Open source software and business intelligence (BI) are two related market segments where Forrester sees continually increasing interest and adoption levels. BI specifically continues to be one of the top priorities on everyone’s mind.

Comparing open source BI technologies is often an apples-to-oranges comparison. First off, not all vendors include the same functionality in the free community versions of the software versus commercial open source versions that carry license and/or support cost. And second, some tools offer full BI suites, while others offer just reporting and analytics.

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