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Board vs TIBCO Jaspersoft comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.8
Organizations save time and reduce costs with Board's efficiency, enhancing ERP integration and streamlining municipal processes.
Sentiment score
4.5
TIBCO Jaspersoft optimizes resource allocation and enhances efficiency, offering time savings and affordable licensing for broad organizational use.
It's hard for me to gauge the monetary benefits, but the time saved in budgeting and forecasting processes indicates a definite bonus.
Manager, Software Delivery at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Board's customer service is praised for responsiveness and reliability, despite occasional communication issues, contributing to positive user experiences.
Sentiment score
4.7
User experiences with TIBCO Jaspersoft support vary; some praise responsiveness, others cite delays, affecting overall satisfaction levels.
As long as I go through my account manager, I receive very good support.
Manager, Software Delivery at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
TIBCO Jaspersoft's customer support is basically non-existent.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Customer support for TIBCO Jaspersoft is good and very helpful whenever I need assistance.
Engineer Technology at Iris Software Technologies Private Limited
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Board efficiently manages scaling, offering flexibility and robust data processing, though some face scalability issues with larger Windows client data.
Sentiment score
6.9
TIBCO Jaspersoft offers scalability for large data but requires optimization for high demands and improved handling of data bursts.
TIBCO Jaspersoft is not very scalable.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The scalability is very good and easy to use in daily work, providing convenient solutions to client requirements and delivering the best results.
Engineer Technology at Iris Software Technologies Private Limited
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Users generally find the platform stable, with occasional issues mostly due to user error or integration challenges.
Sentiment score
7.7
TIBCO Jaspersoft is generally stable, with performance varying due to large datasets, browser issues, and internet connectivity.
Board's stability is excellent, with uptime around ninety-nine point nine percent, and I have not experienced any issues.
Manager, Software Delivery at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
TIBCO Jaspersoft is very unstable.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Board needs improvements in integration, user experience, data handling, and performance to optimize functionality and accessibility.
Jaspersoft requires interface upgrades, better customization, improved stability, and enhanced support for integration, big data, and mobile usability.
If the design isn't right, the flexibility of Board can negatively impact performance.
Manager, Software Delivery at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The limitations include compatibility with some drivers where we do not have adequate JDBC drivers, and because of that, I am not able to make the connection pool.
Technical Manager at Bahwan CyberTek
In my experience with TIBCO Jaspersoft and Power BI, I find Power BI more user-friendly, especially in terms of adding visualizations.
Senior Software Engineer at Xoriant
It would be nice if there was easier integration with other programming languages such as Python, which is where we were migrating to because of its versatility and big data capabilities.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Board offers flexible pricing, valued for cost-benefit despite being pricier than competitors; partner support is essential during implementation.
TIBCO Jaspersoft offers enterprise buyers cost-effective reporting features with server-based licensing, adding value for large-scale deployments.
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for TIBCO Jaspersoft is around 1 lakh per annum.
Engineer Technology at Iris Software Technologies Private Limited
 

Valuable Features

Board provides a comprehensive platform for customization, reporting, data analysis, security, and diverse functionalities with minimal IT involvement.
TIBCO Jaspersoft is a versatile, open-source BI tool offering drag-and-drop reports, integration, and robust data connectivity.
Our budgeting and forecasting processes support around three hundred twenty users who would otherwise rely on Excel, making Board invaluable for saving time.
Manager, Software Delivery at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The drag-and-drop feature helps me in my daily tasks by optimizing my time and providing more efficiency and faster results because there is no need to write manual codes.
Engineer Technology at Iris Software Technologies Private Limited
The reports I prepare using TIBCO Jaspersoft are quite user-friendly, and the look and feel are much better compared to other report generation tools.
Technical Manager at Bahwan CyberTek
The best features TIBCO Jaspersoft offers are that it is open source, developer friendly, allows migration of reports from other reporting tools, and you can write expressions in a simple, understandable manner.
Senior Software Engineer at Xoriant
 

