Pentaho - Yay or Nay?
November 04, 2016
Pentaho - Yay or Nay?
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Pentaho
I worked in a small-size private consulting firm that used Pentaho for analytics and reporting firm-wide. It catered to clients in a broad range of industries ranging from hospitality to the public sector. The software is easy to learn and has an impressive amount of functionality incorporated. The ETL (Kettle) module is great for generating visualizations and I highly recommend this software to a beginner interested in BI.
- User friendly interface
- Easy and quick report generation
- Great report customizing features
- Heavy software to install
- Requires licensing to enable all features
- Difficult to integrate with other servers
- Good client feedback - caters to specific requirements
- Low learning curve for new staff
- Good community backup
I have used Tableau, which also does a great job and has better integration features, but as a report generation/ ETL/ BI tool, I'd recommend Pentaho. I also prefer Pentaho as it is best suited for the current client base that the firm has. It fulfills specific needs with great ways of report customization.