Compare Pentaho Data Integration and Lawson S3 - Apr 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Pentaho Data Integration or Lawson S3?

Pentaho Data Integration is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Lawson S3, and Lawson S3 is rated higher (89/100) than Pentaho Data Integration (70/100). Pentaho Data Integration offers users more features (12) than Lawson S3 (3).

Looking for the right Business Intelligence solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Pentaho Vs. LAWSON SOFTWARE

Pentaho: Pentaho offers a suite of open source Business Intelligence (BI) products called Pentaho Business Analytics providing data integration, OLAP services, reporting, dashboarding, data mining and ETL capabilities.

LAWSON SOFTWARE: Lawson provides software and service solutions in the manufacturing, distribution, maintenance and service sector industries worldwide where we implement and maintain value adding Enterprise Software for our clients. We believe we offer more value per dollar invested than any other ERP company. How we know if you’re succeeding? We spend a lot of ...

Who is more expensive? Pentaho Data Integration or Lawson S3?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Business Intelligence software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Pentaho Data Integration and Lawson S3.

Pentaho Data Integration price starts at $100 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Pentaho Data Integration is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Business Intelligence software. Lawson S3 accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Pentaho Data Integration is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Business Intelligence software.

Bottom line: Pentaho Data Integration is more expensive than Lawson S3.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Pentaho Data Integration Vs. Lawson S3 based on some of the most important and required Business Intelligence features.

Pentaho Data Integration: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support, Basic Reports, Dashboard, Data Import/Export, Online Customer Support, Forecasting & Budgeting.

Lawson S3: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

Pentaho Business Analytics is perfect for companies of various shapes and sizes. Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.