Jaspersoft Community Edition vs. Qlik Sense

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Jaspersoft Community Edition
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Jaspersoft Community Edition is a free product that offers embeddable pixel-perfect reports for Java apps and small workgroups.
$0
per month
Qlik Sense
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Qlik Sense® is a self-service BI platform for data discovery and visualization. It supports a full range of analytics use cases—data governance, pixel-perfect reporting, and collaboration. Its Associative Engine indexes and connects relationships between data points for creating actionable insights.
$20
per month per user (10 user minimum)
Pricing
Jaspersoft Community EditionQlik Sense
Editions & Modules
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Standard
$20
per month per user (10 user minimum)
Premium
$2700
per month unlimited basic users & purchased full users
Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Jaspersoft Community EditionQlik Sense
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Jaspersoft Community EditionQlik Sense
Considered Both Products
Jaspersoft Community Edition
Chose Jaspersoft Community Edition
They each of them have their own strengths and weaknesses. We selected TIBCO for its pixel perfect reporting.
Qlik Sense

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Jaspersoft Community EditionQlik Sense
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Jaspersoft Community Edition
9.3
28 Ratings
13% above category average
Qlik Sense
8.4
312 Ratings
2% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports9.024 Ratings8.3213 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.023 Ratings8.9310 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.023 Ratings8.1225 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Jaspersoft Community Edition
9.3
26 Ratings
14% above category average
Qlik Sense
8.6
323 Ratings
6% above category average
Drill-down analysis9.025 Ratings8.8319 Ratings
Formatting capabilities10.025 Ratings8.2312 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages9.02 Ratings8.4152 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.023 Ratings8.9296 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Jaspersoft Community Edition
9.4
27 Ratings
12% above category average
Qlik Sense
8.7
275 Ratings
4% above category average
Publish to Web10.022 Ratings8.7207 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.027 Ratings8.7254 Ratings
Report Versioning9.017 Ratings8.7174 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling10.024 Ratings8.7180 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers9.016 Ratings8.7106 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Jaspersoft Community Edition
9.3
21 Ratings
14% above category average
Qlik Sense
8.6
311 Ratings
6% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.021 Ratings8.4304 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.018 Ratings8.7281 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.02 Ratings8.5193 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Jaspersoft Community Edition
9.3
26 Ratings
8% above category average
Qlik Sense
9.0
294 Ratings
5% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.024 Ratings9.2273 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.025 Ratings9.0270 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.026 Ratings8.7272 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.017 Ratings8.9216 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Jaspersoft Community Edition
9.3
21 Ratings
15% above category average
Qlik Sense
7.5
220 Ratings
6% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access10.019 Ratings8.5214 Ratings
Mobile Application9.010 Ratings8.2132 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.016 Ratings8.3184 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Jaspersoft Community Edition
9.5
23 Ratings
18% above category average
Qlik Sense
8.5
143 Ratings
7% above category average
REST API10.018 Ratings8.7123 Ratings
Javascript API9.019 Ratings8.392 Ratings
iFrames10.016 Ratings8.592 Ratings
Java API9.014 Ratings8.669 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)10.014 Ratings8.695 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.013 Ratings8.482 Ratings
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Jaspersoft Community EditionQlik Sense
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(29 ratings)
8.5
(327 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.8
(5 ratings)
8.4
(7 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(5 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(8 ratings)
7.3
(8 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
4.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.1
(6 ratings)
7.3
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Jaspersoft Community EditionQlik Sense
Likelihood to Recommend
Jaspersoft
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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Qlik
Qlik Sense is a program whose purpose is to greatly improve all your operations and use of all data in an organic way. The mission will always be to increase the economic and commercial processes of the company in a short time. I recommended it for its high technology, which was Created for this area, the results are successful. We have noticed how it has increased relationships with our clients thanks to the credibility and security that we provide.
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Pros
Jaspersoft
  • 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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Qlik
  • Flexibility in data recording, from the app, as well as in handling them. Allowing you to view reports quickly and effectively.
  • Easy to generate dynamic graphics according to our needs.
  • It is very easy to use, intuitive, so it does not generate costs in the learning process compared to the tool with collaborators
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Cons
Jaspersoft
  • 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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Qlik
  • Scalability is RAM limited, all data is associative and in-memory so server's RAM is directly proportional to performance
  • Limitation on advanced analytics capabilities in the form of R integration to perform complex statistical and analytical calculations
  • Can have more intuitive interface
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Likelihood to Renew
Jaspersoft
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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Qlik
Qlik Sense is a constantly improving it's software and working with its' users to make it better. They are great at keeping their users informed of progress and care about delivering a quality product
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Usability
Jaspersoft
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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Qlik
Standard user interface and powerful analytic functions is GREAT. As technical person working in the background there are more things to do to make this a completely great tool. Some functions that should be standard requires consult scripting and hours. Now we are using it quite advanced and with many servers and in combination with QlikView. So overall I love the tool. But it could be better and user friendly and powerful in the background
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Support Rating
Jaspersoft
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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Qlik
Not only can you ask the support team for help, but you can also ask the community. Also with the community there is a vast amount of problems that have already been solved. The problem you are encountering has a likely chance of already being discussed and even solved in the community section saving you time from reaching out.
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In-Person Training
Jaspersoft
No answers on this topic
Qlik
The instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Online Training
Jaspersoft
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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Qlik
The online instructor was very knowledgeable.
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Implementation Rating
Jaspersoft
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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Qlik
Hire Qlik consultants. It's better done by them or with their aid.
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Alternatives Considered
Jaspersoft
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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Qlik
The customization of the platform opens up plenty of other options depending on the use cases. The API layer is incredibly rich and makes integration of Qlik based visualization into web pages a simple and effective pattern. It's been very easy to use with a great community made up of professionals. Qlik Sense has introduces artificial Intelligence into my data visualization and reporting activity.
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Return on Investment
Jaspersoft
  • 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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Qlik
  • Once an app is published and running good, we can quickly see the time we save to analyze data.
  • It's hard sometimes to realize the money we save by using this system.
  • People start understanding the power of data and asking more questions.
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ScreenShots

Qlik Sense Screenshots

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