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- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Strong visualization platform
Experience with Microsoft Power BI was really good and their support is a strong plus
Pros
Microsoft Power BI is very versatile with creating dashboards and reports. Controlling access levels is efficient
Cons
Microsoft Power BI is not that easy to use when compared to Looker. Looker has stronger features and capabilities.
- Industry: Publishing
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Easy to use & a great visualisation tool
Really good! I've been using Power BI for over 3 years and am an avid user of it. After demo-ing the product it my organisation, it became the primary software for visualisation replication Google Data Studio. There are very helpful forums and videos everywhere that assist with all tasks but the main aspect that i love is the integration into GA4 and adobe analytics!
Pros
Incredibly easy to use, has fantastic integrations with a wide range of products and the web portal makes it incredibly easy to access for both staff and clients. Highly recommend
Cons
The main issue i would say is speed of the desktop app, it's very slow and can cause your laptop to use the majority of CPU to run it.
- Industry: Veterinary
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Sluggish but useful
Used for reporting for corporate monthly wellness program enrollments, monthly fiance breakdowns
Pros
Holds a lot of information, able to look at data as charts ans graphs
Cons
Slow, often times out when in the program
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- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Power Bi is a god send
Very positive, we are planning on migrating all of our reports back onto power BI after some issues we have had with the google suite. Learning it was very simple given some basic prior knowledge but more advanced knowledge is required to access the full extent of the application.
Pros
I love power query and the many options which are available for report customization. I really like how intuitive it all was for me especially merging complex data sets. The DAX code allows complex functions when processing data to divine advanced insights.
Cons
My least favourite thing about power bi is definitely the formatting options. In terms of making things the same size and auto aligning correctly it can sometimes be quite a hassle.
- Industry: Architecture & Planning
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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POWER BI - Visualize your Data
The UI is great & easy to make your dashboard. The insights we get from a click is a cherry on the top.
Pros
The number of ways we get to show the data is the visualization part.
Cons
The DAX query can be simplified like Excel would be more helpful.
Alternatives Considered
SmartsheetReasons for Choosing Microsoft Power BI
The visualize ways are more here & In excel we have a Pivot table only, here we have a slicer that gives more insights on a click.Switched From
Microsoft ExcelReasons for Switching to Microsoft Power BI
The data can be shown in a number of ways as compared to other software.- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Good tool with some drawbacks
I am a fairly new user of Microsoft Power BI. It's certainly easier to use than my organisation's previous system (Oracle BI). However I'm finding it harder to get used to than I expected, as someone who is always keen to try out some new software.
Pros
Good tool for standardising the presentation of data and simplifying access to it
Cons
Not particularly intuitive to use. Maybe this is inevitable given the complexity of the package. However I find it confusing at times to use filters and reset them as there seem to be several different ways in which filters can be applied.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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For basic reporting when you don't want to use a proper database system
Overall experience is good when coming from Excel background.
Pros
Quick at processing data, able to connect using multiple sources
Cons
The necessity of DAX, steep pricing of the platform
- Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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I have created multiple dashboards, and I love it
Pros
Powerful software, improving all the time.
Cons
No much to dislike :), this software is excellent
- Industry: Mental Health Care
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Microsoft Power BI is a powerful BI tool
Overall, my company really loves the reports I've been able to generate for them. I've really enjoyed learning and expanding my capabilities. It is complex enough to keep me learning for years.
Pros
Power BI Desktop is free to start with, so you can build reports right away. You can pull data from a nearly unlimited list of sources including straight off of websites. The tool has a lot of power, which can be a pro or a con. Tool development is ongoing.
Cons
The tool is complex. The different functionality at the different Pro and Premier levels can be tricky as well as using the On Premises Gateway.
- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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Powerful and flexible
Overall, it’s a powerful and flexible tool for data visualization and analysis, particularly favored for its integration with other Microsoft products.
Pros
Power BI has a user-friendly interface and a wide range of data connectivity options, making it easy to create insightful visualizations.
Cons
It has a steep learning curve for advanced features and can experience performance issues with larger datasets.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Power BI - Excel on steroids
I learnt Power BI capabilities first through Excel Power Pivot and then rolled out Power BI at my company. I liked it so much that I moved to consultancy and now support companies in rolling out Power BI as a career. I only work with Power BI as I genuinely prefer it over other BI tools.
