The document compares the data engines and scalability of Sisense and Pyramid, highlighting Sisense's limitations with a 500GB cap and single node per cube versus Pyramid's unlimited sizing and multiple scaling strategies. It outlines that Pyramid offers advanced analytics without coding and has better data governance, content management, and security features. In conclusion, Sisense is recommended for small departments with simple needs, while Pyramid is suited for broader applications.

1. Pyramid vs Sisense

2. Data Engine & Scalability
Sisense
• ElastiCube: single, proprietary choice
• 500GB limit
• Single node only per cube; limited scale out options
• Ingestion only. No true direct querying options
Pyramid
• Multiple, mix-and-match, ‘open’ engines
• Unlimited Sizing
• Multiple scale up or out strategies
• Ingestion or true direct querying
ElastiCube In-Memory:
Pyramid, SAP Hana
MS OLAP/Tabular
MPP:
Teradata, Exadata
Veritica, Netezza
Relational:
Oracle, SQL Server,
DB2, Sybase, Postgres
Cloud:
Redshift, Snowflake
BigQuery, SQL Azure
Big Data / Unstructured:
Apache Presto / Drill,
Mongo
Data Engine ≠ Data Source
Data sources are required to
populate data engines.
Data
Sources

3. Visualizations & Analytics
Sisense
• Simple things are easier
• Time to basics = VERY FAST
• Advanced Analytics ONLY through code
• Requires a developer
• Time to real world analytics = VERY LONG
Pyramid
• Simple things are easy
• Time to basics = FAST
• Advanced Analytics requires NO CODE
• Point-and-Click
• Time to real world analytics = VERY SHORT

4. Publishing, Data Prep & Extensibility
Sisense
• Solid REST API Framework
• Embedding via IFRAMES: old & unscalable
• Basic data preparation tools without ML
• No Publishing or Printing capabilities
Pyramid
• Extensive REST API Framework
• Embedding via DIV tags: modern HTML5 & scales
• Comprehensive data preparation tools with ML
• End-user report publisher with pixel perfect printing
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5. Governance & Management
Sisense
• Basic content management
• No data lineage, no content versioning
• No multi-tenancy, rights control; limited security options
• No meta data layering. Data security for ElastiCube only
Pyramid
• Powerful content management
• Data lineage, versioning
• Multi-tenant, deep rights control and security options
• Meta data layering with complete data security on all sources
Content Management Data Lineage, Versioning
Multi-tenancy +
Central Security
Metadata for
All data sources
Content Management Data Lineage, Versioning
Multi-tenancy +
Central Security
Metadata for
All data sources

6. Price
Sisense
• Cost driven by users and data
• Cost increases based on data footprint size
• Pay MORE to use more
• Deployments start at $20k/year minimum
Pyramid
• Cost driven by user only
• No cost change for data footprint
• Pay the SAME to use more
• The first 3 users are free.

7. Conclusion
Sisense
Best used in
small departments,
with small data
and simple requirements.
Pyramid
Best used
everywhere else.