--- description: Learn more about Pentaho. We provide Australian business users the most detailed information on pricing, benefits, and disadvantages of software that will make your choice easier. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/getapp/og_logo-94fd2a03a6c7a0e54fc0c9e21a1c0ce9.png title: Pentaho Reviews, Cost & Features | GetApp Australia 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Business Intelligence (BI) Tools](/directory/318/business-intelligence/software) > [Pentaho](/software/90800/pentaho) # Pentaho Canonical: https://www.getapp.com.au/software/90800/pentaho Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/90800/pentaho?page=2) > Pentaho couples data integration with business analytics in a modern platform that brings together IT \& business users to access, visualize \& explore their data > > Verdict: Rated **4.3/5** by 46 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Key benefits of Pentaho Intuitive web-based data access wizard and interactive reporting for business users. Pentaho offers powerful data integration and federation for IT and developers, accessing and integrating diverse data types; from Excel to Hadoop. Interactive visual analysis allows decision makers to drill into data for greater insight. Pentaho offers an extensive library of interactive visualizations to find patterns and anomalies, including geo-mapping, heat grids and scatter/bubble charts. Drill-down functionality into supporting reports and dashboards provides deeper analysis whilst extreme scale in-memory data caching allows for speed-of-thought analysis with large data volumes. Access, manage and blend data from any source using data integration tools from Pentaho. Integrate business analytics with other applications, including Google Maps. Turn data into insights and make information-driven decisions with Pentaho's business analytics tools. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.3/5** | 46 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Hitachi Vantara ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Contact Pentaho for pricing information. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English, French, German - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, Germany, India, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Ad hoc Analysis - Ad hoc Query - Ad hoc Reporting - Alerts/Notifications - Audit Management - Benchmarking - Charting - Customisable Branding - Customisable Dashboard - Customizable Reports - Dashboard - Dashboard Creation - Data Analysis Tools - Data Import/Export - Data Quality Control - Data Transformation - Data Visualization ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Business Intelligence (BI) Tools](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/318/business-intelligence/software) ## Related Categories - [Business Intelligence (BI) Tools](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/318/business-intelligence/software) - [Dashboard Software](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/586/reporting-dashboard/software) - [Big Data Software](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/603/big-data/software) - [Data Visualisation Tools](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/740/data-visualization/software) - [Reporting Tools](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/931/analytics-reporting/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Domo](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/91408/domo) — 4.3/5 (329 reviews) ## Reviews ### "PDI Community Edition is amazing.....the rest is mud" — 4.0/5 > **Stewart** | *20 March 2018* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: - Free PDI tool....its free so no discussions with finance - PDI is actually very effective ETL application with a easy to understand flow - Community is actually helpful > > **Cons**: - Free BI tool is just slightly easier than building a website from scratch but a lot harder than using any other BI tool. - You need to know how to hack java to use. - The paid version does not have competitive pricing for the incremental value. ----- ### "I love the out of the box visualization templates\!" — 4.0/5 > **Hasin** | *15 December 2018* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Pentaho makes it really easy to generate some complex data driven visualizations. > > **Cons**: Pentaho doesn't have a lot of options for pulling data from public APIs. > > I really like using it but chose to use other apps like tableau due to lack of features. ----- ### "Requires training before actual use" — 3.5/5 > **Rohit** | *7 October 2015* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Pentaho Data Integration has lot of functions to fulfill the requirements. Functions dealing with running shell script to creating and reading from Excel spreadsheets were quite useful for creating an ETL flow. > > **Cons**: Requires the training to actually understand the product. It is hard to figure out several aspects like declaring variables (global) within the product. ----- ### "Good for Reporting and Integration\!\!" — 5.0/5 > **Harish** | *15 July 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Very easy to learn, provides efficient report designing tool and integration with different datasource is too good. > > **Cons**: It has limitations in customized templates, user community is not so high compared to other BI tools and compatibility issue with JDBC connector is definite area of improvement. ----- ### "Best Data integration and business analytics tool" — 5.0/5 > **Ritchea** | *29 May 2018* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Best reporting tool.Features like data reporting, integration, data mining and ETL. Provides easy and good insights of business. Provides intuitive interface for most advanced users > > **Cons**: Sometimes Pentaho Spoon(GUI) crashes.sharing and collaboration capabilities need to be enhanced Other all features are really good. > > Best product for reporting and analyzing. ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/90800/pentaho?page=2) ## Links - [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.com.au/software/90800/pentaho) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-MX | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | ----- ## Structured Data