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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft BI (MSBI)

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft BI is a business intelligence product used for data analysis and generating reports on server-based data. It features unlimited data analysis capacity with its reporting engine, SQL Server Reporting Services alongside ETL, master data management, and data cleansing.

    $14

    per month per user

    MicroStrategy Analytics

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicroStrategy Analytics is an enterprise business analytics and mobility platform. Key features include automatic big data analysis and reporting, data discovery and visualization, digital security credentials, and support for mobile devices.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)MicroStrategy Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)MicroStrategy Analytics
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Must contact sales team for pricing information.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)MicroStrategy Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Ease of use and it's fluent with Office products for exporting and presentations of data.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Microsoft BI is mainly based on Microsoft SQL Server, so it is perfectly integrated. Many of the Microsoft BI components require using SQL Server as the database engine. Generally, the functionalities that are achieved when using SQL Server as a database engine are greater than …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    One of the main reasons Microsoft BI was chosen by our company is because it is a reliable program. We tried different programs in the past (and currently also use other ones for certain reporting and analysis needs) but Microsoft BI was the least buggy out of our top choices.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Oracle is primarily one amongst the leader in ERP applications and they have quite easily leveraged their BI products to offer pre-built dashboard and operational reporting which is received well by the users. But with Microsoft BI there are host of other features which beats …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Microstrategy - I went with Microsoft BI because of features, usability, integration capabilities, performance, availability of talent, cost, and end-user (self-service) capabilities.
    MicroStrategy
    Chose MicroStrategy Analytics
    [I feel like} Microsoft BI - MicroStrategy Analytics is worse in every way. Less templates, less canned reports, less third party integrations, less knowledgable consultants/employees, less core capability, much worse migration path to the cloud (Azure in Microsoft's case), and …
    Incentivized
    Chose MicroStrategy Analytics
    Factors in going with MicroStrategy Analytics are cost, cloud saas, ease of integration, strong peer community, strong consulting partnership, and pre-existing relationships. The cost factor and pre-existing relationships played a defining role in the selection of the product.
    Incentivized
    Chose MicroStrategy Analytics
    Tableau is probably MicroStrategy Analytic's biggest competitor I've noticed over time, and I'm not sure why. Tableau only covers visualizations independently for each business user, which then creates the issues of every employee creating their own version of the data, and …
    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
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)MicroStrategy Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.7
    48 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    26 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.041 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.048 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.046 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.8
    48 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    24 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis9.043 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.048 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.038 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.048 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    23 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.043 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.043 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.039 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.042 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.023 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    22 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.046 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.043 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.041 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    21 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.045 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.042 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.045 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.027 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    38 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    9.7
    19 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.035 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.026 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.035 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and MicroStrategy Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.8
    20 Ratings
    MicroStrategy Analytics
    10.0
    8 Ratings
    REST API9.018 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Javascript API9.018 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    iFrames9.017 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Java API9.016 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)9.017 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.016 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)MicroStrategy Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (72 ratings)
    10.0
    (47 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    9.9
    (27 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    3.2
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    2.2
    (5 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    8.8
    (18 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)