TIBCO Jaspersoft Reviews

My main use case for TIBCO Jaspersoft was a legacy application that used Jasper for reporting and ETL processes. I migrated off and rewrote these processes in Python, but I still use JRXMLs to generate reports while slowly migrating to Power BI.

I used TIBCO Jaspersoft for forecasting of accessories. Ie do a lot of order management, so we would use Jasper to transform Java objects and those ETL processes into reports that would be used by business to forecast orders.

I did not choose TIBCO Jaspersoft. I inherited this legacy application that was already written in Jaspersoft.

The best feature of TIBCO Jaspersoft would be that you design the report first and then that generates Java code. The problems we had with the software was that the version of Java it was using was outdated, and we had to upgrade it, which led us to rewriting the system in another programming language and deviating from Jaspersoft.

In the beginning, when we were looking at the Java code, it was very useful to have TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio so we could see in a diagram flow what the job was actually doing. This helped us throughout the rewrite process, but this tool was not as updated as we hoped, which is one of the reasons we migrated off this technology. Also, it is not supported by our company at this time.

With TIBCO Jaspersoft, we did see some great improvements in our speed, and number one was code readability. Moving to a language like Python made it a lot easier to manage our code and understand how our code was working.

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.

I have been using TIBCO Jaspersoft for roughly two years.

TIBCO Jaspersoft is very unstable. TIBCO Jaspersoft is not the most stable option.

TIBCO Jaspersoft is not very scalable.

TIBCO Jaspersoft worked for the time it needed to, but as we expanded, we needed something that would scale with us, and unfortunately, that was not TIBCO Jaspersoft.

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

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.

We deployed TIBCO Jaspersoft on-premises. We deployed TIBCO Jaspersoft on Oracle Linux boxes that had to be upgraded to a newer operating system. Because it was very dependent on that setup, with Java 7 and Oracle Linux, it was all tightly integrated. Upgrading was very tedious. We migrated to a containerized Docker container that was deployed into Linux virtual machines. We are now working on moving to the cloud, OCP.

I have not seen a return on investment with TIBCO Jaspersoft.

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

I would advise anyone looking into using TIBCO Jaspersoft to try Power BI instead, or Cognos or some other solution.

I noticed a specific outcome during the time I used TIBCO Jaspersoft.

We have seen improvements after leaving TIBCO Jaspersoft.

I give TIBCO Jaspersoft a rating of two out of ten because I feel there are better solutions out there for what it is doing. JRXMLs are not easily integrated with something like Cognos or Power BI. Once you write something in that technology, you are kind of stuck with it, and if you want to customize some aspects, you have to use TIBCO Jaspersoft Studio. Otherwise, making changes directly into the JRXML is very tedious.

My main use case for TIBCO Jaspersoft is generating pick and voice invoices. I use TIBCO Jaspersoft for pick and voice generation in my daily work by utilizing JSON payload, which I import into the data source. Using the bands to design the frame of the payslips, I add variables, parameters, and edit data through the JSON payload that reflects over the payslip. I use TIBCO Jaspersoft to generate invoices in PDF format and CSV format, and once completed, they must be encrypted using Base64 encoding.

TIBCO Jaspersoft has a drag-and-drop feature, which is very convenient for designing invoices and payslips. The drag-and-drop feature helps me in my daily tasks by optimizing my time and providing more efficiency and faster results because there is no need to write manual codes. I can simply pick items and drop a bar chart feature if I want, or drop any field parameters, which makes the task easier.

TBICO Jaspersoft has one unique feature: subreport generation, which allows me to generate independent subreports and then add them to the parent report. This is a very valuable feature.

TBICO Jaspersoft has positively impacted my organization by reducing manual receipt generation. I can easily design payslips in a proper format based on our printers, and it has been very useful for our organization since we have been using this software for the last 25 years.

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 another, it takes some time. During heavy work, TIBCO Jaspersoft also lags occasionally.

I have been using TIBCO Jaspersoft for the last three years and have gained significant experience with this software.

TIBCO Jaspersoft has been stable in my experience.

The scalability is very good and easy to use in daily work, providing convenient solutions to client requirements and delivering the best results.

Customer support for TIBCO Jaspersoft is good and very helpful whenever I need assistance.

From the start, I have been using TIBCO Jaspersoft only, and I did not previously use any different solution.

I have seen a return on investment through time saved, and most of the employees in my organization are using this software.

