--- description: Review of Sigma Computing Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Sigma Computing | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Business Intelligence Tools](/directory/4336/bi/software) > [Sigma Computing](/software/82128/sigma) # Sigma Computing Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/82128/sigma Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/82128/sigma?page=2) > Sigma is an award-winning modern business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform purpose-built for the cloud. With Sigma, anyone can use the spreadsheet functions and formulas they already know to explore live data at cloud scale, down to the lowest grain of detail. Our familiar spreadsheet-like interface delivers the full power of SQL into the hands of any user while keeping data fresh and secure within cloud data warehouses. Data-first companies use Sigma to empower their employees, customers, and partners to break free from the confines of the dashboard and explore data for themselves to make better, faster decisions. Our software was built to capitalize on the performance power of cloud data warehouses to combine data sources and analyze billions of rows of data instantly – no coding required. > > Verdict: Rated **4.3/5** by 83 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.3/5** | 83 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Sigma Computing - **Location**: San Francisco, US - **Founded**: 2014 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$300.00 - **Pricing model**: (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Contact Sigma Computing for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Canada, United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Ad hoc Analysis - Ad hoc Query - Ad hoc Reporting - Alerts/Escalation - Alerts/Notifications - Benchmarking - Categorisation/Grouping - Charting - Collaboration Tools - Customisable Branding - Customisable Dashboard - Customisable Reports - Customisable Templates - Dashboard - Dashboard Creation - Data Capture and Transfer - Data Connectors ## Integrations (10 total) - Alooma - Amazon Redshift - Databricks - Fivetran - Gmail - Google Cloud BigQuery - Google Sheets - Matillion - Slack - Snowflake ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Business Intelligence Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4336/bi/software) ## Related Categories - [Business Intelligence Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4336/bi/software) - [Data Analysis Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/535/data-analysis/software) - [KPI Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/1738/kpi/software) - [Manufacturing BI Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/3828/manufacturing/software) - [Dashboard Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/440/dashboard/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The UI covers most of the functionality you'll want, and for everything else you can fall back on writing your own code, like cron strings or SQL queries. I let Sigma do probably 95% of my querying, leaving the gnarliest 5% for me to write in their SQL runner. I do a significant amount of lightweight ELT work in Sigma as well. I like being able to write massive views that I know I'm going to have to update often, and just like Snowflake / Sigma materialize them for me. When I use Sigma to query S3 directly in the SQL runner - usually to POC some new data that hasn't made its way out to the business teams yet - this functionality is really convenient because those queries are not efficient. I just need to get new data in front of the business as quickly as possible. > > **Cons**: Visual discovery is lacking when compared to mature tools like Tableau. Sigma needs to continue chipping away at the Tableau features around dashboarding and charting. > > Sigma is the fastest and easiest BI tool to deploy. Iteration on the semantic layer is a cinch. Sigma is a delight to work with as a vendor. Their support is superbly responsive (during business hours - they don't have global timezone coverage yet). Sigma's pricing model is reasonable and very friendly to orgs where 80+% of the employees need live data access. ----- ### "Excel for your data warehouse" — 5.0/5 > **Luke** | *18 July 2019* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I’ m very impressed at Sigma’s ease of use for building reports from my clients data warehouse running on Snowflake. If you can use Excel, and understand the data in your database you can be up and running extremely quickly without having to write SQL queries or any code to describe your database. The ability to create additional columns on your data containing custom formulas and the ability to sort and filter on multiple columns is great. > > **Cons**: As with any tool there is a learning curve to the interface, but since it’s similar to a spreadsheet, it’s quick to learn. Theres no feature yet to save custom formulas to be used across worksheets so you’ll have to copy and paste them for now. > > I help B2B SaaS startup founders and CMOs with their customer data platforms and reporting. The ability to create additional columns on your data containing custom formulas and the ability to sort and filter on multiple columns is great. One of my clients uses Sigma and I’ve been extremely impressed at how easy and quickly it is to build reports on multiple tables of data without writing any complex SQL. For example, sessionization of page view and event time series data is a complex SQL query which can be performed within a few minutes in Sigma without any knowledge of SQL. It’s a great tool for business users. ----- ### "Sigma Review" — 3.0/5 > **Marissa** | *26 June 2019* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy exporting into excel, formula customization, overall data customization, saving personal reports > > **Cons**: Dragging and dropping columns in the sidebar isn't the most efficient. Also, the loading time when changing filters is so long\! I find myself exporting the data dump into excel for easier and faster use. Also the constant formula adjusting to achieve the correct data - I've been using the program for about 6 months and reporting isn't 100% yet. > > I use sigma multiple times a day, 5 days a week and with the exception of a few internal tweaks, I am generally happy with the program. ----- ### "Incredibly Useful Tool for data analysis and workflow" — 5.0/5 > **Sam** | *27 June 2019* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The speed with which I'm able to pull together disparate data and generate some useful insights. The Dashboard functionality has been particularly useful in creating reporting our teams can use with customers and prospects. > > **Cons**: Version management and permissions. It's hard to keep everyone looking at the same version of a document, to view data, a document is created and generically named, so our folder system is getting very full and hard to navigate. Additionally, there's no way to tell if another user will be able to see a given document without asking them to try viewing it, and there's no way for them to request view access to that document. ----- ### "It's growing on me\!" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *28 August 2022* | E-Learning | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It works\! We used Chartio before and it was always timing out. Sigma is reliable and accurate. > > **Cons**: The way it auto sizes objects is annoying. I also feel like you need more technical data analysis skills to do some common things (like a year over year comparison). ----- Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/82128/sigma?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/82128/sigma) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data