JasperReports Reviews & Pricing

by TIBCO Software Inc. | Founded 2002, Bucharest, Romania

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What is JasperReports?

Industry Specialties: Serves a multitude of industries

JasperReports, at its core, is an embeddable, open-source Java-based reporting tool that can write to a variety of destinations. It can generate dynamic content suitable for embedded analytics. It includes the JasperReports Library, which is a reporting engine, and the JasperReports Server that provides advanced server capabilities, such as report scheduling and permissions-based access.

Integrating into the larger Jaspersoft suite, to cater to businesses with sophisticated requirements, it supports front-end data visualization and reporting through Jaspersoft Studio.

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JasperReports Benefits and Insights

Why use JasperReports?

Key differentiators & advantages of JasperReports

Make Better Business Decisions: Make more informed, data-driven business decisions by collecting and analyzing proprietary data. Improve operations by identifying data trends and patterns through easy-to-understand visualizations.
Fast, Easy Insights: Draw insights from visualizations more quickly and easily than from raw numerical data. Pull data from a variety of platforms and data sources to generate more comprehensive reports.
Access Data Faster: Build a custom data warehouse and extract, transform and load data, or move it between sources, or store it in a single combined source. Leverage data virtualization capabilities for data analysis at the speed of thought.
Create Pixel-perfect Reports: Create professional report layouts containing charts, graphs, crosstabs, and more. Compile data from multiple data sources to render pixel-perfect visualizations, and export them in a variety of formats, such as HTML, PDF, Excel, and Word.
View Data on the Go: Access and share reports and dashboards on the go with a native mobile app for iPhone and Android, including touch-based browser support for iPad. Embed it into other mobile apps with SDK support for iOS and Android.
Design Custom Applications: Built on the Visualize.js JavaScript framework, it allows developers to build web application dashboards by working directly with the script for greater flexibility.
Foster Collaboration Among Teams: Save time by collaborating on reports with teams and departments across the organization. Export and share reports and dashboards with other teams in enterprise environments.
Permissions Management: Secure the integrity of business data at all times. Define and manage object-level access in reports and dashboards by role.

Industry Expertise

JasperReports empowers industries across the globe with reporting and analysis capabilities. Some of these are aerospace, defense, education, financial services, government, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, media, metals/mining, non-profit, retail, software, telecommunications, transportation, utilities and more.

JasperReports Reviews

Average customer reviews & user sentiment summary for JasperReports:

353 reviews

82%

of users would recommend this product

Synopsis of User Ratings and Reviews

Based on an aggregate of JasperReports reviews taken from the sources above, the following pros & cons have been curated by a SelectHub Market Analyst.

Pros

Pricing: All users who reviewed pricing said that the platform, being open-source, is cost-effective.
Data Integration: Around 83% of the users who discussed data source connectivity said that the solution pulls data seamlessly from a wide range of data sources.
Functionality: Citing versatility and scalability, approximately 77% of the users who reviewed its functionality said that the tool is easily embeddable in proprietary applications.
Support and Online Community: Support is responsive and the online community is helpful, according to 69% of the users who mentioned them.
Ease of Use: Around 68% of the users who discussed the interface said that it is easy to create reports and data visualizations with the tool.

Cons

Performance: Around 87% of the users who reviewed performance said that debugging errors can be tricky and the platform needs to improve in this regard.
Learning Curve: Approximately 67% of the users who mentioned onboarding said that there is a steep learning curve to using the solution.

Researcher's Summary:

JasperReports is a suite of integrated products that offer solutions for creating, sharing and securely managing KPI-focused reports, dashboards and visualizations. All users who reviewed the platform’s cost-effectiveness said that its being open-source is a major plus. Most of the users who mentioned data connectivity said that, besides seamlessly integrating with a multitude of data sources out-of-the-box, it helps businesses develop custom sources to import as much data as possible. Most of the users who discussed its functionality said that the tool is easily embeddable in host applications, and scales easily to create and display visualizations and reports in-application. Support is responsive and online communities are proactive and helpful, according to a majority of the users who discussed them. Many of the users who reviewed its interface said that they find it easy to start creating reports with the tool. Most of the users who discussed its reporting capabilities said that it helps them customize reports in a variety of formats and schedule sharing with teams via email. A majority of the users who reviewed data visualization said that the tool helps them present data in a wide range of visually appealing formats, such as charts, graphs and cross-tabs.

