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Microsoft Power BI

8.9 /10

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What is Microsoft Power BI?

Power BI is a business analytics solution that lets you visualize your data and share insights across your organization, or embed them in your app or website. Connect to hundreds of data sources and bring your data to life with live dashboards and reports.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Power BI won the following awards in the Business Intelligence & Analytics – Enterprise category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Product Impact

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation

2022

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

7 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2022

Microsoft Power BI Ratings

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90 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Power BI?

1% Negative

4% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Dashboard

Data Exploration and Visualization

Collaboration

Real-Time Visualization

Operational Reporting Capabilities

BI Platform Administration

Data Modelling Tools

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

BI Security

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

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Microsoft Power BI Reviews

Shubham A.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Apr 2024

Best for data visualization

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

Customized dashboards can be made on the basis of my requirements and ease of importing the files.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

As alre said , dashboard customisation

What do you dislike most about this product?

A bit complex queries that can be created

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Can definitely try this in comparison to tableau as it's more user friendly

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Altruistic
Over Delivered

Cons

Wastes Time
Less Friendly Negotiation

Dhanashree S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Good for graphics

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

easy to use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

graphical and pictorial

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing at the moment

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

try it once

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Antonio H.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Government
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Most used BI tool on the market

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

It is a very powerful tool with a very simple user interface. Very complex Dashboards can be created, using many integrations, or very simple ones, with a couple of clicks using Drag and Drop

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its versatility and market share in the BI world makes finding specialists who know how to use this tool very simple.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Its license is not the cheapest on the market.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try the free version first before purchasing the license.

Pros

Effective Service
Over Delivered
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Microsoft Power BI Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Power BI?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Dashboard Includes alerts and notifications, KPIs, visual analytics, and interactive features.

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Real-Time Visualization Ability to analyze and visualize data as soon as it becomes available via data-streaming pipelines.

Operational Reporting Capabilities Real-time detailed reporting to support operational business processes.

BI Platform Administration Centralized console to manage BI portal administration. Management metrics and reports on usage, resource utilization, security, and other activities.

Data Modelling Tools Includes ability to model complex relationships between internal application sources and other parties.

Advanced Analytics and Data Science Techniques including predictive, data and text mining, machine learning, forecasting, what-if analysis, sentiment analysis etc.

BI Security Data access control management, including access permissions management, user authentication and enforcement of access permissions via technology.

Data Connectors and Data Mashup Connect to, merge and clean data from multiple diverse data sources.

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities Selected user groups are able to interact with BI data, slice and dice, and find answers on their own.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

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Microsoft Power BI Reviews

Shubham A.

Best for data visualization

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Dhanashree S.

Good for graphics

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Antonio H.

Most used BI tool on the market

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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2
Since last award

1
Since last award

1
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Dashboard

Data Exploration and Visualization

Collaboration

Real-Time Visualization

Operational Reporting Capabilities

BI Platform Administration

Data Modelling Tools

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

BI Security

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training