Mode Reviews

Lots of visualizations to use, easy for non-technical people on our team to use it.

There is an issue with PDF exporting cutting off tables and visualizations and i have been asking for it to be fixed for almost a month now and no one has fixed it. It affects my ability to send reports to my co-workers, and that puts the software in jeopardy. If we can't show people in the company that it's great and functional we may lose the software

Very easy to use, set up and organize. Their charting and reporting tools are super powerful, and generate great dashboards and reports.

The ability to schedule report runs and even send them to Slack or email makes it easy for everyone in our organization to be on the same page.

Really just some minor UI annoyances, but nothing that would prevent me from recommending the software.

Ease of use, never fails to execute jobs, performant

UI could be a little more intuitive and flexible

This BI software is very easy to use, it has allowed us to gather great insights comparing data from our CRM to our own in house Portal software.

Occasionally some of the coding can be difficult unless you have a very experienced Data Analyst to work with.

The killer feature for mode is how it integrates into source control (github). I have used a lot of different reporting products and there is always a big pain point in putting the reports into source control and easily understanding what dependencies each report has to various data sources. Mode makes this so easy, and allows me to quickly change data sources from a code editor across many reports.

There does not seem to be a lot of options to connect to datasources other than from a database. It would be nice if you could define connections from an API.

The ease of use. Mode is really easy to use, specially you can put it as a self-serve data platform to anyone in your team maybe support, marketing, sales. Everyone can use and get the data.

The version we had was running queries on our own databases everytime we refresh the dashboard.

I like the ease of use and the fact that they keep improving the visualizations so it's becoming a one stop shop for analytics.

It's not Mode's fault, but I need to teach so many other people SQL in order to help them out. Otherwise they just re-run the same old reports.

The ability to do queries in both SQL and R programming allow for dynamic data pulls. The ability to schedule reports is also very helpful for the different departments at my company.

There aren't a lot of holes in what Mode provides. I may not be as informed as I need to be but I often run into issue joining one SQL query to another SQL query.

The user interface is intuitive and makes it easy to go from writing queries to creating dashboards.

1. There are glitches that can be frustrating.
2. There are certain missing features that would be nice additions.

Example glitch:
1. When going from a query to report builder, certain times the created dashboard visuals won't load, which requires a page refresh to make it appear.

Example additional features:
1. Ability to show or minimize all queries (i.e., show/hide the query & associated charts).
2. Ability to set a default color scheme for your account without having admin permissions.

Customer service is great. They get back to me with answers very quickly and are thorough in their responses.

Some of the built-in reporting tools (e.g. pivot table) are quite limited. For example, you can't create functions in the pivot table.

so easy to connect to your database and query your data. More recently, you can even use jupyter notebooks and write python scripts to easily join data from different databases. this is really helpful for our everyday work with data in different databases

Nothing, I love Mode and have been recommending it to so many people.

Mode provides a similar environment to a jupyter notebook which was familiar and easy to adopt. Mode supports many packages and allows me to create visualizations that stakeholders can interact with in a front end dashboard. Mode has been responsive to feedback and has introduced new features to alleviate problems.

I wish there was more functionality on designing the dashboards without having to edit the html. Additionally, although many packages are supported in the notebook they are not always up to date which causes some trouble when using current documentation.

It is super easy to use you can create a lot of queries

the dashboard tools you can create visualisations the big number etc

The ease of use and comfortable UI makes using mode a breeze. It is a simple user experience and simple should not be equated with bad

Nothing in particular sticks out as something that is very bad. Perhaps it could be easier to create development tables

It is so comprehensive. There are so many facets to mode that I am able to use in all of my sales calls. It gives me insights into my prospects most other sales reps do not have.

It takes too long to load all of the data, slowing down my day to day.

Mode is very easy to use, and it really helps with my day-to-day tasks and projects

There are some SQL features that aren't compatible with MODE, which has led me to do extra work to complete my queries that could be complicated if that function was available.

I love how user-friendly the environment is. It is used even by the non-techies in my company.

I wish graphs could be more flexible to use

Mode makes it easy to add data from a wide variety of sources, run live queries on that data, and produce detailed graphs and sheets with your results. Its free plan is comprehensive and great for public data collections.

Mode can be limited in its visualizations and sources. If you're looking for more comprehensive BI toolsets, you may want to consider more expensive options. The cons at this price point are essentially zero though.

The reports are easy to read and keeps our org wide data super accessible. There's a lot of variety and options as far as visuals are concerned and the product seems flexible enough to work with most, if not all of our applications.

I find it sometimes confusing to navigate and find reports. Would benefit from a nested folder structure for improved organization of reports.

Mode gives me an easy way of understanding licensing on our platform. On top of that, it can provide insights so I can keep on top of my monthly KPI's and make sure I am on target and helps me prove to the company some of the tasks I have been able to complete.

Once logging into the database, it can be fairly difficult to use. It's has a very dark user interface which is hard to navigate.

Democratization of data - allowing users to self-serve and pull data on their own without having to know how to write queries/scripts/the like.

The fact that all new reports are created by default in your own personal area as opposed the desired location where you created the report in the first place.

Straight forward to use. Easy to use. Can do a lot with it.

Sometimes it crashes but it's not that big of a deal.

I like how it easily I can navigate through the warehouse to find the correct tables and the run the first hundred rows of a table is invaluable

You have to run a query to know if I made a mistake in it (big query checks the query live without execution )

I love how easy it is to create charts and diagrams from the data to make it easier to explain to others. I love the power that comes with being able to write your own SQL queries

The speed. I know it's data intensive but at the same time, it's a slog to develop in when you are waiting 30s each time the query runs

I love the Python support out-of-the-box, and that you don’t have to pay extra for it (like some other companies).

It was not easy enough for us to hide implementation details from our users. Everyone was able to view the raw SQL statements and infer our database schema from there.