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Entrinsik Informer vs Knowage comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Entrinsik Informer
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
35th
Ranking in Reporting
27th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Knowage
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
32nd
Ranking in Reporting
23rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of Entrinsik Informer is 1.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Knowage is 2.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Reporting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Knowage2.0%
Entrinsik Informer1.4%
Other96.6%
Reporting
 

Featured Reviews

it_user187596 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst / Data Architect at a university with 51-200 employees
Informer empowers end-users with the tools to retrieve their data quickly and efficiently
Customer Service: Excellent. Every case I've opened with them, or phone call I have had have been more than helpful. It is clear they care both about my needs as a customer and their product. Technical Support: Excellent. Each question I've asked, intelligent or not, has been met with the same level of professionalism and expertise. I always feel they will come to some resolution if possible and they do.
AM
Margin Assurance Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
A stable open source suite for modern business analytics with a useful replication feature
It would be better if more resources were available to help us learn how to use it. I wanted to use Knowage for a more extended period, but learning materials around the product were not really available and were not really straightforward. I've also seen inconsistencies between versions. For example, under the tools, especially in the cockpit, the way you create reports is now different. You will also find some configurations within a particular state, like a line chart, which differs from version to version. I think consistency is an essential feature in a product, especially for business intelligence products.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Informer is or has become our standard reporting tool for all systems."
"We use informer constantly; it is integral, it is vital, it is invaluable."
"I appreciate the scheduling, saving, quick launch and ease of sharing of reports."
"The live excel function has been our most valuable as we can push out reports that program people can run anytime they want."
"The return on investment is immeasurable, as we have empowered more employees than ever with report creation and our faculty are very excited to be able to manage and gather data previously unavailable to them to help guide their decisions."
"Entrinsik Informer is a great solution."
"I think the analytics are great."
"Informer has been one of the best purchases we have made."
"I am satisfied with the product in general given what the company invested in it, which was just our time."
"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."
"The embedding feature is great."
"The concept of engines is quite powerful allowing the user to work with report authoring/provisioning tools of their choice."
"Being able to schedule necessary jobs needed for production jobs and programming run times"
"SpagoBI makes delivering reports to our clients very easy."
"Our customers really appreciate the self-service BI functionalities."
"The most valuable features to us are application implementation, development, and analysis."
 

Cons

"The security features are a bit ubiquitous. I appreciate the vast levels of security, but it can be a bit overwhelming in trying to set up."
"More tutorials and free training would be great."
"More integration with MS Office, better description of the fields and where and how they are used."
"The big issue for us is that there is no way to cancel a report from the browser."
"I wish there was a cron expression for bi-weekly. This becomes problematic with payroll audits."
"The use of computer columns created locally will not work in the logic but does work in the reports columns."
"Sometimes we think Informer is running slowly, but I suspect that has more to do with how we have it installed at our institution."
"You have to know Java scripting for getting over hurdles. I wish it was more user friendly out of the box."
"We expected the community to be bigger than what it currently is."
"Unfortunately, many interesting features do not work when you are using a custom database for storing the metadata."
"Many things need to be improved, most of all robustness."
"We had stability issues."
"The support is very meager: We had to break our heads to figure out everything"
"We are not happy with the poor graphic user interface. It looks a bit old and sometimes it is not properly user friendly."
"Tomcat configuration was tricky in earlier versions."
"I faced difficulties when using the email feature and documentation was scant."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"Knowage is open-source, and an enterprise edition is also available."
"It allows the implementation of an effective reporting system using internal skills at a limited upfront cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
26%
University
10%
Performing Arts
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
20%
University
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise6
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Elon University, North Carolina Community College System, American University, American Museum of Natural History, New York Botanical Gardens, BP North America, Campbell University, Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, Linux Foundation, Julliard, Lake County Sheriff's Office, Raleigh Police Department, Loyola University, R & R Insurance, Schoolcraft College, Texas A&M, Two Rivers Insurance Company, University of Alabama, Advanced Medial Transport, Texas Title
FIAT Group, Italian air navigation service provider, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Telecom Italia, ASL Genovese, San Giovanni Battista University Hospital
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