Pros
Coming from a business background I found Power Bi easy to access, learn and ultimately master. It combines the best of both worlds: easy access and powerful capabilities.
Cons
There’s a few (isolated) things where competitive solutions may have a better capabilities : maps are one of them.
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Cost, simplicity, functionality, Integration with Microsoft office and ease of data integration- Industry: Fishery
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Our one solution for all-things data
MS Power BI has been a wonderful asset for our data side. We use it for all kinds of things from putting together a basic report for a presentation to designing dashboards with a dozen KPIs all being synced in realtime. It's hugely powerful and maintains good performance even with large data sets. 10/10 would recommend.
Pros
We used to be on Excel which was pretty good by itself, but Power BI takes it to a whole another level. It has tons of advanced features like better data connectors, embedded reports, better dashboards and worklows, the ability to handle bigger data, and more.
Cons
It would be good to have more dashboard and report templates to work off of, and we've had issues with cloud syncing in the past that caused us a lot of headache.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Our trusty BI tool for all-things data
I've been a huge fan of Power BI since we switched to it from Excel. We use it to create dashboards, set up automated reports, and anything else that requires reporting. In the years that I've used it, I've very rarely ran into bugs or performance issues. It's relatively easy to set up, has very advanced reporting capabilities, and tons of integrations you can set up pretty easily to pull data from different places. You can't fault it for BI.
Pros
We used to use Excel but switched over to Power BI for the more advanced features. And they've been very very handy for us. The data cleaning works a lot better, there's tons more cutomization options, and some integrations have been made much easier compared to just Excel.
Cons
The imterface isn't the best to be honest, especially compared to stuff like Tableu. But gets the job done nonetheless.
Alternatives Considered
TableauReasons for Choosing Microsoft Power BI
Excel worked pretty well for us as well, but we decided to move to Power BI for the advanced charting options.Switched From
Microsoft ExcelReasons for Switching to Microsoft Power BI
We were already pretty used to MS tools, and Power BI looked like it would be easier for us to move to, so we decided on it.- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Power BI is our go-to solution for all-things data
Power BI has brought data into our operations company-wide. It can easily go up against BI tools 10 years younger. It's got tons of chart types and customization options, a good number of native integrations, and it's easy to get it up and running in the beginning.
Pros
I think the dashboard creation is one of its best aspects. It has all the functionality needed to create the dashboard infrastructures of several departments that also update in real time. The visual customizations are pretty decent and there are a lot of charting options.
Cons
The embed feature needs to be improved in my opinion. It sometimes takes too long for embedded charts to load, and sometimes it just crashes when the data is too big
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LookerReasons for Switching to Microsoft Power BI
Power BI fits in a lot better in our software environment as we already have most of the other MS tools.- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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Powerful analytics with an intuitive user interface (UI) and outstanding data visualization...
In one convenient spot, Power BI gives me excellent access to all the data sources and data sets I generate when creating the reports. I have various devices at my disposal to access the data at any time, anyplace. By using easy clicks, users may highlight features, apply filters, and interact with the dashboards.
Pros
Power BI enables users to work together and share dashboards and data with other people. Reports and dashboards can be shared by email, social media, and web publishing, among other methods available to users.
To ensure that sensitive data is protected, Power BI contains robust security features. In addition to controlling access to data, reports, and dashboards, users can create rules for preventing data loss.
Cons
Data that Power BI can ingest is limited in size. The free version must be extended to the paid version if I want to import data bigger than 2GB. It can also crash while processing huge datasets with complicated measurements, which makes using Power BI stressful at times.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft TeamsReasons for Choosing Microsoft Power BI
For us to use primarily, Tableau is typically more costly.Switched From
TableauReasons for Switching to Microsoft Power BI
I may download the free edition of Power BI Desktop and begin creating reports on our computer right away.- Industry: Market Research
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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I Suggested Microsoft Power BI Everyone
Power BI has changed the way we used to visualise data ! It has saved us countless working hours and given so many dashboards for enhanced productivity which has resulted in revenue boost
Pros
What I like most about Microsoft Power BI is its comprehensive suite of features that streamline the entire data analysis process, from data integration to visualization and advanced analytics. Its user-friendly interface, extensive connectivity options, and robust capabilities empower users to derive valuable insights and make data-driven decisions effectively.
