The data world loves complexity. Static data. Streaming data. Real-time data. “Oh, you’re working with financial records? Better get a tool for that. Need live server logs? Totally different tool.” But here’s the thing: it’s all the same. It’s all tabular data.
This over-complication isn’t about the data itself—it’s about the tools. Data doesn’t care if it updates once a century or ten thousand times a second. That distinction was created by tools that couldn’t handle both. So, the industry made two sets of solutions: one for static data and another for streaming. At Prospective, we decided that’s nonsense.
Why? Because streaming data is just static data that keeps updating. Treat it all the same, and everything simplifies—your architecture, your workflows, your costs.
Static Data is Just Lazy Streaming
Think about your database. Sometimes it outputs a row and never updates it. Sometimes it sends rows constantly. Is that really a different problem? No. It’s the same structure at different speeds.
That’s why, at Prospective, we decided not to build separate systems. Every feature—grouping, filtering, visualization—supports updating data by default. Treating static and streaming data as different creates complexity, higher costs, and maintenance headaches. Our philosophy is simple: static data is just updating data that ticks once.
What That Means for You
When you load data into Prospective, it doesn’t matter if it’s a CSV from Excel, a real-time feed, or server logs. It just works. No hidden limitations. No gotchas. Everything supports updates, whether they happen once or millions of times.
That’s why we call ourselves an all-data engine. Tabular is tabular. If it’s rows and columns, we handle it.
Why This Approach Works
When you stop treating static and streaming data as separate problems, you stop buying separate tools. No more Tableau for one and Grafana for another. No more managing five products, five licenses, or five teams. It’s all data—why act like it’s not?
What we are is idempotent. Everything we build works the same way, whether your data is static, moving, or somewhere in between. No gimmicks, just a consistent, powerful system for any scenario.
Stop Building Data TVs
Here’s the thing: many teams are stuck building custom visualization systems because existing tools don’t fit perfectly. But let’s be honest—what you’re really doing is building the same “data TV” over and over again.
With Prospective, you don’t need to reinvent the wheel. Feed in your data, and it works. It’s like plugging in a new channel: same TV, same remote, no hassle.
Where You Land After 10 Platforms
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably tried every visualization tool out there. You’ve dealt with the quirks, the licensing headaches, and the limits. And now, you’re looking for something better.
That’s why we built Prospective. It just works, no matter the data. Because, at the end of the day, it’s all tabular data.
