I use ThoughtSpot for our BI internal use cases at Zoomin software. I mainly developed models for go-to-market, HR, product teams, and customer success.
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Seamless integration with external systems and effective dashboard management enhance productivity
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The main core of ThoughtSpot is to create models, connect data pipelines, and create business models and dashboards on top of them. I often use connections to external systems like syncing information with Salesforce or exporting data to spreadsheets. I started to review the AI capabilities of ThoughtSpot but terminated my work with it due to our company's acquisition by Salesforce.
What needs improvement?
I encountered limitations mainly around UI and dashboard configuration. The widgets are simple with limited flexibility or customization. I would like more customization options.
Additionally, handling governance when there are many models and dashboards is complex. There is no way to organize assets by business unit, only a list with tags, which is not convenient.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used the solution for a little bit less than three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability is very important, and ThoughtSpot performs well. The upgrades are smooth with no downtime, which is super important.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate ThoughtSpot as eight out of ten in scalability. The platform does not have technical problems with scaling data or connections, but governance can become an issue with many dashboards or models.
How are customer service and support?
The customer service and support are not good. I stopped opening tickets due to insufficient and untimely responses. The questions asked were often unrelated to the problem and not helpful.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Negative
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously, I used Sisense and maintained both Sisense and ThoughtSpot. I did not switch, rather used them concurrently.
How was the initial setup?
I was not part of the initial setup. My first time working with ThoughtSpot was complicated due to the TML feature and security rules, which were not intuitive.
What was our ROI?
We did not have a lot of users, so there was no significant revenue return. However, we saved time for some personnel due to the data warehouse setup.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
ThoughtSpot is expensive. When compared with Tableau and Sisense, it is around seven or eight on the expense scale.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I was not involved in the decision-making process, however, two additional tools were evaluated before choosing ThoughtSpot.
What other advice do I have?
My overall rating for ThoughtSpot is eight out of ten.
I don't have specific advice or recommendations. It is one of many tools on the market.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Creates user-friendly analysis environments for large datasets
What is our primary use case?
I use ThoughtSpot as one of the visualization tools. I mainly create some live boards and provide access to the data sources and worksheets to users so they can create their own analyses and answers as required.
What is most valuable?
The tool is user-friendly for the end users. It is primarily a search-based tool. Users do not need a technical background to work directly on the dataset.
Its compatibility with most databases, including the latest from FlexMovely and Redshift, allows users to create joins and worksheets easily. ThoughtSpot is fast, even with one to ten terabytes of data.
What needs improvement?
The visualization customization needs improvement. Currently, it is not as customizable as the options available on Power BI or Tableau. It mainly offers basic chart options.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it for more than four years now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the product is really good. I use it primarily for large datasets, and it performs faster than regular data visualization tools such as Power BI, which has limits on dataset size.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The tool is flexible but not as advanced as Tableau, Power BI, or Looker, which have separate tools for preparation, customization, and storytelling.
How are customer service and support?
The support team gets a six out of ten.They are not as proactive. The knowledge base for ThoughtSpot is less robust compared to others.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy. It supports compatibility with most databases, making it easy to bring data from any database, create joins, and develop worksheets.
What other advice do I have?
It's a great tool for analyzing large datasets. For someone new to ThoughtSpot, it is efficient for analysis tasks that involve large amounts of data.
Overall, I would give it a rating of eight out of ten.
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
modern analytics interface
What do you like best about the product?
nice visuals, modern approach to analytics, efficiencies with TML, good customer support, good embedded functionality
What do you dislike about the product?
report components are not re-usable e.g. formulae, some features still not matured, e.g. syncs breaking, and sync to slack only shows first page
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
allowing us to roll out access to our clients by making use of embedded analytics and also row level security
improving data usage by sync to slack and gsheets
improving data usage by sync to slack and gsheets
Innovative BI tool which feels approachable for business users
What do you like best about the product?
Quick implementation, intuitive UI for business users, innovative features (AI questions), great drill and interactive functionality for business users, awesome customer support, embedding dashboards into our customer portal is easy and works well.
What do you dislike about the product?
Thoughtspot is a premium option on the market, limited customization that comes with the nice user interface.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use thoughtspot for 2 purposes: 1. Making data and insights available to the entire company. 2. Embedding dashboards and data for our customers to access in our customer portals.
Amazing support, great technology!
What do you like best about the product?
The team really help you get the most out of the product and benefit from all of the features.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the features dont suit all of our needs so we need to create some workarounds
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Getting live, easy to read and understand analytics out to our clients whenever they need them.
ThoughtSpot as embedded product
What do you like best about the product?
The UI is very sleek and modern. There is some great funtionality and the data visualizations can empower the user to discover more and find the answers to their own questions. The technology behind it is constantly being worked on and new releases are coming out consistently. Implementation was fairly straighforward, there are some nuances. Overall it was pretty easy to integrate with our main product. My Account Executive has been amazing to work with and goes the extra mile to answer any questions or help find a solution to any challenge we are having.
What do you dislike about the product?
The functionality and interactivity inside each data tile is not as intuitive as expected. There are some limitations with their existing UI that can be challenging and unable to be modified. This can be a challenge when embedding the product that ideally needs to look/ feel like our product. There are some technical constraints with data sets. If you are using any sort of data integration outside of a data warehouse, be sure to work closely with the ThoughtSpot engineers to ensure compatibilty. Overall a great product with some room to improve on their embedded experience.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using an embedded experience allowed us to go-to-market faster and empower our users to answer data questions and empower users to eplore their data more. The funcationality can really help users who are not data experts feel successful.
AI Forward Visualization Tool
What do you like best about the product?
the feature to generate automated insights powered by GEN AI model.
What do you dislike about the product?
The visualization features are not up to the mark
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The fact to quickly generate insights and get answers to questions based on data and visuals.
Easiest way to visualise data
What do you like best about the product?
Live data connection with simple visuals
What do you dislike about the product?
Limited functionality to customize visuals
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helping make quicker dashboards
Useful data aggregation tool
What do you like best about the product?
Good visuals, helps me to keep track of KPI and additional metrics on my team. Easy to view and manipulate, good UI
What do you dislike about the product?
Building some of the pipelines can take some time, or so my manager says...
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solving our issue of how to measure cases completed and display data from Salesforce
ThoughtSpot is great for dashboards, sharable throughout the company
What do you like best about the product?
I love the sharable dashboards for quick win loss reporting throughout the organization
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes setting up filters and managing views can be confusing
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Supporting the socialization of win loss throughout my organization
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