Cons
While Power BI offers extensive capabilities, its pricing structure can be complex, and some advanced features may require additional licenses, potentially limiting access for smaller organizations or individual users.
- Industry: Management Consulting
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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The Greatest Visualization Tool Ever Is Power BI!
My preferred tool for data analysis is Power BI. As a Business Intelligence Analyst, I occasionally need to obtain data insights and carry out predictive analysis. For me, Power BI visualization makes things pretty simple. It assists me in determining what kind of data storage the data would require.
Additionally, anyone can create reports locally on their device.
Lastly, PowerBI desktop is available to all users for free.
Pros
The most user-friendly analytics program is Power BI. Among all the data visualization applications on the market, it has the most user-friendly interface. It offers nearly every kind of graph, chart, and visual aid required for analytics. Data transformation on-the-go is made easier using Power BI's (Power Query) data transformation feature.
Cons
This is the one limitation I see in PowerBI, users need be somewhat proficient in writing SQL queries and the DAX language, which is used to produce the calculated columns and measurements.
However, little technical knowledge is needed for paginated reports.
- Industry: Food Production
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Trusted BI Solution for Our Manufacturing Operations
Microsoft Power BI has been a trusty business intelligence tool for us. We use it to report on our machines' performance, creating active reports for employee-related data, finance dashboards, and more and more. Considering the scale we're using it, it's pretty impressive how little technical maintenance it requires. All in all, if you're looking for dependability, you can't go wrong with MS Power BI
Pros
Microsoft Power BI is far more dependable and performs higher over a long period compared to most of the other BI tools out there. It's performed very well in our security tests, and we very very rarely see any issues with it (mainly issues with fetching data from other tools.)
Cons
There isn't anything that'd lead us to start looking for another tool, but I guess my one concern would be the aging interface. It's a lot easier to use as we all know the familiar design elements, but I think it's starting to lag behind their competitors a bit.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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The best - as a business, we would not be able to function without Power BI.
Pros
Power BI is very robust! There's no report that we cannot get out of it with the right integrations.
I love that its customizable and integrates with a lot of other programs.
Cons
Steep learning curve especially if you have to create dashboards from scratch.
We also sometimes experience problems with the way data translates across different platforms.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Very powerful reporting
It's a great tool for creating reports and diagrams.
Pros
The possibilities to create very complex reports
Cons
You need a lot of SQL experience to create complex reports.
- Industry: Printing
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Insights you can trust.
Microsoft Power BI always shows prowess in business data analytics and this has enabled us to achieve a better understanding of our business operations. With the insights we get from Microsoft Power BI, we are able to make informed decisions, plan and do forecasts to prepare ourselves for situations deemed to happen before they do.
Pros
In data analytics, the insights are only important if one can understand them and for that i like how Microsoft Power BI offers easy to understand data visualization tools which makes it easy to read and understand the insights about the business. It allows easy creation of reports which we use to demonstrate how our business is performing as well as understanding areas in our business which needs improvement. The data analysis tools uses AI and drag and drop technology which makes it easy for anyone to use it for the analysis.
Cons
Nothing at all from me. Using Microsoft Power BI has been so simple and it has very responsive features.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Microsoft Power BI - the intelligence tool
Excellent !!!
Pros
The ease of using it. Making the complex reports more meaningful, readable, comprehensible. The free version, which allows the user to have enough room & make a decision for a subscription per the need & capacity. which is definitely a gift for students, non-earning or on a break from job person.
Cons
For people new to Business intelligence its take quite some effort to master Power BI.
- Industry: Computer & Network Security
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Recommendation for Microsoft Power BI
My overall experience with Microsoft Power BI is super positive
Pros
The most I like about Power BI is the automation and how it made my work life easy when it comes to making reports.
Cons
There is nothing I like least, in general there are only Pros for Power BI
- Industry: Oil & Energy
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Power BI is Great
I use this product daily to get information for my work and it is a lifesaver.
Pros
I typically only use it for information purposes, but the amount of information stored within this product is amazing.
Cons
Sometimes it won't load data correctly if you have it open for a long period of time and you have to refresh your screen.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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I love using Powerbi in my day-to-day analysis, I find it easy to use and would highly recommend it to other users.
Pros
PowerBI integrates seamlessly with other Microsoft products which are widely used such as Microsoft Excel and also is very user-friendly which is a huge plus.
Cons
Powerbi is great but I think the visuals could look a little better.