We performed a comparison between Knowage and SQL Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"We can easily do our own customizations."
"I can't name the features the way the Knowage community calls them because I still don't know the lingo. However, I can describe them. I like the ability to join more than one report, set all fields on one end, and replicate that on the other reports. I like that a lot. I think it's one of the features that got me using Knowage. They have tables, and I like that too. They took SQL scripts and many other scripts and enabled them to even correlate with Python. That's also one of the best things about Knowage. You could also decide to get information per user role, and this is also a feature that I like in Knowage."
"The concept of engines is quite powerful allowing the user to work with report authoring/provisioning tools of their choice."
"I have experience with this product for many years. I never have problems with it. It can handle a PC, and it can also handle huge data. It is fast and efficient."
"It's more user-friendly than most databases."
"I have found the most valuable features to be the flexibility and the vast amount of features available."
"The installation is really easy."
"I think just having everything in one centralized set of databases where there is easily managed manageable."
"A valuable feature of the solution is that it is comparatively simpler to manage than Oracle."
"SQL Server and their offers are very good. You can switch over, export, and do other things."
"The initial setup is time-efficient and can be done independently."
"The only challenge here is that it's a Java-based platform. It requires very high technical skills."
"Development of SpagoBI has now been moved to Knowage. Users interested in further developments of the platform will have to look there."
"The dashboard components could be better."
"It would be better if more resources were available to help us learn how to use it. I wanted to use Knowage for a more extended period, but learning materials around the product were not really available and were not really straightforward. I've also seen inconsistencies between versions. For example, under the tools, especially in the cockpit, the way you create reports is now different. You will also find some configurations within a particular state, like a line chart, which differs from version to version. I think consistency is an essential feature in a product, especially for business intelligence products."
"SQL is a highly unstable server - there are patch updates on the Windows server every week, which is why we only use it for non-critical systems."
"We need it to support Linux for better troubleshooting flexibility."
"It would be better if it had more integration with other systems."
"While using it, we really didn't experience any pain points."
"The pricing and quality of the product could be improved."
"The scalability could be better."
"Maintenance of the solution is an area of concern, and improvements can be helpful."
"The performance needs some improvement and it needs more features integrated into it."
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Knowage is ranked 23rd in Reporting while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 260 reviews. Knowage is rated 7.6, while SQL Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Knowage writes "Easy to customize, cross-platform capable, and very stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Server writes "Easy to use and provides good speed and data recovery". Knowage is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Pentaho Business Analytics and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, whereas SQL Server is most compared with MariaDB, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB and IBM Db2 Database.
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