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Jaspersoft vs TIBCO Jaspersoft comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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
4.8
Jaspersoft boosts efficiency, cutting report times, reducing costs, aiding automation, but ROI varies, leading some to migrate.
Sentiment score
5.7
TIBCO Jaspersoft provides ROI through efficiency in reporting and database access, though profitability impact varies among users.
On the whole site, we are only three or four developers responsible for this reporting, and I see other tools and companies using much bigger teams to do similar work.
Sr. Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra Limited
I have seen a return on investment from Jaspersoft, and relevant metrics include time saved and money saved.
Solution Architect at a media company with 201-500 employees
For some reports, the creation of template design was taking eight hours, but using Jaspersoft, it can be done within two hours, which is very impactful.
Technology Engineer at IRIS Software Inc.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.5
Jaspersoft customer service is praised for responsiveness and effective documentation, though some note occasional lack of responsiveness.
Sentiment score
4.4
TIBCO Jaspersoft's customer service is inconsistent, with mixed reviews on effectiveness and dependency on forums for community edition users.
Whenever we encounter confusion, we go through Jaspersoft documentation, and I think 99% of the time, we find the solution ourselves.
Sr. Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra Limited
The customer support for Jaspersoft is basically non-existent.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Customer support is really good on the community side.
Sr. Project Delivery Lead | Sr. Technical Lead at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 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 Inc.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.8
Jaspersoft is praised for scalability, efficiently handling large workloads, though some users face challenges depending on backend and data sources.
Sentiment score
6.8
TIBCO Jaspersoft offers good scalability and adaptability, although some users encounter challenges with server limits and costs.
We are generating reports based on JSON data, which helps filter out data from large data sets.
Sr. Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra Limited
Scalability is where Jaspersoft definitely shines in.
Sr. Project Delivery Lead | Sr. Technical Lead at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We have seen clients developing multiple reports, maybe even fifty or more reports using it.
Solution Architect at a media company with 201-500 employees
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 Inc.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Jaspersoft is praised for stability, with minor issues occasionally, and some users note inadequate community support despite its overall reliability.
Sentiment score
7.6
TIBCO Jaspersoft is generally stable and reliable, though some encounter issues with data-heavy tasks and connectivity.
I have not faced any stability issues with Jaspersoft.
Automation Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
However, it is easy to fix those issues.
Sr. Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra Limited
Jaspersoft is stable in my experience as we have been using it for the past twelve years.
Solution Architect at a media company with 201-500 employees
TIBCO Jaspersoft is very unstable.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Jaspersoft needs modernizing with AI, better cloud integration, clearer documentation, and enhanced usability for non-developers and large data handling.
TIBCO Jaspersoft needs user interface, documentation, support enhancements, and improvements in complexity, stability, performance, and feature functionality.
The documentation gap is also there, so I would still recommend that the documentation can be much more emphasized, standardized, and have something specifically about the integration on the coding side, like how you should need to configure the things.
Sr. Project Delivery Lead | Sr. Technical Lead at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The only area for improvement is that initial implementation takes considerable time and is somewhat complex.
Associate Technology Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
If we can use some modern technology or AI tools to summarize the documentation and other resources, that would be useful for developers.
Sr. Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra Limited
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
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
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
 

Setup Cost

Jaspersoft's pricing is high with complex setup, but the community edition offers similar features despite lacking AI integration.
TIBCO Jaspersoft provides free and paid versions, with enterprise features requiring a paid license, sometimes considered costly.
The initial setup cost is high because the implementation is complex.
Associate Technology Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Jaspersoft indicates that the pricing feels on the higher side when compared to Power BI or Tableau.
Solution Architect at a media company with 201-500 employees
licensing is not worth the money
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for TIBCO Jaspersoft is around 1 lakh per annum.
Engineer Technology at Iris software Inc.
 