The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for TIBCO Jaspersoft is around 1 lakh per annum.

I did not check any other options before choosing TIBCO Jaspersoft.

I advise others looking into TIBCO Jaspersoft to try the subreports feature, as it reduces workload and helps reuse code in independent report generations, in addition to its drag-and-drop features and analytics capabilities.

TBICO Jaspersoft is excellent software that optimizes work and enhances productivity in daily tasks, allowing me to deliver the best results to clients and contributing to our success over the last 25 years. I plan to continue using it for many more years.

Whenever I design invoice generation using TIBCO Jaspersoft, it has preview options that allow me to review invoices before uploading the main source to see how it will look in production. I can use seven bands to design very attractive invoices based on my requirements and easily add logos and format the fonts of the payslips.

I would rate this product a 9 out of 10.

My main use case for TIBCO Jaspersoft is that we are currently using it in this project because my reports were previously in Cognos. We migrated our Cognos reports to TIBCO Jaspersoft for better building and cost-effectiveness. It is open source, which is the reason we are using TIBCO Jaspersoft.

In the current project, we have different use cases in hospitality management, where there are a lot of clients that come to check in and check out of hotels. Some users do not want to disclose their names, so we handle scenarios with masked users.

The best features TIBCO Jaspersoft offers are that it is open source, developer friendly, allows migration of reports from other reporting tools, and you can write expressions in a simple, understandable manner. Currently, in my hospitality domain, it is very helpful to reduce costs.

The developer-friendly features of TIBCO Jaspersoft have helped my team by allowing us to easily identify areas for improvement in report performance, unlike in Cognos where the framework manager and report studio require more effort. We can use the XML file and connect directly to our data source, writing SQL queries directly inside. The error handling is also very easy here.

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.

TIBCO Jaspersoft has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to use around 5,000 plus reports that we used earlier in Cognos, mainly for billing purposes. Since it is open source, we are reducing our costs mainly.

TIBCO Jaspersoft could be improved because it is open source. In my experience with TIBCO Jaspersoft and Power BI, I find Power BI more user-friendly, especially in terms of adding visualizations. It should consider improvements in areas with mobile application support, as users often do not sit in front of a computer. Implementing a TIBCO Jaspersoft mobile application would be very helpful to this community.

TIBCO Jaspersoft should work on improving some areas.

I have been using TIBCO Jaspersoft for two years.

TIBCO Jaspersoft is stable.

Regarding TIBCO Jaspersoft's scalability, we handle a large amount of data for some reports, and it manages that well.

Customer support is very quick to respond, as we have had a couple of interactions.

Previously, we used IBM Cognos, and we switched because of the cost. IBM Cognos recently upgraded to Cognos 13 version, which costs more. To reduce costs instead of manpower, we decided to reduce the application side costs as both tools work similarly. We still manage the same queries, needing to brush up on them, such as SQL queries, since we are currently using stored procedures that work similarly.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that since it is open source, it does not cost much, and the setup is easy to install and connect to multiple data sources. We can easily switch between data sources, with around 20 data sources available.

We do not have a business relationship as a reseller with this vendor, and we are not partners.

Before choosing TIBCO Jaspersoft, we also evaluated Power BI, but we chose TIBCO Jaspersoft because most of our reports are list and charts only.

My advice for others looking into using TIBCO Jaspersoft is that from a developer perspective, it is good to understand how we can simply add SQL queries, data modeling, and everything, as it is very helpful compared to other reporting tools. The connection between the data source and TIBCO Jaspersoft is easy.

If I had to rate customer support, I would give it nine out of ten. I rate this product eight out of ten overall.

TIBCO Jaspersoft provides user-friendly reports that are rich in format. The installation process and deployment have undergone recent changes, including an activation service that requires keys.

To get the exact steps for installation, I need to follow up with the support team, and then users can begin using it. There are a few changes that have been recently encountered, and I hope the process will be smooth going forward.

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.

TIBCO Jaspersoft helps my team become more self-reliant when it comes to reporting.

Regarding the dashboard, it is interactive and supports a number of features, add-ons, and different mods that should all be included.

The positive impacts I see from TIBCO Jaspersoft are significant. When sending reports using Spotfire, they were not as rich in look and feel. Customers opt for TIBCO Jaspersoft so they can create interactive reports to send to end customers or management so that it will feel nice.

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.

I have been a service provider for TIBCO Jaspersoft for around three to four years.

