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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

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSlack
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSlack
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
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    Community Pulse
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSlack
    Considered Both Products
    Cloud Software Group
    Chose Jaspersoft Community Edition
    FoxPro is a deprecated product and can no longer be downloaded or purchased. While it was a great report development tool, it is no longer a viable solution. While we do use Business Objects in very specific and limited implementations and for specific users, we find that …
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    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    Features
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSlack
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and Slack
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    28 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and Slack
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis9.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities10.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and Slack
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.4
    27 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and Slack
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    21 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and Slack
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and Slack
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    21 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and Slack
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.5
    23 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    REST API10.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and Slack
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.8363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.4601 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.3275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and Slack
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Jaspersoft Community Edition and Slack
    Feature
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.9429 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.0455 Ratings
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    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.8
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.1
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Jaspersoft Community EditionSlack
    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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    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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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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    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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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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    Salesforce
    • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
    • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
    • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
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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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    Salesforce
    To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
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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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    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cloud Software Group
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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    Performance
    Cloud Software Group
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
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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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    Salesforce
    Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
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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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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
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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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    Salesforce
    I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
    One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
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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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    Salesforce
    • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
    • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
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