Compare Pentaho Data Integration and FME - Jun 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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

Pentaho Data Integration is more expensive to implement (TCO) than FME, and FME is rated higher (87/100) than Pentaho Data Integration (70/100). Pentaho Data Integration offers users more features (12) than FME (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. Safe 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.

Safe Software: Safe Software Inc. is the maker of FME® and the global leader in spatial data transformation technology that helps GIS professionals and organizations master their data interoperability challenges.Most leading GIS and database vendors also rely on FME to improve their own products, meeting their customers' needs for true data interoperability. You ...

Who is more expensive? Pentaho Data Integration or FME?

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 FME.

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. FME price starts at $3,000 per license , When comparing FME to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Business Intelligence software cost.

Bottom line: Pentaho Data Integration is more expensive than FME.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Pentaho Data Integration Vs. FME 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.

FME: 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 corporations.