Categories and Ranking

Board
Ranking in Reporting
17th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (21st), Business Performance Management (6th)
TIBCO Jaspersoft
Ranking in Reporting
10th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Embedded BI (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Board is 1.7%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Jaspersoft is 2.3%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Reporting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TIBCO Jaspersoft2.3%
Board1.7%
Other96.0%
Reporting
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2645016 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Software Delivery at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Offers flexibility in design and saves time in budgeting and forecasting processes
I find Board to be simple and easy to use. It offers significant flexibility in designing solutions. The system overall is very useful, with many capabilities that provide flexibility. Our budgeting and forecasting processes support around three hundred twenty users who would otherwise rely on Excel, making Board invaluable for saving time.
Shaina Munoz - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Legacy reporting has exposed limitations and now drives a gradual shift to modern analytics
Something that I wish would be improved is that TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio looks like something that was designed in the 1980s. The UI is not user-friendly. Finding things in the solution can be quite tedious, and the exported code does not really follow good programming standards. For example, the use of exceptions were not very descriptive. You would have something called exception one, two, three, post-grass exception one, two, three, nothing very descriptive as to what was going on. The files were very long and you would end up with a bunch of code that was not really being used. Helping the tool create more intuitive naming conventions would be better. Maybe implementing some sort of AI logic to clean up the code after it has been generated would help. It would be nice if there was easier integration with other programming languages such as Python, which is where we were migrating to because of its versatility and big data capabilities. Something like Scala and Hadoop would have made it easier for us to remain in Java. I would say to improve TIBCO Jaspersoft, integrate it with other programming languages and other big data tools and include AI functionality. I cannot even see what I need to see in the display box, so I would fix the AI. Another thing to note is that TIBCO Jaspersoft does not offer much in terms of documentation. There were only some wiki pages for some common errors. Customer support required you to have a license. It is not available to the general public. As for performance, working with Java 8 and 11 instead of the latest Java versions is also something that impacted our performance because we had some packages that were dependent on Java version 21 and up.
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Comparison Review

it_user6978 - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder at Helical IT Solution (Jaspersoft, Pentaho, Talend, Kettle, DWBI, ETL, Ctools, iReport, Jasper Report)
Jun 10, 2013
Jaspersoft vs. Pentaho – Which one to use & is there any need to purchase the commercial edition
Any company (be it technology, manfucaturing, human resource, ecommerce, SME etc) always has the need for Business Intelligence to some or the other extent. If cost is one of the consideration factor, then the 2 BI tools which are at the forefront are Pentaho and Jaspersoft. But, often the same…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise19
 

Questions from the Community

Is Board better than Anaplan as a Business Intelligence (BI) solution?
We've had several FP&A departments include Anaplan in their analytics discussions, and while BI information IS generated, the focus is generally on compiling input from various sources and simu...
What needs improvement with Board?
Board's integration could be a bit more robust, but what we have works. If the design isn't right, the flexibility of Board can negatively impact performance.
What is your primary use case for Board?
Our organization primarily uses Board ( /products/board-reviews ) for budgeting and forecasting.
Seeking lightweight open source BI software
The best and open source (No cost involved) solution for all BI requirements is Jaspersoft Open Studio. Refer to rajeshsirsikar.com for more information.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Jaspersoft?
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for TIBCO Jaspersoft is around 1 lakh per annum.
What needs improvement with TIBCO Jaspersoft?
TIBCO Jaspersoft sometimes lags when doing very heavy work, which is one area that needs improvement. The UI also needs improvement for better user experience. Whenever I switch from one report to ...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Coca-Cola, Puma, Desigual, Ricoh, KPMG, H&M, Groupe SEB
Mosaic, Vander University, Telesoft, Entrust, Ericsson, BT, Groupon, John Hopkins, Puma
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