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Pyramid Analytics vs Sigma comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 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
8.0
Finance teams achieve high ROI with Pyramid Analytics, achieving 80% forecast accuracy, benefiting resource planning and data investments.
Sentiment score
7.1
Sigma reduces manual spreadsheet maintenance, offers instant insights, and boosts efficiency, justifying higher costs over Tableau for users.
There is a positive return on the data investment for my clients using Pyramid Analytics.
CEO & Principal Consultant at Pyramid Analytics & Consulting
It's essential for everything data-related within our company.
CEO at PeerSpot
I have definitely seen a return on investment through time saving because once the dashboards are built, they are built.
Head of Marketing at a tech company with 51-200 employees
I have seen a return on investment with Sigma; we already said that it saves about a quarter, it gets me to answers about 25% faster.
Customer Success Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.0
Pyramid Analytics offers highly rated support with quick issue resolution, though some users desire more training materials.
Sentiment score
6.8
Sigma's support is efficient and reliable, offering quick assistance, but improvements in visualization and data modeling are needed.
The one time we had an issue related to something with the logins, they addressed it that morning.
CEO & Principal Consultant at Pyramid Analytics & Consulting
As Sigma is a cloud platform, you do not need to do all that maintenance work.
Lead Analytics Consultant at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Pyramid Analytics excels in scalability, supporting diverse data sizes and user numbers, with users rating its integration and performance highly.
Sentiment score
5.2
Sigma's scalability and free unlimited viewer access enhance data sharing, while easy permissions and live data access set it apart.
Regarding Pyramid Analytics' scalability from what I have seen, with the right people managing it, it can handle growing amounts of data and users well.
CEO & Principal Consultant at Pyramid Analytics & Consulting
Permissions are easily set, so you only get to see what you need to see and you can share what needs to be shared.
Head of Marketing at a tech company with 51-200 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.3
Pyramid Analytics' stability varies by user, improving with infrastructure upgrades, with occasional bugs not severely impacting operations.
Sentiment score
8.3
Sigma is consistently reliable with stable performance, no reported issues, or disruptions, ensuring error-free projects across teams.
Pyramid Analytics is stable in my experience; there have not really been issues with downtime or bugs.
CEO & Principal Consultant at Pyramid Analytics & Consulting
We did not face typical errors during our project with Sigma.
Lead Analytics Consultant at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Pyramid Analytics requires enhancements in data management, user interface, documentation, graphic capabilities, and offers limited training resources.
Sigma's limited visuals, complex workflows, and steep learning curve hinder usability compared to competitors like Power BI.
Any advanced user wants to implement an idea that they have, and while the whole idea of a platform is not necessarily to give a custom solution, I would not mind if they had more in terms of AutoML or that sort of capability.
CEO & Principal Consultant at Pyramid Analytics & Consulting
The main improvement needed is in data modeling capabilities.
Lead Analytics Consultant at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
It is not as intuitive as I was hoping, so once you figure it out and get going, it is easy to use, but I would say at the very beginning, the learning experience is kind of hard.
Head of Marketing at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Sigma lacks a versioning feature to track changes.
Technical Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Pyramid Analytics offers reasonable licensing costs, cost-effective for mid-sized or larger organizations, but may incur additional consulting fees.
Enterprise buyers find Sigma licensing costly, with high platform and creator fees, leading to a preference for view-only licenses.
The pricing of Sigma is a concern, as it restricts our ability to provide more users with report-creating capabilities due to the high cost of admin or report creator licenses.
CEO at PeerSpot
 

Valuable Features

Pyramid Analytics enhances data analysis with advanced features, supporting complex datasets for comprehensive financial reporting and data-driven decisions.
Sigma excels with pivot tables, data integration, collaboration, and visual appeal, enhancing teamwork and decision-making efficiency.
After implementing Pyramid Analytics for my clients, I have seen measurable outcomes and specific improvements, such as having a single platform that gets them from the raw data to the endpoint reporting.
CEO & Principal Consultant at Pyramid Analytics & Consulting
Sigma has positively impacted my organization because I think it has been a huge impact, and we use it for all our reporting and our dashboards for tracking.
Head of Marketing at a tech company with 51-200 employees
The use of Sigma in decision-making, presentations to customers, and reporting to investors showcases its value in handling data-related tasks.
CEO at PeerSpot
Sigma has positively affected my organization by saving us time in accessing information, which ultimately gets us to complete projects faster.
Customer Success Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Pyramid Analytics
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
20th
Ranking in Data Visualization
15th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sigma
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
16th
Ranking in Data Visualization
13th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Pyramid Analytics is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sigma is 1.7%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Sigma1.7%
Pyramid Analytics1.0%
Other97.3%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Ynazif Nazif - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO & Principal Consultant at Pyramid Analytics & Consulting
Unified data workflows have improved reporting quality and now support better decisions
The best features Pyramid Analytics offers include a broad range of features, which I think is one of the advantages of it. It has a lot of connectors and a lot of different capabilities. I would say end-to-end capabilities is one of the nice features of it. Regarding the end-to-end capabilities and lots of connectors, I found the connectors most valuable. If you are trying to do Snowflake, SQL server, or any of the normal database platforms that you see in the cloud or on-premises, it has those connectors built in. You don't have to worry about writing custom drivers. That is a nice feature to have. Pyramid Analytics has impacted my organization positively in that I use it for my clients' organizations. For my organization, it is great because it gives me a technology platform that clients enjoy using and I am proficient with. For my clients, it is about delivering on their aspirations in terms of what they want to do with their data and where they want to head in their organization. This is definitely a tool that we can use in order to get there. After implementing Pyramid Analytics for my clients, I have seen measurable outcomes and specific improvements, such as having a single platform that gets them from the raw data to the endpoint reporting. I think that streamlining has a positive effect on the quality of the outputs. The quality of the outputs definitely leads to better decision making.
reviewer2729628 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Analytics Consultant at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Great collaboration with intuitive interface and dynamic visualization capabilities
As we are exploring multiple features in Sigma, I think Sigma can add more functionality. As Power BI gives multiple modeling options in its interface with the query editor, those features can be added in Sigma for intuitiveness or for making the data very clean. From the dashboarding perspective, it performs well. However, from the modeling perspective, it requires more capabilities that can be added in Sigma. The main improvement needed is in data modeling capabilities. If they add those features in the near future, it would be very helpful for us to implement the same or do the data cleansing part in the Sigma tool itself.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Insurance Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pyramid Analytics?
Regarding my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Pyramid Analytics, I have to be honest, I did not observe any of it. They already had the platform in place when I got there. Fro...
What needs improvement with Pyramid Analytics?
As for how Pyramid Analytics can be improved, I wish that there was a greater degree of customization available. Any advanced user wants to implement an idea that they have, and while the whole ide...
What is your primary use case for Pyramid Analytics?
I have used Pyramid Analytics at a few different projects. I used it at the VA, at the Department of Health and Human Services, and on a couple smaller projects for some smaller customers that were...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sigma?
I do not know much about my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing because I am not heavily involved in that.
What needs improvement with Sigma?
I think Sigma can be improved because, for the last ten months since I first started here, this is my first time ever using it, and I think there is a steep learning curve. It is not as intuitive a...
What is your primary use case for Sigma?
My main use case for Sigma is that there are a bunch of reports, and many of our main reports are built on Sigma. I use it as a dashboard, review the reports, filter through there, and use it to he...
 

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