SAP Crystal Reports vs TIBCO Jaspersoft comparison

SAP and TIBCO are both solutions in the Reporting category. SAP is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.0, while TIBCO is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.7. SAP holds a 2.5% mindshare in RT, compared to TIBCO’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of SAP users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of TIBCO users who would recommend it.

SAP Crystal Reports

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96% willing to recommend

TIBCO Jaspersoft

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83% willing to recommend

SAP Crystal Reports

TIBCO Jaspersoft

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

SAP Crystal Reports and TIBCO Jaspersoft compete in the reporting tools market, with TIBCO Jaspersoft often preferred for its dynamic data representation and self-service capabilities.

Features: SAP Crystal Reports offers detailed and formatted reporting with high customization via complex formulas and versatile data connectivity. It supports pixel-perfect static reporting across diverse databases. TIBCO Jaspersoft excels in ad-hoc reporting, interactive dashboards, and big data support, offering a dynamic data representation with strong self-service capabilities.

Room for Improvement:SAP Crystal Reports needs to address its complex report inheritance and outdated visualization features. Users find the syntax difficult. TIBCO Jaspersoft should improve its user interface design, stability, and integration with newer charting libraries. Better customer support for the community version is desired.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:SAP Crystal Reports supports on-premises deployment, but TIBCO Jaspersoft is more flexible, with options for hybrid and public cloud installations. SAP's customer service is inconsistent, while TIBCO's enterprise support is robust, though varies between free and enterprise editions.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Crystal Reports is considered expensive due to annual maintenance fees but offers high ROI for ERP reporting. TIBCO Jaspersoft provides a cost-effective open-source community version for small businesses, though its enterprise version can be seen as overpriced. It delivers a scalable solution with satisfactory ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

SAP Crystal Reports

Ranking in Reporting

13th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

TIBCO Jaspersoft

Ranking in Reporting

12th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Embedded BI (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of SAP Crystal Reports is 2.5%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Jaspersoft is 1.9%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
TIBCO Jaspersoft	1.9%
SAP Crystal Reports	2.5%
Other	95.6%

Reporting

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Salman Mukhtar Baig

SAP Technical Manager at VS Furniture Middle East

Unlock data insights with seamless integration and robust reporting features

I assess the impact of SAP Crystal Reports' dynamic parameters on the customization and flexibility of my reports as very good. Sometimes it creates a problem when it suddenly closes during work due to improper shutdowns, but most of the time it's beneficial since I can fetch the data in one report very efficiently, which is great for the company. The sub reports in SAP Crystal Reports help me enhance the depth and detail of my reports by allowing me to use multiple sets of records, especially when I have very large requirements, such as company dashboards that show what sales, purchases, productions, and HR are doing. Using sub reports as the main report is very beneficial because I can pull multiple department data into the main report. Over the years, SAP Crystal Reports has had a very positive impact and benefits. It's a powerful tool to design any kind of report if you have knowledge of the database, and it can attach to both HANA and SQL databases. I can also connect this data with Excel, which makes it a very powerful tool for me.

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Ashish-Sahu

Technical Manager at Bahwan CyberTek

Has delivered visually appealing reports and improved user interaction

The integration of TIBCO Jaspersoft with some data sources has limitations that I encountered, and it was not very straightforward. This was one of the concerns with TIBCO Jaspersoft. 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. I do see a negative side in terms of support. I am a little disappointed because when we report any defect, it takes time to get a resolution. There are also limitations on some connectors where we do not have connectivity established. These are the few issues I faced while using TIBCO Jaspersoft.

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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

"The tool can be incredibly powerful and flexible for generating reports."

"In general, Crystal Reports 2008 is a very robust reporting tool."

"The way it allows formatting, that is, the ability to organize the display and fields as we like, are the key elements for us."

"We were able to develop several On-Time Performance reports to assist with correcting scheduling errors and location errors for our buses, allowing us to get a much more accurate picture of where we are and how to get where we want to be."

"One key improvement has been the elimination of tedious and redundant work."

"The ability to create reports via the GUI with click and drag at the table level as well as from SQL via Command objects."

"Native connection, Subreports, pixel free formatting, free hand SQL, multiple sources, supports most databases"

"Creative formula construction is just one of the many tools in Crystal Reports that allows this tool to be so flexible and robust."

