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Knowage pros and cons

Vendor: Knowage
3.8 out of 5

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PROS

The concept of engines is powerful, allowing users to work with their preferred report authoring and provisioning tools.
Customizations are easily manageable.
Users can join multiple reports, set fields on one, and replicate them on others, a feature that attracts many to Knowage.
Knowage integrates SQL and various scripts with Python, offering extensive flexibility for users.
The ability to retrieve information based on user roles is highly appreciated.

CONS

Development of SpagoBI has moved to Knowage, requiring users to follow developments there.
Knowage is a Java-based platform needing very high technical skills.
A lack of learning resources makes Knowage difficult to use over an extended period.
Inconsistencies between versions, especially in reporting tools, affect Knowage.
Dashboard components in Knowage could be improved.
 

Knowage Pros review quotes

SR
Solution Architect at MIMOS Berhad
Sep 28, 2020
Nice features available in SpagoBI compared with other open-source BI are Auditing, Collaborative BI, Query By Example, and User Profiling.
it_user392559 - PeerSpot reviewer
Group Director of Investigations at a tech services company
Feb 23, 2016
Unified interface, a lot of tools for BI, easy configuration, standalone SDK.
it_user425037 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Apr 15, 2016
In terms of ROI, much better than any other solution when it offer full fledged features in open source, planned to have direct contact with SpagoBI for better support.
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it_user514305 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Oracle Developer/BI Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Sep 18, 2016
SpagoBI makes delivering reports to our clients very easy.
it_user515766 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 20, 2016
Being able to schedule necessary jobs needed for production jobs and programming run times
it_user510162 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI-Internship at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Sep 20, 2016
The most valuable feature of SpagoBI is that it is open source and 100% free without limits.
it_user516945 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Enterprise IT at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 21, 2016
I am satisfied with the product in general given what the company invested in it, which was just our time.
it_user520530 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 27, 2016
I would use SpagoBI if a company wants to use a free tool that has enough features.
it_user520557 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager at Indra Company
Feb 27, 2017
Customer Service: Excellent.
it_user551895 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 14, 2016
The most valuable features to us are application implementation, development, and analysis.
 

Knowage Cons review quotes

SR
Solution Architect at MIMOS Berhad
Sep 28, 2020
There are additional features such as Data Integration, Data Visualization, MobileBI, Cloud BI, Data enrichment and massaging should be implemented in the next release.
it_user392559 - PeerSpot reviewer
Group Director of Investigations at a tech services company
Feb 23, 2016
Tomcat configuration was tricky in earlier versions.
it_user425037 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Apr 15, 2016
Many things need to be improved, most of all robustness.
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it_user514305 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Oracle Developer/BI Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Sep 18, 2016
Unfortunately, many interesting features do not work when you are using a custom database for storing the metadata.
it_user515766 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 20, 2016
The demands of some jobs would slow Spago and lock the site, preventing any other job from processing.
it_user510162 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI-Internship at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Sep 20, 2016
I encountered a lot of issues when I tried to integrate the map in order to realize Intelligent Location Dashboards.
it_user516945 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Enterprise IT at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 21, 2016
I faced difficulties when using the email feature and documentation was scant.
it_user520530 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 27, 2016
We expected the community to be bigger than what it currently is.
it_user520557 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager at Indra Company
Feb 27, 2017
As all software and especially the open-source ones have always something that can work better, in this case, SpagoBI is slightly difficult to implement.
it_user551895 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 14, 2016
We had stability issues.