How Tellius Compares to ThoughtSpot
for Self-Service Analytics
How Tellius Compares to
ThoughtSpot for Self-
Service Analytics
ThoughtSpot is a search-driven business intelligence platform designed to allow business users to explore data via keywords. Simplified dashboarding and automated insight generation features were developed to bring a new avenue of data exploration to everyone in the organization. However, many organizations have stalled in their self-service journey with ThoughtSpot due to a lack of data preparation tools, a high learning curve, and a shallow advanced analytics experience.
Tellius offers a different path toward self-service analytics with a robust data preparation layer, intuitive search, and a powerful automated insights platform. The combination of these features and Tellius’ generative AI capabilities enables true self-service for the entire organization. From natural language search to automated insights and AutoML, Tellius upskills all user types with an augmented analytics experience.
Tellius vs Thoughtspot Overview
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|---|---|
 Self-service ad hoc data exploration |  Search-driven analytics built on top of legacy business intelligence architecture |
 Search and unlimited drill down on all of your data |  Keyword-based search requires extensive knowledge of the data model. Natural language search via OpenAI integration is constrained by data model limitations |
 Augmenting business user and data analysts with advanced ML techniques to automatically identify key drivers and trends |  Limited insights available with no natural language summary and requires manual selection of fields |
 Intuitive, fast set-up accelerated by world-class technology, people, and processes |  Initial set-up and implementation can stretch for months, with adoption failure a common occurrence |
 Pricing model aligns with value delivered |  Convoluted pricing model with query-, capacity-, or seat-based options |
 Robust data preparation layer enables combining data from multiple sources and augments search experience |  Data preparation designed primarily to ensure search functions, and transformations rely heavily on external applications (dbt, Matillion, etc.) |
Why Tellius?
- Empowering self-service analytics
- Supercharging analysis with powerful insights
- Built for scale
- Empowering self-service analytics
Designed from the ground up to provide an integrated experience that combines data preparation, transformation, querying, and insight generation, all in a user-friendly, intuitive platform
- Supercharging analysis with powerful insights
Empowers users to understand not only “what” is happening but also “why,” by running millions of variable combinations in the datasets, enhancing the depth and value of insights derived
- Built for scale
Built with a powerful dual analytics engine that combines powerful ad hoc exploration capabilities for analytical queries at scale, optimized for data prep, insights, and ML workloads
Detailed Feature Comparison
Feature
Tellius
ThoughtSpot
Natural Language Search
Yes
Built-in
Yes
keyword-based
Business question-based search
Yes
with Sage (OpenAI GPT integration)
Smart Search (search without selecting a data source)
Search with detailed narratives and KPI creation
Yes
with GenAI
Automated Insights
Yes
But limited
Kick-off Insight from Search
Natural language narrative summary of insight
Yesin early access
Key Driver Insights
Yes
only manually selected fields
…… Explore Top Segments
…… Explore Top Predictive Factors
Trend Insights
Yes
only manually selected fields
…… Explore Top Contributors to the Change
…… Explore Top Reasons for the Change
Comparison Insights
…… Explore Top Differences
…… Explore Top Reasons for the Difference
Data Preparation
Yes
but limited to formulas within worksheet
Connect to the most popular enterprise data storage solutions
Data transformation capabilities
SaaS deployment option allows in-memory data
…… Upload CSV files
Automated synonym creation
Yes
with GenAI
Yes
with Sage (OpenAI GPT integration)
…… On individual column level
Noon all data
Automated display name creation
Yes
with GenAI
Automated column description creation
Yes
with GenAI
Predictive Analytics
AutoML
Point-and-Click ML
Bring Your Own Model
Regression
Classification
Clustering
Recommender Systems
Anomaly Detection
Alerts
Feed to keep track of key metrics
Feed linked to automated insights
Yes
understand why metrics changed
Aligns with value delivered
Yes
server-based
No/Yes
depending on pricing model (query-, capacity-, seat-based)
Automated insights on all tiers
Unlimited permission groups at all tiers
Unlimited data on all tiers
Row-level security on all tiers
