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Microsoft Power BI vs. Oracle APEX

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Microsoft Power BI

1,906 Reviews and Ratings

Oracle APEX

108 Reviews and Ratings

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Oracle APEX

    Score7 out of 10
    		N/AOracle APEX (or Oracle Application Express) is an online low-code application builder that allows users to develop a database-drive application, customize the application's UI, and then give their users access to the application via URL. Oracle APEX includes a suite of pre-built productivity applications and examples, such as a Survey Builder, Bug Tracking, P-Track project management, etc

    $0.32

    OCPU per hour

    Pricing
    Microsoft Power BIOracle APEX
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle APEX Application Development
    $0.32
    OCPU per hour
    Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing - Exadata Storage
    $118.40
    Terabyte storage capacity per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Power BIOracle APEX
    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
    Microsoft Power BIOracle APEX
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Abhinav Rai
    Manager, Business Intelligence, Research and Analytics at BnBreeze (Government Administration, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    The primary reason why we selected Power BI is cost. Most enterprises have some sort of Microsoft or SQL Server licensing in place. Adding Power BI and the Microsoft infrastructure is a low-cost barrier to an existing license. Most other products came at a much higher price …
    Incentivized
    Oracle
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
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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 Power BIOracle APEX
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle APEX
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.5120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.0140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.0128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle APEX
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.0139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.0138 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.0103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.0135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle APEX
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.0129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.0122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.0102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.0104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.074 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle APEX
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.0131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.0122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.0102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle APEX
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    127 Ratings
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.0121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.0102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.0111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.394 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle APEX
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.0
    117 Ratings
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.0111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.793 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.7112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle APEX
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.4
    80 Ratings
    Oracle APEX
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.072 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API9.956 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.055 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.046 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle APEX
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle APEX
    8.2
    23 Ratings
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings7.022 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings8.023 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings9.122 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings7.023 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft Power BIOracle APEX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    6.0
    (40 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)