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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Jaspersoft

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AJaspersoft commercial edition is an embedded business intelligence suite designed to be built-into SaaS products as an integrated reporting engine. It provides reports and dashboards for customer-facing applications without requiring app developers to build their own reporting engine.N/A

    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.

    $168

    per year per user

    Pricing
    JaspersoftMicrosoft Power BI
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JaspersoftMicrosoft Power BI
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsJaspersoft offers flexible pricing for ISVs and SaaS per customer or by CPU core.Power BI Desktop is the data exploration and report authoring experience for Power BI, and is available as a free download.
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    Community Pulse
    JaspersoftMicrosoft Power BI
    Considered Both Products
    Cloud Software Group
    Chose Jaspersoft
    Much easier to use for the first time. Better collaboration. Sharing the dashboard to the web was easier.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jaspersoft
    The community Edison allowed us to use the product enough without licensing restrictions until we moved to enterprise edition.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jaspersoft
    Very cost-effective and was easy to work with. However as I’ve said before, when your data volumes grow significantly over the years it’s important to plan what your needs will be. Twice in my career, we chose Jaspersoft Enterprise Edition and both times outgrew it in under 6 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jaspersoft
    Power BI has a more user-friendly UI and tools but is hard to integrate with our application. Qlik Sense is default vendor for our organization in some countries.
    Incentivized
    Chose Jaspersoft
    Jaspersoft was the best value proposition for what we needed.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    71%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    110 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    103 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    112 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    73 Answers
    Features
    JaspersoftMicrosoft Power BI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Jaspersoft and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Jaspersoft
    7.6
    100 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.1
    198 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports7.687 Ratings8.1169 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.588 Ratings8.6197 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.886 Ratings7.7180 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Jaspersoft and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Jaspersoft
    7.4
    98 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    196 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.289 Ratings8.4193 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.397 Ratings7.7193 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.781 Ratings8.1191 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.4143 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Jaspersoft and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Jaspersoft
    7.7
    101 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    189 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Publish to Web7.176 Ratings8.1179 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.799 Ratings7.7174 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.759 Ratings7.7145 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling7.582 Ratings8.3148 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.562 Ratings7.9111 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Jaspersoft and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Jaspersoft
    7.7
    72 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.7
    189 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.472 Ratings8.3183 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.153 Ratings8.1168 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.2138 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.339 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Jaspersoft and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Jaspersoft
    8.1
    98 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.3
    180 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.194 Ratings8.6169 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.192 Ratings8.1148 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.588 Ratings8.1160 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.773 Ratings8.5141 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.149 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Jaspersoft and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Jaspersoft
    6.6
    64 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    162 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.959 Ratings7.6152 Ratings
    Mobile Application5.528 Ratings7.5133 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.141 Ratings7.8155 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Jaspersoft and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Jaspersoft
    7.6
    90 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.6
    116 Ratings
    2% below category average
    REST API7.981 Ratings7.7104 Ratings
    Javascript API8.062 Ratings7.485 Ratings
    iFrames7.754 Ratings8.055 Ratings
    Java API8.155 Ratings6.769 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)6.558 Ratings7.291 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.760 Ratings8.444 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    JaspersoftMicrosoft Power BI
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    JaspersoftMicrosoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (119 ratings)
    8.6
    (199 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (23 ratings)
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (16 ratings)
    8.3
    (115 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (26 ratings)
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.8
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    JaspersoftMicrosoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cloud Software Group
    It is well suited for the fact of scalability itself and the breadth of features this application has in order to make the migration from legacy systems to the newer different versions more seamless and effective. Data integrity and security are the main aspects of this tool which does not lose their value when doing day-to-day operations for data mapping.
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    Microsoft
    Has significantly improved collation of data and visualisation especially with business across Europe. Has given me the ability to see the Site availability at the click of a button to see which Site is in the "money" and seize opportunities based on Market data
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Cloud Software Group
    • TIBCO Jaspersoft allows you to embed reports into your own application, which gives users the feeling they are using a single product.
    • TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio allows for more advanced report development, such as adding subreports, drilldown to detail reports, images, page headers, page footers, maps, and more.
    • TIBCO's Jaspersoft Domain Designer is very easy to use and navigate.
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    Microsoft
    • Options for data source connections are immense. Not just which sources, but your options for *how* the data is brought in.
    • Constant updates (this is both good and bad at times).
    • User friendliness. I can get the data connections set up and draft some quick visuals, then release to the target audience and let them expand on it how they want to.
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    Cons
    Cloud Software Group
    • One of the issues we found during our implementation was that the reporting software would work faster for certain data sources and not the others. Extracting CSVs and XML was slower in comparison to JSON in our experience.
