are able to make informed decisions that impact the day-to-day operations of the client, giving them more insights into what's happening within their organization.
System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed
I have seen a return on investment in that we can manage the Sisense environment with a very small number of users.
Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.9
IBM Turbonomic's customer service is highly rated for its responsiveness, knowledge, and effectiveness, despite some mixed post-acquisition experiences.
Sentiment score
7.5
Sisense's customer service is renowned for prompt, knowledgeable support and effective, proactive problem-solving during implementation and usage.
The support was very good.
Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
We typically get responses within 24 hours.
Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Sisense customer support is proactive and responsive.
Lead Software Engineer at Ernst & Young
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
IBM Turbonomic is scalable, seamlessly integrating with various environments while its licensing supports expansion, focusing on additional requirements.
Sentiment score
6.9
Sisense is scalable and handles large data volumes, though complex scenarios may require enhanced infrastructure for optimal performance.
It is scalable to a very large extent and we can integrate any third-party tools.
Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Sisense's scalability is impressive as it can crunch a lot more data and has consistently better performance.
Lead Software Engineer at Ernst & Young
I would like to see more infra-scaling functionality for effective injection capacity and DR functionality.
DSRE Director Of Dev Ops/Operations (Management Executive) at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
IBM Turbonomic is praised for stability and robust performance, with minor update issues swiftly resolved by support.
Sentiment score
8.0
Sisense is robust, handling large data volumes well with minor issues; users rate its stability highly with little downtime.
 

Room For Improvement

IBM Turbonomic needs an improved interface, better reporting, clearer documentation, more integrations, and a stable, mobile-compatible platform.
Sisense needs better data integration, performance with large datasets, user customization, dashboard management, connectivity, and mobile usability improvements.
I would like to see an improvement in the live data connection, specifically making the process faster.
Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
It could provide more connectors to integrate with emerging different data sources to exponentially increase the amount of data it can handle.
System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed
I give Sisense a nine because the integration with some third-party tools is good.
Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Setup Cost

IBM Turbonomic offers flexible, competitive pricing models, providing value through resource optimization and reducing hardware expenses effectively.
Sisense's higher pricing suits mid-to-large enterprises but may deter small businesses due to additional costs for features.
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is cost-effective, but for smaller organizations working under a tight budget, this tool might be a bit expensive for them.
Lead Software Engineer at Ernst & Young
There was no significant difference in pricing between Sisense and ThoughtSpot.
Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that pricing is a little bit higher when compared to other applications, but that justifies the use case.
Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Valuable Features

