We performed a comparison between Knowage and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle and others in Reporting."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."
"We can easily do our own customizations."
"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."
"I mainly use the solution for the ease of reporting and for executive dashboards."
"The tool's valuable features are its drill-down feature, graphs, and charts."
"In Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, the installation and configuration are easy."
"We get good support from Microsoft."
"We can create quality reports in real time."
"I like Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services' automated reporting feature."
"It is scalable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Development of SpagoBI has now been moved to Knowage. Users interested in further developments of the platform will have to look there."
"The only challenge here is that it's a Java-based platform. It requires very high technical skills."
"The dashboard components could be better."
"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."
"The product could be improved by reducing the time it takes to build and deploy reports."
"It would be really nice to have better integration between the solution and Power BI."
"Technical support is in minor need of improvement so that they can solve problems in a more timely manner."
"Tableau is more user-friendly because it doesn't need to do any extra programming. It has drag-and-drop functionality."
"Sometimes, we need to make sure that the configuration stays consistent across the reporting instances. They all connect to the same database. So, it shares that same backend, but the reporting services itself can also be configured. On the application level, for reporting level. And it is, based on my own experience, it is a manual effort to make sure that the reporting servers are configured the same across the environment."
"I would like the solution to add the scheduling feature for reports."
"It doesn't have quite the flexibility of a Tableau or something like that. Many users are more comfortable with Tableau and I'm not quite sure why that is right now, but it seems to be the case."
"In this solution, the cost should be reduced for the enterprise edition."
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Knowage is ranked 23rd in Reporting while Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is ranked 8th in Reporting with 16 reviews. Knowage is rated 7.6, while Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Knowage writes "Easy to customize, cross-platform capable, and very stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services writes "Offers useful templates but needs to improve the connectivity offered". Knowage is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Pentaho Business Analytics and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, whereas Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is most compared with TIBCO Jaspersoft, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SAP Crystal Reports and Oracle OBIEE.
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