Alternatives Considered
OpenText Magellan can produce reports that are much more elaborate than PowerBI, which is ideal for users that just need to see a report. On the other hand, PowerBI seems to be better at allowing users to interact with data.
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January 24, 2015
If you have the budget for it it can do great things, if you are a small company run, don't walk away.
Alternatives Considered
- Jaspersoft,Pentaho,Microsoft BI
It is vastly superior to these in many ways, for complex reporting it is a much more sophisticated solution. Visualizations are very good. Javascript extensibility is very powerful, others don't support this or as well. Pentaho and MS are both OLAP oriented. Pentaho is moving more toward big data, which was not our primary focus. Others are stuck in the Crystal Reports Band metaphor.
October 13, 2014
Actuate BIRT - open source that's worth a look
Alternatives Considered
- There is a myriad of reporting solutions and options tend to change every other year.
Actuate has been in the industry a while and the open source community make going with Actuate's BIRT a stable decision. Changing report engines can be expensive, so going with a company with a good reputation helps long-term.
September 19, 2014
Developer Perspective on Actuate
Alternatives Considered
I've used JReports and Actuate is very similar but seems to have a lot more customization features for the end user of BIRT reports.
September 17, 2014
Acuate 8 before the birth of BIRT
Alternatives Considered
- Crystal Reports
Actuate has a HUGE number of features that can tie nicely into almost any ERP but it takes some time to learn and the development community was relatively small compared to the Crystal Reports alternative. Crystal was far easier to learn and had a massive support base. Probably because it is now owned by SAP.
Alternatives Considered
Actuate has a larger learning curve than other products.
September 11, 2014
Actuate gets the job done!
Alternatives Considered
We looked at a few other competitor's products but based on value for features chose Actuate for its total cost of ownership.
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About OpenText Magellan
OpenText Magellan is a flexible AI and Analytics platform that combines open source machine learning with advanced analytics, enterprise-grade BI, and capabilities to acquire, merge, manage and analyze Big Data and Big Content stored in your Enterprise Information Management systems. Magellan enables machine-assisted decision making, automation, and business optimization.
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OpenText Magellan Technical Details
| Deployment Types: | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems: | Windows, Linux |
| Mobile Application: | No |
| Supported Languages: | Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish |