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Grafana

117 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Power BI

1,906 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Grafana

    Score8.7 out of 10
    		N/AGrafana is a data visualization tool developed by Grafana Labs in New York. It is available open source, managed (Grafana Cloud), or via an enterprise edition with enhanced features. Grafana has pluggable data source model and comes bundled with support for popular time series databases like Graphite. It also has built-in support for cloud monitoring vendors like Amazon Cloudwatch, Microsoft Azure and SQL databases like MySQL. Grafana can combine data from many places into a single dashboard.

    $0

    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
    GrafanaMicrosoft Power BI
    Editions & Modules
    Grafana Cloud - Pro
    $8
    per month up to 1 active user
    Grafana Cloud - Free
    Free
    10k metrics + 50GB logs + 50GB traces up to 3 active users
    Grafana Cloud - Advanced
    Volume Discounts
    custom data usage custom active users
    Grafana - Enterprise Stack
    Custom Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GrafanaMicrosoft Power BI
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    GrafanaMicrosoft Power BI
    Considered Both Products
    Grafana Labs
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    Microsoft
    Tanner Ingalls
    Data Product Manager & Data Scientist in Product Management at REDX (Real Estate, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI is more flexible and can also handle more complex reporting scenarios. While Microsoft Excel is a great tool for analyzing data building visuals is not what it is made for. It is complicated to create Excel reports that will be interactive as a use wants to …
    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
    GrafanaMicrosoft Power BI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Grafana and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Grafana
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.05 Ratings8.5120 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.05 Ratings10.0140 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.05 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Grafana and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Grafana
    6.8
    4 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis6.04 Ratings7.0139 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.04 Ratings9.0138 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages5.04 Ratings8.0103 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.04 Ratings9.0135 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Grafana and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Grafana
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    Publish to Web7.04 Ratings8.0129 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.04 Ratings9.0122 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.04 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.04 Ratings8.0104 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.04 Ratings9.074 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Grafana and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Grafana
    7.7
    4 Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.04 Ratings9.0131 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.04 Ratings8.0122 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.04 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Grafana and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Grafana
    -
    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 Grafana and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Grafana
    -
    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 Grafana and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Grafana
    -
    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
    GrafanaMicrosoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (81 ratings)