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TIBCO Jaspersoft pros and cons

Vendor: TIBCO
3.7 out of 5

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PROS

The drag and drop capability is highly appreciated.
The flexibility to use visualize.js for embedding within applications is valued.
The feature of creating Ad Hoc reports online and having inbuilt reports for data customization is beneficial.
Access restrictions on different user groups are considered valuable.
Report generation is user-friendly, with high processing power and cost-effectiveness.

CONS

TIBCO Jaspersoft needs better support for big data and improved options for running multiple reports in one file.
Enhancements are needed in the Ad Hoc Report Writer to match competitor features like Tableau.
There are compatibility issues when using different versions of TIBCO Jaspersoft, affecting dashboard feature support.
Customization has shortcomings, with a need for improved community support and better enterprise pricing.
Issues exist with JSON format functioning correctly, as XML is the default and JSON did not work properly.
 

TIBCO Jaspersoft Pros review quotes

it_user279618 - PeerSpot reviewer
DWBI Developer at DST Worldwide Services Pvt Ltd
Jan 4, 2016
It’s very straightforward to Install Jaspersoft in both Linux and Windows.
it_user8199 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI developer - (Jaspersoft/Pentaho/Pentaho C-Tools/Kettle/Talend/Data warehouse) at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 31, 2016
For Enterprise level companies, it has rich enterprise features such as ad-hoc reporting on self service BI, rich dashboards, rich embedded BI solutions, mobile BI solutions, multi-tenant features, and rich HTML-5 visualizations.
CK
Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Jul 30, 2016
Community edition which is free is the best buy for small to medium companies who can't afford any money at all to try a product.
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it_user498384 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Application Developer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 17, 2016
The REST API functionality on the server is valuable because it gave us a really easy way to distribute reports to non-technical end users.
it_user483900 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence | IT Service Management at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 11, 2016
HTML5 charts are rich and dynamics Ad-hoc reporting allows the end user or analyst to easily develop their own reports (based on business language).
it_user531804 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees
Oct 13, 2016
The most valuable features are that it is a browser-based system and memory consumption for the client with large-scale data is reasonable.
it_user297504 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 16, 2016
The most valuable features are the pixel-perfect report, embedded report portal, scheduling reports, open source, etc.
it_user540237 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Executive at System Business, s. r. o.
Oct 26, 2016
Business processes automation provides higher efficiency and minimizes human error.
it_user542799 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 30, 2016
The reporting and charting features: I have worked with other reporting tools and I find this tool is easier and faster to work with while creating charts.
it_user217659 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 2, 2016
The most valuable features are the security file and the general data level security implementation framework.
 

TIBCO Jaspersoft Cons review quotes

it_user279618 - PeerSpot reviewer
DWBI Developer at DST Worldwide Services Pvt Ltd
Jan 4, 2016
Writing custom domains is a difficult task
it_user8199 - PeerSpot reviewer
BI developer - (Jaspersoft/Pentaho/Pentaho C-Tools/Kettle/Talend/Data warehouse) at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 31, 2016
Drag and drop desktop tool for analysis such as that in Tableau, QlikView or Spotfire desktop could be a part of Jasper Design Studio.
CK
Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Jul 30, 2016
TIBCO support is not that great as the guys are not very keen at resolving the issue and making issues which can be resolved also as enhancements.
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it_user498384 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Application Developer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 17, 2016
Even though it works well enough for our purposes, one thing I think that could be improved is making it easier to configure.
it_user483900 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence | IT Service Management at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 11, 2016
The support team needs to be improved.
it_user531804 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees
Oct 13, 2016
The technical support provided was terrible.
it_user297504 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 16, 2016
Visualization can be improved further in terms of design, and to align it with other, new reporting tools.
it_user540237 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Executive at System Business, s. r. o.
Oct 26, 2016
The migration between versions could be hard.
it_user542799 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 30, 2016
Implementing of subreports is such a pain.
it_user217659 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 2, 2016
We encountered some scalability issues, as the server doesn't handle too many concurrent connections very well.