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Score 8.4 out of 10

Based on 245 reviews and ratings

Score 7.4 out of 10

Based on 119 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

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Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

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Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

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Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

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Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

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Pentaho

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

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Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

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REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

HDFS is reliable and solid, and in my experience with it, there are very few problems using it
Enterprise support from different vendors makes it easier to 'sell' inside an enterprise
It provides High Scalability and Redundancy
Horizontal scaling and distributed architecture

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Bharadwaj (Brad) Chivukula

Sr. Engineering Manager/Delivery Manager

Nisum Technologies, Inc.Retail, 10,001+ employees

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The built-in ETL tools are easy to learn, and can quickly import and transform any data you have.
The excellent visualizations and charts are pleasing to the eye, and looks are important in sales and marketing presentations.
The rollout was fast, we installed the software and were building dashboards within minutes.

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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Hadoop is a batch oriented processing framework, it lacks real time or stream processing.
Hadoop's HDFS file system is not a POSIX compliant file system and does not work well with small files, especially smaller than the default block size.
Hadoop cannot be used for running interactive jobs or analytics.

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Mrugen Deshmukh

Senior Software Engineer

San Jose State UniversityComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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At first, one needs to learn the basic concept of this software before going for the implementation. Once you are an expert on this then you will rock it.
Some of the basic features need to be enhanced such as sharing and collaboration capabilities
Needs to support automatically generated analytic visualizations or models

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Senior Solution Architect

Three.Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Hadoop 9.6

Based on 8 answers

Hadoop is organization-independent and can be used for various purposes ranging from archiving to reporting and can make use of economic, commodity hardware. There is also a lot of saving in terms of licensing costs - since most of the Hadoop ecosystem is available as open-source and is free

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Senior Vice President

IpsosInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Pentaho 8.8

Based on 11 answers

I will use Pentaho until I find a better tool with a better, easier to use report designer client. For now, Pentaho has been the most powerful reporting tool for our clients because of its ability to connect to Odoo, integrate in Odoo (reports are accessible in Odoo) and the flexibility in report design and parameter integration

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OpenERP Software Implementation Engineer

Ursa Information Systems IncorporatedInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Usability

Hadoop 8.5

Based on 5 answers

Great! Hadoop has an easy to use interface that mimics most other data warehouses. You can access your data via SQL and have it display in a terminal before exporting it to your business intelligence platform of choice. Of course, for smaller data sets, you can also export it to Microsoft Excel.

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Senior Financial Analyst

Lowe's Companies, Inc.Retail, 10,001+ employees

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Pentaho 9.0

Based on 2 answers

I would have liked some hands on help in trying to match what Customers were already used to. Plus having a team of Java/BI folks was difficult to assemble since what required to be done in an object oriented fashion could have easily been done via a SQL construct. This hash of technologies was difficult to manage.

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Deepak Paramanand

Technical Lead

Razorsight Software Pvt. Ltd.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Hadoop 6.9

Based on 6 answers

We went with a third party for support, i.e., consultant. Had we gone with Azure or Cloudera, we would have obtained support directly from the vendor. my rating is more on the third party we selected and doesn't reflect the overall support available for Hadoop. I think we could have done better in our selection process, however, we were trying to use an already approved vendor within our organization. There is plenty of self-help available for Hadoop online.

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Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer

WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Pentaho 9.0

Based on 5 answers

We are an Enterprise customer. They handle problems INSTANTLY when they are critical, including initiation an immediate WebEx screen share call when needed. Smaller/less-critical problems are handled within 1-2 days -- and NEVER fall off their radar, no matter how small.As needed, we can also leverage "professional services" from them -- much of which is included in our Enterprise contract. Finally, when a problem I have discovered turns out to be a bug..they create a JIRA for the fix, and make me a watcher. I love seeing notes come in showing me status updates of bugs filed because of something I found. They really are TOP-NOTCH.

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Sandro Frattura

Database Manager

Online Buddies, Inc.Internet, 51-200 employees

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Online Training

Hadoop 6.1

Based on 2 answers

Hadoop is a complex topic and best suited for classrom training. Online training are a waste of time and money.

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Senior Vice President

IpsosInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Pentaho 9.5

Based on 2 answers

Course Taken: DI1000 Pentaho Data Integration FundamentalsSetup A week before your class started, the instructor will start sending out class material and lab setup instructions. This is helpful so that you understand how the environment is laid out and can start reviewing the content. Ultimately it saved about a 1/2 day trying to setup with 10 other people online which was great! The CourseThe 3-day course was laid out like many other technical classes with 15-30 minutes instruction and 15-60 minutes of lab exercises. The instructor was very knowledgeable with the functionality from version to version and answered questions as we went along. I was amazed at some of the functionality that was available that I was not using at the time and quickly implemented changes to many existing transformations and jobs. The novice users seemed to catch on quickly and more experienced users explained how some of the functionality was used in their home environments. Towards the end there was enough time so that we were able to ask very directed questions about our own environments. Overall, I really found the class to be informative and deliver enough information to be dangerous. My skills improved and I was able to design better and efficient transformations for the HIE. Course Description: https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-training/pentaho-data-integration-fundamentals-di1000

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Stephanie Dozier

Business Data Analyst

Centex Systems Support ServicesInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

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Pentaho 5.0

Based on 2 answers

Get the right people in before starting implementation. Start small and build as you go approach is time consuming and involves lot of rework.Evangalize within the organization the capabilities and limitations equally so that correct delivery expectations are set.Set expectations with the Customer that the tool cannot replace proprietary software in terms of stability/usability and that timelines could change given the new ness of the product.

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Deepak Paramanand

Technical Lead

Razorsight Software Pvt. Ltd.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Not used any other product than Hadoop and I don't think our company will switch to any other product, as Hadoop is providing excellent results. Our company is growing rapidly, Hadoop helps to keep up our performance and meet customer expectations. We also use HDFS which provides very high bandwidth to support MapReduce workloads.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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We evaluated many typical BI software vendors including Micro-strategy, JasperSoft and Tableau. Tableau would have been a top pick if it had better support for OEM. We had to compete against Tableau in many customers to try to get them to upgrade to use our analytics and found that they were very hard to displace due to how easy it is to use.The organization I worked for had been through other partnerships with Micro-strategy and I believe that may have had an impact on them not wanting to use them again, but I was not involved in the final decisions on that.

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Verified User

Manager in Product Management

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Hadoop has allowed us to scale out a few of our tier-1, customer facing applications to provide very fast access to reports and analytics.
Hadoop was easily implemented by our Linux team and onboarded by our Hadoop Admins.
Hadoop has been a very stable platform and only goes down due to server patching or other maintenance.

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Senior Network Administrator

Vizient, Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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Pentaho has improved our overall business process.
Pentaho has helped the Managers and Directors to analyze the numbers going up and down from time to time.
We have a started a big project using Pentaho that is going to include all the business processes in the organization.

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Business Intelligence Analyst/Developer

CD-adapcoComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

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