Jedox vs. Microsoft Power BI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Jedox
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Jedox is a Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management solution. According to the vendor, their solution’s unified planning, analysis and reporting empowers decision makers from finance, sales, purchasing and marketing. Additionally, the vendor says this solution helps business users work smarter, streamline business collaboration, and make insight-based decisions with confidence. The vendor also says 1,900 organizations in 127 countries are using Jedox for real-time planning…N/A
Microsoft Power BI
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft 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.N/A
Pricing
JedoxMicrosoft Power BI
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
JedoxMicrosoft Power BI
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
JedoxMicrosoft Power BI
Considered Both Products
Jedox
Chose Jedox
Calumo is similar product to Jedox. I have used it extensively in my previous role. It was a major contender when we evaluated a BI platform for NIDA. Calumo is a great product as well and it was a very close call. Where we found Jedox to be a better fit for NIDA was the …
Chose Jedox
Pros: - Rapid Time-To-Market - Maximum flexibility due to cell-based approach inherited from Excel (vs. WYSIWYG and drag & drop UI (like BOARD) which is not as flexible)
Chose Jedox
Power BI in some respects is easier to set up using tabular analysis, which makes creating new models relatively easy in comparison to Jedox, however, the DAX language is more complex to learn than the Groovy script used by Jedox. Jedox's power comes in its ability to write …
Chose Jedox
Jedox has the edge over these products on total cost of ownership, borne through its quick deployment roll out, ease of use for end users and ease of maintenance.
Chose Jedox
We normally compete with Cognos TM1, Hyperion and SAP BPC. Functionalities, price and implementation time have no comparison. Jedox is a large the leader in these areas.
Chose Jedox
Setup and maintenance is much easier. Jedox is one product for all purposes: ETL, Excel-Integration, Web-Integration, Mobile.
For TM1 you need the full IBM Cognos Suite to achieve the same. You have to install and configure more than 5 GB of software compared to 400 MB of the …
Chose Jedox
We have compared Jedox to many other products. Due to the lack of performance management capabilities all 'pure' business intelligence tools (with no write back) were dropped. In comparison with other modern performance management tools Jedox offers more flexibility. Other …
Chose Jedox
Jedox Base which has been removed from the market used to be a free option in the in-memory database space capable of write back/modelling. Now the company wants to move in the "Enterprise" space but the product doesn't have the required scalability and is still running on …
Microsoft Power BI
Chose Microsoft Power BI
All others apps are enablers and Microsoft Power BI is the visual that end user sees which often adds more value to the end user to make strategic decisions from this. All are equally great but Microsoft Power BI is the end result
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Power BI vs. Tableau Power BI cheaper and works well with Microsoft tools. Tableau has better visuals but is costly. Microsoft Power BII vs. Looker Looker is good for big data, but Microsoft Power BI is easier to use. Microsoft Power BI vs. Qlik Qlik is fast for big …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Power BI provide a user friendly in many ways to analyse the data and visualization of the data .Stacking makes the works easier easily attach the table ,chart row and column through the various available tool ..it also reduces the work part and manpower mechanically …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Power BI is more flexible and it requires less effort in order to create a working environment. The results have an attractive and customizable display. The model is a star schema therefore it do not require specific database adaptation. Excel and csv files could be …
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 …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Same need to be large scale.
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Power BI is easier to learn, a lot of examples on YouTube, internet documentation books helps to the implementation and personalization of the dashboards easier to use than other platforms.
Chose Microsoft Power BI
While excel can be useful for a very quick data dump, Microsoft Power BI is able to bring that data to life, and show trends and the actual story of what is happening. Microsoft Power BI is the ultimate display tool, and allows us to share information quickly to the CORRECT …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Compared to this tool, Microsoft Power BI doesn't involve heavy coding and provides user friendly interface to visualize data. Microsoft Power BI reports can be shared and published without exposing your source code. Also, the reports are interactive providing drill down …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Power BI is much simple to use, and more modern than BusinessObjects, which has now been discontinued. It costs much less to license than Tableau which is perhaps more niche and designed better. It is also much more powerful for data analysis than excel, smartsheet, airtable, …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Some of the strengths are 1. User-Friendliness 2. Self-Service BI (Caters to all levels of the employees 3. Cost-effective. 4. Easy integration with Microsoft Suits. 5. DAX Calculations 6. Familiar Interface like traditional Excel. 7. Easier Self-Service platform for …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
It's got a larger user base and seems better supported. Personally it feels like alot more work getting comparable results from Tableau. Microsoft Power BI will be WAY easier to work with all your various data sources, if you are working in an environment with M365 already. …
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 …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
NA - did not use any other software, yet. Happy with the services and features provided by Microsoft Power BI which helps us navigate through the client requests on a daily basis while also providing actionable insights / solutions with maximum efficiency and that too in a …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
It's the most widely used tool in most organizations
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Each has a different function. I think Microsoft Power BI is easier to use than Tableau and cheaper but SQL and databricks have so much more versatility
Chose Microsoft Power BI
We use Microsoft Power BI in addition to other software.
Chose Microsoft Power BI
I prefer Power BI because of its affordability and fewer complicated tools than Tableau. It's easy to use and compatible with other Microsoft products, which are mostly used in the IT industry. It's not limited to only one platform like Looker Studio, which is mostly used in …
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 …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Qlik also builds dashboards upon your data. It's more expensive as Microsoft Power BI and needs as much training as Microsoft Power BI
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Being Microsoft environment it is extremely easy to interconnect the application with other Microsoft tools, such as power point or excel. On top of that, also communication through Microsoft teams is enabled which can result in very good collaboration and exchange of feedback …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
We actually chose both Power BI and Quantum Metric. We use them for different things, but they are very similar tools. Quantum does a good job of integrating with our website and app traffic, whereas we use Power BI for data analysis and importing data sets for further review. …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
We have used Microsoft Power BI for almost seven years. When looking for a reporting platform, remember that you are about to make a long-term choice. Moving reports to another system isn't easy. If you have, for example, more than 100 reports, the move to a different platform …
Features
JedoxMicrosoft Power BI
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
9.1
Ratings
18% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.8
Ratings
8% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports9.10 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
8.3
Ratings
2% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.2
Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.20 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.20 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.50 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
7.9
Ratings
4% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.6
Ratings
3% above category average
Publish to Web8.50 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Publish to PDF7.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Versioning7.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.20 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
5.6
Ratings
30% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.7
Ratings
9% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)5.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization5.50 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics5.60 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
8.8
Ratings
1% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.6
Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.80 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.80 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
7.4
Ratings
6% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.50 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Mobile Application7.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
8.4
Ratings
2% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
-
Ratings
Long-term financial planning7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
9.5
Ratings
18% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
-
Ratings
Financial data consolidation10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
9.3
Ratings
14% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
-
Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
9.7
Ratings
19% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
-
Ratings
Personalized dashboards9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
9.0
Ratings
8% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
-
Ratings
Flat file integration9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Jedox
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
8.4
Ratings
7% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
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User Ratings
JedoxMicrosoft Power BI
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.5
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Likelihood to Renew
9.0
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9.0
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Usability
9.0
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7.9
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Availability
8.0
(0 ratings)
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Performance
7.0
(0 ratings)
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Support Rating
9.0
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10.0
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Online Training
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
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Configurability
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
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Ease of integration
9.0
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Product Scalability
4.0
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Vendor post-sale
10.0
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Vendor pre-sale
10.0
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User Testimonials
JedoxMicrosoft Power BI
Likelihood to Recommend
Jedox is really good when being applied to a specific use case or scenario (such as a budget or planning process). Once embedded, users then start to really understand how it can be used in other, less well defined, areas of their business. It is therefore not as easy to apply it on an enterprise-wide deployment from a "Big Bang" perspective. But very few tools / projects ever meet this goal.
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Microsoft Power BI is great for sales tracking, financial reporting, and real-time operations monitoring. It integrates data from multiple sources, creating interactive dashboards for better decision-making. However, it's less ideal for real-time big data processing, offline access, or when deep customization is needed. It works best for structured reporting but struggles with highly complex data models.
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Pros
  • Easy to deploy through web interface
  • Highly integrated in Excel, very familiar platform for end users
  • very short implementation at reasonable cost
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  • It is great at taking in large amounts of data and housing it all.
  • Microsoft Power BI is so user friendly and it's dashboards are very easy on the eye.
  • The ease of sharing dashboards makes it great for use across a large company.
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Cons
  • Limited data discovery features but integration with third party products
  • Complex projects require expertise of specialised consultants
  • Limited options for online training but extensive in person training available
  • Limited scalability. For systems with more than 50 users there are better solutions
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  • It would be easier for users could Microsoft Power BI and Excel used the same programming languages.
  • Would like to see the online version of Microsoft Power BI be as powerful as the desktop version.
  • Publishing a Microsoft Power BI file online and then having to save the file is somewhat redundant.
  • Would like to export each page or chart as an image.
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Likelihood to Renew
For a period of 5 years all our customers using Jedox have renewed their licenses.
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Microsoft Power BI is an excellent and scalable tool. It has a learning curve, but once you get past that, the sky is the limit and you can build from the most simple to the most complex dashboards. I have built everything from simple reports with only a few data points to complex reports with many pages and advanced filtering.
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Usability
To me Jedox deserves 10/10 because it is a consistent one-in-all platform with a modern look and feel. It is intuitive to use and allows you to make intuitive applications integrating traditional business intelligence with performance management functionality. It certainly has a short
learning curve, especially for those that are familiar with MS Excel. An example: I've lost count but Jedox it is available in more than 25 languages. Another: Jedox does not require programming skills... it is developed to be used by the business.
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Takes a little bit to get used to it. Not natively intuitive but fairly straight forward to pick up. Also docking it a few points because you can create a really clean, simple UI in Claude very quickly that's faster than building all of this yourself in Microsoft Power BI.
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Reliability and Availability
Jedox has
very few bugs. Reports are available through an Excel add-in, the web and/or
mobile device (IOS/Android). In my opinion, availability also means high
performance, not having to wait for the system to give you the required reports,
analysis, dashboards instantly.
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Performance
Jedox is the fastest OLAP tool on the market. It can use GPU cards to increase performance even more
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Support Rating
The Jedox support team are highly knowledgeable about both the product and how it is used in real life. They also are typically proactive in resolving issues.
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It is a fantastic tool, you can do almost everything related with data and reports, it is a perfect substitutive of Power Point and Excel with a high evolution and flexibility, and also it is very friendly and easy to share. I think all companies should have Power BI (or other BI tool) in their software package and if they are in the MS Suite, for sure Power BI should be the one due to all the benefits of the MS ecosystem.
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Implementation Rating
The implementation of SSO, SAML Authentication, HTTPS, Server splitting (Frontend / Backend servers) could be more standardized and made more user friendly to set up (e.g. via setup guide). Otherwise the implementation of Jedox is quick and simple when compared to other similar technologies.
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It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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Alternatives Considered
Power BI in some respects is easier to set up using tabular analysis, which makes creating new models relatively easy in comparison to Jedox, however, the DAX language is more complex to learn than the Groovy script used by Jedox. Jedox's power comes in its ability to write back to models and flexibility in setting up reports. We use both for different applications, but if I was wanting to create a model that needed user input I would pick Jedox.
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All others apps are enablers and Microsoft Power BI is the visual that end user sees which often adds more value to the end user to make strategic decisions from this. All are equally great but Microsoft Power BI is the end result
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Scalability
Scalability is often another word for speed. Given enough data, enough users or enough calculations, the tool becomes slower and slower. You will find that Jedox has a very high performance that can even be increased by the use of grafical cards. Other thaen that it does not only offer BI (looking back based on historical ERP data) but also allows you to look forward through integrated budgetting, planning, forecasting, workflow and collaboration. Not easy to find a tool that can support so much business functionality. So, also pretty scalable in that respect.
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Return on Investment
  • Financial budgeting and Forecasting are done in a centralized fashion in Jedox now instead of a decentralized excel based approach. A lot of cost savings and improved reliability
  • Easy to use self-help Dashboards and detailed reports
  • Web-based reporting instead of excel based
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  • We're still early in the adoption process at this company, but we've illustrated how bad data keeps us from being more productive. ~25% of a team's work week was dedicated to effectively cleaning up entries, but it was always seen as a normal to them.
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ScreenShots

Jedox Screenshots

Screenshot of Management Dashboard with Google Maps WidgetScreenshot of ABC Analysis (Procurement)Screenshot of Executive Sales ReviewScreenshot of Finance DashboardScreenshot of Sales DashboardScreenshot of Start

Microsoft Power BI Screenshots

Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Turns insights into impact for business usersScreenshot of Power BI integrates easily with Microsoft 365Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - AI-Powered CapabilitiesScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Copilot can be used to create reportsScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Data HubScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Scales as organizational needs grow