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Microsoft Power BI

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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
Performance Enhancing
Respectful
Helps Innovate

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

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

BI Security

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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Business Intelligence & Analytics - Midmarket

Score 8.8

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Microsoft Power BI Reviews

Luis M.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Finance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Mar 2024

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

ayona p.

Role: Operations
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Best one in the Data Visualisation market!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

It is one of the best and cost efficient data visualisation tool that supports various types of data to be loaded and transformed . The speed and quality of data loading is very high compared to other tools

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

my favourite aspect is the mobile version of the PowerBi which is a bliss for every users as they can access their report from anywhere anytime

What do you dislike most about this product?

i didn’t face any dislikes about PowerBi yet!

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Highly recommend the most cost effective and user friendly interface for all your data visualisation needs

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Akash r.

Role: Operations
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Best Data Visualisation tool in the market!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

User friendly interface and various add on features which makes the dashboards look attractive. With automation and live data we do not have to worry about updating the data manually.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

So many choices of charts and graphs as well as recommendation on what would be more efficient on which type of data is the best thing I like about powerbi.

What do you dislike most about this product?

My overall experience had been very good with Power Bi, there has been nothing that I had to dislike about it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend to choose PowerBi as data visualisation tool as it gives the vast selection of dashboards and models. Even with the prediction feature and user friendly interface it is cost effective.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Luis M.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

ayona p.

Best one in the Data Visualisation market!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Akash r.

Best Data Visualisation tool in the market!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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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

Data Connectors and Data Mashup

BI Security

Self Service and Ad Hoc Capabilities

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support