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Microsoft Power BI

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8.9 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

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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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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

9 Top Rated Capabilities

15 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Product Impact

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

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 Champion

2022

7 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2022

Microsoft Power BI Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 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.

+94 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
Enables Productivity
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Dashboard

Data Exploration and Visualization

Collaboration

Data Modelling Tools

Real-Time Visualization

BI Security

Operational Reporting Capabilities

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

BI Platform Administration

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

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Microsoft Power BI Reviews

Matthew C.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Sep 2025

Definitely could be better!

Likeliness to Recommend

3 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

I wouldn't say there's anything that differentiates Power BI from other products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

That it's free.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Many things. There are so many things lacking that it can't rival it's competitors. Clients choose to go with alternative solutions like Databricks or Snowflake.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This product is a nice-to-have if you are within the Azure ecosystem. You should stick strictly to BI reporting and nothing else.

Pros

Effective Service
Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Generous Negotitation

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Commodity Features
Less Performance Enhancing

Lalit P.

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

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Submitted Aug 2025

Great product suite for large organization!!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

Microsoft Power BI stands out for its deep integration with the Microsoft ecosystem (Excel, Azure, Teams, Office 365), making it easy for businesses already using these tools. It offers a user-friendly interface with drag-and-drop visuals and AI-powered insights, reducing technical barriers. Power BI provides strong connectivity to hundreds of data sources with real-time dashboards. Its pricing is competitive, offering enterprise-level features at a lower cost compared to many alternatives.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Power BI is its ability to connect seamlessly to almost any data source and turn that raw data into clear, interactive dashboards in minutes. It combines simplicity for beginners with powerful features for advanced users, making it useful across all skill levels.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about Power BI is that handling very large datasets or complex models can sometimes slow performance, and advanced customization often requires DAX knowledge, which has a learning curve for new users.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I’d recommend starting with the free version of Power BI Desktop to explore its features before investing in Pro or Premium. Take time to learn the basics of DAX and Power Query, as they unlock much of the tool’s real power. Plan your data model carefully for performance, especially if working with large datasets. Finally, leverage Microsoft’s vast documentation, community forums, and tutorials—they make the learning journey much smoother.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Sumit M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2025

Powerful Visualization Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

It's integration with Microsoft 365, strong data modeling, and regular updates makes it different from any other application.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favourite aspect of this product is creating interactive dashboard with real-time data is fast and easy.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The only thing that I dislike is that some of the useful features require premium license, which limits the access.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I'd recommend to plan the data sources and user roles early, it makes the setup much smoother.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Inspires Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

Microsoft Power BI Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Microsoft Power BI Reviews

Matthew C.

Definitely could be better!

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Lalit P.

Great product suite for large organization!!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sumit M.

Powerful Visualization Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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