We performed a comparison between Azure Data Factory and TIBCO Spotfire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Data Factory itself is great. It's pretty straightforward. You can easily add sources, join and lookup information, etc. The ease of use is pretty good."
"The most valuable feature is the copy activity."
"ADF is another ETL tool similar to Informatica that can transform data or copy it from on-prem to the cloud or vice versa. Once we have the data, we can apply various transformations to it and schedule our pipeline according to our business needs. ADF integrates with Databricks. We can call our Databricks notebooks and schedule them via ADF."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Data Factory is that it has a good combination of flexibility, fine-tuning, automation, and good monitoring."
"The solution has a good interface and the integration with GitHub is very useful."
"Azure Data Factory's most valuable features are the packages and the data transformation that it allows us to do, which is more drag and drop, or a visual interface. So, that eases the entire process."
"We haven't had any issues connecting it to other products."
"Data Factory's best features include its data source connections, GUI for building data pipelines, and target loading within Azure."
"The most valuable feature is the map visuals that help us connect to the geo-specialized data which is more advanced than other solutions."
"TIBCO Spotfire is easy to use. We initiated Spotfire as POC, with support from a tech team based in South Africa. While they assisted with the setup, we conducted the POC ourselves."
"From a scalability standpoint, I would say it's pretty fantastic."
"Live Query data on demand, R and Python integration, and the ability to write HTML and JavaScript text areas are all valuable features."
"We used it pretty heavily in gathering data, which goes to our VPs. They are able to base their next revenue planning based on this metric. So, it has been invaluable."
"I appreciate Spotfire's range of visualization options, advanced analytics features, and seamless integration with other TIBCO products."
"The ability to create a real-time data mark, using just one piece of software, is the best feature of this product."
"The product's initial setup phase was simple."
"Azure Data Factory could benefit from improvements in its monitoring capabilities to provide a more robust feature set. Enhancing the ease of deployment to higher environments within Azure DevOps would be beneficial, as the current process often requires extensive scripting and pipeline development. It is also known for the flexibility of the data flow feature, particularly in supporting more dynamic data-driven architectures. These enhancements would contribute to a more seamless and efficient workflow within GitLab."
"The support and the documentation can be improved."
"The product's technical support has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"This solution is currently only useful for basic data movement and file extractions, which we would like to see developed to handle more complex data transformations."
"The number of standard adaptors could be extended further."
"If the user interface was more user friendly and there was better error feedback, it would be helpful."
"The setup and configuration process could be simplified."
"Data Factory's performance during heavy data processing isn't great."
"We would like to see some development in the visualization aspect of this solution, as they can currently only be configured in the cloud, which limits us to one endpoint. It would be helpful if this could be integrated with other tools."
"The design of the UI could be improved."
"Compared to competitors, the UI is quite dated."
"The initial setup is complicated and needs experience and knowledge."
"The Text Area feature needs to be more user-friendly. It is a little clunky to use, and it is difficult to consistently format text."
"We would like to see some improvement in the default properties of the solution, so that there is less need for us to spend our time coding."
"I would like to see the visualization library in this solution expanded, so that I can increase what I can offer to our clients."
"Personalising Spotfire, as a whole, is painful and is something that could be made easier."
Azure Data Factory is ranked 1st in Data Integration with 81 reviews while TIBCO Spotfire is ranked 10th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 67 reviews. Azure Data Factory is rated 8.0, while TIBCO Spotfire is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Data Factory writes "The data factory agent is quite good but pricing needs to be more transparent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TIBCO Spotfire writes "Empowers us to extract insights and provide valuable business analytics to support decision-making within our organization". Azure Data Factory is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Alteryx Designer, Snowflake and IBM InfoSphere DataStage, whereas TIBCO Spotfire is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, QlikView, Qlik Sense and Amazon QuickSight. See our Azure Data Factory vs. TIBCO Spotfire report.
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