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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Analytics

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Analytics is perhaps the best-known web analytics product and, as a free product, it has massive adoption. Although it lacks some enterprise-level features compared to its competitors in the space, the launch of the paid Google Analytics Premium edition seems likely to close the gap.

    $0

    per month

    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.

    $10

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Google AnalyticsMicrosoft Power BI
    Editions & Modules
    Google Analytics 360
    150,000
    per year
    Google Analytics
    Free
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google AnalyticsMicrosoft Power BI
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google AnalyticsMicrosoft Power BI
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Google Analytics
    We use google analytics instead of other tools for customer usage data and behavioral. It is better to connect with some sources.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Analytics
    Adobe Analytics and Google Analytics 360 are both paid/premium options for website tracking. Though there are certain use cases when these might make sense (you operate entirely in the Adobe suite, you're a massive company/site that doesn’t mind the price tag on Google …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Analytics
    Google Analytics is plausible for tracking the number of users visiting the areas of the site. It is also well suited for mobile applications and figuring out how many impressions there are. It is perfect for our marketing department where we want to track the website traffic …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    After several years using Google Looker Studio and BigQuery, Microsoft Power BI is a step-up in terms of visualizations. It is also much more powerful, leading to less errors and has a more intuitive interface. Looker Studio has a focus on Google Analytics whereas Microsoft …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    They all offer a free trial with free versions available, but for enterprise installation and support and overall cost per user, we decided to try out Microsoft BI. Microsoft BI offers predictive analytics as well as data prep tools which Google Analytics does not offer. Power …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Same need to be large scale.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI from a price perspective is the lowest cost (probably even from a total cost of ownership perspective) of all the offerings I have ever evaluated. The piece that really stands out for Power BI is the data transformation layer called Power Query. This section allows you …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    We selected Microsoft Power BI because it was the easiest to integrate with our primary systems, allowed us to embed reports for our partners, allowed us to host our data and some reports on premise. It also provided the shortest route to production deployment allowing us to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    SPSS is a tool more focused in establishing relationships among different variables, in a given database. By being so, it has some specific commands that allow you to easily do regression analysis, ANOVAs, segment a sample, and so on. However, Power BI is much more developed in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI, Tableau, and QlikView are the market leaders when analyzed on Gartner`s magic quadrant for business intelligence tool. One of the critical drawbacks of all these visionary tools is the absence or expensive back end that are needed to support the infrastructure. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Much easier learning curve and integration with Microsoft Office gives it a leg up. People not knowing they have it, believe it or not, is limiting it's usage. Microsoft really needs to market it!
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    I thought the learning curve of Power BI was much easier than some of the other tools that I had tried. There were pieces that were not as robust, but nothing that was a show stopper for my needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft's Power BI is what Excel graphing and pivoting should have been like. Power BI has much better ways to look at your data visually than you can with Excel's own tools. You can select from many built-in graph types or you can use the growing number of add-ons to get …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Google AnalyticsMicrosoft Power BI
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Google Analytics and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Lead Conversion Tracking7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bounce Rate Measurement8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device and Browser Reporting8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pageview Tracking8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event Tracking7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting in real-time10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Referral Source Tracking8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Dashboards8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Google Analytics and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.5120 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings10.0140 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Google Analytics and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.0139 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings9.0138 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.0103 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.0135 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Google Analytics and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.0129 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.0122 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.0104 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.074 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Google Analytics and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.0131 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.0122 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Google Analytics and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    127 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.0121 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.0111 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.394 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Google Analytics and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.0
    117 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.0111 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.793 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.7112 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Google Analytics and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Google Analytics
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.4
    80 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings8.072 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.956 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.055 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.046 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.163 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google AnalyticsMicrosoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (185 ratings)
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (51 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.5
    (10 ratings)
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (42 ratings)
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)