Top 10 Open-source Business intelligence Tools In 2021

Top 10 Open-source Business intelligence Tools In 2021
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What's the purpose of having valuable data in place when you are not using it in the best possible manner? This is where business intelligence (BI) tools come into play. With BI tools, you can create amazing visualizations and dashboards further paving the way for better informed business decisions. A point worth a mention is that open-source software has evolved to the extent that it has overtaken a majority of the proprietary platforms. On that note, here is a list of the top 10 open-source business intelligence tools in 2021 that are totally worth it. Have a look!

Looker

This BI software allows you to explore, analyse as well as share real-time business analytics in a manner that is easier than you can imagine. The fact that over 2000 companies across the globe make use of this BI tool is proof in itself. Looker has made it very convenient to use modern BI and analytics to support data-driven workflows of any kind.

Helical insight

This open-source BI framework is an API-driven one that paves the way for adding any functionality as and when needed. Be it e-mail scheduling, visualization, exporting, multi-tenancy or user role management, Helical insight has got you covered.  What makes this tool stand apart from the rest is its Instant BI feature using which the users can type questions in a Google-like interface and receive the relevant reports and charts.

KNIME

This open-source BI tool is one of the most preferred tools by data scientists; reasons being – hundreds of ready-to-run example analyses, a set of tools that is integrated into the software, and a lengthy selection of algorithms. Yet another remarkable feature of this tool is that it comes with over 1000 modules.

RapidMiner

When the objective is to prepare data, model and deploy it in a single environment, there cannot be a better open-source Business intelligence tool than RapidMiner. Here, data scientists can build a complete analytical workflow in data science as well as other business intelligence projects.

Tableau Public

This is one of the most sought after BI tools of all time. Its ability to create interactive charts and live dashboards followed by allowing the user to either publish them on the Internet or embed them on a website or share them on social media is something that has grabbed eyeballs.

Count

Count is a new entrant in the industry. However, the features exhibited stand contrary. Here, the users can build and share their analysis as "data stories" that combine charts, text and other content. The end result is an interactive report that is extremely clear to interpret.

Power BI

Here, the objective is quite simple – collecting data from as many sources as possible to create interactive, immersive dashboards and reports. These reports further provide actionable insights and drive business results. This Business intelligence tool is free for desktop.

BIRT

It is an open-source Eclipse-based business intelligence platform. The objective is to create reports that can easily embed anywhere. Two main components form the base of BIRT – a report designer based on Eclipse, and a run time component that you can add to your app server.

Seal Report

Seal Report is an open-source BI tool for the Microsoft .Net Framework. The best part about this is that it offers a complete framework for producing reports and dashboards from any database without coding.

SpagoBI

Be it reporting, charting, real-time dashboards, KPI, free inquiry, multi-dimensional analysis or data-mining tools, SpagoBI has got you covered. This open-source business intelligence tool is developed by the Open Source Competency Center of Engineering Group.

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