Dataiku vs. Sisense for Cloud Data Teams

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dataiku
Score 7.6 out of 10
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The Dataiku platform unifies all data work, from analytics to Generative AI. It can modernize enterprise analytics and accelerate time to insights with visual, cloud-based tooling for data preparation, visualization, and workflow automation.N/A
Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
Score 6.5 out of 10
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Sisense for Cloud Data Teams (formerly Periscope Data) is a data visualization tool that allows users to connect to their SQL databases to create sharable, interactive dashboards. In addition to SQL, its analytics integrate with R and Python, allowing users to prep datasets, perform analysis, and create their own visualizations. Sisense acquired Periscope Data in mid-2019.N/A
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Community Pulse
DataikuSisense for Cloud Data Teams
Considered Both Products
Dataiku
Chose Dataiku
Strictly for Data Science operations, Anaconda can be considered as a subset of Dataiku DSS. While Anaconda supports Python and R programming languages, Dataiku also provides this facility, but also provides GUI to creates models with just a click of a button. This provides the …
Chose Dataiku
Open source availability is a critical factor given licensing cost of other platforms and budget reasons. Secondly, the available features in the community version covers most of the use cases, thus making it comparable or even outdo commercial versions of other software. …
Chose Dataiku
Anaconda is mainly used by professional data scientists who have profound knowledge of Python coding, mainly used for building some new algorithm block or some optimization, then the module will be integrated into the Dataiku pipeline/workflow. While Dataiku can be used by …
Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
RStudio requires custom code from programmers and the decision was made to move to software instead of software developers. Microsoft Power BI didn't have the right data subscription capabilities for our customers.
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
Google Analytics works well but it does not have all of the bells and whistles that Periscope Data offers. Google Analytics is best used in a Google environment but if you are using other tools and programs outside of the Google universe, then Periscope Data is a much better …
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
Periscope is far more robust than these two similar products. For a start up just getting going they are fine alternatives, but as your business scales Google Charts becomes a hassle to manage and Keap becomes too much of a generalized product. While your business increases it …
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
Periscope is by far the best we looked at - I was evaluating as a user, not the primary decision maker, and user interface and ease of use was the primary factor in my decision. It is very easy to navigate and manipulate, and has an overall very polished view.
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
Periscope's lightweight footprint and customizable SQL-based reports make it a better choice for us than Tableau or Microsoft BI. We deal with millions of rows of transactional data in a SQL Server data warehouse, so having seamless front-end integration makes reporting seamless.
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
We use Jira here at SDC, as well as Periscope. These programs are use together and they work in tandem to get the issues resolved.
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
Sharing of visualisations and rapid prototypen/building, ease of use. UX is 20x better.
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
LookML was able to simplify development of views involving window calculations, but slowed down the overall development cycle as minor SQL edits required heavy code reviews.

Tableau has great interactive options but has proved non-performant with our database mix (MySQL, …
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
This is currently our primary visualization tool. There is no real option to do any meaningful math on your data, and you only have access to a very, very limited subset of information you stream into the cache. Periscope far exceeds this tool with the ability to combine data …
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
Different in the sense that you need to be able to manipulate data with Periscope while you just need to understand how data is manipulated with Amplitude (Periscope = you need to master SQL vs Amplitude = you need to understand the logic of SQL). Periscope is a more powerful …
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
Periscope Data enables data wrangling and is more familiar to SQL-savvy people - which are mostly analysts. Writing query is not really tedious for them, so it is not a huge problem. Quick and nice response from Periscope support is really helpful for the users.
Chose Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
I have not utilized any other tools like Periscope so it's hard to say how it stacks up against its competition.
