# Jaspersoft and kibana comparison **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [August 3, 2015, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaspersoft-and-kibana-comparison/26706 "2015-08-03T07:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Navneet\_Mathpal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/navneet_mathpal/32/3677_2.png) [@Navneet\_Mathpal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Navneet_Mathpal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaspersoft-and-kibana-comparison/26706/1 "2015-08-03T07:28:27Z")
Hi ALL, I came accross jaspersoft which is also a business intelligence software. I know we can also integrate elastic with jaspersoft .I have some question regarding how jaspersoft is different from kibana ? how are the value added things present in kibana not in jaspersoft or vice versa When should i go for kibana and what scenario jaspersoft would be a good option ? Best Regards, Navneet ---
**Author:** ![luca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luca/32/8139_2.png) [@luca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/luca)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaspersoft-and-kibana-comparison/26706/2 "2016-02-27T20:43:00Z")
I would say the biggest difference is that Jaspersoft can connect to multiple sources of data while Kibana is, as far as I know, limited to Elasticsearch, so it really depends on your use case. I also know Jaspersoft is better to build printable reports while for Kibana that's not really a big concern of theirs. Jaspersoft is not good at all for quick changing data, Kibana is. Jaspersoft is also quite clunky, the experience of building dashboards in kibana is a bit more straightforward and modern. Finally, the connector for jaspersoft while ok doesn't let you leverage the capabilities of ES completely. For that I suggest to keep an eye on Dremio until it comes out, it's going to be a game changer for that use case. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaspersoft-and-kibana-comparison/26706/3 "2017-07-06T14:00:53Z")