Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics Pricing
DP
Dan Peacock
Enterprise Data Architect at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
I think Lumada's price is fair compared to some of the others, like BusinessObjects, which is was the other solution that I used at my previous job. BusinessObject's price was more reasonable before SAP acquired it. They jacked the price up significantly. Oracle's OBIEE tool was also prohibitively expensive. We felt the value was much greater than the cost, and the value for the money was much better than if we had gone with other solutions.
If a company is looking for an ETL solution and wants to integrate it with their tech stack but doesn't want to spend a bunch of money, Pentaho is a good solution. SSIS cores were $10,000 a piece. Although I don't know what they cost nowadays, they're expensive.
Pentaho is a nice option without having to pay an arm and a leg. We even had a complicated data set and Pentaho was able to handle pretty much every type of scenario, if we thought about it creatively enough. I would recommend it for a company in that position.
View full review »PR
PhilipRobinson
Senior Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
It does seem a bit expensive compared to the serverless product offering. Tools, such as Server Integration Services, are "almost" free with a database engine. It is comparable to products like Alteryx, which is also very expensive.
It would be great if we could use our enterprise license and distribute that to analysts and people around the business to use in place of Tableau Prep, etc, but its UI is probably a bit too confusing for that level of user. So, it doesn't allow us to get the tool as widely distributed across the organization to non-technical users as much as we would like.
View full review »Buyer's Guide
Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
The pricing has been pretty good. I'm used to using everything open-source or freeware-based. I understand that organizations need to make sure that the solutions are secure, and that's basically where I hit a roadblock in my current organization. They needed to ensure that we had a license and we had a secure way of accessing it so that no outside parties could get access to our data, but in terms of pricing, considering how much other teams are spending on cloud solutions or even their existing solutions, its price point is pretty good.
At this time, there are no additional costs. We just have the licensing fees.
View full review »VK
reviewer995501455
Solution Integration Consultant II at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
For most development tasks, the Enterprise edition should be sufficient. It depends on the type of support that you require for your production environment.
View full review »TJ
Tobias Johnson
Manager, Systems Development at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We did a two or three-year deal the last time we did it. As compared to other solutions, at least so far in our experience, it has been very affordable. The licensing is by component. So, you need to make sure you only license the components that you really intend to use.
I am not sure if we have relicensed after the Hitachi acquisition, but previously, multi-year renewals resulted in a good discount. I'm not sure if this is still the case.
We've had the full suite for a lot of years, and there is just the initial cost. I am not aware of any additional costs.
View full review »There are more types of connectors, but you need to pay.
You need to go through the paid version to have Hitachi Lumada specialized support. However, if you are using the free version, then you will have only the community support. You will depend on the releases from Hitachi to solve some problem or questions that you have, such as bug fixes. You will need to wait for the newest versions or releases to solve these types of problems.
View full review »I didn't purchase Pentaho. There is a business version but I used only the open source. I was fully satisfied and very happy with it. It's a very good open-source solution. The communication channels, the updates, the patches, et cetera are all good.
View full review »I mostly used the open-source version. I didn't work with a license.
View full review »RV
Rodrigo Vazquez
CDE & BI Delivery Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
I use it because it is free. I download from their page for free. I don't have to pay for a license. With other tools, I have to pay for the licenses. That is why I use Pentaho.
I used to work with the complete suite of Pentaho, not only Data Integration. I used to build some solutions from scratch. I used to work with the Community version and Enterprise versions. With the Enterprise version, it is more than building cubes. I am building a BI solution that I can explore. Every time that I use Pentaho Data Integration, I never spend any money because it comes free with the tool. If you pay for the Enterprise license, Pentaho Data Integration is included. If you don't pay for it and use the Community version, Data Integration is included for free.
View full review »AG
ABDULGAFFAR
Assistant General Manager at DTDC Express Limited
We are using the Community Version, which is available free of charge.
The price of the regular version is not reasonable and it should be lower.
View full review »I'm not really sure what the price for the product is. I don't handle the purchasing or the commissioning.
View full review »I primarily work on the Community Version, which is available to use free of charge. I have asked for pricing information but have not yet received a response.
View full review »NA
reviewer1751571
Systems Analyst at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
We renew our license every two years. When I spoke to the project manager, he indicated that the pricing has been going up every two years. It's going to reach a point where, eventually, we're going to have to look at alternative solutions because of the price.
When we first started with it, it was much cheaper. It has gone up drastically, especially since Hitachi bought out Pentaho. When they bought it, the price shot up. They said the increase is because of all the improvements they put into the product and the support that they're providing. From our point of view, their improvements are mostly on the data integration part of it, instead of the reporting part of it, and we aren't particularly happy with that.
View full review »KM
Krisjanis Muskars
Data Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
You don't need the Enterprise Edition, you can go with the Community Edition. That way you can use it for free and, for free, it's a pretty good tool to use.
If you pay for licenses, the only thing that you're getting, in addition, is customer support, which is pretty much nonexistent in any case. I would recommend going with the Community Edition.
View full review »ES
Eric Smets
System Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
We are using the Community Edition. We have been trying to use and sell the Enterprise version, but that hasn't been possible due to the budget required for it.
View full review »SK
Stephen Knox
Lead, Data and BI Architect at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
The cost of these types of solutions are expensive. So, we really appreciate what we get for our money. Though, we don't think of the solution as a top-of-the-line solution or anything like that.
View full review »VM
reviewer1510395
Technical Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Sometimes we provide the licenses or the customer can procure their own licenses. Previously, we had an enterprise license. Currently, we are on a community license as this is adequate for our needs.
View full review »I can say from the vendor perspective- usually the part of the data integration (from data source to the warehouse/target) takes at least 60% of the whole initial business intelligence project. It depends on the data sources and complexity, for example: big data, NoSql, xml, web services, "weird" files and more.
After the data integration project is "live" it will work fine until someone breaks something. (Network connectivity, servers, DBA that changes the data source, or any other change for that matter that changes variables that the data integration was built upon) but this is true for all data integration software.
The day-to-day costs are very low if there are no new requirements. Luckily for us (as a vendor) once the customer starts and the users get their fancy reports and dashboards there's no turning back, and the requirements are piling up. But these are new requirements, not maintenance.
The only cost is the time it takes for the developer to get to know it.
View full review »The community edition is free. If you need a full BI solution, I would recommend the enterprise edition.
View full review »OM
Oscar Mejia
IT-Services Manager & Solution Architect at Stratis
We do not pay any license costs. We use a free version of the product.
View full review »I would say it is one of the most affordable tools to use for business intelligence.
View full review »VD
reviewer1384743
Specialist in Relational Databases and Nosql at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We're using the community edition, which is free to use. I'm not sure how much their paid services cost. We haven't purchased any licensing.
View full review »There is a Community Edition which is free. There is also an Enterprise licence but the price varies depending on the server hardware configuration and the purpose of use (BigData, Hadoop, etc.).
View full review »Pentaho is available both in Community (Free) and Enterprise Edition (Subscription based) depending upon your budget.
View full review »There is a good open source option (Community Edition).
View full review »Because it's open source, there's no issue of pricing or licensing.
View full review »Buyer's Guide
Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.