Dataminr Pros and Cons

Using Dataminr has really helped us see incidents around the world and help increase the speed in which we measure direct or indirect impact.

The new Real-Time Intelligence that is still in Beta has been super helpful in consolidating information right at the top of an event, which saves a lot of time in collecting data and combining it for distribution. Its able to add information as new event updates come in and has been incredibly helpful - particularily during the recent bridge collapse in Baltimore.

Event history to help inform and build patterns for planning.

Developing feeds to support our business partners is really easy and makes for a helpful way to develop bespoke monitoring.

The team that supports our account has been great at helping us customize alerts to cut down on noise and build advanced alerts for custom monitoring.

The App is great as well as it provides me with almost all of the info I need near me as well as what could impact the business (through our feeds). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Setting up Dataminr requires some time committment from the end user to really customize it. If you don't dedicate this time, you will not have a great experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Invaluable and timely information on critical incidents at home and around the World.

We've been using Dataminr since the summer of 2020 and it has become an integral part of our daily routine.

Dataminr Pulse is an excellent tool that has evolved and become more robust over the last couple of years.

The recent addition of AI integration to Pulse provides a quick narrative of most events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integrating our physical location proximity to events is a work in progress however the team is working hard to bridge that gap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dataminr has been a valuable tool for our organization and the recent addition of AI has saved valuable minutes in crucial situations. The ability to quickly summarize an incident as an analyst is extremely helpful due to the sheer amount of information received on a specific security event. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The lack of real time flight tracking for our assests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like the map features and the possibility to see alerts in real-time when they pop on the map, as well as the possibility to receive alerts via email/pop-up for those times when you can't keep looking at the screen on Dataminr.

I also really like the support that our point of contact provides, he responds really quickly and is always helpful! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform is well built and user-friendly. The only thing I would like to see implemented is an "expiration date" to custom lists. Additionally, sometimes a lot of noise comes through, especially in countries like Iraq/Turkey where a lot of things happen at once, so perhaps it would be useful to have more levels and not only ALERT, URGENT, FLASH. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dataminr allows my team to optimize their monitoring and reporting of security events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Occasionally we have instances of information overload, but the Dataminr team provides unrivaled support to individual team members to address any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dataminr has email support and APP support. I will say their customer service is very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dataminr needs to highlight search terms results. It would make it a lot easier to scan through results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how useful it is to get notifications on one platform. Additionally, first responder data sources are very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is a need for better localization, integration with other OSINT tools (in case we need to check the source further) and expansion of the sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the alerts are pertinent, especially the twitter feed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is cluttered, confusing and not user friendly. The emails generated from the alerts are INSANE. I have alerts going to my work email as well as the GSOC mailer. I prefer VCC and would suggest a change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The tool's ability to detect noises very quickly and the possibility for users to create their own tailor-made strategic lists with the historica references tab. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing I personally dislike, however the tool could be improved for long-term strategic monitoring. The translation function on the historical references tab, heatmaps, and area analysis functions could be improved too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The use of topic to define alerts and the historical references to identify tendences Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In pulse it´s not possible view alerts in a map with an icon by type of topic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.