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Knowage pros and cons

Vendor: Knowage

3.8 out of 5

18 reviews
85% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

Knowage, previously SpagoBI, offers customizable engine flexibility and integration with SQL scripts and Python, though requiring high technical skills. Users appreciate its embedding feature and the ability to join reports, despite limited knowledge resources and inconsistencies in versions, especially in report creation. Dashboard improvements are desired. Users should follow new developments in Knowage for continued support and features.

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PROS

The concept of engines is powerful, allowing users to work with their preferred report authoring and provisioning tools.

Customizations are easily manageable.

Users can join multiple reports, set fields on one, and replicate them on others, a feature that attracts many to Knowage.

Knowage integrates SQL and various scripts with Python, offering extensive flexibility for users.

The ability to retrieve information based on user roles is highly appreciated.

CONS

Development of SpagoBI has moved to Knowage, requiring users to follow developments there.

Knowage is a Java-based platform needing very high technical skills.

A lack of learning resources makes Knowage difficult to use over an extended period.

Inconsistencies between versions, especially in reporting tools, affect Knowage.

Dashboard components in Knowage could be improved.

Knowage Pros review quotes

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BlessingSithole

Software Engineer at syntegra

Apr 1, 2022

The embedding feature is great.

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Margin Assurance Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 14, 2021

I can't name the features the way the Knowage community calls them because I still don't know the lingo. However, I can describe them. I like the ability to join more than one report, set all fields on one end, and replicate that on the other reports. I like that a lot. I think it's one of the features that got me using Knowage. They have tables, and I like that too. They took SQL scripts and many other scripts and enabled them to even correlate with Python. That's also one of the best things about Knowage. You could also decide to get information per user role, and this is also a feature that I like in Knowage.

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AbdulshukoorMohammed

General Manager Information Technology & Enterprise Applications Manager at OXFORD HOLDING

Sep 14, 2021

We can easily do our own customizations.

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Saravanan Ramaraj

Solution Architect at MIMOS Berhad

Sep 28, 2020

Nice features available in SpagoBI compared with other open-source BI are Auditing, Collaborative BI, Query By Example, and User Profiling.

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Consultant at Delta Beverages Pvt Ltd

Apr 13, 2018

The concept of engines is quite powerful allowing the user to work with report authoring/provisioning tools of their choice.

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AbdulshukoorMohammed

General Manager Information Technology & Enterprise Applications Manager at OXFORD HOLDING

Sep 27, 2017

It improves sales and products, which motivates employees.

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Salesforce Cloud Administrator & Developer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Nov 29, 2016

Our customers really appreciate the self-service BI functionalities.

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Senior Project Manager at Indra Company

Feb 27, 2017

Customer Service: Excellent.

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Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Nov 14, 2016

The most valuable features to us are application implementation, development, and analysis.

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Software Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Sep 27, 2016

I would use SpagoBI if a company wants to use a free tool that has enough features.

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BlessingSithole

Software Engineer at syntegra

Apr 1, 2022

The dashboard components could be better.

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Margin Assurance Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 14, 2021

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.

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AbdulshukoorMohammed

General Manager Information Technology & Enterprise Applications Manager at OXFORD HOLDING

Sep 14, 2021

The only challenge here is that it's a Java-based platform. It requires very high technical skills.

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Saravanan Ramaraj

Solution Architect at MIMOS Berhad

Sep 28, 2020

There are additional features such as Data Integration, Data Visualization, MobileBI, Cloud BI, Data enrichment and massaging should be implemented in the next release.

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Consultant at Delta Beverages Pvt Ltd

Apr 13, 2018

Development of SpagoBI has now been moved to Knowage. Users interested in further developments of the platform will have to look there.

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AbdulshukoorMohammed

General Manager Information Technology & Enterprise Applications Manager at OXFORD HOLDING

Sep 27, 2017

Yes, using Mobile and Desktop Editions, we would sometimes need to restart the service.

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Salesforce Cloud Administrator & Developer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Nov 29, 2016

We are not happy with the poor graphic user interface. It looks a bit old and sometimes it is not properly user friendly.

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Senior Project Manager at Indra Company

Feb 27, 2017

As all software and especially the open-source ones have always something that can work better, in this case, SpagoBI is slightly difficult to implement.

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Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Nov 14, 2016

We had stability issues.

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Software Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Sep 27, 2016

We expected the community to be bigger than what it currently is.

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