Features
DataikuSisense for Cloud Data Teams
Platform Connectivity
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Dataiku
9.1
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8% above category average
Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
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Connect to Multiple Data Sources10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
MDM Integration6.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
Dataiku
10.0
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18% above category average
Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
-
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Visualization9.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Preparation
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Dataiku
10.0
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20% above category average
Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
-
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Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Transformations10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Encryption10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Built-in Processors10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
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Dataiku
8.7
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4% above category average
Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
-
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Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools5.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Model Deployment
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Dataiku
9.0
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5% above category average
Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
-
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Flexible Model Publishing Options9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Dataiku
-
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Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
9.2
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9% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Dataiku
-
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Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
8.8
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10% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
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Dataiku
-
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Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
9.6
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13% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
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Dataiku
-
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Sisense for Cloud Data Teams
8.7
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7% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Usability
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9.0
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Support Rating
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User Testimonials
DataikuSisense for Cloud Data Teams
Likelihood to Recommend
I would recommend it because it's an amazing tool for different levels of users. From Business Analysts to Data Scientists to Managers, various employees can make use of this tool to make data-driven decisions. I'm not sure about where it would be less appropriate as I'm using it as Data Scientist and so far it pretty much caters to my need.
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Sisense for Cloud Data Teams is suited so well for our project that works with lots of data and needs some ways to share data internally or externally with our clients. It's very easy to pull out the data from the sense in best and in a suitable format and moreover a huge number of options are available there to represent the data. All features of this Sisense for cloud data teams software can be taken advantage of if you have a team who are well versed in data analytics, data management, and programming.
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Pros
  • Very intuitive and easy to use UI, making a lot of types of users can collaborate with each other easily, by visualizing the same workflow.
  • Many building blocks can be reused immediately, avoid a lot of non-standard boiler plate implementation.
  • Data pre-analysis and feature engineering assistance increase the productivity as well as the efficiency of data scientists.
  • Many data connectors support wide range of data storage, from SQL, TeraData, Hadoop Hive, etc.
  • Support from research till final MaaS solution deployment.
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  • Rapid deployment of polished T-SQL-based data visualization charts and dashboards. Periscope supports a variety of database technologies, and allows users to write custom queries to display data.
  • Included caching to reduce server load.
  • Outstanding customer service/support, with expert advice as needed.
  • Constant updates and new features.
  • Built-in SQL formatters take the pain out of manipulating date/time objects.
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Cons
  • Its community support is very limited at the moment
  • Complex to integrate with automation tools such as Blue Prism
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  • Some of the dashboards can be slow to load; especially when they have lots of features and widgets.
  • The software could be made a little easier for people that don't have a data or programming background.
  • It is pricey so not a great option for small companies or research/home projects.
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Usability
As I have described earlier, the intuitiveness of this tool makes it great as well as the variety of users that can use this tool. Also, the plugins available in their repository provide solutions to various data science problems.
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My company has had Periscope for various use cases in the past and I think that this program opens up complex data reports to non-technical people in a really accessible way (even though the learning curve is a big one). We are now integrating Sisense for Cloud Data Teams at a larger level both for internal data exploration and for customer facing dashboards and reports.
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Support Rating
The open source user community is friendly, helpful, and responsive, at times even outdoing commercial software vendors. Documentation is also top notch, and usually resolves issues without the need for human interactions. Great product design, with a focus on user experience, also makes platform use intuitive, thus reducing the need for explicit support.
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The user interface is just amazing and it's really very easy to use and navigate, even for a newbie. Mostly it provides us the accurate data.
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Alternatives Considered
Strictly for Data Science operations, Anaconda can be considered as a subset of Dataiku DSS. While Anaconda supports Python and R programming languages, Dataiku also provides this facility, but also provides GUI to creates models with just a click of a button. This provides the flexibility to users who do not wish to alter the model hyperparameters in greater depths. Writing codes to extract meaningful data is time consuming compared to Dataiku's ability to perform feature engineering and data transformation through click of a button.
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Periscope is far more robust than these two similar products. For a start up just getting going they are fine alternatives, but as your business scales Google Charts becomes a hassle to manage and Keap becomes too much of a generalized product. While your business increases it is generally best to get multiple specialized pieces of technology to help you maintain integrity in your data, and Periscope Data allows. Worth the money.
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Return on Investment
  • Given its open source status, only cost is the learning curve, which is minimal compared to time savings for data exploration.
  • Platform also ease tracking of data processing workflow, unlike Excel.
  • Build-in data visualizations covers many use cases with minimal customization; time saver.
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  • Very positive - has allowed us to glean insights quickly and in real time.
  • Definitely helpful for evaluating performance of accounts and employees.
  • Versatile - we even use it with recruiting metrics, our software team uses it to test feature deployment.
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