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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Jaspersoft Community Edition

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AJaspersoft Community Edition is a free product that offers embeddable pixel-perfect reports for Java apps and small workgroups.

    $0

    per month

    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Platform provides users with ad hoc queries, reporting, data visualizations, and analysis tools. Its integrated, unified infrastructure aims to offer scalability from one-to-many tools and interfaces on-premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid approach.N/A
    Pricing
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Considered Both Products
    Cloud Software Group
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    81%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    81%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    28 Ratings
    13% above category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.8
    56 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.024 Ratings8.550 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.023 Ratings6.752 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.023 Ratings8.251 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    15% above category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.1
    53 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Drill-down analysis9.025 Ratings6.452 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities10.025 Ratings6.551 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.02 Ratings8.335 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.023 Ratings7.352 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.4
    27 Ratings
    13% above category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.8
    53 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Publish to Web10.022 Ratings8.344 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.027 Ratings8.251 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.017 Ratings7.646 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.024 Ratings8.052 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.016 Ratings6.931 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    21 Ratings
    15% above category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    6.0
    48 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.021 Ratings5.846 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.018 Ratings6.143 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.02 Ratings6.042 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.16 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.4
    53 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.024 Ratings7.953 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.025 Ratings7.251 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.026 Ratings7.450 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.017 Ratings7.234 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    21 Ratings
    19% above category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    6.3
    38 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.019 Ratings5.637 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.010 Ratings5.332 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.016 Ratings5.534 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.5
    23 Ratings
    20% above category average
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.9
    28 Ratings
    2% above category average
    REST API10.018 Ratings8.124 Ratings
    Javascript API9.019 Ratings7.723 Ratings
    iFrames10.016 Ratings8.221 Ratings
    Java API9.014 Ratings7.426 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.014 Ratings7.624 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.013 Ratings8.622 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    7.1
    (78 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.8
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    6.6
    (21 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.1
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (45 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (45 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cloud Software Group
    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.
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    SAP
    As mentioned earlier reporting was a big headache for us and the tools we used didn't support large data sets and visualization Performing analytics with such data sets was cumbersome and later post using this SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence we were able to correlate different data sets and prepare the dashboard pretty easier which were helpful and easier to understand.
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    Pros
    Cloud Software Group
    • 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).
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    SAP
    • This software is easy to initially learn, and very powerful in producing reusable reports.
    • It is much faster than my company's internal manual queries. The ability to build off of a saved query and share queries to other users is a great positive.
    • My favorite part is that you can run queries in the background and it does not interfere with your current work or slow your computer down.
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    Cons
    Cloud Software Group
    • 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.
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    SAP
    • The installation can be very complex and time-consuming, it requires a lot of planning and foresight as to what role the software will play in the organization.
    • The software has a relatively large learning curve that takes dedicated users months to get comfortable with, the UI is a bit intimidating for new users.
    • SAP could organize their help better, it can be difficult to find dependable solutions to issues via their website and support channels.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cloud Software Group
    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.
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    SAP
    The institution has decided to move in a different direction, and will be using MSBI for reporting. I have been very happy with the Business Objects suite of tools, and will continue to use them heavily until we make the transition.
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    Usability
    Cloud Software Group
    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.
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    SAP
    From a server and client side perspective. the Business Intelligence Platform provides a foundation for all aspects of content development, distribution, analysis, collaboration and self service. Ease of use from targeted content delivery through controlled accessibility. Content exporting in the format of the users choice. Scheduling for internal or external delivery. Public and private folders for secure content access when requied. Web based for viewing on the users device of choice without the need to download additional applications.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cloud Software Group
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    When we implemented 3.1, we had a tough time managing the system: It took almost a year to stabilize.

    With 4.0, we want to roll out to more users, and are holding back because of fears about the performance issue
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    Performance
    Cloud Software Group
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Overall, the tool (Web Intelligence 4.2) is fast and solid. One issue is a dependability on JAVA for a full feature report creation/edit capabilities (as opposed to limited HTML option). Second, planned end of JAVA support by major browsers (Chrome is already not supporting JAVA applet).
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    Support Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    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
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    SAP
    SAP has released various versions of SAP BO BI. starting from 3.1 and going to 4.0,4.1,4.2 and latest being 4.3. SAP provides support to these new versions. As new versions keep on coming, support for the very old software goes out of scope from SAP. it is when the different organization plans to get their BO content migrated from a lower version to a newer version. The newer version had definitely added functionality and features which ease the work of users.
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    In-Person Training
    Cloud Software Group
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP authorized training is best, Please go ahead with it. Even lot of online training options/videos available for self learning
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    Online Training
    Cloud Software Group
    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.
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    SAP
    I haven't used it or got feedback from the end user.

    Content looks to be pretty detailed. Focused on SQL but not BW.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cloud Software Group
    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
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    SAP
    Hire specialists and experienced staff. Mix some beginners so that everyone is not a leader but a learner too. Plan well; architect well; break down implementation in small steps and move towards larger steps. Create a centralized and authorized SAP Business Objects implementation team.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cloud Software Group
    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.
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    SAP
    We selected SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) based on price. It can stack up against others in terms of price and honestly, that's about it. Salesforce Commerce does a hell of a better job at handling it. However, in the space of Business Intelligence, SAP can do more, and that's why at the end we went with it
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    Scalability
    Cloud Software Group
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) Platform supports SOA Service Oriented Architecture. You can start/restart/enable/disable all the servers. You can seamless do load balancing and clustering. It supports all leading application and web server. Supports LDAP SSO integration. People who can work on excel with training they can work on SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence, dashboard, Lumira, Information design tool product suite. Tool is very user friendly and easy to learn and implement
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    Return on Investment
    Cloud Software Group
    • 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.
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    SAP
    • By generating and distributing reports in a timely manner, we were able to save millions of dollars for the company which otherwise would not have been visible.
    • Almost realtime dashboard, saved the company a huge amount by showing the outages and kept the company from buying a tool to do just that.
    • It showed the customers who were not paying the bills and were missing in the system due to some loophole. This was visible by doing reporting on the theft usage of electricity.
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