We performed a comparison between Pentaho Business Analytics and Zoho Analytics 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."I use the BI Server, CDE Dashboards, Saiku, and Kettle, because these tools are very good and highly experienced."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Pentaho is the Tableau report."
"Easy to use components to create the job."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"We were able to install it without any assistance from tech support."
"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."
"It provides insights into leads, information about the team and about various sales activities. The graphical representations in the form of charts is excellent."
"I like the way I can share dashboards and embed dashboards. I normally use embedding. So, I create a dashboard, and I embed it into specific websites. Sharing of the dashboard is seamless, and it is easier than any other visualization platform, even Tableau."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Zoho Analytics's most valuable feature is the ability to provide excellent analytics through a single platform."
"The integration interface is very easy to use and allows you to directly connect to a variety of APIs."
"It's a very strong analytics tool."
"We moved the data from Zoho Creator to Zoho Analytics and created reports."
"Scheduling of reports and dashboards is the most valuable feature of Zoho Analytics."
"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."
"Another concern is that Pentaho is not customizable or interactive."
"Pentaho Business Analytics' user interface is outdated."
"The repository should be improved."
"Logging capability is needed."
"Version control would be a good addition."
"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."
"We did not achieve the ROI. The work delivered to users had lesser value than the subscription cost."
"There is a limitation that we cannot create more than 300 columns in a worksheet on Zoho Analytics."
"The support for Zoho Analytics is pathetic."
"They should provide white labeling with a cheaper option. I know they have a white labeling feature in which I can white label Zoho Analytics with my company theme, logo, and URL, but it seems a little expensive. If they can make it cheaper, it would be great. The same is applicable to Tableau."
"This solution does not support manufacturing facilities."
"In terms of improvement, they have a limited number of graphs available in their store. They should come up with more graph style forms. They should have more charts and at the same time, you can't create panels like with Microsoft BA."
"A higher degree of artificial intelligence could be included in this solution. The data and overall insights could be improved."
"It would be great to have more user input fields which can be used on dashboards."
"The customer service and support for this solution could be improved by faster response times."
Pentaho Business Analytics is ranked 21st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 42 reviews while Zoho Analytics is ranked 12th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 24 reviews. Pentaho Business Analytics is rated 8.0, while Zoho Analytics is rated 8.2. 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 Zoho Analytics writes "An easy-to-set up solution that helps in the scheduling of reports and dashboards". Pentaho Business Analytics is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Databricks, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, SAP Crystal Reports and Tableau, whereas Zoho Analytics is most compared with Apache Superset, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Looker and Qlik Sense. See our Pentaho Business Analytics vs. Zoho Analytics report.
See our list of best BI (Business Intelligence) Tools vendors and best Reporting vendors.
We monitor all BI (Business Intelligence) Tools reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.