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Microsoft Power BI

Composite Score
8.9 /10
CX Score
9.2 /10
Category
Microsoft Power BI
8.9 /10

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 - Midmarket category

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Microsoft Power BI Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 1
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Down 1
Since last award


Emotional Footprint Overview

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:
95%
Negotiation and Contract:
88%
Conflict Resolution:
92%
Strategy & Innovation:
93%
Service Experience:
92%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+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?

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2% Negative
3% Neutral
95% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Dashboard

88

Data Exploration and Visualization

88

Collaboration

86

BI Security

85

Operational Reporting Capabilities

84

BI Platform Administration

84

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

84

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

83

Intelligent Alerts and Notifications

82

Mobile

79

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

86

Ease of Implementation

84

Quality of Features

84

Ease of Data Integration

83

Breadth of Features

83

Ease of Customization

83

Usability and Intuitiveness

82

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

82

Availability and Quality of Training

82

Ease of IT Administration

81

Vendor Support

79

Microsoft Power BI Reviews

Emmanuel S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Government
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2025

Power BI is one of the best BI tool currently

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

Great User Support Intuitive features and availability of different visuals to visualize your data. Easy to navigate user interface. Large community support

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to navigate user interface Large community support Real time analytics

What do you dislike most about this product?

Heavy Software that requires additional machine specifications to run seamlessly

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Have a machine that meets specific hardware and software requirements To use Power BI is easy and just requires little staff training

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy

Birley B.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Media
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2025

Power BI: Strengths and Considerations.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

Power BI has better data representation ability than Power View thus it offers a solution for creating dashboards that are interactive and more attractive. Its library of modelling capabilities and real-time accessible data makes it easy for the organisations to gain insights for decision making fast thus ensuring that the decision making process is decentralised.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The connectivity to multiple databases is a major feature that can be noted. This makes it easy for Power BI to gather data from the various databases, cloud services and even the Excel spreadsheets. This flexibility allows one to ensure that data collected by a firm can be utilised fully in the organisation to support all the firm’s planning and decision making.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Users of the free version may be inconvenienced by strict quotas on data update frequency. These constraints may limit the users and limit their professed opportunity to acquire relevant data and use the information which is relevant in the current world today.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

We should focus on the strengths of this tool and evaluate it in order to implement it in our organization.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Prisca Nwanneka E.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Media
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2025

The Smart Choice for Data-Driven Organizations

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

Power BI stands out because it connects perfectly with Microsoft tools like Excel and Teams, making it super easy for businesses already using them. It’s more affordable than Tableau, offers strong data modeling with DAX, and has built-in AI features like natural language Q&A. Plus, Microsoft updates it constantly, so it keeps getting better.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Power BI is how easily it connects to different data sources and turns complex data into clear, interactive dashboards.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I dislike that customizing visuals in Power BI can sometimes feel limited and harder compared to tools like Tableau.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I’d recommend learning the basics of DAX early and making sure your data is clean ; it’ll make building reports in Power BI much easier.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

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