Pentaho Business Analytics vs SSIS comparison

The compared Hitachi Vantara and Microsoft solutions aren't in the same category. Hitachi Vantara is ranked #20 in BIT , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 0.6% mindshare in the category. Microsoft is ranked #1 in DI , with an average rating of 7.8, and holds a 4.0% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Hitachi Vantara users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Pentaho Business Analytics

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87% willing to recommend

SSIS

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80% willing to recommend

Pentaho Business Analytics

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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:

ROI

Sentiment score

5.4

Pentaho Business Analytics mixed ROI perceptions highlight efficiency gains but unclear returns compared to competitors like QlikView and Tableau.

Sentiment score

6.5

SSIS is cost-effective, enhancing data management efficiency and integration with SQL Server, providing significant operational and financial benefits.

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The tool has made us tremendously more efficient and saved us a significant amount of money.

Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Using SSIS has proven cost-effective as there are no additional fees outside the SQL Server license, and it significantly enhances data management efficiency.

Albert Lacerda

Managing Partner at Dynamis Informatica

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.5

Pentaho Business Analytics receives mixed reviews for customer support, with users relying heavily on forums and community assistance.

Sentiment score

6.0

Users find Microsoft support adequate for critical issues but often use online resources and community support for minor ones.

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The first line of support needs to be more knowledgeable.

Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.0

Pentaho Business Analytics is scalable with good performance but occasionally needs professional help for complex data handling.

Sentiment score

6.7

SSIS is effective for small to medium enterprises but may face challenges with scalability and performance for large datasets.

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I would rate the scalability of SSIS at a 7 because we are able to use various third-party items with it, allowing for functionality with a number of different things.

reviewer2318280

Tech Lead at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

6.5

Pentaho Business Analytics is stable but may face Java caching issues, impacting performance and requiring careful cache management.

Sentiment score

7.4

SSIS is highly rated for stability and performance, though minor issues and cloud discrepancies are occasionally noted by users.

It can handle large datasets.

ALEXANDRERIBEIRO

DBA at Federal University of Uberlândia

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It processes large volumes of data quickly.

Albert Lacerda

Managing Partner at Dynamis Informatica

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Room For Improvement

Pentaho Business Analytics lacks an intuitive interface, robust integration, self-service features, and requires technical expertise, limiting usability.

SSIS needs enhanced error logging, diverse data integration, user management, ease of use, scalability, and better documentation support.

Pentaho Business Analytics is hard to learn and not suited for initial users as it requires knowledge of operating systems, Java, and other technical skills.

ALEXANDRERIBEIRO

DBA at Federal University of Uberlândia

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Within the South African context, if you are getting your enterprise agreement from First Technology, they don't provide support.

Sean Achim

Managing Director at Knights Innovation Support Centre

The logging capabilities could be improved, particularly for error logging.

Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

SSIS could be integrated with more services, such as Power BI, to make the reporting structures more user-friendly.

reviewer2318280

Tech Lead at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

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Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers find the free Pentaho Community Edition cost-effective, while the Enterprise Edition offers value with support and features.

SSIS is economical with SQL Server licenses, offering favorable pricing and integration, though add-ons may increase costs.

Pentaho Business Analytics is priced similarly to other competitors such as QlikView and Tableau.

ALEXANDRERIBEIRO

DBA at Federal University of Uberlândia

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However, it could be a bit cheaper.

reviewer2318280

Tech Lead at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Utilizing SSIS involves no extra charges beyond the SQL Server license.

Albert Lacerda

Managing Partner at Dynamis Informatica

It was included in our licensing for SQL server, and our licensing for SQL server was extremely cheap, making it a very good price point for us.

Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Valuable Features

Pentaho Business Analytics provides easy data integration, customizable dashboards, extensive connectivity, and supports efficient data transformation and delivery.

SSIS offers efficient, scalable ETL with seamless Microsoft integration, user-friendly interface, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, enhancing data processes.

It is a stable product, and it can handle large datasets.

ALEXANDRERIBEIRO

DBA at Federal University of Uberlândia

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I would rate it at a 10 as it is highly reliable; we have never had any problems with it.

Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

SSAS is included in the base installation of SQL Server.

Sean Achim

Managing Director at Knights Innovation Support Centre

The main benefits SSIS provides for my company is to streamline processes.

reviewer2318280

Tech Lead at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

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Categories and Ranking

Pentaho Business Analytics

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (20th), Cloud Operations Analytics (2nd), Reporting (13th)

SSIS

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (1st)

Mindshare comparison

Pentaho Business Analytics and SSIS aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Pentaho Business Analytics is designed for BI (Business Intelligence) Tools and holds a mindshare of 0.6%, up 0.5% compared to last year.
SSIS, on the other hand, focuses on Data Integration, holds 4.0% mindshare, down 7.7% since last year.

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Pentaho Business Analytics	0.6%
Microsoft Power BI	9.4%
Tableau Enterprise	6.7%
Other	83.3%

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SSIS	4.0%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)	3.7%
Informatica PowerCenter	3.7%
Other	88.6%

Data Integration

Q&A Highlights

Philipp Scharfe

Research Assistant at a university with 10,001+ employees

Apr 10, 2020

What is the biggest difference between SSIS and Pentaho?

