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These are open source alternatives to Jasperreports Eclipse Birt BIRT (free BI suite) is an open source software project that provides the BIRT technology platform to create data visualizations and reports that can be embedded into rich client and web applications, especially those based on Java and Java EE. BIRT…

Here are open source alternatives to Birt. JasperReports JasperReports (free BI suite) Server is a stand-alone and embeddable reporting server. It provides reporting and analytics that can be embedded into a web or mobile application as well as operate as a central information hub for the enterprise by delivering mission…

SQL Server Business Intelligence 2015 These SQL Server business intelligence tools comprise open source and commercial products. Some are specifically targeted at Microsoft platforms, while others are platform agnostic. Windward Windward is ideal for commercial software (OEM), system integrator and enterprise developers who need to add Reporting and DocGen functionality…

Data Integration Tools 2015 The data integration tools listed here are broken down into platforms that are part of a larger suite of products, platforms that are independent and those that are open source. Some products are listed in their open source community editions and the enhanced, supported editions. Data Integration…

MySQL Reporting Tools 2015 These MySQL reporting tools fall into two broad camps – business intelligence suites where reporting is a major component, and tools that are specifically aimed at reporting. Also many of them are free. BIRT (free BI suite) is an open source software project that provides the…

It really is quite difficult to fault Pentaho Community (PC). It does of course come with the issues associated with open source solutions, particularly when they involve multiple components as PC does. The most significant of these is making sure all the parts play together well, and this is not…

Desktop and Server Tableau Alternatives 2015 [the_ad_placement id=”gsisense”] SiSense majors on ease-of-use and performance. It is capable of handling very large data volumes at speed, and provides powerful data visualization capabilities. Sisense also supports good extensibility, and version 6 improves on this and adds support for advanced analytics via R. Read…

The enterprise BI platforms compared in this article represent the most common alternatives many organizations will consider. The analysis is high level, and not a feature by feature comparison – which is fairly pointless in our opinion. The five criteria used to compare the products are: Capability – the breadth…

  Pentaho provides a broad suite of analytics tools which not only address BI, but also support predictive analytics and data integration. The open source pedigree of Pentaho means a free community edition is available for those who would rather not spend any money, but in reality most organizations will…