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Microsoft BI (MSBI)

934 Reviews and Ratings

Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)

216 Reviews and Ratings

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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

    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)

    Score8.4 out of 10
    		N/APower BI for Office 365 allowed users to model and analyze data, and query large datasets with complex natural language queries. It has been discontinued in favor of other editions of Power BI going forward.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    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)Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Verified User
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Unlike Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service (OBICS), Microsoft BI offers a good range of visualisation options. However, it falls behind in terms of data management capabilities. If your requirements are more data intensive and less reporting intensive, then Microsoft BI …
    Incentivized
    Chris Utter
    Regional BI Practice Director in Information Technology at Neudesic (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    With over 20 years in IT, I have experienced a full range of relational and non-relational data solutions, from Oracle and Informix to MongoDB and Hadoop. In my opinion, the Microsoft BI stack is the most complete, well-rounded, high performing data management system on the …
    Incentivized
    Discontinued Products
    Verified User
    Chose Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    It's more agile and less expensive in the long run for the majority of your analytic and reporting needs.
    Ken Raetz
    Manager, DW/BI Services in Professional Services at LBMC Technologies, LLC (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Pricing and functionality. Tableau Desktop is a very capable self-service business intelligence and analytics solution. The very rich visualization capabilities are far superior to that of Excel and Power BI. However, the pricing for the Power BI desktop is extraordinary. If …
    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)Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.7
    48 Ratings
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.0
    11 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.041 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.048 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.046 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.8
    48 Ratings
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis9.043 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.048 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.038 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.048 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.043 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.043 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.039 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.042 Ratings9.64 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.023 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    10.0
    11 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.046 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.043 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.041 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.8
    10 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.045 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.042 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.045 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.027 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    38 Ratings
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.035 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.026 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.035 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.8
    20 Ratings
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    REST API9.018 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Javascript API9.018 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    iFrames9.017 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Java API9.016 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)9.017 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.016 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (72 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    8.9
    (9 ratings)