TIBCO Jaspersoft vs TIBCO Spotfire comparison

The compared TIBCO Jaspersoft and TIBCO Spotfire solutions aren't in the same category. TIBCO Jaspersoft is ranked #7 in RT , with an average rating of 7.8, and holds a 2.9% mindshare in the category. TIBCO Spotfire is ranked #16 in BIT , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 82% of TIBCO Jaspersoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of TIBCO Spotfire users who would recommend it.

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IBM Cognos

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Featured Reviews

Carlos Larrad Salgado

Deputy Director Operations Management Control at Mapfre

Improved the quality of our KPIs, while reducing calls to the IT department

I don't like that when we use Colab packages, we get less functionality. For example, you can make groups of data with Excel or with the data sets from the packages, but when you use the Colab packages directly, you can only group the data when you analyze it with Analysis Studio. I think Cognos needs to improve more on this functionality. The user experience is also very important. Cognos is not very easy to understand sometimes, especially when they change the layout but keep the functionality the same. The help is not very graphic and they have no examples. Cognos has to make a big effort to help with understanding the functionality by improving the documentation. There is a lot of documentation, but the examples are hard to find and they should make their help section easier to understand for non-technical users.

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Chan Sambopol

Manager, Core Banking Office at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Easy to use with a nice design and good connectivity

TIBCO Jaspersoft has two versions. Version one is the enterprise version, The other one is the community version, and which allows us to use it for free. In the free version, we have to support ourselves. For the enterprise version, you have technical support if you need it. I wish that we had more support while in the portal, at least for the community version, or if we could talk to someone regarding issues, like how to configure or fine-tune would be helpful. We'd like to have help on how to solve some problems when we use the product and have some error or limitation. They need to, at the very least, improve the community. The Enterprise Edition has support, and we can force some tickets through the portal and then have an engineer support us in some cases. However, in terms of the subscription price, it's a bit high. Therefore, we'd like to see the community version offer a little bit more support and better documentation and we'd like the enterprise edition to have better pricing.

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Rajesh Nai

Senior Associate at Cognizant

A robust BI tool, with good dashboard features and adverse event tracking

We would like to see some improvement in the default properties of the solution, so that there is less need for us to spend our time coding. We would also appreciate proper API and a proper training solution to be developed for this product so that we can quickly implement changes.

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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 initial setup was straightforward."

"It is a stable product."

"IBM Cognos improves the effectiveness of the sales team."

"The most valuable feature of IBM Cognos is security. The solution has updated features that other competitors' solutions come out with long after IBM Cognos has had them."

"The initial setup is very straightforward."

"It has a very powerful edit feature which allows users to back out of changes (undo) without forcing them to recreate entire reports."

"One of the strong suits of Cognos is its robust corporate reporting capability."

"Comparing IBM Cognos to other applications, once a person is trained on it or they have developed a skill set to operate the application, it is best in its category."

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"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."

"The designer is the most valuable feature."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...The deployment process of TIBCO Jaspersoft is easy."

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

"The growth time is the most valuable feature of TIBCO Jaspersoft."

"The feature that I like most is the drag and drop capability."

"We can set any property dynamically."

"The solution is standalone with the flexibility to use visualize.js to embed within the application."

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"R and automation services."

"The most valuable feature is the map visuals that help us connect to the geo-specialized data which is more advanced than other solutions."

"From a scalability standpoint, I would say it's pretty fantastic."

"The two features that I have found most valuable are its ability to customize the dashboards when it comes to the evaluation. The second feature is its ability to handle a large amount of data, which is also something very unique about it."

"It's scalable."

"The out-of-the-box features are simple and easy to use across the board."

"The ability to create a real-time data mark, using just one piece of software, is the best feature of this product."

"One of the main features is integrated statistical analysis."

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Cons

"IBM Support can be slow at times, but they can usually deliver in a timely manner."

"Most of our company's customers want to be able to deploy IBM Cognos on a web application and use it as a desktop application, which is not possible currently."

"It could have more options for themes."

"The solution's support could be better."

"The solution seems to slow down the servers."

"I think the GIS pieces maybe not as good as we would like."

"I would like for the platform to become more standard. If we make a development on our report and our dashboard, it will not be used in another solution. That means there is no portability for the developers."

"They should provide improved visual reporting."

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"There might be some compatibility issues with the dashboard if we're using the latest version and some clients are using the older version. Some features might not be supported."

"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."

"The upgrades are not easy."

"A better focus should be put on self-service reporting."

"We'd like to see the community version offer a little bit more support and better documentation and we'd like the enterprise edition to have better pricing."

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

"Customization is an area with certain shortcomings in the solution that needs improvement."

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

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"We would like to see some development in the visualization aspect of this solution, as they can currently only be configured in the cloud, which limits us to one endpoint. It would be helpful if this could be integrated with other tools."

"The design of the UI could be improved."

"Compared to competitors, the UI is quite dated."

"One aspect where Spotfire could improve is its global recognition, especially in terms of support."

"The way TIBCO Spotfire is designed, in my opinion, is the reason why it lags a bit, especially compared to other BI tools like Qlik."

"The initial setup of TIBCO Spotfire is in the middle range of difficulty. The initial setup of Power BI is easier."

"When it comes to data manipulation, there are features which are good, but one of the features which has really been missing in Spotfire is an offline ability for data manipulation."

"The data compression has room for improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"On a scale from one to ten where one is low pricing and ten is high pricing, I would rate this solution at eight."

"IBM Cognos price is on the higher side of the spectrum. However, with the features that it brings, such as correlation analysis, it's worth the money. They should look at the pricing more clearly because it's a little on the higher side."

"The solution is affordable."

"The licensing costs are a little bit higher for IBM Cognos. I don't think there is any additional cost apart from the licensing charges."

