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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

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Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

Down 1
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85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Down 1
Since last award


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Product Experience:
95%
Negotiation and Contract:
88%
Conflict Resolution:
93%
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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1% Negative
4% Neutral
95% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Data Exploration and Visualization

88

Dashboard

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

80

Microsoft Power BI Reviews

Reagan B.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Retail
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

Easy-to-use tool to simplify complex business data

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

The Number of parts BI preserves exceptional data integrity despite many sources and inputs, leading to time optimization and less effort loss, which is somewhat lacking in other necessary software. By utilizing this tool, you should understand that it will reveal the important aspect of the data after some data input because it is both very simple to use and highly successful at representing the data across graphical and analytical ways.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I find it quite useful to use the desktop version for analysis and the services for cooperation. In addition, as we have spent so much time in the MS environment, the integration with MS tools is, in reality, advantageous. The integration is quite straightforward, even for non-MS data sources. I particularly appreciated the flexibility of the tiles. Comparatively to other programs of the same type, power BI appears to upload data much more quickly.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is a steep learning curve for Power BI, and it requires a highly trained user to operate, just like any other sophisticated data and business process analysis product. It can be difficult and time-consuming to enter all the data at once when there are multiple sources for the data input. One of this application's best features is the slicer tool, which makes filtering easy and interactive. By including new themes, Power BI could be improved even further.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

As it is accessible from anywhere, it is a very trustworthy source in the context of working from home. VBA is outstanding. The platform's analysis tools and macros operate without a hitch. There are real-time insights available. It also has reasonable security measures and can be accessed from mobile devices. We suggested it.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Efficient Service
  • Effective Service

Naman G.

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

Submitted Jul 2022

Best Visualization tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

Its unique features for data visualization

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Data visualization using charts

What do you dislike most about this product?

User interactivity

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for this product, it contains good analytics features

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy

Rashik I.

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

Submitted Jun 2022

Better for smaller simpler use

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Power BI from other similar products?

Easy to understand compared to Tableau Excel connectivity Low level functional use (Best at this)

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to teach non tech people Simple things made easier

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complex functions are very difficult to implement Hard to manage large data set

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it if requirements are smaller and simpler

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing

Cons

  • Less Caring
  • Under Delivered

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