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CloudVelox vs Pentaho Business Analytics comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

CloudVelox
Ranking in Cloud Operations Analytics
4th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Pentaho Business Analytics
Ranking in Cloud Operations Analytics
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (20th), Reporting (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Cloud Operations Analytics category, the mindshare of CloudVelox is 23.2%. The mindshare of Pentaho Business Analytics is 8.6%, down from 20.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Operations Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Pentaho Business Analytics8.6%
CloudVelox23.2%
Other68.2%
Cloud Operations Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

DS
Owner at David Strom Inc.
One Hybrid Cloud can migrate both physical and virtual servers to the cloud. You can't mix Windows and Linux servers.
Easy to clone VMs; also can migrate both physical and virtual servers to the Amazon cloud. You can't mix Windows and Linux servers in the same application: you have to choose one family or the other in your clones.
JB
Founder at SJT Consult
Solution enables effective ETL processes and exhibits high satisfaction
From an integration perspective, Pentaho Business Analytics is not the best tool on the market. There are things done by Apache that are better, though I am not the one implementing them, so this is based on what I have heard about novelties in the market. I do not see the need to extend the coverage of Pentaho Business Analytics's domain. For things that it does not do, there are better solutions on the market, and it would be costly to implement them. Pentaho Business Analytics is a very great tool for very specific standardized scenarios. If you need more complex elastic solutions because the process is different, there are better tools available.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Easy to clone VMs; also can migrate both physical and virtual servers to the Amazon cloud."
"Pentaho was used for data massaging in a system integration project and enabled seamless data movement from one system to another, with the biggest advantage being its support for a wide range of input and output formats."
"We can demonstrate a better report UI and vivid experience for our customers."
"Pentaho Business Analytics tool provides ETL and easy creation of Analyser, interactive and attractive dashboards."
"With the launch of Pentaho the organization has aggregated information about the various functional areas and the ability to generate real-time analysis (OLAP) without the need of IT."
"The interface of Pentaho Business Analytics is easy to use and does not require high-level skills to operate the tool."
"Good for any size organization."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"We were able to install it without any assistance from tech support."
 

Cons

"You can't mix Windows and Linux servers in the same application: you have to choose one family or the other in your clones."
"We are a big telecoms company and we deal with a lot of data, approximately two million per day; it is too slow in rendering it."
"Debugging and logging needs to improve. Not all the time debugging gives the accurate picture of what is going wrong with the jobs or transformations."
"It was complex to set-up."
"Pentaho, at the general level, should greatly improve the easy construction of its dashboards and easy integration of information from different sources without technical user intervention."
"The presentation of data and reports. Pentaho have made a lot of improvements in the newer versions, but it's still an area of improvement when compared to other products in market."
"In the reporting tool, I would like to see what code it generates. As of now, there is no provision to see the underlying code of the PRD file."
"R Script."
"Mobile responsiveness of BA server should be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"Pentaho is expensive ."
"We were lucky enough to find a Pentaho OEM partner who offered a data warehouse model and the ETL software for about 60K SGD per year."
"Free and commercial versions are available."
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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

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise15
 

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Seeking lightweight open source BI software
There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I would recommend as follows: 1) If you have legacies of SAP, Oracle - look for SAP...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pentaho Business Analytics?
Pentaho Business Analytics offers the best value for money. While improvements can be made in some areas, particularly with more cloud-based solutions, it is not in their domain because they do not...
What needs improvement with Pentaho Business Analytics?
From an integration perspective, Pentaho Business Analytics is not the best tool on the market. There are things done by Apache that are better, though I am not the one implementing them, so this i...
 

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One Hybrid Cloud
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