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"The most valuable features are the pixel-perfect report, embedded report portal, scheduling reports, open source, etc."

"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."

"With the online view, it's easier to create Ad Hoc reports. It has inbuilt reports so we can easily get data from the system and customize the fields."

"It offers high processing power for report generation and is cost-effective."

"You can do quite a lot with it in terms of automated reports and dashboards."

"For Enterprise level companies, it has rich enterprise features such as ad-hoc reporting on self service BI, rich dashboards, rich embedded BI solutions, mobile BI solutions, multi-tenant features, and rich HTML-5 visualizations."

"We can set any property dynamically."

"The reporting and charting features: I have worked with other reporting tools and I find this tool is easier and faster to work with while creating charts."

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Cons

"I would like to see improvement in charts and metadata extraction."

"Customer support for SAP Crystal Reports is nonexistent."

"For companies that just have SAP Crystal Reports without one of the SAP server products that come with annual maintenance, about 3/10."

"I would like to have horizontal paging like crosstabs."

"The sales, operations, and IT areas could use improvement."

"It does what it does have to do, but seems development has stuck for several years now. Many things are not possible either."

"Some of the graphic displays are dodgy."

"Customer service is terrible, if it wasn’t for the Google community there would not be any support at all."

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"The integration of TIBCO Jaspersoft with some data sources has limitations that I encountered, and it was not very straightforward."

"Writing custom domains is a difficult task"

"The Ad Hoc Report Writer does not include as many features as Tableau and needs to be improved to meet expectations."

"I would like to see better support for big data."

"TIBCO support is not that great as the guys are not very keen at resolving the issue and making issues which can be resolved also as enhancements."

"There is scope of improvement in terms of: More flexibility for report / dashboards development. A report bursting option."

"Currently, JSON format is the main format we use, however, in TIBCO Jaspersoft, XML format is the default and JSON did not work because TIBCO did not fix it."

"Drag and drop desktop tool for analysis such as that in Tableau, QlikView or Spotfire desktop could be a part of Jasper Design Studio."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I feel that SAP Crystal Reports is a reasonably priced product."

"We pay fifteen hundred dollars as licensing fee."

"This product costs a lot of money."

"SAP Crystal Reports is a very expensive solution."

"The cost of licensing can be a significant factor to consider when upgrading or transitioning to a new version of SAP Crystal Reports. It's important to evaluate the benefits and features offered by the new version against the associated costs to ensure it aligns with your organization's needs and budget."

"I would rate the pricing as four out of five because it's expensive."

"The pricing is cost effective because it is based on servers rather than users."

"Since I checked last time, only one annual license costs about $25,000."

"The solution is a little bit expensive."

"I give the cost of the solution a five out of ten."

"I find the price to be reliable and not overly costly."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	22

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	16

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with SAP Crystal Reports?

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What is your primary use case for SAP Crystal Reports?

I have been using SAP Crystal Reports for six months. I am using SAP Crystal Reports to develop data-driven reports and use customer data printing. When I use SAP Crystal Reports for customer data ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Crystal Reports?

I am aware that the pricing of SAP Crystal Reports gradually changes. When I bought it last time, I don't remember the exact price, and I need to check the current price on the portal. SAP Crystal ...

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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 am sharing a scenario for pricing: for ten thousand users and a robust server, it may cost in the hundreds of thousands USD. However, TIBCO is more enterprise-focused and might have different pri...

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Overview

Turn information from almost any data source into a sophisticated, interactive report with SAP Crystal Reports. This powerful, user-friendly application for small businesses and departments can help you deliver key insights to the right decision maker, at the right time, in the right format.

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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.

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Sample Customers

City of Buenos Aires, ASR Group, Citrix, EarlySense, Usha International Limited, Automotive Resources International (ARI), LivePerson, Coelba (Grupo Neoenergia), RZD Russian Railways, National Basketball Association - NBA, TALLY WEiJL, El Machetazo, Young Heroes, Mozzart, Mitsui Knowledge Industry (MKI) , Surgutneftegas Open Joint Stock Company, The VELUX Group, AOK Bundesverband, AL-KO KOBER GROUP

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