Tellius
- Natural Language Search(Built-in)
- Business question-based search
- Smart Search (search without selecting a data source)
- Search with detailed narratives and KPI creation(with GenAI)
- Automated Insights
- Kick-off Insight from Search
- Natural language narrative summary of insight
- Key Driver Insights
- ...... Explore Top Segments
- ...... Explore Top Predictive Factors
- Trend Insights
- ...... Explore Top Contributors to the Change
- ...... Explore Top Reasons for the Change
- Comparison Insights
- ...... Explore Top Differences
- ...... Explore Top Reasons for the Difference
- Data Preparation
- Connect to the most popular enterprise data storage solutions
- Data transformation capabilities
- SaaS deployment option allows in-memory data
- …… Upload CSV files
- Automated synonym creation(with GenAI)
- …… On individual column level
- Automated display name creation(with GenAI)
- Automated column description creation(with GenAI)
- Predictive Analytics
- AutoML
- Point-and-Click ML
- Bring Your Own Model
- Regression
- Classification
- Clustering
- Recommender Systems
- Anomaly Detection
- Alerts
- Feed to keep track of key metrics
- Feed linked to automated insights(understand why metrics changed)
- Pricing
- Aligns with value delivered(server-based)
- Automated insights on all tiers
- Unlimited permission groups at all tiers
- Unlimited data on all tiers
- Row-level security on all tiers
ThoughtSpot
- Natural Language Search(keyword-based)
- Business question-based search(with Sage (OpenAI GPT integration))
- Smart Search (search without selecting a data source)
- Search with detailed narratives and KPI creation
- Automated Insights(but limited)
- Kick-off Insight from Search
- Natural language narrative summary of insight(in early access)
- Key Driver Insights(only manually selected fields)
- ...... Explore Top Segments
- ...... Explore Top Predictive Factors
- Trend Insights(only manually selected fields)
- ...... Explore Top Contributors to the Change
- ...... Explore Top Reasons for the Change
- Comparison Insights
- ...... Explore Top Differences
- ...... Explore Top Reasons for the Difference
- Data Preparation(but limited to formulas within worksheet)
- Connect to the most popular enterprise data storage solutions
- Data transformation capabilities
- SaaS deployment option allows in-memory data
- …… Upload CSV files
- Automated synonym creation(with Sage (OpenAI GPT integration))
- …… On individual column level(on all data)
- Automated display name creation
- Automated column description creation
- Predictive Analytics
- AutoML(requires Azure AI Services license)
- Point-and-Click ML
- Bring Your Own Model
- Regression
- Classification
- Clustering
- Recommender Systems
- Anomaly Detection
- Alerts
- Feed to keep track of key metrics
- Feed linked to automated insights
- Pricing
- Aligns with value delivered(No/Yes depending on pricing model (query-, capacity-, seat-based)
- Automated insights on all tiers
- Unlimited permission groups at all tiers
- Unlimited data on all tiers
- Row-level security on all tiers
Common ThoughtSpot Pitfalls
- Limited natural language search experience
- SpotIQ lacks depth, with no advanced modeling available
- Convoluted pricing model
ThoughtSpot’s keyword-based search requires knowledge of the underlying data structure, limiting its ease of use to new users. Search is also limited by a lightweight data preparation layer.
ThoughtSpot’s automated insight tool, SpotIQ, requires manual selection of fields and does not automatically find the most relevant drivers or trends. Predictive analytics are also largely inaccessible. This lack of depth and features limits the ability to understand “why” metrics are changing.
ThoughtSpot has four pricing tiers and custom pricing available on the Pro and Enterprise tiers. Some important security features, as well as automated insights, are locked behind the highest-priced tiers. Query-based pricing does not provide complete transparency into usage, and seat-based pricing does not align with value delivered.
- Limited natural language search experience
ThoughtSpot’s keyword-based search requires knowledge of the underlying data structure, limiting its ease of use to new users. Search is also limited by a lightweight data preparation layer.
- SpotIQ lacks depth, with no advanced modeling available
ThoughtSpot’s automated insight tool, SpotIQ, requires manual selection of fields and does not automatically find the most relevant drivers or trends. Predictive analytics are also largely inaccessible. This lack of depth and features limits the ability to understand “why” metrics are changing.
- Convoluted pricing model
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