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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Visual Studio Code

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers Visual Studio Code, an open source text editor that supports code editing, debugging, IntelliSense syntax highlighting, and other features.

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    Pentaho

    Score6 out of 10
    N/APentaho is a suite of open source business intelligence and analytics products, now offered and supported by Hitachi Data Systems since the June 2015 acquisition.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft Visual Studio CodePentaho
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Visual Studio CodePentaho
    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
    Microsoft Visual Studio CodePentaho
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    70 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    69 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    70 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Visual Studio CodePentaho
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Visual Studio Code and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
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    Ratings
    Pentaho
    9.0
    20 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.618 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.918 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.718 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Visual Studio Code and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
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    Ratings
    Pentaho
    8.7
    19 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.618 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.319 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings9.312 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.717 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Visual Studio Code and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
    -
    Ratings
    Pentaho
    9.7
    20 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.618 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.819 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.713 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.917 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.310 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Visual Studio Code and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
    -
    Ratings
    Pentaho
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.314 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft Visual Studio Code and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
    -
    Ratings
    Pentaho
    9.1
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.320 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.619 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.918 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft Visual Studio Code and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
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    Ratings
    Pentaho
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.710 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings6.97 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.711 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft Visual Studio Code and Pentaho
    Feature
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
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    Ratings
    Pentaho
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.310 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings7.39 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.79 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.910 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.610 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft Visual Studio CodePentaho
    Small Businesses
    BBEdit
    Score10 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Vim
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Vim
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Visual Studio CodePentaho
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (104 ratings)
    9.1
    (31 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (21 ratings)
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (23 ratings)
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Visual Studio CodePentaho
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    As a general workhorse IDE, Microsoft Visual Studio Codee is unmatched. Building on the early success of applications such as Atom, it has long been the standard for electron based IDEs. It can be outshone using IDEs that are dedicated to particular platforms, such as Microsoft Visual Studio Code for .net and the Jetbrains IDEs for Java, Python and others. For remote collaborative development, something like Zed is ahead of VSCode live share, which can be quite flakey.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    Pentaho is very well suited to perform data extraction & data mining from various cloud storage & transform that data using various available data models. However, the software struggles when it comes to visualizing the extracted data in an appealing manner & can be difficult for end-users to get an understanding of data tables created using those models.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Integrate with the git repository very well.
    • Integrated copilot chat is very helpful to write code snippets and helps beginners to start with coding and development.
    • Great library of available extensions is one of the best features in Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
    • Dedicated Testing option to configure pytest and others are quite handy to use.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    • Integrate and synchronize with big data easily
    • Import data from any sources and different databases
    • Managing data in on-premise, hybrid and cloud environments.
    • Compatibility and flexibility of the platform with any type of scenario and any business or industry
    • Various tools in the software suite to transformation of data
    • Simple interface appearance and creative UI graphics
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • The customization of key combinations should be more accessible and easier to change
    • The auxiliary panels could be minimized or as floating tabs which are displayed when you click on them
    • A monitoring panel of resources used by Microsoft Visual Studio Code or plugins and extensions would help a lot to be able to detect any malfunction of these
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    Hitachi Vantara
    • I think the relative obscurity of the tool is a downside, not as many developers, consultants or peers you can tap into.
    • Lack of a solid user community held us back, looking at Power BI and Qlik, they have huge user communities that help each other out. Would have liked that here.
    • Smaller company means smaller sales force, and the lack of a local presence made it hard to only interact online with the account rep. Other companies have someone local who often stops by with pre-sales developers to just pitch in free of charge when they have time.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Solid tool that provides everything you need to develop most types of applications. The only reason not a 10 is that if you are doing large distributed teams on Enterprise level, Professional does provide more tools to support that and would be worth the cost.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    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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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code earns a 10 for its exceptional balance of power and simplicity. Its intuitive interface, robust extension ecosystem, and integrated terminal streamline development. With seamless Git integration and highly customizable settings, it adapts perfectly to any workflow, making complex coding tasks feel effortless for beginners and experts alike.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    The Pentaho tools are designed so you can start playing around on your own. Of course, you will need guidance at some point, but the training teams are good at guiding new users, and the online documentation is usually pretty up-to-date.
    Some of the tools, such as the Pentaho Data Integration tool and the Pentaho Server, are pretty self-explanatory. The other tools maybe are not so quickly and obvious to use, but again, with some documentation and some customer support, you can find your way around them.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    Overall, Microsoft Visual Studio Code is pretty reliable. Every so often, though, the app will experience an unexplained crash. Since it is a stand-alone app, connectivity or service issues don't occur in my experience. Restarting the app seems to always get around the problem, but I do make sure to save and backup current work.
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    Hitachi Vantara
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code is pretty snappy in performance terms. It launches quickly, and tasks are performed quickly. I don't have a lot of integrations other than CoPilot, but I suspect that if the integration partner is provisioned appropriately that any performance impact would be pretty minimal. It doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles (unless you start adding plugins left and right).
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    Hitachi Vantara
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Active development means filing a bug on the GitHub repo typically gets you a response within 4 days. There are plugins for almost everything you need, whether it be linting, Vim emulation, even language servers (which I use to code in Scala). There is well-maintained official documentation. The only thing missing is forums. The closest thing is GitHub issues, which typically has the answers but is hard to sift through -- there are currently 78k issues.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    They were responsive to our questions when we raised issues. They gave us workarounds when required. They were quite knowledgeable when it came to issue analysis and providing fixes. They were forthright in informing us if a bug was not due for release soon.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Hitachi Vantara
    Course Taken: DI1000 Pentaho Data Integration Fundamentals Setup 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 Course The 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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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Hitachi Vantara
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Visual Studio Code stacks up nicely against Visual Studio because of the price and because it can be installed without admin rights. We don't exclusively use Visual Studio Code, but rather use Visual Studio and Visual Studio code depending on the project and which version of source control the given project is wired up to.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    Since the Pentaho platform offers a range of broad functionality across data preparation and advanced analytics, it also can be easily integrated to support many data sources and machine-learning frameworks. Based on that fact, we selected Pentaho to be used in our internal department. It also supports many of our BI use cases as required by company management or the business user. Last but not least, the Pentaho license is cheaper than their competitor.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    It is easily deployed with our Jamf Pro instance. There is actually very little setup involved in getting the app deployed, and it is fairly well self-contained and does not deploy a large amount of associated files. However, it is not particularly conducive to large project, multi-developer/department projects that involve some form of central integration.
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    Hitachi Vantara
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Saves money by replacing suites of tools such as Visual Studio, IntelliJ, etc.
    • Speeds development time and developer environment setup time
    • Strengthens code quality with integrated autoformatting and linting
    • Strengths Git practices by keeping version control tightly connected with the code
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    Hitachi Vantara
    • 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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