SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence vs TIBCO Jaspersoft comparison

The compared SAP and TIBCO solutions aren't in the same category. SAP is ranked #6 in BIT , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 2.2% mindshare in the category. TIBCO is ranked #15 in RT , with an average rating of 7.0, and holds a 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of SAP users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 81% of TIBCO users who would recommend it.

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81% willing to recommend

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Review summaries and opinions

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ROI

Sentiment score

5.8

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform offers varying ROI, with potential savings and positive returns, depending on usage and implementation scale.

Sentiment score

5.1

TIBCO Jaspersoft is valued for affordability and efficiency, though not all users see direct profit returns; growth opportunities exist.

The initial investment will be more, but the ROI is also good, so they can consider it if they're looking for something in the long run.

Yashwanth H R

Associate Software Enginner at Siddaganga Institute of Technology

For most of my clients using the on-premises version of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, the return on investment is positive due to its affordability and ability to handle diverse reporting needs while automating information distribution.

EmmanuelOladinrin

Data Analytics Manager at Dangote Industries Limited

I have seen a return on investment so far in the form of saved time and resources.

Vignesh Kannan

SAP Consultant at Sierra Digital Inc

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.5

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform support is mixed, with some praising reliability and others noting slow, complex issue handling.

Sentiment score

4.2

TIBCO Jaspersoft's customer service receives mixed reviews; response times and support quality vary by subscription and license access.

I would rate their technical support as excellent.

reviewer2706471

IT at a marketing services firm with 10,001+ employees

I have experience with SAP technical support and have supported customers, including those in financial services.

EmmanuelOladinrin

Data Analytics Manager at Dangote Industries Limited

Sometimes, they forward my ticket to the technical team, especially when my issue involves technical aspects that basis people may not be familiar with.

Vignesh Kannan

SAP Consultant at Sierra Digital Inc

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TIBCO Jaspersoft's customer support is basically non-existent.

Shaina Munoz

Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.6

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform is scalable and adaptable, though some report complexity issues in specific scalability scenarios.

Sentiment score

6.7

TIBCO Jaspersoft's scalability varies, with some praising it while others encounter challenges, especially with large data loads.

The scalability of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform is adequate; it is very scalable and grows with my organization's needs.

TarunKumar7

Senior Data Engineer at LTI LATAM and Toubro Improtech

I rate the scalability of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform as a nine due to performance issues related to optimizing parts.

Vignesh Kannan

SAP Consultant at Sierra Digital Inc

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TIBCO Jaspersoft is not very scalable.

Shaina Munoz

Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

6.9

SAP BusinessObjects is generally stable, dependable, but performance can vary with configuration, sizing, and resource management challenges.

Sentiment score

7.6

TIBCO Jaspersoft's stability varies, facing challenges with large data and network, with community support crucial for resolution.

When they tried upgrading from 4.2 to 4.3, they found it buggy in some reports, which was quite problematic.

Declan Dempsey

Senior Consultant at Keyrus

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TIBCO Jaspersoft is very unstable.

Shaina Munoz

Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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Room For Improvement

SAP BusinessObjects needs better integration, improved UI, enhanced scalability, reduced licensing complexity, and improved self-service BI for broader adoption.

TIBCO Jaspersoft users seek improvements in stability, customization, support, and compatibility, highlighting needs for better documentation and features.

I've worked with other tools, for example, Microsoft Power BI, which is visualization-wise very strong.

Declan Dempsey

Senior Consultant at Keyrus

SAP BusinessObjects is expected to be phased out by 2027 as reports are moving to SAP Analytics Cloud.

Mo Sayed

SAP enterpise cloud architect at ECC Experienced Certified Consulting

I would appreciate integration with Outlook as an additional feature in the future to make it closer to a perfect score.

reviewer2706471

IT at a marketing services firm with 10,001+ employees

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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.

Ashish-Sahu

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.

Shaina Munoz

Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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Setup Cost

SAP BusinessObjects BI is costly and complex, best for large enterprises with significant data needs, compared to cheaper alternatives.

Enterprise users find Jaspersoft's community version cost-effective, while the enterprise version offers rich features but is expensive.

SAP BTP is an expensive solution.

Yashwanth H R

Associate Software Enginner at Siddaganga Institute of Technology

The price is very competitive and reliable.

reviewer2706471

IT at a marketing services firm with 10,001+ employees

I rate the pricing for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform as a seven or eight.

Vignesh Kannan

SAP Consultant at Sierra Digital Inc

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Valuable Features

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform offers dynamic scheduling, robust security, and seamless data integration, enhancing reporting efficiency and decision-making.

TIBCO Jaspersoft offers interactive reporting, diverse data integration, customizable dashboards, strong security, and user-friendly report distribution API.

For calculations, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform outperforms all other tools such as Power BI and Tableau, showing more accuracy, reliability, and flexibility compared to all other BI tools worldwide.

Vignesh Kannan

SAP Consultant at Sierra Digital Inc

Since we started using SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, we have been able to make faster, data-driven business decisions based on actual data insights and data analysis, which has accelerated our ability to make better decisions for our business productivity.

