Pentaho Community Edition CE 5.0.1 stable Vs Jasper Professional 5.5 - BA Server & Tool selection decision making points on 3 categories

Hello Guys,

Here is a small document prepared on differentiating Pentaho Open source Vs Jasper Professional.

Based on below information one can take decision in tool selection for BI needs.

I would like to present a clear insight & readers of this document are encouraged to add your points in the comment box..

IMP NOTE:  Remember , I am comparing the Pentaho Open source(Community) 5.0.1 stable  with Jasper Professional(licensed) 5.5 

Dashboards :

Key feautue	Pentaho Open source Dashboard	Jasper Professional dashboard
Tool	Community Tools(C-Tools) – Server plug ins CDE(Community Dashboard Editor) CDF(Community Dashboard Framework) CDA(Community Data Access)	iReport/Jasper Studio Ad-hoc Reports Desktop stand alone tools and Professional Dashboard designer on server
Development of Reports done at	Fly on the server itself	Depends on stand alone designing tools & need to publish to the server and again need to design the dashboard
Responsiveness /Mobile support	Responsiveness is achievable using bootstrap css framework	Lack of responsiveness even though there is Proportional property of the dashboard designer
Dashboards output end view-able devices	Compatible with Mobile/iPad/laptop/Desktop/TV like big screens	Compatible with laptop/desktop
Charts	Protovis charts implemented, extend able to D3 charts.. can integrate fusion and HTML charts also.	Embedded charts engines – Jfree, Fusion & HTML5 charts. Can integrate protovis/D3 charts using html component of iReport/Jasper Studio
Loading of charts on the dashboard	Will take lesser time using Pentaho's C-Tools  powerful caching mechanism	Will take longer time to load the charts on the dashboard
Embedding BI	Achievable using iframe tags or java script	Achievable using iframe tags
Community support	Active	Active as it is a professional .. general community is not so active
Interactivity/Drill down/ Inter charts(frames) communication	Achievable	Achievable
Multi-tenancy	Need to check	Achievable
Customization	Developer friendly	Not developer friendly
Download here	Pentaho MaketPlace or install using ctools-installer.sh http://community.pentaho.com/	Purchase license https://www.jaspersoft.com/four-ways-test-drive-jaspersoft-bi-software

Analysis : OLAP Cubes

Key feature	Pentaho Open source Analysis	Jasper Opensource/Pro Analysis
Desktop Stand alone development Tool	Pentaho Schema workbench	Schema Workbench
Front End tool to view the output	Pviot4J Analytics (or) Saiku Analytic's (or) JPivot View (or) BTable (or) Ivy Schema Editor	JPivot View Ad-hoc Editor
Ad-hoc Reporting on Cube out put	Yes, using Saiku Analytics	Ad-hoc Editor (For jasper pro & enterprise.Iit is an add-on feature. http://www.jaspersoft.com/editions
Query Language	MDX ( Multi Dimensional Expression)	MDX (Mullti Dimensional Expression)
Caching	Enabled	Enabled
Community Support	Very Active – Quick Responses	Not so active
Documentation	Online documentation available with examples	Online documentation is available with Examples

Ad-hoc Reporting

Key feature	Pentaho Open source Ad-hoc	Pentaho Enterprise Ad-hoc	Jasper Pro Ad-hoc
Source for ad-hoc reporting	Meta data layer creation	Meta data layer creation	Create topics OR Create Domains
Tool	Pentaho Meta Data Editor(PME) (Stand alone desktop tool) (OR ) Create JOINS on the fly on the server and use it for ad-hoc reporting	PME	No desktop tool.. directly on the server create Domains OR topics and use Ad-hoc editor
Output Server tools	WAQR – Web Ad-hoc Query and Reporting(legacy) (OR) Saiku Reporting compatible with 4.8 server as of now	Interactive Reporting - Advanced of WAQR But WAQR is not supported by any more. Interactive reporting is an extension of WAQR in Enterprise Version of pentaho	Jasper Ad-hoc Editor
Support	less	On demand support	On demand – Need to be jasper customer
Visualization of Data in the form of charts	No	No	Yes

Readers of this post is encouraged to add your points/suggestions in comment box.. 

Thank you. 

Sadakar

BI developer