    • Jaspersoft Studio was the main IDE we used for development. Built atop the Eclipse IDE, we found that the tool was really resource intensive and generally take long time to initialize.
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    Microsoft
    • It would be easier for users could Microsoft Power BI and Excel used the same programming languages.
    • Would like to see the online version of Microsoft Power BI be as powerful as the desktop version.
    • Publishing a Microsoft Power BI file online and then having to save the file is somewhat redundant.
    • Would like to export each page or chart as an image.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cloud Software Group
    JasperSoft has been amazing. It is well documented, fast, and transparent in how it functions. We have been very confident in JasperSoft in every aspect of our business and offerings where we've used it. On top of that, their improvements to the product have been fantastic. I am really looking forward to seeing where they take their product and how we can leverage that to please our clients
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is an excellent and scalable tool. It has a learning curve, but once you get past that, the sky is the limit and you can build from the most simple to the most complex dashboards. I have built everything from simple reports with only a few data points to complex reports with many pages and advanced filtering.
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    Usability
    Cloud Software Group
    I think it's a tool well suited for a software developer. Others with less coding skills could struggle somewhat with the tool. I find java a little unforgiving as a language for expressions and not very user friendly for the technically dis-inclined. Sometimes the numeric conversions cause issues (who knew that 0 and 0.0 would cause different things to happen). Previous experience with a reporting tool that used visual basic for its' expressions that I found much simpler to use. On the other hand, java is so widespread, you can easily google the syntax to accomplish what you need to do.
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    Microsoft
    Automating reporting has reduced manual data processing by 50-70%, freeing up analysts for higher-value tasks. A finance team that previously spent 20+ hours per week on Excel-based reports now does it in minutes with Microsoft Power BI's automated Real-time dashboards have shortened decision cycles by 30-40%, enabling leadership to react quickly to sales trends, operational bottlenecks, and customer behavior.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cloud Software Group
    We've never had an outage of the software itself. If it was unavailable, it was due to a network outage, not a problem with Jasper.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Cloud Software Group
    Complex reports on heavy data load may take considerable amount of time. We have experinced some latencies/misfires regarding to this.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    They have a great customer support ticketing system in which they always respond same-day. They offer conference calls with srcreensharing as well in order to better understand your issues.
    I wish that the lower level support access came with more than just 12 cases per year though as this makes us less likely to reach out for questions on things that we then instead try to solve ourselves which results in loss of time in trying to acquire new features and or solve a problem.
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    Microsoft
    It is a fantastic tool, you can do almost everything related with data and reports, it is a perfect substitutive of Power Point and Excel with a high evolution and flexibility, and also it is very friendly and easy to share. I think all companies should have Power BI (or other BI tool) in their software package and if they are in the MS Suite, for sure Power BI should be the one due to all the benefits of the MS ecosystem.
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    In-Person Training
    Cloud Software Group
    It did the job of getting us to our deadline we set for ourselves for initial launch. The customer we launched the product for was also there to learn about it at the same in order to better understand the capabilities. This helped greatly so that the customer was on the same page on what was possible when using jaspersoft. I think most people would not want their customers aware the product they are using is third-party but in this case it was a new experience for us both and so as we learned more about jaspersoft, we both had better communication on what the future road map was for their business needs in BI.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Cloud Software Group
    Resources available in the TIBCO Knowledge Base are covering almost everything. They are well organized, and covering almost every possibility. There is always the change to get back to the TIBCO support or to the dedicated Customer Success Manager whenever something very specific or bound to a customization is not covered.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    Having just completed an upgrade to the latest version of Jaspersoft, I am happy to say their support was very good. There were a couple of small challenges which were not easily resolved, but they were primarily related to the fact that we had skipped updates for a couple of versions. The current update procedures assumed we were upgrading from the prior latest version (6.4) to to the new version (7.1).
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    Microsoft
    It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cloud Software Group
    When looking at the different features of these reporting engines, and what we were going to be using it for, the answer seemed clear. Jasper offered exactly what we were looking for, and did so for a price that we were happy with. For a scalable, feature-rich reporting engine that doesn't break the bank, Jaspersoft is the way to go.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would not pay for Tableau or Sigma anymore. Not worth it at all.
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    Scalability
    Cloud Software Group
    We haven't really started to explore the scalability of the product as yet, but in terms of existing deployments it has done what we need it to do.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Cloud Software Group
    • When we demo our Jaspersoft environment to potential clients, their eyes light up and they sit up in their chairs a bit more. A lot of our meetings have ended with with the client very interested in our product due to Jaspersoft.
    • Our existing clients have been very satisfied with the adhoc features of Jaspersoft. We've been able to provide them better access to their data on their terms instead of ours. Of course this turns into a huge win for us.
    • We've always used SQL Server Reporting Services to deliver our reports to our clients. Converting to Jaspersoft has allowed us to generate the reporting layer that our clients demand. They no longer feel like they are settling for what we offer.
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    Microsoft
    • Power BI usage reduced the effort of analytical reports creation by about 80%
    • Empowered all the level of employee to be more vigilant of the data and business insights, gained the profit of 8% overall.
    • AI-powered predictive analytics improved forecasting accuracy by 17%, that topped the overall sales.
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    ScreenShots

    Jaspersoft Screenshots

    Screenshot of Report DesignScreenshot of Ad-hoc ReportingScreenshot of Mobile ReportingScreenshot of Dashboard

    Microsoft Power BI Screenshots

    Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Turns insights into impact for business usersScreenshot of Power BI integrates easily with Microsoft 365Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - AI-Powered CapabilitiesScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Copilot can be used to create reportsScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Data HubScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Scales as organizational needs grow