Product recommendation depends on the business requirement and use case. Both are good products and well established in the market. Parameters to look for at the time of product selection : 1) License cost 2) Type of data to be handled and integration with source database 3) Are we looking for cloud implementation or on-premises 4) Volume of data that we are looking at with possible transformations 5) Data Quality framework 6) Scalability 7) Customer experience ie support. I am from MS background and have worked both on cloud version and on-premises version. I was able to achieve my solution using MS.

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Featured Reviews

Julien Baluka

Founder at SJT Consult

Solution enables effective ETL processes and exhibits high satisfaction

From an integration perspective, Pentaho Business Analytics is not the best tool on the market. There are things done by Apache that are better, though I am not the one implementing them, so this is based on what I have heard about novelties in the market. I do not see the need to extend the coverage of Pentaho Business Analytics's domain. For things that it does not do, there are better solutions on the market, and it would be costly to implement them. Pentaho Business Analytics is a very great tool for very specific standardized scenarios. If you need more complex elastic solutions because the process is different, there are better tools available.

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Chris Farris

Manager, Data Operations at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

User-friendly interface facilitates efficient data migration and reduces operational overhead

Its usability and ease of use are standout features. It is really easy to use - almost too easy at times. Users don't have to be experts to use their tool set and utilize the clicking mechanisms, drop down boxes, and other features to build a package and run it. The configuration is very easy and the system is very stable. I would rate it at a 10 as it is highly reliable; we have never had any problems with it. Very little maintenance is required on my side. While you need to keep the product up to date, the maintenance requirements are minimal. SSIS integrates with all Microsoft tools seamlessly. We have used it against Oracle, DB2 and SQL. It integrates and can move data around from any data platforms, making it very diverse in that standpoint. It is a very robust tool that can work with many data sources, and its main strength is that it is extremely easy to use.

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it_user6978

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…

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Answers from the Community

Philipp Scharfe

Research Assistant at a university with 10,001+ employees

Apr 10, 2020

What is the biggest difference between SSIS and Pentaho?

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Rahul Sahay

Data Architect at Prolifics

Mar 18, 2020

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RajneeshShukla

Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Apr 10, 2020

MS SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a part of the commercial MS SQL Server product. It is not a freeware. Probably Pentaho offers an open source/ freeware edition. Below may be useful: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/13199248-e246-47aa-bab3-b2b73112d991/ssis-as-a-etl-tool-related-query?forum=sqlintegrationservices https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/47aeed76-8466-4e9f-bb48-b912c07145df/ssis-tool-evaluation?forum=sqlintegrationservices Nowadays SSDT (SQL server data tools) is also getting popularity: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssdt/sql-server-data-tools?view=sql-server-ver15 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssdt/release-notes-ssdt?view=sql-server-ver15 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssdt/sql-server-data-tools?view=sql-server-ver15

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	15

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	57

Questions from the Community

Seeking lightweight open source BI software

There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I would recommend as follows: 1) If you have legacies of SAP, Oracle - look for SAP...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pentaho Business Analytics?

Pentaho Business Analytics offers the best value for money. While improvements can be made in some areas, particularly with more cloud-based solutions, it is not in their domain because they do not...

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What needs improvement with Pentaho Business Analytics?

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Which is better - SSIS or Informatica PowerCenter?

SSIS PowerPack is a group of drag and drop connectors for Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services, commonly called SSIS. The collection helps organizations boost productivity with code-free compo...

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What do you like most about SSIS?

The product's deployment phase is easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SSIS?

It was included in our licensing for SQL server, and our licensing for SQL server was extremely cheap, making it a very good price point for us.

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Also Known As

Pentaho, Kettle, Hitachi Pentaho Business Analytics

SQL Server Integration Services

Overview

Pentaho is an open source business intelligence company that provides a wide range of tools to help their customers better manage their businesses. These tools include data integration software, mining tools, dashboard applications, online analytical processing options, and more.

Pentaho has two product categories: There is the standard enterprise version. This is the product that comes directly from Pentaho itself with all of the benefits, features, and programs that come along with a paid application such us analysis services, dashboard design, and interactive reporting.

The alternative is an open source version, which the public is permitted to add to and tweak the product. This solution has its advantages, aside from the fact that it is free, in that there are many more people working on the project to improve its quality and breadth of functionality.

Hitachi Vantara

SSIS is a versatile tool for data integration tasks like ETL processes, data migration, and real-time data processing. Users appreciate its ease of use, data transformation tools, scheduling capabilities, and extensive connectivity options. It enhances productivity and efficiency within organizations by streamlining data-related processes and improving data quality and consistency.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

Cargo 2000 Lufthansa, Marketo, ModCloth, Cardiac Science, Telefonica, ExactTarget, Active Broadband Networks, and Brussels Airport.

1. Amazon.com 2. Bank of America 3. Capital One 4. Coca-Cola 5. Dell 6. E*TRADE 7. FedEx 8. Ford Motor Company 9. Google 10. Home Depot 11. IBM 12. Intel 13. JPMorgan Chase 14. Kraft Foods 15. Lockheed Martin 16. McDonald's 17. Microsoft 18. Morgan Stanley 19. Nike 20. Oracle 21. PepsiCo 22. Procter & Gamble 23. Prudential Financial 24. RBC Capital Markets 25. SAP 26. Siemens 27. Sony 28. Toyota 29. UnitedHealth Group 30. Visa 31. Walmart 32. Wells Fargo

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