Mode Reviews

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.

relatively easy to use to run a report and export the report

the glitches, the freezing, the delay in running the report sometimes so I have to refresh it

The tight integration of Mode's SQL editor and python notebooks really brought new functionality to our team. I personally hadn't used SQL queries before attempting to write them in Mode, and the editor made it easy to learn. Suddenly, not only did our company have a single, centralized source of truth for jupyter notebooks that had previously been continually passed around in private messages, but we also had a clearer and simpler way to populate those notebooks with data from multiple databases. It was a a game changer.

Speed of editing is really my only complaint. I write any python notebook functionality outside of Mode and just copy and paste the cells I need to avoid having to write new code within the hosted notebook and deal with the slow refresh rates. This is just an inconvenience though, not a deal breaker. And its definitely seemed to have improved since a year ago.
Another complaint is that the dashboard layout editor doesn't feel as intuitive as the rest of the Mode platform. It is specifically often difficult to get the intended result when resizing things relative to each other without iteratively adjusting window sizes in the dashboard editor and actual notebook output.

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.

Incredible organization for my sets of code, great sharing amongst teams, great visual display of information

It's pretty hard to think about what I don't like. Dynamic variables have not always worked properly in my experience and charting can be a bit rigid

Convenience of being able to write queries through browser.

lacking some features, and documentation for work-arounds

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.

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.

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

I like the feasibility of getting data as soon as possible without having to spend a ton of time digging around.

It does take a decent amount of time to initially familiarize yourself with the software however once you do its very easy going forward.

As someone new to SQL, the error messages are relatively easy to parse and it's really simple to copy and tweak queries and reports.

The chart building is not super intuitive; it would be great if there were easy templates to use.

Flexibility and ease of access are the highlights. It can be used from any where and on any platform. Very handy and easy to use.

Very less options on plotting charts. It should have more options to get even better insights while using it for big data.

Gives good insight that the most common provider doesn't once you get everything set up. Lots of ways to look at data.

Getting set up takes time. I guess that is true of all options, just be ready and meticulous for setup

- Easy to read and interpret
- Customization is amazing
- Honestly, makes my job easier as a salesperson - I can rank my leads accordingly and prepare for my calls easier

The actual visuals could be enhanced for a better user experience.

- Ease of use
- autocompletion is very good
- easy to generate complicated analytic reports
- easy export for reports

- long query time or inexplicable time outs
- very limited options for data visualization

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 love that [1] I could get started very quickly [2] easy to write sql queries [3] but have the option of adding more complex features to build cool dashboards.

The advanced features are cool, but it takes a lot of time to figure out how to use them. The Mode service team is really good at providing support, but you still need a lot of background to leverage the help they give you.