On the flip side, according to a majority of the users who reviewed performance, the platform is prone to infrequent bugs, and debugging them can be time consuming. Many of the users who discussed ease of adoption said that there is a steep learning curve, possibly due to inadequate documentation. Some users who mentioned ease of reporting said that it is time and effort-intensive to create professional-looking reports.

In summary, JasperReports is a suite of versatile and customizable reporting and analytics solutions that help the end-user find answers to the data questions that are specific to their business, though there might be a significant learning curve for adoption by teams, with Java at its back-end.

Key Features

JasperReports Server

Big Data: Connect to large data sources like Hadoop, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc. through data connectors. Perform data exploration through batch reporting against Hadoop and NoSQL data sources.
Report Snapshots: Enable rapid response time for sharing visualizations. Reduces query impact on underlying source systems.
Centralized Repository: Securely store and manage all reports, dashboards, analytic views, profiles and more in a central repository. Monitor report access and usage through auditing.
Report and Dashboard Scheduler: Automate sharing of reports and dashboards across the organization through the scheduler, either on a one-off or recurring basis. Integrate interactive reports into web applications or embed them in emails for simplified shareability.
Flexible Design: Modular, scalable, standards-based design offers flexibility in deployment and usability. Deploy anywhere — on-premises, in the cloud or inside containers.
Branding and Theming: Customize the interface — logos, font colors and styles, spacing and graphic elements — to match the organization’s brand and theme.
Data Virtualization: Keep enterprise data secure by eliminating the need to move it across platforms. View and access data where it is stored through metadata.

JasperReports Library

Customizable Architecture: Generates reports and visualizations, either as a standalone or embedded version. Create custom solutions by embedding its configurable and flexible API into Java applications.
Powerful Reporting Engine: Pull data from a multitude of sources to create and export visually appealing and easy-to-understand reports and graphics in a wide range of formats.
Interactive Visualizations: Render visualizations that are interactive and insightful — images, static and dynamic text fields, and shapes. Sort, filter and format column values and headers to set custom report views for targeted data analysis. Save these changes to the repository and re-use later.
In-depth Reporting: Design complex, nested reports with an impressive level of granularity — nest any number of reports as subreports within another report.
In-memory Analysis: Pivot, filter, drill down and perform calculations quicker with its in-memory engine for faster response time.
Export and Share: Export reports to a screen, the printer, or other applications. Share these in up to 10 file formats, including Excel, PDF and HTML for interactive web content.

Limitations

Some of the product limitations include:

The platform is prone to infrequent bugs
It has a steep learning curve
Creating professional-looking reports is time-consuming

Suite Support

Access the online resources available on the vendor’s website which include a knowledge base and resource library with videos, demos, reports, downloadable guides, case studies, podcasts, eBooks, infographics, blogs and more for possible resolutions to issues.

Email and phone support is available to subscribers only. TIBCO subscribers have two annual support package options — Standard and Premium. Standard support includes 12 incident cases a year, two technician contacts, and support 24/5. Premium upgrades those options to offer unlimited cases, three contacts and 24/7 support for severity-one cases.

Email: Log in to a TIBCO user account to email support.

Phone: Log in to a TIBCO user account to access local phone support numbers and hours of operation

Training: Access self-paced or instructor-led training on the vendor’s website. Sign up for unlimited training courses with the TIBCO Academy that include e-learning, videos and tutorials. Free trial subscribers can access the TIBCO Academy courses for 7 days, whereas subscribers to the Standard and Academic pricing plans can avail the courses for up to 1 year. Or, opt to train for associate-level certification or become a certified professional by taking a proctored exam. Additionally, the vendor offers on-demand webinars on a variety of topics.

Tickets: Log in to a TIBCO user account to create a case.