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Jedox vs OpsLevel

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Jedox

Business Intelligence

Excel-native planning and OLAP modelling for finance teams that refuse to leave spreadsheets

From
On request
Free plan
No
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OpsLevel

Developer Tools

Internal developer portal that scores service ownership and production readiness

From
On request
Free plan
No
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The short version

  • Only Jedox lists in-memory OLAP cube; only OpsLevel lists service catalogue.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Jedox and OpsLevel actually diverge.

Attributes where Jedox and OpsLevel differ
AttributeJedoxOpsLevel
PlatformsWeb, Windows, LinuxWeb
CategoryBusiness IntelligenceDeveloper Tools

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (Quote), free tier (No).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Jedox

  • In-memory OLAP cube
  • Excel add-in
  • Web spreadsheet
  • Integrator ETL
  • Workflow and approvals
  • AIssisted planning
  • Financial consolidation
  • Report designer

Only in OpsLevel

  • Service catalogue
  • Scorecards and rubric
  • Checks
  • Campaigns
  • Self-service actions
  • Slack and Teams integration
  • Catalogue auto-enrichment
  • Deployment on request

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Jedox

  • A manufacturer whose budget process is hundreds of Excel files emailed between plants and needs one governed cube without retraining plant controllersnot OpsLevel
  • A mid-market group doing statutory consolidation and management reporting on the same data instead of in two systemsnot OpsLevel
  • A finance team that priced IBM Planning Analytics, found it unaffordable, and still wants cube-based modellingnot OpsLevel
  • A retailer running driver-based sales and workforce plans that must reconcile to the financial budgetnot OpsLevel

OpsLevel

  • A platform team that needs to prove every production service has a named owner and an on-call rota before an auditnot Jedox
  • Driving a fleet-wide migration such as a runtime upgrade across 400 services with a deadline and visible progressnot Jedox
  • Giving developers a paved road to create a new service from a template without waiting on the platform teamnot Jedox
  • An organisation where an incident took an hour to route because nobody could identify the owning teamnot Jedox

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Jedox

  • Cube modelling is a specialist skill closer to IBM TM1 than to a modern SaaS planning tool, so most customers depend on a partner or a single internal expert whose departure leaves the model unmaintainable
  • Almost every deployment carries a partner implementation fee that frequently matches or exceeds the first year of licence, and that cost never appears in the vendor comparison you are shown
  • The Excel add-in is the strongest client, which means Mac-based and browser-only users get a materially thinner experience than the Windows majority
  • Dashboards and visual analytics are weaker than dedicated BI tools, so organisations typically keep Power BI or Tableau alongside Jedox and pay for both
  • Insight Partners took a majority stake in 2021, and the pressure toward a cloud subscription base has meant self-managed customers see new capability later than cloud ones

OpsLevel

  • OpsLevel does not publish prices at all, not even a starting figure, so you cannot size a budget or compare against Backstage's zero licence cost without entering a sales cycle
  • The Standard plan caps at 50 users, which is below the size at which service ownership becomes a real problem, so most genuine buyers land on Enterprise and its unpublished pricing
  • Scores are only as honest as the metadata teams maintain; where ownership records go stale the rubric produces confident numbers about a catalogue that no longer reflects reality, and leadership acts on them
  • It reports on quality rather than producing it, so it can generate friction between platform teams who set the rubric and product teams who see it as a scoreboard imposed on them without extra headcount to fix the findings
  • As a hosted product it needs read access to source control, cloud accounts and observability tooling, which is a meaningful vendor review in regulated environments; on-premises exists but only on the Enterprise tier

Pricing, plan by plan

Jedox

On request
  • JedoxOn request
    • Named user subscription, tiered by user count
    • Cloud or self-managed deployment
    • Modules priced separately for consolidation and add-ons

OpsLevel

On request
  • StandardOn request
    • Up to 50 users
    • Unlimited catalogued components
    • Scorecards, campaigns and the global rubric
  • EnterpriseOn request
    • Unlimited users
    • Custom integrations
    • Customisable dashboards

Which should you pick?

Choose Jedox if

  • You need in-memory olap cube.
  • You work on Web, Windows, Linux.
  • You also want excel add-in.
Jedox review

Choose OpsLevel if

  • You need service catalogue.
  • You also want scorecards and rubric.
OpsLevel review

Questions people ask

Is Jedox or OpsLevel better?
Neither clearly leads. Jedox starts at On request and OpsLevel at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Jedox or OpsLevel?
Jedox starts at On request and OpsLevel at On request.
Does Jedox or OpsLevel run on more platforms?
Jedox runs on Web, Windows, Linux. OpsLevel runs on Web.
What is Jedox best used for?
Jedox is most often used for a manufacturer whose budget process is hundreds of excel files emailed between plants and needs one governed cube without retraining plant controllers, a mid-market group doing statutory consolidation and management reporting on the same data instead of in two systems, a finance team that priced ibm planning analytics, found it unaffordable, and still wants cube-based modelling, a retailer running driver-based sales and workforce plans that must reconcile to the financial budget. Of those, a manufacturer whose budget process is hundreds of excel files emailed between plants and needs one governed cube without retraining plant controllers and a mid-market group doing statutory consolidation and management reporting on the same data instead of in two systems are not what OpsLevel is typically brought in for.
What can Jedox do that OpsLevel cannot?
Jedox covers In-memory OLAP cube, Excel add-in, Web spreadsheet, Integrator ETL. OpsLevel covers Service catalogue, Scorecards and rubric, Checks, Campaigns.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Jedox: Does Jedox publish pricing?

No. It is quoted per named user with tiering by volume, and modules such as consolidation are priced separately.

OpsLevel: How much does OpsLevel cost?

It does not publish pricing. Billing is per developer using the portal, with volume discounts, and a quote requires a sales conversation.

Jedox: Is Jedox a BI tool or a planning tool?

A planning tool with reporting attached. Organisations almost always keep a separate BI tool for visual analysis.

OpsLevel: How does it compare with Backstage?

Backstage has no licence fee but you staff a team to build and run it. OpsLevel is hosted with checks, campaigns and scorecards out of the box, and you pay per developer instead.

Jedox: Can it run on premises?

Yes, on Windows or Linux, though the vendor pushes cloud and self-managed customers receive features later.

OpsLevel: Does it require writing catalogue YAML by hand?

No. It auto-discovers and enriches entries from connected systems, though teams still curate ownership and metadata.

Jedox: How does it compare to IBM Planning Analytics?

Similar cube architecture at a lower price point, with a friendlier web layer and a smaller partner ecosystem.

OpsLevel: Can it run on premises?

Yes, but only on the Enterprise plan.

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