Valuable Features

Jaspersoft provides dynamic, multi-format reporting, database integration, real-time analytics, and automated, customizable report design with enhanced visualization.
TIBCO Jaspersoft provides customizable, interactive reporting tools with multi-format export, REST API support, and a browser-based interface.
Jaspersoft provides real-time data analytics and reporting features, which is also one of the best features, and it has impacted the organization very positively.
Associate Technology Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jaspersoft has positively impacted my organization by making our manual work a lot easier, allowing us to automate our tasks and save a lot of time.
Automation Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
You can see the storyboards and metrics on a monthly basis, identify where we lack, what is causing the issues, how the revenues or sales can be improved, and how expenses can be reduced.
Solution Architect at a media company with 201-500 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 Inc.
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 feature of TIBCO Jaspersoft would be that you design the report first and then that generates Java code.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Jaspersoft
Ranking in Reporting
15th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TIBCO Jaspersoft
Ranking in Reporting
11th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Embedded BI (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Jaspersoft is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Jaspersoft is 2.4%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Reporting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TIBCO Jaspersoft2.4%
Jaspersoft0.8%
Other96.8%
Reporting
 

Featured Reviews

Aditya Bhatt - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Project Delivery Lead | Sr. Technical Lead at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Precision reports have improved embedded analytics, though setup and documentation still need work
Every platform has its own way of working and definitely there is always a room for improvement. Jaspersoft is the same. I find that there is a good space on the learning curve, which can be decreased with proper documentation because if someone is a seasoned developer or a seasoned professional, it is easy to have the knowledge and the kind of reports they want to bring with Jaspersoft, but if some new learners or newbies are there, then definitely there is a learning curve on this. Additionally, on the licensing side there is a commercial and the enterprise license. You need to see which one suits you better and should not overpay it unnecessarily if it is not needed. The documentation gap is also there, so I would still recommend that the documentation can be much more emphasized, standardized, and have something specifically about the integration on the coding side, like how you should need to configure the things. That is where the documentation can be enhanced. I would say maybe on the performance and support size because if you are running it on the server, sometime the UI might or the report may take some time to refresh data or get a delayed response, and that is where things can be improved. If someone is looking for a seamless experience, they can definitely go for Jaspersoft. But if they are looking for a quick building of the report with drag and drop facilities, then there are some other tools for the report generations, quite easily. They can opt for that instead. For Jaspersoft, scalability is where it definitely shines in. We were working on different multiple reports against a data set over thousands or hundreds of records. By using its JSON data integration, it was easier to get all the data ingestion on the server-side filtering, then the performance remains stable even under the heavy load. It is really good. As I mentioned, the licensing part is important with the enterprise and the community license. You need to see which one suits you better. Additionally, on the speed side, if you are running it on a server side, you need to see and balance the load accordingly so that the refresh rate should be high and should not have a delayed response. That is another point. One of the more core points would be the documentation gaps. The user interface that can be enhanced because currently Jaspersoft Studio feels like a bit using a tool from an early 2005 or 2010 version. With respect to the newer generation or the current era, the UI needs to be enhanced and the user experience should disrupt the other competitors in the market. That is where the improvement can be done.
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
Manufacturing Company
36%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Construction Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise17
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jaspersoft?
Pricing again depends upon the needs and how you want to go for it. For example, one should definitely check before committing a full enterprise license and leverage Jaspersoft community edition. I...
What needs improvement with Jaspersoft?
Jaspersoft can be improved in several areas. I think this is a very interesting question with feedback for the product teams. Recently it was acquired by HCL, an Indian service-based company. I fee...
What is your primary use case for Jaspersoft?
My main use case for Jaspersoft is operational reporting. It's a fixed pixel-based, pixel-perfect reporting solution. For any tabular reporting and canned reports, it's a very good tool to implemen...
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

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Mosaic, Vander University, Telesoft, Entrust, Ericsson, BT, Groupon, John Hopkins, Puma
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