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TIBCO Jaspersoft vs Windward Core comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.7
TIBCO Jaspersoft is valued for affordability and efficiency, though not all users see direct profit returns; growth opportunities exist.
Sentiment score
7.0
Windward Core enhances template design efficiencies, reduces costs, and increases productivity up to 70%, freeing IT resources.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
4.4
TIBCO Jaspersoft's customer service receives mixed reviews; response times and support quality vary by subscription and license access.
Sentiment score
8.4
Windward Core's service is praised for promptness, professionalism, effective communication, and proactive support, despite some troubleshooting concerns.
TIBCO Jaspersoft's customer support is basically non-existent.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Customer support for TIBCO Jaspersoft is good and very helpful whenever I need assistance.
Engineer Technology at Iris software Inc.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
TIBCO Jaspersoft's scalability varies, with some praising it while others encounter challenges, especially with large data loads.
Sentiment score
7.4
Windward Core is generally scalable, effectively handling demand, though some infrastructure and cost limitations affect performance.
TIBCO Jaspersoft is not very scalable.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The scalability is very good and easy to use in daily work, providing convenient solutions to client requirements and delivering the best results.
Engineer Technology at Iris software Inc.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
TIBCO Jaspersoft's stability varies, facing challenges with large data and network, with community support crucial for resolution.
Sentiment score
7.6
Windward Core is praised for stability, reliable performance, and strong support, despite occasional random errors and upgrade issues.
TIBCO Jaspersoft is very unstable.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

TIBCO Jaspersoft users seek improvements in stability, customization, support, and compatibility, highlighting needs for better documentation and features.
Windward Core needs improvements in compatibility, user interface, documentation, error handling, and feature enhancements like charts and interactivity.
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.
Technical Manager at Bahwan CyberTek
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.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
TIBCO Jaspersoft sometimes lags when doing very heavy work, which is one area that needs improvement.
Engineer Technology at Iris software Inc.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Jaspersoft's community version cost-effective, while the enterprise version offers rich features but is expensive.
Windward Core offers flexible and competitive pricing, ideal for enterprises with varied needs, supporting multiple deployment models.
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for TIBCO Jaspersoft is around 1 lakh per annum.
Engineer Technology at Iris software Inc.
 

Valuable Features

TIBCO Jaspersoft offers interactive reporting, diverse data integration, customizable dashboards, strong security, and user-friendly report distribution API.
Windward Core integrates with Office tools, enabling non-technical users to generate complex reports with customizable templates effortlessly.
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.
Engineer Technology at Iris software Inc.
The best feature of TIBCO Jaspersoft would be that you design the report first and then that generates Java code.
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
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.
Technical Manager at Bahwan CyberTek
 

Categories and Ranking

TIBCO Jaspersoft
Ranking in Reporting
16th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Embedded BI (9th)
Windward Core
Ranking in Reporting
20th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
Document Generation Tools (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of TIBCO Jaspersoft is 2.4%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Windward Core is 1.3%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Reporting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TIBCO Jaspersoft2.4%
Windward Core1.3%
Other96.3%
Reporting
 

Featured Reviews

Shaina Munoz - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Legacy reporting has exposed limitations and now drives a gradual shift to modern analytics
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.
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Sr. Systems Analyst at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Strong layout and design capabilities; leverages every aspect available in Word-native formatting
The licensing key is a little bit twitchy. I'd like to see more HTML formatting support in templates. It has a basic stock of HTML formatting capability, but it doesn't have a rich vocabulary. I have to work around that sometimes. The help documentation and blog posts are extensive, but not always up to date. The error reports also need improvement. If you don't key it in right, it's a little hard to find the root cause. It gives you information as much as it can, but it doesn't really hone in and tell you explicitly what you should do to correct the problem.
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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

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

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 rajeshsirsikar.com for more information.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Jaspersoft?
I did not have any experience with the pricing or licensing setup because I believe we were using a free tier.
What needs improvement with TIBCO Jaspersoft?
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...
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Also Known As

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Windward, Windward Studios
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Mosaic, Vander University, Telesoft, Entrust, Ericsson, BT, Groupon, John Hopkins, Puma
HAL, Inc., Axe Group, White Clark Group, Blueprint Software, Aspect Security, Nucleus Software, LeBlanc’s Food Stores, South Sound 911, Aegon, Barclays, Fidelity Investments, ArisGlobal LLC, USDA, RepLink, AON Hewitt
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