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Microsoft Power BI

Composite Score
8.9 /10
CX Score
9.1 /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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+91 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?

2% Negative
4% Neutral
94% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Helps Innovate
  • Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Data Exploration and Visualization

88

Dashboard

88

Collaboration

86

BI Security

85

Operational Reporting Capabilities

84

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

84

BI Platform Administration

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

82

Availability and Quality of Training

82

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

82

Usability and Intuitiveness

82

Ease of IT Administration

81

Vendor Support

79

Microsoft Power BI Reviews

Bukola L.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

User-Friendly but with Sharing limitations.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

Versatile and Numerous Data Visuals: Power BI offers a vast selection of data visualization options from its library and AppSource, which enables users to create a wide variety of visuals to meet their data visualization needs. This feature makes it easy for us as a business, to find the most relevant visualizations for our data and use them to make informed decisions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Drag-and-Drop Capabilities: Power BI's drag-and-drop feature allows users to quickly build dashboards and reports by clicking on an empty space on the dashboard, dragging a data source, and creating a visual in seconds. This feature makes data visualization and analysis more efficient and effective, allowing businesses to gain insights from their data faster.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Rigid Integrations: Power BI has limitations when it comes to integrating with non-Microsoft applications and third-party tools. While it is still possible to integrate with other sources and tools, the process can be frustrating and not always smooth. This can limit the scope of data that can be analyzed and insights that can be gained.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Power BI provides both cloud and desktop deployment options. This provides users with options when transforming or distributing data.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Security Protects

Eric G.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

BI on another level,

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

Great collaboration tool. A wide variety of graphs and charts. Integration with Microsoft SQL server is a great feature.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Data export and import in various formats. Trusted vendor. Easy to learn and use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Poor customer support.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

You need this application for future forecasting and resources allocation.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy

Ev M.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Transportation
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Robust support and efficient.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

The big support system of Microsoft is an awesome asset. Robust.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The big support system of Microsoft is an awesome asset. Robust.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The fact that it costs money to use.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it. Great ability to intake multiple data sources.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Unique Features
  • Caring

Cons

  • Less Fair
  • Vendor's Interest First
  • Leverages Incumbent Status

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