Microsoft Power BI Reviews

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.

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.

Pros

Holds a lot of information, able to look at data as charts ans graphs

Cons

Slow, often times out when in the program

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.

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.

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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.

Pros

Quick at processing data, able to connect using multiple sources

Cons

The necessity of DAX, steep pricing of the platform

Pros

Powerful software, improving all the time.

Cons

No much to dislike :), this software is excellent

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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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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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Pros

The possibilities to create very complex reports

Cons

You need a lot of SQL experience to create complex reports.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.