"It is pretty expensive."

"Cognos is super expensive compared to Tableau ($70/month) and Power BI ($20/month) — I think Cognos is roughly $200 a month."

"There is a standard license required to use this solution. There are some additional tools but I am not sure if they are an extra cost."

"I rate the product price as four or five on a scale from one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

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

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

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

"The solution is a little bit expensive."

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

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

"This product carries a monthly licensing charge, with the amount depending on the features that are to be included. This costs also covers the use of technical support."

"I would describe TIBCO Spotfire as an averagely-priced product."

"The price-point for this solution is negotiable depending on usage levels."

"In comparison to other solutions such as IBM Cognos, TIBCO Spotfire is more affordable."

"The cost is a few hundred dollars per user per year."

"The pricing seems competitive and reasonable. The value delivered by the product far exceeds the cost."

"The ROI is nearly impossible to calculate."

"The Tibco sales teams have been very difficult to work with - ignoring requests, misrepresenting level of demand, etc."

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Comparison Review

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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

Educational Organization

55%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Energy/Utilities Company

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Seeking lightweight open source BI software

It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement. Some great tools in the market are Qlik ...

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What do you like most about IBM Cognos?

The solution's most valuable feature is its ease of use, which makes it easily compatible with other tools.

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What needs improvement with IBM Cognos?

I need improvements, particularly with the Framework Manager, which has an outdated user interface from older version...

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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 raje...

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What do you like most about TIBCO Jaspersoft?

We can set any property dynamically.

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

The solution is a little bit expensive. I rate the pricing a five out of ten.

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What do you like most about TIBCO Spotfire?

TIBCO Spotfire is easy to use. We initiated Spotfire as POC, with support from a tech team based in South Africa. Whi...

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

Spotfire is a bit costly in terms of money, but it is value for money if you are installing it and working with it. C...

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What needs improvement with TIBCO Spotfire?

The hierarchies or the maps to some extent may need some modifications. The layered features within Spotfire can make...

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Comparisons

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 21% of the time

SAP Crystal Reports vs TIBCO Jaspersoft

Compared 19% of the time

Tableau vs TIBCO Jaspersoft

Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

Databricks vs TIBCO Spotfire

Compared 9% of the time

Palantir Foundry vs TIBCO Spotfire

Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Also Known As

Cognos, Cognos Analytics, IBM Cognos Analytics

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Overview

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence provides a wide range of tools to help you analyze your organization's data. IBM Cognos BI allows businesses to monitor events and metrics, create and view business reports, and analyze data to help them make effective business decisions.

IBM Cognos applies techniques to describe, summarize, and compare data, and draw conclusions. This allows users to see trends and discover anomalies or variances that may not be evident by simply reading data. Data sources that contain information from different areas of a business can be stored in separate packages. Users can see only information that they have been granted access to, based on their group or role.

IBM Cognos BI consolidates the following business intelligence functions into a single web-based solution:

IBM Cognos Insight: Create personal and managed workspaces for data analysis. Using these interactive workspaces, you can share insight results with managers. Cognos Insight supports write-back, and you can also use these workspaces to capture and integrate management goals, commitments, and forecasts.
IBM Cognos Workspace: With IBM Cognos Workspace, you can create rich, interactive workspaces using IBM Cognos content as well as data from external sources. You can view and open your favorite workspaces and reports, edit content in your workspaces, and share your workspaces via email.
IBM Cognos Analytics: IBM Cognos Analytics utilizes built-in AI and intuitive searches which helps users to quickly create the visualizations and a wide range of reports. Cognos Analytics provides cognitive and managed self-service, enabling you to gain insights from controlled and trusted data.
IBM Cognos Report Studio and IBM Cognos Query Studio: Easily create structured and query reports. IBM Cognos allows users to create application and report templates. In addition, report authors can reuse report objects to apply filters, fields, and styles to reports. Users can set the language of the user interface and report content according to the user's native language.
IBM Cognos Event Studio: Receive notifications of events that occur within your organization in real time. Event Studio enables the creation of agents that detect the occurrence of business events, failures, or anomalies, based on the change of specific events or data conditions. Notification can be sent via email, publication in the portal, or by triggering reports.
IBM Cognos Connection: This is the Web portal for IBM Cognos BI and is the central area for accessing all the IBM Cognos functions. In the web portal, users can schedule and distribute reports, create tasks, administer the server and the access permissions, and more.

Reviews from Real Users

IBM Cognos stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its powerful analysis tool and its reporting capabilities.

Prasad B., a senior software engineer at a financial services firm, notes, “The product is a very good reporting tool and is very flexible. It allows for the users to get a scheduled report. We can receive automated reports as well. They are easy to schedule on a weekly or monthly basis. It is very fast. I mean in means of report output, it's very fast compared to the actual clients involved.”

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 Spotfire is a versatile data analytics platform that can handle large datasets and be deployed on-premise or in the cloud. Its dynamic reporting, easy creation of dynamic dashboards, and highly customizable tool make it a valuable asset for process data analysis, industrial performance dashboards, problem root cause analysis, business intelligence, and real-time analytics for IoT devices in the energy sector.

The solution also offers data science functions, map visuals, R and Python integration, and the ability to write HTML and JavaScript text areas. Spotfire has helped organizations deliver projects more efficiently and cost-effectively, allowing for faster data analysis.

Sample Customers

More than 23,000 leading organizations across multiple industries use Cognos. Some examples of Cognos customers include BMW Financial Services, Quinte Health Care, Troy Corporation, Michigan State University, and GKN Land System.

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

Allergan, ASSS de Montreal, Avantium, Blue River, Bank of Montreal, Citibank, FrieslandCampina, Hellmann Logistics, Merck, Novartis

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