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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Best BI tool I've used!
What do you like best about the product?
Sigma is the most intuitive and flexible BI tool I’ve worked with. The spreadsheet-like interface lowers the barrier for non-technical users, while SQL compatibility and CTE support give analysts like me the power to dig deep. I also appreciate how seamlessly it integrates with our cloud data warehouse—no more worrying about data pipelines or stale dashboards.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some of the custom visual tweaks are limited, which is mildly annoying for aesthetics, but I only make dashboards that are internal to the company (not for customers), so it's not a huge blocker.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sigma helps me gather the data in one place to answer the big business questions that I just can't get to in a product analytics tool. I LOVE the way it sits on top of our data warehouse (Snowflake) - it makes it so much easier to create massive datasets and analyze them in a way that's consumable for a wide audience. The team at Sigma has also partnered with my team at Snowflake to help me get the most out of the tool - as the solo analyst at my company, the help is SO appreciated! Instead of being limited to product events and analytics, I can bring in data from our entire company across sales, marketing, finance, product, etc.
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.
Detailed reports improve reporting capabilities but need enhancement
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case for Sigma is reporting.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Sigma is the detailed reports. These reports offer a lot of details and have positively impacted our ability to generate better reports for the organization.
What needs improvement?
Sigma could have better reports.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Sigma for a year.
Great software for understanding key metrics
What do you like best about the product?
Aeshtetically sigma is nice to use, and functions well.
What do you dislike about the product?
everything works well except a little trouble getting logged in on a mobile device, but once sorted works flawlessly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easy access to important key data and metrics across my team, as well as data for the company.
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.
Great place for information
What do you like best about the product?
I can compare numbers and KPI from across many departments
What do you dislike about the product?
It's a little slow and glitchy at times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's a place that we keep all of our numbers for quick and easy comparison.
I use Sigma boards every day for my job as a fraud investigator. It is invaluable to our company.
What do you like best about the product?
I find it to be very user friendly. I use it every day. Our engineers have built out some amazing boards on Sigma and I couldn't do my job without the data that is provided to me on the various Sigma boards.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have not encountered anything negative in my experience using Sigma boards.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am a fraud prevention investigator for a medium sized tech company. I use Sigma every day and rely on the data that it provides me in preventing and combatting fraud.
My Firsthand Experience about using Sigma!
What do you like best about the product?
Sigma has a very user friendly Interface and Drag and Drop functionality. Creating a dashboard layout is very easy in sigma as the elements auto adjusts itself, easy to trim extra spaces . Also it has got the write back capability by using input using using will can write back to the database, We can have a Centralised datasets/ Data Models
What do you dislike about the product?
Currently I am finding it difficult to create a custom visualisation , which are not available in Sigma default library.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A table like structure which is very beneficial. We are currently using sigma for clients who wants to migrate reports from other visualization tools to sigma.
Sigma is a powerful, modern-looking tool for developing BI apps
What do you like best about the product?
The best part of Sigma for me is that it allows the apps to have sleek modern look with little to no effort. It has wide variety of customization options, viz objects look clean and fresh. It is extremely easy to work with this product especially having prior experience of using Excel as a viz tool. Also I really appreciate the Customer Support service, on early stages of getting dev experience with Sigma I am using them as second opinion - in situations when the requirements of the app cannot be satisfied in the way I used to do things.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some part (rather small) of features we are used to in our previous BI tool are not yet available, and the only way to know if such features were considered to be implemented at some point is to use Support online chat. Also there's less flexibility in mixing different data sources in one app.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The most valuable thing I can see in Sigma for business is that it is always based on live data from the data source you use. That allows users to always get the latest data possible. Also that removes one of the steps in a pipeline the data usually goes through, which simplifies troubleshooting.
Amazing features
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to have separate dashboards for each department and ease of navigating different dashboards. It has been super helpful for our company.
What do you dislike about the product?
Takes a while to download and reset data
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allows us to find significant problems with product easily through data, allowing us to enhance our services. No more manual work for a lot of us
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