Knowage vs Zoho Analytics comparison

Knowage and Zoho are both solutions in the Reporting category. Knowage is ranked #25, while Zoho is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.8. Knowage holds a 1.1% mindshare in RT, compared to Zoho’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Knowage users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Zoho users who would recommend it.

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85% willing to recommend

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97% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Knowage and Zoho Analytics are both major competitors in the business intelligence and analytics domain. Knowage is preferred for its customizability and cost efficiency, serving firms that seek open-source solutions. Zoho Analytics stands out for its wide range of advanced features and smooth integration capabilities, attracting businesses that prioritize ease of use.

Features: Knowage offers a modular approach enabling custom analytics solutions, and supports extensive data visualization and seamless integration with reports such as Jasper. Its open-source nature is appealing for customizable applications. Zoho Analytics provides advanced data visualization with powerful dashboards, integrated SQL support, and easy connectivity with other Zoho products, facilitating comprehensive analytical functions.

Room for Improvement: Knowage's interface might be challenging for users unfamiliar with its system, it could benefit from enhanced user experiences, and more robust out-of-the-box support options. Zoho Analytics could improve by expanding API integrations, simplifying complex visualization processes, and optimizing its cost structure for smaller businesses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Knowage requires technical expertise for deployment due to its complexity but allows detailed customization, making it suitable for businesses with strong tech resources. Zoho Analytics offers a cloud-based solution with easy deployment and strong customer service support, providing a streamlined setup for users with varying expertise levels.

Pricing and ROI: The open-source nature of Knowage reduces initial costs, suitable for businesses with in-house technical skills seeking cost-effective options. Zoho Analytics operates on a subscription model with higher initial expenses but promises significant ROI through scalability and integration, offering value for businesses needing comprehensive analytic features.

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Categories and Ranking

Knowage

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

33rd

Ranking in Reporting

25th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zoho Analytics

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

7th

Ranking in Reporting

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Visualization (6th), Embedded BI (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Knowage is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho Analytics is 1.1%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Zoho Analytics	1.1%
Knowage	1.1%
Other	97.8%

Reporting

Featured Reviews

AbdulshukoorMohammed

General Manager Information Technology & Enterprise Applications Manager at OXFORD HOLDING

Easy to customize, cross-platform capable, and very stable

The only challenge here is that it's a Java-based platform. It requires very high technical skills. When we come to the integration with the single sign-on facilities, that part is very challenging. In Power BI and other tools, it's very easy to integrate with active directory and single sign-on, and identity management is very easy in other business intelligence tools. However, 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. The solution could be cheaper.

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Nadeem Asghar

Senior Zoho Developer at a cloud solution provider with self employed

Experience with advanced analytics and visualization features boosts decision making

I think the team would know how to predict what needs to be improved. Every business has its own predictions, so providing specific fields based on which to calculate predictions would be helpful. The analytics plans are very complex because they depend on the users, while other Zoho plans operate on a per-user basis. The analytics plan has different features for one user, 10 users, and 25 users. Having to pay for 25 users when only 11 are needed creates an issue with the pricing structure.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We can easily do our own customizations."

"The concept of engines is quite powerful allowing the user to work with report authoring/provisioning tools of their choice."

"The embedding feature is great."

"I can't name the features the way the Knowage community calls them because I still don't know the lingo. However, I can describe them. I like the ability to join more than one report, set all fields on one end, and replicate that on the other reports. I like that a lot. I think it's one of the features that got me using Knowage. They have tables, and I like that too. They took SQL scripts and many other scripts and enabled them to even correlate with Python. That's also one of the best things about Knowage. You could also decide to get information per user role, and this is also a feature that I like in Knowage."

"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 collaborative features in Zoho Analytics have fostered data-driven decision-making within my team and our customers' teams by enabling seamless communication and shared insights."

"We use the solution for financial and sales analytics. It brings data from our IT incident management tool. Hence, we have three business use cases for IT support, sales and financials."

"The integration interface is very easy to use and allows you to directly connect to a variety of APIs."

"As a product analyst, one of the best features in Zoho Analytics is its ability to allow stakeholders to access raw data for any kind of metric I've created, significantly reducing my dependency to share data sets repeatedly, saving a lot of time."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"The AI called Zia in Zoho Analytics is extremely useful—whenever I build a chart or dashboard, I can generate a summary of insights using this AI tool, which is very convenient for both leadership and manager level teams to understand the data concepts."

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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. 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."

"Development of SpagoBI has now been moved to Knowage. Users interested in further developments of the platform will have to look there."

"The only challenge here is that it's a Java-based platform. It requires very high technical skills."

"I find it very difficult to handle more than two subqueries or CTE, as I can only have one subquery in the SQL code."

"The data visualization features of Zoho Analytics can be improved in terms of decision-making processes. There are many shortcomings in the query language, as it is outdated, and many keywords cannot be used."

"It would be great to have more user input fields which can be used on dashboards."

"I have a lower rating when it comes to Zoho Analytics. The tool has poor performance. It needs to improve the dimensions and measures."

"I find it very difficult to handle more than two subqueries or CTE, as I can only have one subquery in the SQL code."

"The tool needs to improve analysis and add more features."

"The analytics plans are very complex because they depend on the users, while other Zoho plans operate on a per-user basis."

"The support team doesn't have full awareness of the system capabilities."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"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."

"I would recommend looking at your usage and whether the Zoho One license model would work for your organisation. It is very cost effective if you use other Zoho tools."

"It is very reasonable, and it gives me a good return on investment. Compared to other tools, it is the best choice in terms of pricing."

"I rate the tool's pricing seven out of ten. The licensing costs are yearly."

"I don't feel that price is an issue for this product."

"The product is expensive."

"The product's licensing is reasonable."

"For one license the pricing is about $35 a user."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Hospitality Company

13%

Government

11%

Insurance Company

Retailer

Computer Software Company

Non Profit

Comms Service Provider

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	6

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	4

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What do you like most about Zoho Analytics?

Zoho Analytics's most valuable feature is the ability to provide excellent analytics through a single platform.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zoho Analytics?

I rate the tool's pricing seven out of ten. The licensing costs are yearly.

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What needs improvement with Zoho Analytics?

In Zoho Analytics, I don't think there is something that could be improved, but in Zoho itself, I have many concerns about Zoho People.

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Also Known As

SpagoBI

Zoho Reports

Overview

Knowage (formerly SpagoBI) has a 14-years history. The actual release is the 6.3.

Knowage offers FULL ANALYTICAL CAPABILITIES, with a special focus on big data analytics and comprehensive support to rich and multi-source data analysis. Knowage provides different modules, each one focused on a specific domain but mutually combinable (Big Data, Smart Intelligence, Enterprise Reporting, Location Intelligence, Performance Management, Predictive Analysis). Moreover, Knowage is an OPEN SOURCE solution: the source code is freely accessible, everyone is allowed to join the community and build the own business solution to ensure strategic decision-making and improved productivity.

Knowage suite is supported by Engineering Group, the leading Italian software and services company, with about 10,000 people and more than 50 offices worldwide. Maintenance and support services (such as trainings, migration support, proof-of-concepts, etc) are provided by Engineering Group (KNOWAGE Labs) under subscription.

Knowage

Zoho Reports is a powerful, easy-to-use and highly scalable cloud-based reporting and business intelligence platform for small to medium-sized businesses. Its flexible pay-as-you-go pricing model and scope for customization allow businesses to tailor it to their unique needs.

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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

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

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