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Knowage vs Plotly Dash Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Knowage
Ranking in Reporting
23rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (33rd)
Plotly Dash Enterprise
Ranking in Reporting
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Knowage is 2.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Plotly Dash Enterprise is 1.6%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Reporting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Plotly Dash Enterprise1.6%
Knowage2.0%
Other96.4%
Reporting
 

Featured Reviews

BS
Software Engineer at syntegra
Open-source with great embedding capabilities but the dashboards could be better
I know the initial setup is pretty straightforward. It doesn't take a long time to deploy. Even on your own personal computer, when you want to try it out, it doesn't take too long to get it running. For the initial setup, I'd say it's maybe a four out of five in terms of how easy it is. You need to add these Java dependencies and so forth, which can be a bit boring, however, it's almost perfect. To deploy Knowage usually takes about a day. In terms of the implementation strategy, it's just following the instructions that they give us on the installation and then just knowing how to handle the process. Usually, there is a group of engineers who do that for us and manage the server itself. If a team is knowledgeable, then it doesn't take a long time. When you need a new instance, it's very quick. The implementation strategy is based on just following instructions on the installation process from Knowage. For deployment and maintenance, we need just maybe two people simply to monitor the traffic coming in. However, it's maintained by people who were doing other jobs like maintaining our other server. They just monitor the Knowage server and make sure that it's up and running and that there are no bugs. There are not too many bugs coming out from the debugger.
Mohamed Raiyan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Unified data apps have cut costs and saved time while UI flexibility still needs improvement
Plotly Dash Enterprise helps me pull everything together better than other tools, particularly from a cost-cutting perspective. If I build it using React or Angular, I need separate front-end web apps, middleware web apps, and a dedicated back-end SQL database, but with Plotly Dash Enterprise, I can host both my middleware API integration and front-end HTML and CSS parts directly. In my workflow, Plotly plays a good role because it is easily scalable and does not require additional HTML, CSS, or API knowledge. Instead of needing separate API knowledge, I can use the callback feature available in Plotly Dash Enterprise, making it easy to handle for someone who knows Python. The best features Plotly Dash Enterprise offers include the seamless integration of HTML and CSS libraries without needing to pull additional libraries and the ability to incorporate my front-end and middleware in one place, eliminating the need for separate environments. The feature that makes the biggest difference for me is having everything in one environment. Building a three-tier architecture in React requires reliance on a middleware API, but with Plotly Dash Enterprise, I can manage my middleware setup and API triggers directly, significantly reducing my development time from one hour to just ten minutes. I also incorporate row-level security in Plotly Dash Enterprise, which makes it easy to restrict tool access only to authorized users. The deployment process is also considerably easier than with other three-tier setups. Plotly Dash Enterprise positively impacts my organization by providing cost savings and improved collaboration. For three-tier architecture, I need to pay for separate web apps and databases, but here I only pay for one web app, reducing costs significantly. I literally save about one month of development time using Plotly Dash Enterprise and around thirty percent of costs compared to other three-tier architectures. The app is also faster as APIs are integrated directly into one app, improving interaction with the API server.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In terms of ROI, much better than any other solution when it offer full fledged features in open source, planned to have direct contact with SpagoBI for better support."
"The concept of engines is quite powerful allowing the user to work with report authoring/provisioning tools of their choice."
"It's very easy to get the historical reports you need based on the business requirements and this helps our executives for taking decisions."
"The concept of engines is quite powerful allowing the user to work with report authoring/provisioning tools of their choice."
"The most valuable features to us are application implementation, development, and analysis."
"It improves sales and products, which motivates employees."
"Nice features available in SpagoBI compared with other open-source BI are Auditing, Collaborative BI, Query By Example, and User Profiling."
"It's a great product. It has a lot more features than many other BI tools. You can get the most out of machine learning, the best connectivity to Python, and it cuts across enterprise sections."
"The best features Plotly Dash Enterprise offers are the fact that it is built on Python and the fact that we can customize many things."
"Plotly Dash Enterprise helps us achieve a much more interactive and vivid form of visualization for our organization, which helps us drive better results and analytics."
"Plotly Dash Enterprise has positively impacted my work by making my analysis easier."
"I literally save about one month of development time using Plotly Dash Enterprise and around thirty percent of costs compared to other three-tier architectures."
"We have seen a clear return on investment with Plotly Dash Enterprise, as the biggest gains have come from reduced time spent on manual reporting and faster delivery of dashboards."
"Overall, it is not just a visualization tool for me; it is a platform that delivers end-to-end data solutions for business growth."
"Development and deployment time typically shows a 50 to 80% faster time to production, and there is also a 60 to 90% reduction in repetitive reporting work because organizations have self-serve dashboards and scheduled reports where one internal app often replaces hours of weekly manual work."
"The impact of Plotly Dash Enterprise on my organization has been very great."
 

Cons

"The dashboard components could be better."
"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."
"The dashboard components could be better. They could do a lot more."
"The support is very meager: We had to break our heads to figure out everything"
"We expected the community to be bigger than what it currently is."
"Development of SpagoBI has now been moved to Knowage. Users interested in further developments of the platform will have to look there."
"I faced difficulties when using the email feature and documentation was scant."
"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 sometimes find that the documentation is not comprehensive and more detailed documentation should be available for the benefit of other companies using it."
"Plotly Dash Enterprise is pretty good, but it could benefit from more marketing so that more people are aware of it."
"The out-of-the-box UI components currently feel basic and limited compared to modern design components, and styling often requires extra effort."
"While Plotly Dash Enterprise is powerful, its default look can sometimes feel more academic or technical than the sleek, modern UI of dedicated BI tools."
"The tool needs to improve its pie charts. Regarding Plotly, I find the online documentation somewhat challenging to navigate, especially when dealing with many parameters. Searching through thousands of parameters can be a tedious and less straightforward process. While the documentation is available online and serves its purpose, I often encounter difficulties in finding the information."
"The solution cannot be deployed on the website and shared with others through its own platform."
"The main improvement I can think of is that while creating charts, it gives you a certain format of how it could look."
"Plotly Dash Enterprise could improve by lowering the learning curve for new users and offering more modern UI/UX tooling out of the box, as while deployment is still strong, feedback cycles can still be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Knowage is open-source, and an enterprise edition is also available."
"It allows the implementation of an effective reporting system using internal skills at a limited upfront cost."
"I only use the free tier of the product."
"It is an open-source tool. My company hasn't explored Plotly's premium services yet, but I believe the prices could be on the premium side."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
19%
University
11%
Marketing Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise9
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Plotly?
The pricing for Plotly Dash Enterprise is based on custom and variable factors, with no fixed public prices. It depends on the number of users, deployment type, support level, and scale. The enterp...
What needs improvement with Plotly?
There are definitely a few areas where Plotly Dash Enterprise could improve to become even more effective. Currently, most dashboards need to be built from scratch, so having more ready-made templa...
What is your primary use case for Plotly?
My main use case for Plotly Dash Enterprise is building and deploying interactive, production-ready applications for business users. I primarily use it to convert complex data analyses into user-fr...
 

Also Known As

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Sample Customers

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
Google, Goji, VIT, Smpl Bio, U.S. Air Force, C12 Energy, New York University
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