IBM Turbonomic enhances efficiency through automation, capacity management, reporting, and planning, optimizing resource allocation and infrastructure decisions.
Sisense provides user-friendly tools for fast, customizable dashboards, integrating diverse data with strong support and real-time analytics.
It offers two ways to access data: by cubing the data or hitting it live.
Business Intelligence & Reporting Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
It allows the user to cater to different use cases and is a very fast aggregator across different data sources, giving you the historical context and helping in operationalizing your data.
System Integration Specialist at a non-profit with self employed
Sisense has positively impacted my organization by drastically reducing the time taken to build the data cube, and we can see real-time analytics.
Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Turbonomic
Ranking in Cloud Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
205
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Management (4th), Virtualization Management Tools (3rd), IT Financial Management (3rd), IT Operations Analytics (9th), Cloud Cost Management (3rd), AIOps (18th)
Sisense
Ranking in Cloud Analytics
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (12th), Reporting (11th), Data Visualization (11th), Embedded BI (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud Analytics category, the mindshare of IBM Turbonomic is 21.5%, down from 22.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sisense is 6.2%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Turbonomic21.5%
Sisense6.2%
Other72.3%
Cloud Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Dan Ambrose - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Engineer 4 at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Helps visibility, bridges the data gap, and frees up time
We use IBM Turbonomic in a hybrid cloud environment. Although it supports multi-cloud capabilities, we currently operate in a single-cloud setting. Turbonomic offers visibility into our environment's performance, spanning across applications, underlying infrastructure, and protection resources. The visibility and analytics help to bridge the data gap between disparate IT teams such as applications and infrastructure. This is important for awareness collaboration, cost saving, and helping to design and improve our application. Enhanced visibility and data analytics have contributed to a significant reduction in our mean time to resolve. Tools like Turbonomic provide crucial visualization and insights, empowering us to make data-driven decisions instead of relying on assumptions as we did before. This newfound transparency translates to a massive improvement, going from complete darkness to having a clear 100 percent view of the situation. Although our applications are not optimized for the cloud we have seen some improvement in response time. IBM Turbonomic empowers us to achieve more with fewer people thanks to automation. Previously, customers frequently contacted us requesting resource increases to resolve issues. Now, we have a tool that allows us to objectively assess their needs, leading to a deeper understanding of our applications. This solution also generates significant cost savings in the cloud and optimizes hardware utilization within our data centers. Its AI algorithm intelligently allocates servers on hosts, maximizing efficiency without compromising performance. By fine-tuning resource allocation without causing performance bottlenecks, Turbonomic extends the lifespan of existing hardware, postponing the need for new purchases. This effectively stretches our capital expenditure budget. We started to see the benefits of IBM Turbonomic within the first 60 days. IBM is a fantastic partner. Their tech support has been outstanding, and the product itself is excellent - a very solid offering. By automating resource management with Turbonomic, our engineers are freed up to focus on more strategic initiatives like innovation and ongoing organizational projects. Previously, manually adding resources was a time-consuming process that interrupted workflows. Now, automation handles scaling efficiently, saving us thousands of man-hours and significant costs. It has illuminated the need for SetOps. It has highlighted areas of overspending, and the actions we've taken have demonstrated significant cost savings. IBM Turbonomic has positively impacted our overall application performance. IBM Turbonomic has helped reduce both CAPEX and OPEX. It has also significantly reduced cloud build times.
Gemipas Micah - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Software Engineer at Ernst & Young
Unified finance dashboards have accelerated data-driven decisions and improved forecasting
The best features Sisense offers include that it is fast due to its In-Chip methodology. It uses great visualization. BI becomes easy with Sisense. Millions of data can be loaded in a few seconds, which did not seem possible with other traditional reporting tools. It has a robust architecture and provides REST APIs to access it externally. That speed impacts my workflow significantly as it represents the greatest step and latest in the business intelligence market. It provides In-Chip technology for accessing millions of data in the shortest span of seconds and provides the best visual efforts for our business data to make data-driven decisions easily. Sisense has positively impacted my organization as it reduces the time it takes to obtain an optimal return on investments. It delivers the instant analysis required to merge our financial numbers and statistics with a pretty accurate dashboard landscape. Hence, we are able to make data-driven decisions easily. Sisense has improved our decision-making speed and saved my team, especially the data team, time. They are able to focus on more strategic other tasks because Sisense has done the work of providing analytics and deep insights where we are able to make data-driven analytics easily.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise57
Large Enterprise147
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise16
 

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What needs improvement with Sisense?
Areas where Sisense can be improved include AI integration, particularly effective deployment of the AI tool, rather than just having AI, and addressing the challenges around infra-scaling to suppo...
What is your primary use case for Sisense?
My main use case for Sisense during our three-year period involved a review, an implementation, and then a progression upgrade. A specific example of how I used Sisense during that time is that we ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sisense?
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, the version six point three point one release was good initially, but I had to keep a close eye on costs, as it requires maintaining a tight format to ...
 

Also Known As

Turbonomic, VMTurbo Operations Manager
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Sample Customers

IBM, J.B. Hunt, BBC, The Capita Group, SulAmérica, Rabobank, PROS, ThinkON, O.C. Tanner Co.
Ebay, WIX, Wave Accounting, ESPN.com, Magellan Luxury Hotel, Paylogic, Sony, Merck, EDA, One Hour Translation, NASA, Plastic Jungle, Philips, Yahoo
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