The product is quite stable, and I would give it a rating of nine.

Technical support for TIBCO Jaspersoft could definitely be better. I would give it a rating of six.

Neutral

I have only worked with TIBCO Jaspersoft and Spotfire, with no other similar technologies from other vendors.

I manage these products myself and work along with TIBCO Jaspersoft and Spotfire.

I have been using TIBCO Jaspersoft for a long time. We have end customers who use it, and based on their feedback or any technical queries, we take this along with TIBCO and whoever the OEM is.

In terms of advanced visualization capabilities in TIBCO Jaspersoft, that is quite adequate. I have not found any complaints recently. My overall rating for this product is eight.

We support the SumTotal function using Jasper as the LMS reporting system for listing available activities in the system, organizations, users, domains, and their security groups. Jasper IO holds all of those details. We can use Jasper to create any custom JRXMLs.

With the help of JasperReports, we can design a custom report or custom dashboard to get a database connection to any data source or LDP connection. We can design dashboards using those elements or HTML charts and visualize the data regarding the LMS view.

Internally, we use it for employee performance to show how many people are in a team, the amount of projects, and different regions of the managers. 

Our company is a small company. There are only 50 users, and only 10 to 15 use Jasper. Our third party partner has 200 users who are using JasperReports for administration and developer purposes.

A vast number of users can access the solution. Maintenance depends on the server that's maintained by TIBCO.

We are a small company, but we delivered TIBCO for a large organization, Volkswagen. They use the TIBCO reports for their LMS. More than 10,000 people are able to access the same report at the same time to use for their own data or reporting data.

I'm using version 7.6. I have used the SaaS and on-premises versions.

Jasper is quite successful for customer requirements: getting their certification details, user training progress details, or organization details, along with portal training.

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. If we want the measures in the report from the custom report, we need to write a query, SQL queries, or a Jasper SQL query. Using Ad Hoc reports, we can easily create measures. With the help of the measures, we're able to do some customizations, which are similar to the SQL deep level query.

The HTML charts have limitations, and those are only limited to the pro version. 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.

With the current desktop version, there might be some customization upgrades needed for the chart level or the visualizations level because there are some limitations. A few reports won't have inbuilt scroll options, or some customizations won't be there for every widget level.

I have used this solution for four years.

The performance is good. It's really quick, but there are limitations with large amounts of data. Sometimes it has problems with rendering a large amount of data due to connectivity sources.

For performance issues, we can do some customizations in the query level and then do the deployment. For the Ad Hoc reports, it's tough to get a large amount of data.

We can customize the report level with the proper SQL query, which increases the performance of accessing data.

It would be better for small scale or medium scale data vendors. To deal with large amounts of data, you need to check with the data source settings. If you're getting any data from Cassandra or Hive, you need to check the feasibility.

Technical support takes about 24 hours to respond, but it's based on the subscription. If we're Pro license users, then we might receive a response to ticket issues in two to three hours. It depends on the license and subscription.

I would rate technical support as three out of five.

I also have experience with Power BI. Power BI has more features, but they don't have inbuilt reporting. Jasper has inbuilt reporting and the ability to have Ad Hoc view or Ad Hoc reports. 

In Power BI, we're supposed to connect to the data sources, and then get a query, some gateways, or APIs. We're only able to input the data sets after that, or we need to get Excel data into Power BI as Microsoft supports it, or we need to go to Azure and get the data sets.

We also use Tableau. It has some customizations. On the higher level, we have SAS Analytics, which has a lot of features, but they have their own language. We need to get familiar with the SAS online version to create the data and visuals. It's a licensed version, not open source.

It's pretty easy to set up the online version. There's an online Jasper portal, so we can easily deploy the desktop version. They have custom import deployment, which only takes a couple of minutes. We just needed to follow the procedures, like creating the name and adding images to the dashboard. We imported them and connected the data source. After that, we were able to view the report or dashboard online.

Compared to Power BI or any visualization tools, it might be a bit difficult. They need to know about the tool features, like how to connect to the Jasper desktop for the data source connections, how to customize the report, and how to use the composite elements of TIBCO Jaspersoft.

Jasper has certifications for Jasper Professional and the normal version. With those certifications, they can deploy the solution.

I went through the vendor team and we rate this 10 / 10

We have seen ROI but not necessarily in regards to profits.

It's a yearly subscription, but it depends on the license. If there is a lower number of licenses, it may cost more, and if there's a higher number of licenses, it might cost less based on the versions being used.

