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Knowage vs Panorama Necto comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Knowage
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
32nd
Ranking in Reporting
22nd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Panorama Necto
Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
31st
Ranking in Reporting
20th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Data Visualization (19th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Knowage is 1.1%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Panorama Necto is 1.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Panorama Necto1.5%
Knowage1.1%
Other97.4%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

AM
Margin Assurance Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
A stable open source suite for modern business analytics with a useful replication feature
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.
AS
Programmer Analyst at Tech Services Company
The infographics feature is unique to Necto. However, they need better tutorials and community support.
The best feature I liked is the infographics which is great and it's best unique feature. It helps developers use existing infographics from the library or they can create their own and present to end users It's quite easy to create reports in Necto using the infographics feature. Collaboration…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I am satisfied with the product in general given what the company invested in it, which was just our time."
"SpagoBI makes delivering reports to our clients very easy."
"Being able to schedule necessary jobs needed for production jobs and programming run times"
"Instead of just relying on emails to disperse our reports, having a central server to do this for us has helped our organization and has pushed us into a better place."
"The most valuable feature of SpagoBI is that it is open source and 100% free without limits."
"Unified interface, a lot of tools for BI, easy configuration, standalone SDK."
"I would use SpagoBI if a company wants to use a free tool that has enough features."
"The most valuable features to us are application implementation, development, and analysis."
"If you are looking for a low-price BI tool which would give you maximum value for money, go for Panorama Necto."
"Interactive and eye-catchy graphs and widgets, real time conditional notifications on related KPIs to the users, exception handling capabilities, and the capability to connect to multiple data source systems make it a nice conglomeration for flexibility to the developer and an end user friendly tool."
"Panorama Necto provides a governed and guided data discovery platform, with auto-generated dashboards as a very good starting point for data discovery, simple and vibrant infographics that can be customized to a cell level, a handy collaborating feature to initiate discussions with relevant users, and good performance."
"Panorama Necto's easy UI helps us to work with the data."
"Necto has multiple features similar to other BI tools but parameters keeping it as emerging leader are: 1.) Collaborative Analysis: groups of people can decide things on the go, it's awesome. 2.) Vibrant Infographics: even single cell attributes can be set for infographics, providing more flexibility to design workboards."
"While working on Business Intelligence and searching for newly available tool, I came across Panorama Necto, the first business tool I have seen with a scope for personalization while providing a great visual infographic experience and which is user friendly."
"Necto is the first BI tool with infographics which is a great and unique feature."
"I have recently started working on this tool, and being a novice to the analytic field, I feel quite comfortable with this tool even during my beginner sessions."
 

Cons

"I encountered a lot of issues when I tried to integrate the map in order to realize Intelligent Location Dashboards."
"When it comes to Knowage, it's a bit heavy, it's time-consuming sometimes, it's not very fast, and definitely not as fast as other business intelligence tools in terms of getting graphical reports."
"The demands of some jobs would slow Spago and lock the site, preventing any other job from processing."
"Tomcat configuration was tricky in earlier versions."
"The only challenge here is that it's a Java-based platform. It requires very high technical skills."
"We are not happy with the poor graphic user interface. It looks a bit old and sometimes it is not properly user friendly."
"Unfortunately, many interesting features do not work when you are using a custom database for storing the metadata."
"The support is very meager: We had to break our heads to figure out everything"
"Training, tutorial and awareness."
"Panorama doesn't have big community support and many issues we refer to the technicians."
"The performance with large data volumes needs to be improved."
"Online tutorials on this are not available. This should be done or documentation can be improved."
"Needs more ETL and data transformation support."
"Blogs or videos related to the use of the tool would be more helpful in understanding how to use it."
"There is need for improvement with report sharing and documentation."
"Initially when one starts with the tool there are so many options on the console (it is a bit cluttered), one is a bit confused."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Knowage is open-source, and an enterprise edition is also available."
"It allows the implementation of an effective reporting system using internal skills at a limited upfront cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
20%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise32
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

SpagoBI
Panorama Necto
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

FIAT Group, Italian air navigation service provider, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Telecom Italia, ASL Genovese, San Giovanni Battista University Hospital
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