Microsoft Power BI

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    • Overall Rating
      4.4
    • Ease of use
      4.0
    • Value of money
      4.3
    • Customer support
      4.1
    • Features
      4.4
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    • Overall Rating
      4.9
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      5.0
    • Value of money
      5.0
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      5.0
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      5.0
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      4.5
    • Ease of use
      4.2
    • Value of money
      4.3
    • Customer support
      4.6
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      4.3
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      220
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      224
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      150
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    • Overall Rating
      4.4
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      4.0
    • Value of money
      4.3
    • Customer support
      4.1
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      4.4
    • Last review
      10th Sep,2019
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      4.9
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      5.0
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      5.0
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      5.0
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      5.0
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      4.5
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      4.2
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      4.3
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      4.6
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      4.3
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      6th Sep,2019
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      150
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      208
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    • Last review
      10th may
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Power BI Competitive Analysis

Where Power BI Wins vs. the Competition:

  • Easy integration for businesses who already operate on a Microsoft stack
  • Extensive functionality for customizing data visualizations
  • Dashboards support natural language queries
  • Create custom calculated columns for use in visualization
  • Pre-built Content Packs provide quick start reports  

Where Power BI Falls Short:

  • Success often relies on the adoption of other Microsoft tools such as SharePoint, One Drive, or Azure
  • Data preparation and modeling only available via the desktop client
  • Customer hosted data storage, and system backup requires investment in hardware and IT resources
  • Data refresh limited to hourly with the Pro version and daily with the free version
Most Common Pros and Cons
Summarized from 945 Customer Reviews
  • Many users commented that the interface is easy to use and navigate.
  • Users like how customizable the reports are.
  • Users mentioned how much they like that the software has desktop and mobile versions that can be used on Apple or Windows products.
  • Users dislike the dated look, they want an updated look.
  • Several users mentioned there is a learning curve.
  • Some users want better and faster processing of large volumes of data.