If it's deployed on an enterprise level, everything will be hosted on the cloud, which would be cheaper.

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

We don't pay for any additional features. To get more features, we have to upgrade our license. They might provide a 30-day trial for the Jaspersoft Pro version and for the IO reports.

I would rate this solution as eight out of ten.

My advice is to look at the documentation available on the website. You can also get free, 14-day access to TIBCO Academy. It shows how to use the online workbench tool and JasperReports.

That might be helpful for getting into Jasper development.

The solution is used mainly for reporting purposes. We generate PDFs, which are delivered to the recipient via email.

We can set any property dynamically. We have to use different currencies. Sometimes, we use the pound sign. Sometimes, we use the dollar sign. Our software is a multi-currency software. We have defined the currencies as dynamic parameters. We directly populate the signs in our PDFs.

We must change our JAR file and all our dependencies whenever an upgrade occurs. The upgrades are not easy.

I have been using the solution for six to seven years.

I rate the tool’s stability a nine out of ten.

Around 200 people in our organization use the product. I rate the tool’s scalability a nine out of ten.

Since we use basic features, we generally do not require support.

Positive

We use Oracle for analytics.

I rate the ease of setup an eight out of ten. The deployment takes a couple of hours. One person can do it.

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

Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

I use it to extract information from the data-sharing system and to investigate the database. I also use it to schedule Excel reports and sheets.

What I find the most valuable about the solution is that it came with a package and reports from a company adapter IT. We purchased it from there.

I would like to see some analysis done prior to data extraction. The data extraction itself could also be improved. It should show which data is ready for conduction.

I've been using TIBCO Jaspersoft for three years.

The solution is stable. Its stability depends on the stability of the internet so I would rate it a six out of ten.

The solution is not very scalable and could use some improvement. I give it a three out of ten. Approximately 15 people in account administration and student enrollment use TIBCO Jaspersoft at our company to extract data. Since it's a cloud solution, maintenance is done automatically by the vendor.

I have previously used Oracle, although I would say that TIBCO Jaspersoft does not have any major advantages.

The solution is linked to IT, it is an add-on. The address is quite expensive. Regarding affordability, I give it a four out of ten. 

I would definitely recommend the solution to others. It's mostly open source so it might cost a little more but it is very good. You can do quite a lot with it in terms of automated reports and dashboards. It is especially good for setting up in cities with limited financial resources. Overall, I rate it a six out of ten because it needs more addresses built into reports and more built-in functions.

I started using the solution for report writing. Over time, the solution added functionality to become more of a business intelligence tool. For example, the solution added ad hoc report writers, online report writers for creating custom reports, and a dashboard designer. 

For one use case at People's Bank, I deployed the on-premises solution. 

For another use case at my company, I used the cloud-based solution with exports or flag files stored in the S3 bucket. 

The solution is standalone with the flexibility to use visualize.js to embed within the application. You can write Java script, call reports the same name in the repository and application, and create a single sign on. 

It is easy to drag-and-drop reports into Canvas to create a custom dashboard. 

HTML5 charts include hover options and overall tips when exporting to PDFs. If you move your mouse over any point, you get details. This is in contrast to the architecture prior to version 5. For example, you used to create reports in iReports using the embedded JFree chart library that was WYSIWYG and did not include hover options or details.

The solution gives you access to the source code for free modifications. In contrast, Tableau charges for modifications or enhancements.

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

You have to write a lot of customized code to match the features of Tableau's dashboard. 

Performance could be improved. 

I have been using the solution for fourteen years. 

We had issues with stability so we wrote customizations on top of JasperReport Server to stabilize it. 

The solution is quite stable compared to where it was before, so stability is currently rated a seven out of ten. 

The solution is scalable. 

I have contacted support a number of times for various reasons. 

For example, I contacted them with issues moving from version 6.0 to 6.0.1 and they provided a hot fix that got the solution up and running. I rate support for that issue an eight out of ten. 

Positive

We previously used LAMP with JFree for canned reports but a customer wanted to create their own reports. We evaluated different BI tools in the market and chose the solution based on price and fit to our environment's in-house technology stack. 

The solution was quite cheap at the time. It helped a lot because of its flexibility in creating Java reports via JasperReport Writer to get the desired results. We also used Scriptlet to customize features not present in the JasperReport Library and added them to our reports. 

