We performed a comparison between Pentaho Business Analytics and Sisense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Easy to use components to create the job."
"We were able to install it without any assistance from tech support."
"The most valuable feature of Pentaho is the Tableau report."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"I use the BI Server, CDE Dashboards, Saiku, and Kettle, because these tools are very good and highly experienced."
"Pentaho Business Analytics' best features include the ease of developing data flows and the wide range of options to connect to databases, including those on the cloud."
"Pentaho is an analytics platform that can be used when an organization has a lot of big data storage systems already installed and needs to manage and analyze that data. It has a specific use case for unstructured data, such as documents, and needs to be able to search and analyze it."
"No issues with stability. It is a very stable solution."
"Support is very responsive and clearly one of the strengths of Sisense. I have always received a fast response and the staff is very helpful."
"ElastiCube Manager is a very easy to use ETL tool, which includes the ability to easily transform raw data into reusable data."
"Allows us to execute heavy, complex computations on the fly so customers can slice and dice the data based on their business needs."
"I have found the dashboard creating feature helpful."
"The best part about this solution is how easy it is to mash up the data from many sources. Sisense is fast compared to other solutions."
"It has allowed me to move my data to the cloud."
"A very simple setup: Easy to download, install, and updates are pain free."
"We did not achieve the ROI. The work delivered to users had lesser value than the subscription cost."
"Version control would be a good addition."
"Deployment is not simple. It is not simple because we are dealing with a lot of data; we are dealing with a lot of storage. So, it's not a simple process."
"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."
"Another concern is that Pentaho is not customizable or interactive."
"The repository should be improved."
"Logging capability is needed."
"Pentaho Business Analytics' user interface is outdated."
"I would love to have more customization capabilities for building dashboards, especially in creating custom widget sizes."
"This solution does not have tabs. In order to have tabs, you have to download an add-on to mimic the tabs. They should be integrated to improve the solution."
"At present there are additional costs involved if we wish to share our data queues within this solution, which we would like to see removed."
"The solution's setup process could be easier."
"I would like to see more development and growth for the support of Knowledge Base and Community forums."
"I would like Sisense to improve its performance, particularly when we are dealing with large-scale data."
"Larger datasets will sometimes give a "Accumulated logs" error when trying to make minor changes. T"
"They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard."
Pentaho Business Analytics is ranked 21st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 42 reviews while Sisense is ranked 17th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 39 reviews. Pentaho Business Analytics is rated 8.0, while Sisense is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Pentaho Business Analytics writes "Flexible, easy to understand, and simple to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sisense writes "Business intelligence solution that has improved automation and provided meaningful insights". Pentaho Business Analytics is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Databricks, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, SAP Crystal Reports and Tableau, whereas Sisense is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Apache Superset, Qlik Sense and Amazon QuickSight. See our Pentaho Business Analytics vs. Sisense report.
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