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TIBCO Jaspersoft vs XLCubed comparison

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Categories and Ranking

TIBCO Jaspersoft
Ranking in Reporting
11th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Embedded BI (9th)
XLCubed
Ranking in Reporting
30th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of TIBCO Jaspersoft is 2.5%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of XLCubed is 1.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Reporting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TIBCO Jaspersoft2.5%
XLCubed1.3%
Other96.2%
Reporting
 

Featured Reviews

Shaina Munoz - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
reviewer1489434 - PeerSpot reviewer
Junior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Connection should be simplified, but it's priced well
For anyone who intends to implement this solution, I would recommend contacting technical support the first time it doesn't work. At this time, I cannot recommend this solution to others because I cannot connect. Because of the connection issues that we are experiencing, I would rate this solution a five out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features are that it is a browser-based system and memory consumption for the client with large-scale data is reasonable."
"You can do quite a lot with it in terms of automated reports and dashboards."
"It’s very straightforward to Install Jaspersoft in both Linux and Windows."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...The deployment process of TIBCO Jaspersoft is easy."
"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."
"From a visualization perspective, it is easy to add charts and everything in TIBCO Jaspersoft, so compared to Cognos, it is better, and the performance is also better."
"The most valuable features are the security file and the general data level security implementation framework."
"The most valuable features are the pixel-perfect report, embedded report portal, scheduling reports, open source, etc."
"The solution has great capability, performance, flexibility, visuals, everything, and we also have a very good relationship with the consultants and the solution is also very cost effective."
"I am looking forward to testing their full graphics that are available, as they looked very interesting in the demo."
 

Cons

"TIBCO Jaspersoft would benefit from enabling you to run multiple reports in one file and incorporating more options related to multiple reports."
"The integration of TIBCO Jaspersoft with some data sources has limitations that I encountered, and it was not very straightforward."
"The technical support provided was terrible."
"I would like to see better support for big data."
"The stability of TIBCO Jaspersoft needs improvement."
"Even though it works well enough for our purposes, one thing I think that could be improved is making it easier to configure."
"I would like to see some analysis done prior to data extraction. The data extraction itself could also be improved."
"TIBCO Jaspersoft could be improved because it is open source."
"Would like the ability to be able to benchmark."
"At this time, I cannot recommend this solution to others because I cannot connect."
"It's quite a stable solution although we sometimes encounter issues internally within our IT department with regard to the structure."
"There should be a better or an easier way to establish that connection to external sources."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is a little bit expensive."
"The pricing is cost effective because it is based on servers rather than users."
"I give the cost of the solution a five out of ten."
"Since I checked last time, only one annual license costs about $25,000."
"I would rate the pricing as four out of five because it's expensive."
"I find the price to be reliable and not overly costly."
"14,000 Pounds per year for licensing."
"I am still using the two-week trial, but at first sight, the price is reasonable."
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Comparison Review

it_user6978 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise19
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Questions from the Community

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Jaspersoft?
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for TIBCO Jaspersoft is around 1 lakh per annum.
What needs improvement with TIBCO Jaspersoft?
TIBCO Jaspersoft sometimes lags when doing very heavy work, which is one area that needs improvement. The UI also needs improvement for better user experience. Whenever I switch from one report to ...
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Sample Customers

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