The ease of setup depends on your configuration. If you work for a company with a lot of dependencies, then those need to be considered before deployment. In some scenarios, it might take a bit longer to get the solution up and running. 

A standalone MacBook installation takes a few hours because you need to configure the https and other items. 

A standalone Windows installation is easier because you just click through available options.

I install the solution for customers. 

The JasperReport Library is free for basic reporting such as bank statements that do not require graphical representations. Many customers prefer to stick with the free version.

The JasperReport Server is a flexible, paid version that includes HTML5 charts, the ability to design the dashboard, and the option to create canned, online, or ad hoc reports. 

Pricing used to be quite cheap with a restriction similar to 100 customers per server. Over time, pricing increased a bit because features were added such as Dashboard Designer and the Ad Hoc Report Writer that competes with Power BI and Tableau.

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

The leaders in the market right now are Power BI, Tableau, and QlikView. Choosing the best solution depends on your in-house technology stack. 

Power BI is the leader in terms of business intelligence. 

Tableau has better performance but licensing is per user rather than per server. There is a huge difference in pricing between Tableau and the solution. 

The solution is the best option if you use Java code or want to create reports using a Java application. For example, my company wanted APIs to create an adapter and reports in Java, so their tech stack was a great match for the solution. 

When choosing a solution, it is important assess your performance needs and the load on the database. Your reports get generated based on the load from the back end. 

If you want a high-level dashboard and a high-level Ad Hoc Report Writer, then good options are the solution, Tableau, or Power BI. 

I rate the solution a seven out of ten in comparison to other BI tools. The solution's free reporting engine is quite flexible in terms of creating reports using raw data. If your needs go beyond that or require good performance with a full-featured dashboard designer, then another BI tool might provide the best fit. 

It is used for exporting our reports to the user. We can install our server for the Community Edition, and then we design based on the tools. Then, we can use iReport or even use Jasper's v0.2 to design this report and deploy it to the server. Then, we create the user and give the privilege to the user. The user can execute the report and export it into many formats, like Excel, PDF, or something else. There are about ten formats available in Jasper.

I do not yet deploy it through the cloud. I just work on-premise only. That said, TIBCO already provides a feature to support the cloud.

Around 30 people are using this solution in my organization. 

Some use it to manage the reports or to design the reports. Some just log in to execute the report and export the report.

I cannot say there is only one feature I like. As a whole, the design and the connectivity through the data sources are great. It's all well-planned. It can connect to many data sources. We use spreadsheets, MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, and so on, without issue. We like that it allows us to connect to many data sources.

It's easy to use and maintain. If you just export, or you want to transform this product to another environment, it's easy. I feel confident with this product. There are no concerns regarding loss either as it's easy to redeploy.

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.

I have used this solution for about ten years. We started using the community version of JasperReports in 2013.

It's very stable. My surveys run on Linux and users can use our software without disturbance, without interruption. If there is no interruption regarding power, you can have up to one year of stability with no worries in regard to performance capabilities. 

I'd rate the overall stability nine out of ten. I cannot say ten, due to the fact that sometimes when a user exports heavy amounts of data, performance may be impacted. For example, if a user is doing something like one million rows of data for export, there can be some challenges.

It is not quite scalable cost-wise. While, if we go even deeper, this product can scale up. Or, even if you want to deploy to the cloud, or you want to do the cluster, you can scale. However, it is not easy if you consider the price. One license is expensive. If we purchase more than one it can get very costly. 

The scalability would be eight to nine out of ten in terms of the ability to scale, however, the cost would be hard to bear for many. 

I don't use technical support right now. I don't subscribe to the enterprise version, so everything I learned I had to do by myself.

You need to use the documentation or the community, and you can find everything that you need from there. If you have some experience with the solution, you just need to go through the documentation and solve the issues yourself.

When I started using the TIBCO Free Edition, it was in version five. It's easy to set up, and it supports many platforms - such as Microsoft Windows and Linux. 

It is very convenient for a user to set up. TIBCO builds the auto setup, so we just click and configure everything and then simply start to use this product.

It's easy to set up. I would rate the setup ten out of ten based on its ease.

If you're familiar with the product, you just spend half an hour getting it up and running.

The product is bundled already, so you just click, click, click, click, and it sets up. You will browse to the URL and then log in as the administrator. However, if you want to customize something, due to the fact that it is a free edition, you need to have some knowledge. You can't really get outside help. You have to be knowledgeable and self-reliant. 

