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Sisense pros and cons

Vendor: Sisense

4.4 out of 5

44 reviews
95% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

Sisense connects and visualizes data from diverse sources, offering user-friendly ElastiCube for efficient ETL processes. It supports complex computations for large datasets, enhancing data interaction beyond Excel limits with fast, responsive support. However, administrative complexity, "Accumulated logs" errors, limited dashboard customization, and lack of 3D data support present challenges. Improvements are needed in setup simplicity and automated PDF report generation capabilities.

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PROS

Sisense effectively connects data from various sources and enables users to transform and visualize data swiftly.

Its integration capabilities with multiple data sources, including data cubes, facilitate accurate visualizations and data handling.

ElastiCube Manager is highly user-friendly, offering an ETL process that transforms raw data into reusable formats efficiently.

Sisense facilitates complex computations for business needs, allowing users to interact with large data sources beyond Excel's limitations.

Support is fast and responsive, helping users resolve issues gracefully and maintain stability without complications.

CONS

Larger datasets sometimes give an "Accumulated logs" error when making changes.

The administrative side of Sisense can be cumbersome and confusing.

More customization capabilities are desired for building dashboards, particularly in creating custom widget sizes.

Running a burst of reports with PDF output within the tool is not currently possible without manual intervention.

Sisense setup process could be easier, and it lacks built-in support for handling three-dimensional data.

Sisense Pros review quotes

Staff Business Data Analyst/ Business Data Manager

Jun 20, 2017

The most valuable thing I have found is the ability for Sisense to connect data from totally different sources.

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Senior IT Project Manager at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

Oct 31, 2017

Visually displaying data.

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Head of Data Science at a recruiting/HR firm with 201-500 employees

Dec 20, 2017

ElastiCube Manager is a very easy to use ETL tool, which includes the ability to easily transform raw data into reusable data.

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Director of Product - AI and Data Insights at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

Dec 27, 2017

Allows us to execute heavy, complex computations on the fly so customers can slice and dice the data based on their business needs.

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CG

Business Intelligence Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Jan 2, 2018

Allows users to build their own solutions without as much reliance on technology staff.

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CS

Consultant at EarthLink

Sep 11, 2018

I have found the dashboard creating feature helpful.

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Senior Software Engineer/BI Data Analyst at a analyst firm with 501-1,000 employees

May 22, 2022

This solution is easy to learn how to use.

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Wiboon Thabsuwan

Senior Consultant at IMD Company Limited

Jun 22, 2022

The best part about this solution is how easy it is to mash up the data from many sources. Sisense is fast compared to other solutions.

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Ron Splittgerber

Rice Board of Directors and Kuali Coeus Functional Council at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jan 17, 2023

We like that this solution allows us to use data cubes to set up specific visualizations.

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Business Intelligence Specialist at University of Central Missouri

Jun 16, 2023

The solution's technical support team is good.

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Sisense Cons review quotes

Staff Business Data Analyst/ Business Data Manager

Jun 20, 2017

Larger datasets will sometimes give a "Accumulated logs" error when trying to make minor changes. T

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Senior IT Project Manager at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

Oct 31, 2017

The administrative side of Sisense is a little cumbersome and confusing.

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Head of Data Science at a recruiting/HR firm with 201-500 employees

Dec 20, 2017

I would love to have more customization capabilities for building dashboards, especially in creating custom widget sizes.

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Director of Product - AI and Data Insights at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

Dec 27, 2017

The initial version we purchased only ran on Windows servers, which was less than ideal for our DevOps team. I believe that has been remedied in the latest release.

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CG

Business Intelligence Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Jan 2, 2018

I would like to see more development and growth for the support of Knowledge Base and Community forums.

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CS

Consultant at EarthLink

Sep 11, 2018

They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard.

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Senior Software Engineer/BI Data Analyst at a analyst firm with 501-1,000 employees

May 22, 2022

This solution does not have tabs. In order to have tabs, you have to download an add-on to mimic the tabs. They should be integrated to improve the solution.

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Wiboon Thabsuwan

Senior Consultant at IMD Company Limited

Jun 22, 2022

I would like Sisense to improve its performance, particularly when we are dealing with large-scale data.

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Ron Splittgerber

Rice Board of Directors and Kuali Coeus Functional Council at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jan 17, 2023

At present there are additional costs involved if we wish to share our data queues within this solution, which we would like to see removed.

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Business Intelligence Specialist at University of Central Missouri

Jun 16, 2023

The solution's setup process could be easier.

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