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Hex vs Knowage comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Hex
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
23rd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Knowage
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
34th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Reporting (21st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Hex is 0.8%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Knowage is 1.1%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Hex0.8%
Knowage1.1%
Other98.1%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

SuperSonic - PeerSpot reviewer
Experience Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Daily transcription has boosted my productivity and made spoken input replace manual typing
The best features Hex offers are simplicity and being really lightweight. Simplicity and being lightweight are valuable for me because it just works, making my day easier. I would also add that Hex is free, which is a nice feature. Hex has positively impacted my organization by improving my productivity. My productivity improved because before I started using Hex, I was typing everything and it was taking longer than just saying the same things. I have cut my working day by a few minutes every day because of that.
AM
Margin Assurance Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
A stable open source suite for modern business analytics with a useful replication feature
It would be better if more resources were available to help us learn how to use it. I wanted to use Knowage for a more extended period, but learning materials around the product were not really available and were not really straightforward. I've also seen inconsistencies between versions. For example, under the tools, especially in the cockpit, the way you create reports is now different. You will also find some configurations within a particular state, like a line chart, which differs from version to version. I think consistency is an essential feature in a product, especially for business intelligence products.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Hex offers excellent features that make it fast and easy to use."
"Hex has positively impacted my organization by improving my productivity."
"The most valuable feature of SpagoBI is that it is open source and 100% free without limits."
"Nice features available in SpagoBI compared with other open-source BI are Auditing, Collaborative BI, Query By Example, and User Profiling."
"SpagoBI makes delivering reports to our clients very easy."
"I am satisfied with the product in general given what the company invested in it, which was just our time."
"The most valuable features to us are application implementation, development, and analysis."
"Our customers really appreciate the self-service BI functionalities."
"Being able to schedule necessary jobs needed for production jobs and programming run times"
"Unified interface, a lot of tools for BI, easy configuration, standalone SDK."
 

Cons

"Hex can be improved if they could implement new models because there are new LLMs appearing on a weekly basis, and they are still using the same one."
"The only challenge here is that it's a Java-based platform. It requires very high technical skills."
"There are additional features such as Data Integration, Data Visualization, MobileBI, Cloud BI, Data enrichment and massaging should be implemented in the next release."
"The support is very meager: We had to break our heads to figure out everything"
"When it comes to Knowage, it's a bit heavy, it's time-consuming sometimes, it's not very fast, and definitely not as fast as other business intelligence tools in terms of getting graphical reports."
"We had stability issues."
"Yes, using Mobile and Desktop Editions, we would sometimes need to restart the service."
"As all software and especially the open-source ones have always something that can work better, in this case, SpagoBI is slightly difficult to implement."
"I encountered a lot of issues when I tried to integrate the map in order to realize Intelligent Location Dashboards."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It allows the implementation of an effective reporting system using internal skills at a limited upfront cost."
"Knowage is open-source, and an enterprise edition is also available."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Retailer
8%
Construction Company
8%
Construction Company
24%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
7%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Hex?
Hex can be improved if they could implement new models because there are new LLMs appearing on a weekly basis, and they are still using the same one. It would be nice if Hex would have a feature to...
What is your primary use case for Hex?
My main use case for Hex is that I use it daily as my transcription tool. It is really lightweight and easy to use. As a transcription tool in my daily workflow, Hex helps me to speak faster than w...
What advice do you have for others considering Hex?
Regarding Hex's AI capabilities, I think it is secured because it is using a local model. Regarding Hex's AI capabilities, its accuracy and reliability of output are quite nice, and it is one of th...
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SpagoBI
 

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Sample Customers

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FIAT Group, Italian air navigation service provider, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Telecom Italia, ASL Genovese, San Giovanni Battista University Hospital
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