I'd rate the pricing around six or seven out of ten. The price is a bit expensive, yet it's still acceptable. When they launched the business, they wanted the business to support engineers to develop and improve on the product. There are costs involved in that. Developers often are expensive, and companies need to pay them a high salary. That's likely why it costs so much. Still, the price, for me, is a bit expensive compared to the market.

Since I checked last time, only one annual license costs about $25,000. If we increase the number of licenses, the bill per month will be very high.

I've looked into Tableau and Power BI. There are others as well. 

The difference is TIBCO is an independent platform, so we can run on any operating system. We don't care about Linux or Windows. We don't need to care about the distributor. We can run anywhere - even the cloud. We can connect to Microsoft's FTL, MySQL for database, Db2, or even can connect to other big data options. It's an independent platform that is very easy to manage and use.

I would rate the solution nine out of ten.

We use Jaspersoft for IT operational reporting across the bank, including finance, account management, and the back office. Additionally, Jaspersoft is used by the application control team to generate ad hoc reports to provide user insights when requested.

The end-user reporting is very handy and the standard reports that can be achieved by using Jaspersoft Studio are quite impressive. Even people with limited programming experience can quickly pick up how to use the product and create reports. The Community Edition is also quite helpful and cost-effective, allowing people to meet their reporting needs without spending a large budget where ad-hoc reporting is not required.

The stability of TIBCO Jaspersoft needs improvement.

We have identified many areas for improvement. Currently, I'm upgrading to 8.0.3 and we have encountered several issues. For example, our current version of Jasper 7 is not compatible with MySQL 8 data sources as an application DB. We have confirmed with TIBCO Jaspersoft that we cannot connect with Jasper 7 servers, which is a major disadvantage for our product. TIBCO Jaspersoft cannot prevent external application database connectivity just because they do not support it. The connectivity needs to be supported regardless of whether we upgrade from our version or not. We should be able to provide database connectivity across all databases since this is not dependent on Jasper but instead is managed by other teams. We are currently at a standstill, preventing other application upgrades as well.

The customer support who are working on the product needs to be vastly more knowledgeable than those of us who are mere external users. We expect them to be at least a hundred times more proficient in terms of understanding how the reporting process and each functionality work. However, this is not currently the case. Customer support has a lot of room for improvement.

I would like to suggest performance testing-related measures be included in the solution, such as built-in loggers to track connection pools. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have a bundle of performance checks that could be easily set up, including important logs. Furthermore, the data security implementation should be improved, possibly through profile activities. Lastly, the UI should be simplified for domain creation to make the process easier to understand.

TIBCO Jaspersoft currently lacks the ability to read data from web service-related data sources, a feature that is now a standard in the industry. This is a major shortcoming, particularly since it is a feature that is commonly used by the community. Unfortunately, TIBCO does not officially support web service data sources, but this is an issue that needs to be addressed. It is imperative that TIBCO Jaspersoft has the capability to fetch data from web services in order to keep up with industry standards.

I have been using the solution for 11 years.

I am a bit worried about the decline in product stability and consistency since the acquisition of Jasper by TIBCO.

We currently have 1500 people using the solution. Mostly, their users are from different teams, such as finance and application teams. For example, application teams use Jasper to track their opening process, while OPM Output Management uses Jasper to generate reports and compare their outputs with the expected results. Additionally, Jasper Report Excel is used to determine if the outputs are being generated on time.

During my time as a TIBCO SME in Lebanon, I often had to rely on TIBCO support. Unfortunately, I ended up providing solutions more often than receiving them, indicating that the support expertise was not as strong as expected. The response times are often so long that we often have to provide our own solutions or initial suggestions before they can respond. It's a very frustrating process, as the response times are simply too slow.

Neutral

The setup of Jasper with JBoss is straightforward. We don't use a bundled setup with Apache Tomcat, but what makes it complicated is that Jasper's documentation does not adequately cover two key activities: security setup during installation and encryption of passwords. These security-related tasks should be incorporated into the installation guide, as they must be done in conjunction with the installation. This way, instructions on how to encrypt passwords would accompany the installation, making it easier for those setting up Jasper.

The deployment takes around five working days.

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

I give the solution a seven out of ten.

I strongly recommend using this solution, depending on the use case. TIBCO Jaspersoft can enable end users to develop their own reports, although it requires technical expertise and a significant amount of time. To make this possible, a logical layer needs to be built and an intuitive user interface needs to be provided.