TarunKumar7

Senior Data Engineer at LTI LATAM and Toubro Improtech

The best feature about it for me, and for them, is the fact that you have a universe that is well made.

Declan Dempsey

Senior Consultant at Keyrus

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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.

Ashish-Sahu

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.

Shaina Munoz

Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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Categories and Ranking

SAP BusinessObjects Busines...

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

114

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (6th)

TIBCO Jaspersoft

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Reporting (15th), Embedded BI (8th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence is designed for BI (Business Intelligence) Tools and holds a mindshare of 2.2%, down 3.7% compared to last year.
TIBCO Jaspersoft, on the other hand, focuses on Reporting, holds 2.1% mindshare, down 2.7% since last year.

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform	2.2%
Microsoft Power BI	8.1%
Tableau Enterprise	6.0%
Other	83.7%

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

Reporting Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
TIBCO Jaspersoft	2.1%
Microsoft Power BI	15.3%
Tableau Enterprise	15.1%
Other	67.5%

Reporting

Featured Reviews

EmmanuelOladinrin

Data Analytics Manager at Dangote Industries Limited

Solution empowers self-service reporting and delivers comprehensive performance insights

Empowering business users means they should be able to work independently without depending on the developer. One advantage of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform is self-service capabilities, allowing users to do drag and drop to build their own reports and perform analyses without needing technical know-how.The platform has many drivers that I can use to connect to virtually all available databases, making it easy to integrate with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and many others. With the cloud version, I can fetch data on-premises and to the cloud for analysis easily. It is so flexible that I can make choices for fetching data. For authentication in an SAP environment, I can choose to integrate with SAP logon for SSO or use AD authentication for convenience, along with the flexible integration options.

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Shaina Munoz

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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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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	32
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	68

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	17

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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Tableau vs. Business Objects - Which is a better solution for visualization and analysis?

Both tools have their positives and negatives. First, I should mention that I am relatively new to Tableau. I have been working on and off Tableau for about a year, but getting to work on it consta...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform?

SAP BTP is an expensive solution.

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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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Jaspersoft?

I did not have any experience with the pricing or licensing setup because I believe we were using a free tier.

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What needs improvement with TIBCO Jaspersoft?

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Comparisons

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Compared 26% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

Tableau Enterprise vs SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Compared 6% of the time

Oracle OBIEE vs SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Compared 5% of the time

Amazon QuickSight vs SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

Compared 2% of the time

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Microsoft Power BI vs TIBCO Jaspersoft

Compared 9% of the time

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services vs TIBCO Jaspersoft

Compared 7% of the time

Jaspersoft vs TIBCO Jaspersoft

Compared 6% of the time

Tableau Enterprise vs TIBCO Jaspersoft

Compared 6% of the time

Oracle OBIEE vs TIBCO Jaspersoft

Compared 6% of the time

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Also Known As

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform, SAP BusinessObjects, Business Objects, SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

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Overview

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform offers powerful tools for enterprise reporting and data visualization, enhancing strategic decision-making through robust integration and secure analytics capabilities.

Designed for comprehensive enterprise reporting, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform integrates seamlessly with SAP ERP, supporting organizations in creating detailed financial, operational, and academic reports. The platform allows data manipulation across multiple sources using a semantic layer and provides intuitive tools like Web Intelligence and Lumira for user-driven report creation. It features centralized management, versatile connectors, and supports large-scale data analytics critical for business forecasting.

What are the key features of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform?

Integration Capabilities: Seamless connection with SAP ERP and various data sources.
Dynamic Scheduling: Automate report generation for timely insights.
Robust Security: Protects data with stringent security measures.
Semantic Layer: Simplifies data manipulation across sources.
Intuitive Tools: Facilitates user-driven report creation with Web Intelligence and Lumira.

What benefits should be considered in reviews?

Comprehensive Reporting: Enables detailed and accurate enterprise reports.
Decision-Making Support: Enhances strategic decisions with reliable data.
Scalability: Efficiently manages large-scale and complex data analytics.
Versatility in Analysis: Offers flexibility for ad hoc analysis and KPI monitoring.

Organizations across sectors like healthcare, education, insurance, and retail leverage SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform for its capability in facilitating detailed reports and integrating dashboards for key performance indicators. Its extensive reporting features support in-depth analytics vital for business prediction and decision-making processes.

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TIBCO Jaspersoft is a versatile BI tool used for creating and integrating reports, with added functionality for business intelligence such as ad hoc report writers, online report writers, and dashboard designers. It is used for various purposes such as employee performance, revenue management and billing reports, and IT operational reporting.

The solution can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud, is user-friendly, with drag-and-drop report creation, access restrictions for user groups, and connectivity to multiple data sources. It has helped organizations fulfill their needs related to security and create reports quickly, with easy scheduling and report creation with different parameters.

TIBCO

Sample Customers

SRAM, Kennametal, Fairfax Water, British American Tobacco, Velux, and FedEx.

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

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