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Knowage vs Zoho Analytics comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Knowage
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
33rd
Ranking in Reporting
23rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zoho Analytics
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
8th
Ranking in Reporting
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (8th), Embedded BI (3rd)
 

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 Zoho Analytics is 2.3%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Reporting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Zoho Analytics2.3%
Knowage2.0%
Other95.7%
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.
VR
Data Analyst at Mobolution
Has supported trend analysis and forecasting but needs major fixes in customization and reliability
There are some areas where Zoho Analytics needs improvement compared to Power BI. Uploading and interpreting data inside the interface needs enhancement. While Power BI uses Power Query, an intuitive and powerful tool that allows data manipulation in any way, Zoho Analytics has limitations. I usually prepare data in Excel before uploading it to Zoho Analytics. The charts in Zoho Analytics are not as customizable as in Power BI. While all chart types are available, they can only be modified at a basic level, not an advanced level. Though trend analysis features are provided, creating anything out of the box is challenging.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The embedding feature is great."
"Instead of just relying on emails to disperse our reports, having a central server to do this for us has helped our organization and has pushed us into a better place."
"Customer Service: Excellent."
"The concept of engines is quite powerful allowing the user to work with report authoring/provisioning tools of their choice."
"Being able to schedule necessary jobs needed for production jobs and programming run times"
"It improves sales and products, which motivates employees."
"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."
"I am satisfied with the product in general given what the company invested in it, which was just our time."
"I like the way I can share dashboards and embed dashboards. I normally use embedding. So, I create a dashboard, and I embed it into specific websites. Sharing of the dashboard is seamless, and it is easier than any other visualization platform, even Tableau."
"Zoho Analytics's most valuable feature is the ability to provide excellent analytics through a single platform."
"We really like that it's user friendly and has a lot of combinations and charts. They're good compared to other tools. We used a free Elastic product, comparatively, this solution is good because of their support, UI, and connecting to databases is very easy."
"The benefits I've seen from using Zoho Analytics include saving time; this is the most important benefit for me as I don't need to do my analytics or revisit a report repeatedly every month or according to the frequency of the requirement."
"Unlike other data programs, Zoho was fairly intuitive and allowed us to get started on our work with minimal training."
"This has given our sales team direct motivation, allowing us to reach new sales milestones."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"What I appreciate most about Zoho Analytics is the pivot table functionality, as in the pivot table and scheduler table, if we want data in one report, we can use an SQL query and get data from different modules."
 

Cons

"We are not happy with the poor graphic user interface. It looks a bit old and sometimes it is not properly user friendly."
"The demands of some jobs would slow Spago and lock the site, preventing any other job from processing."
"Yes, using Mobile and Desktop Editions, we would sometimes need to restart the service."
"The dashboard components could be better."
"We had stability issues."
"The dashboard components could be better. They could do a lot more."
"Development of SpagoBI has now been moved to Knowage. Users interested in further developments of the platform will have to look there."
"Many things need to be improved, most of all robustness."
"The analytics plans are very complex because they depend on the users, while other Zoho plans operate on a per-user basis."
"It should have more options for graphics, if it stayed with the quality of graphs of excel, would be great."
"In terms of improvement, they have a limited number of graphs available in their store. They should come up with more graph style forms. They should have more charts and at the same time, you can't create panels like with Microsoft BA."
"The support team doesn't have full awareness of the system capabilities."
"This solution does not support manufacturing facilities."
"There should be more types of graphics available for use in the reports."
"One major issue I face in Zoho Analytics is related to pivot tables. When using two text fields, such as client and project, with numerical data, sorting becomes impossible."
"I like the solution's Query Table feature which helps me write SQL queries. We can get data from different tables and then use it to create reports."
 

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."
"An exact ROI is hard to calculate. However, we have definitely made sales that would have been much harder, or unlikely, as a result of the speed with which we were able to prepare comprehensive analysis."
"For one license the pricing is about $35 a user."
"Zoho Analytics costs $ 4,200 per month, billed yearly."
"The product is expensive."
"The pricing is okay. It is fair compared to the market."
"The tool's pricing is similar to other Zoho applications and is affordable."
"I don't feel that price is an issue for this product."
"I rate the tool's pricing seven out of ten. The licensing costs are yearly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
19%
University
11%
Marketing Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
 

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 Business29
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zoho Analytics?
Compared to other analytic tools, Zoho Analytics is cost-effective. The annual subscription cost of Zoho Analytics is equivalent to about half of the monthly cost of tools such as Tableau or Power ...
What needs improvement with Zoho Analytics?
For our strategic initiatives, the AI functionality is not useful because it cannot provide requirement-specific insights. It only gives an overview of the report. One major issue I face in Zoho An...
What is your primary use case for Zoho Analytics?
We are using an HRMS tool, Zoho People. We use automations for our people's convenience. We use automations in Zoho People. For insights regarding Zoho People data, we use Zoho Analytics. In the HR...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

SpagoBI
Zoho Reports
 

Overview

 

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
Suzuki, American Pacific Mortgage, KPMG, Air Canada, University of Michigan, BricozOr, WorldWide Express, The University of Melbourne, Novartis, SAIC
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