We use Sigma for all of our data visualization and reporting. It works off of Snowflake, so it pulls in data from Salesforce, NetSuite, our website, and Google Analytics. Via Snowflake, we're able to have unified, single views. Sigma serves as the visualization and reporting front end.
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Sigma - cutting edge BI tool
What do you like best about the product?
Sigma has great customer support, modern UI, purpose built for snowflake.
What do you dislike about the product?
Learning curve, administration could be better. Clearer onboarding/setup instructions.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
End users have edit ability, easy database access for end users
Sigma has a very efficient user interface and their help desk is very responsive.
What do you like best about the product?
The help desk is very efficient and responds within minutes.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think the use of formulas could be simplified for non-IT users. I can hardly remember any of the formulas let alone use them.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its a very efficient platform for making amazing visuals with hundreds of different kinds of datasets. Particularly the level of customisation is great.
Sigma makes working with data easier
What do you like best about the product?
Sigma makes working with data easier. It feels like a spreadsheet, but it's connected directly to live data, so you’re not dealing with outdated exports or bugging someone for SQL help. It’s been super helpful for our team.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like the charts to be more customizable.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Live dashboards of financial and operations data, tracking trends.
Flexible and great accessibility
What do you like best about the product?
Great flexibility and tools for creating business ready dashboards along with easy accessibility to creating datasets directly from our data warehouse connection through SQL
What do you dislike about the product?
Query loading times can be slow sometimes
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Marketing reports, ad-hoc marketing performance analysis
Sigma
What do you like best about the product?
Sigma has been beyond helpful. Our company has been loving sigma since the day we signed up.
What do you dislike about the product?
So far we don't have nay dislikes with Sigma.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sigma has been useful with pulling data and allowing our process to be simpler.
Very easy to use, powerful data input capabilities
What do you like best about the product?
Sigma doesn't require expansive teams around BI and allows you to democratize data and BI to all members of the team.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are still edges in advanced visualizations, or programatic capabilities. You have to realize these limitations until they expand their feature set over time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
One platform for internal and embedded analytics.
Sigma has been a great visualization tool!
What do you like best about the product?
Sigma is very dynamic and works great with our data warehouse, Snowflake. I love the flexibility in building different types of charts and visualizations.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are a few glitches or glaring gaps (such as the filter not allowing you to select all options when you type something in).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sigma helps provides a very easily accessible and clean visualization dashboard to look at.
Slow Load Time
What do you like best about the product?
Capabilities and customization of the dashboards
What do you dislike about the product?
How slow it can be to load data for some look back window time ranges & if it includes large amount of data it becomes time consuming to simply filter
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Creating cutom dashes for users to easily track and measure key KPI's in real time
Modern dashboards and reports enhance decision-making and presentations
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Sigma is widely adopted across our organization for creating dashboards and reports. The solution feels more modern than Tableau, and it's not as sales-oriented, offering a more generalized approach. The visual appeal of Sigma stands out, as the graphs and charts look visually nicer compared to Tableau. The use of Sigma in decision-making, presentations to customers, and reporting to investors showcases its value in handling data-related tasks.
What needs improvement?
I would love to be able to create my own reports in Sigma, as I can do in Salesforce. Either we are not using it properly, or the software is too complicated. It would be great if there was a way for me to create reports without relying on a data analyst. I'm interested in the upcoming AI co-pilot to enable natural language generation of visualizations and reports. Also, the marketing materials did not match what I feel we've received. Regarding pricing, Sigma's pricing doesn't allow more people to have the ability to create their own reports. We have very few admin or report creator licenses, while everyone else is on a view-only mode.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Sigma for around a year and a half.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Tableau. We found Tableau to be a less modern solution, and we hoped Sigma would be more self-serve. However, it's not more self-serve than Tableau.
How was the initial setup?
I didn't perform the initial setup. The migration from Tableau took quite a bit of time, indicating that it could benefit from being more straightforward and easier.
What was our ROI?
While I don't have specific metrics, Sigma is integral to our business processes. We use it in decision-making and for customer and investor presentations. It's essential for everything data-related within our company.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
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. Most users have view-only access.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did not participate in the evaluation process, but our data analysts considered other solutions besides Tableau and Sigma, though I can't recall which ones.
What other advice do I have?
Determine your requirements carefully as there are many data visualization tools available. Each has pros and cons, so ensure Sigma fits your needs. Additionally, I rate Sigma an eight out of ten because it meets our needs, but there are some disappointments with the software.
Sigma review - Work perspective
What do you like best about the product?
Consolidation of data all in one page, easily access all relevant and necessary data required for day to day operation.
Accurate temperatures down to the decimal point.
Accurate temperatures down to the decimal point.
What do you dislike about the product?
The UI can be messy at times. Sometimes, at least in my experience with work provided laptops, it can freeze and become unresponsive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Real time Temperature logging to keep systems online and not overheat, but also proactively prevent overheating ahead of time.
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