Bizintel360 vs. Jaspersoft Community Edition

-Scenarios where Bizintel360 is appropriate

When a team needs to analyze fairly big data sets from multiple sources, without having a dedicated IT infrastructure (ETL etc.) and when the teams members have little or no knowledge of coding languages and data analysis algorithms.

-Scenarios where Bizintel360 is less appropriate

When conversion tracking is required is E-commerce data analysis scenarios

When 2-Factor authentication is required by security-aware clients.

Incentivized

Any scenario where you need to reach back into TIBCO support is something I would highly avoid. Most responses at the second round get you pointed to engaging their professional services. The general mentality seems to be "since our product acquisition cost is low, why don't you engage PS to get the value you need" If you are looking at enterprise scenarios, I would highly recommend looking at other more established products.

Incentivized

• Process large amount of data at rather high speed
• Cloud based solution that required no coding
• The dashboard UI is very intuitive

Incentivized

• Very intuitive tool - An Advanced reporting user can figure out in a day on the end to end operations.
• Easy customization - Simple changes in UI makes it less headache for the end user who maintains the tool. Being an open source product (offers Jasper web services) makes a lot developer friendly compared to SSRS, Cognos etc.
• Easy Connectivity - Can connect to any data source (can connect to multiple data sources) for a single report - can be customized.
• Community - A very strong community available online, videos - on basic how to questions, also provides assistance to use case specific scenarios.
• Ease of Reporting - Can create a reports with in few clicks with out struggle.
• Domain Designer - A very powerful tool you can create a dataset using clicks with out writing SQL code.
• OnDemand Scheduling - A very good scheduling feature and a has got lot more simplistic compared to other popular tools like Cognos.
• Jasper Studio - Very good programmatic tool (desktop tool) lets you customize the reports more company specific, can embed complex coding with 3rd party languages like Java, Groovy (scripting language).

Incentivized

• The dashboard freezes sometimes when processing too much data
• Lack of Conversion Tracking when analyzing E-commerce data
• Lack of 2-factor authentication (security issue for some clients)

Incentivized

• Easier to customize the Jasper Server GUI. More flexibility with the input controls look and feel and maybe more input control types to select from.
• Have browser event functionality in the reporting itself.
• An easier way to iterate through an object. Maybe an option that tells the report Java run-time to stop following the report sequential flow and first integrate through this stated object many times.
• An easier way to create a list and add values to this list.
• Maybe one could stipulate the process flow of what needs to be computed first in a given field.
• The crosstab is a bit buggy on the Jasper studio side, so if that could be improved.
• Better and more examples of custom components
• The jive functionality on the tables needs an update. It looks so old and outdated.

Incentivized

Even though there are challenges with Architecture, sizing and other areas with Jaspersoft provided that Jaspersoft comes up with the right set of innovation, performance, scalability, and documentation in future it will be great expansion (win-win) situation for the clients and as well as Jaspersoft.

Incentivized

I think it is a great tool for teams that do not have access to a dedicated data analysis infrastructure, and/or do not have skilled human resources in that fields.

However there are E-commerce data analysis scenarios when Bizintel360 is not the best option (mainly conversion tracking), and the lack of 2-factor authentication might bring security issues with some clients.

Overall a very good tool for limited analysis scenarios.

Incentivized

The overall performance of this platform has been excellent. It is easy to work with the user interface. Creation of digital content and publishing on our social media platforms during marketing has been easy. Running our applications and upgrading our system to meet international standards has been successful. The user dashboard displays reports and performance of all departments effectively.

Incentivized

The interface itself is very intuitive so we did not need much support when using it.

However the support team is very responsive and communicating by email was not an issue.

Incentivized

We have only had a couple of tickets to be open while using Jaspersoft. Each time we have a very prompte responses that would meet our expectations. We always felt that our issues were being address in a timely manner

Incentivized

While the training was somewhat beneficial, a lot of what was taught to us was what we managed to figure out in the weeks prior. It did provide some useful tips and reference material, but overall something more tailored to our requirements would've been better.

Incentivized

New releases can be very buggy, also lacking when it comes to standard time zones and formats that are outside the US. As a company we never feel comfortable implementing a new release for at least 3-6 months due to errors that are found

Incentivized

Google BigQuery is unbeatable in terms of processing power: it leverages Google infrastructure to process data without any limitation of data size or number of data sources. However the user interface is not intuitive, and most people need to undergo some kind of training from Google to be able to use it properly.

Bizintel360 is less performant in terms of processing power, but provides a very intuitive dashboard and beginner friendly functionalities making it very accessible and quick to master.

Incentivized

Crystal reports is very expensive and does not integrate well with java based servers. Jasper also provides community edition, if we every want to downgrade the use, we always have the option of eliminating the server and using the reports as they are. Jasper also give you the opportunity to build BI on case by base basis including Dashboards.

Incentivized

• Give us the ability to analyze large data very quickly (Speed Gain)
• Cost reduction (no need to build a dedicated infrastructure)
• Improve client business KPI (not in very case though)
• The lack of 2-factor authentication can be an issue

Incentivized

• Jaspersoft Community Edition has not had any significant impact on our ROI as we have purchased the commercial edition of the product.
• The only impact on ROI is that when we bring on new developers, he or she can begin work using the community edition while awaiting the installation of the commercial edition.

Incentivized