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Microsoft Power BI vs. Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

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Microsoft Power BI

1,906 Reviews and Ratings

Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)

634 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 Discoverer (discontinued)

    Score5.4 out of 10
    		N/AOracle's Business Intelligence Discoverer is an ad- hoc query and analysis reporting tool oriented for end users to have easy access to relational and multi-dimensional data. The product is now end of life. The vendor has stated that Discoverer 11g release 11.1.1.7.0 is the terminal release of Discoverer.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Power BIOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Verified User
    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    BI Discoverer is simpler and lighter. It offers a much lighter option for data access when compared to most other business intelligence tools. However, the features on BI Discoverer are limited and cannot solve deeper analytics requirements. For such use cases, it might be …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Power BI is mostly for visualization and dashboards whereas Discoverer is for lifting heavy reports outputs. Oracle APEX can be used for building reports but not very complex ones. Pivot functionality in apex reports is not all good when it involves multiple nested groupings …
    Incentivized
    Eduin Zuloaga
    IT Architecture Manager in Information Technology at Edenred México (Computer Software, 501-1000 employees)
    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Regarding to Power BI and Business Intelligence Discovery I think the principal difference is Business Intelligence Discovery allow discoverer data from web services and there are a lot of tools for only one purpose, manage data! Regarding to SAP BusinessObjects and Business …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Both produce the same end results for creating reports used by higher management for decision making. The way they are designed and featured, the process is what makes them different.
    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 Power BIOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.9
    20 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.5120 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.0140 Ratings7.717 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.0128 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.9
    22 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.0139 Ratings7.021 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.0138 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.0103 Ratings7.514 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.0135 Ratings9.020 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.3
    22 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.0129 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.0122 Ratings9.020 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.0102 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.0104 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.074 Ratings7.716 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.0131 Ratings8.416 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.0122 Ratings7.815 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.0102 Ratings7.815 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 Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    127 Ratings
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    9.7
    22 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.0121 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.0102 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.0111 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.394 Ratings10.017 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.0
    117 Ratings
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.0111 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.793 Ratings7.811 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.7112 Ratings7.811 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft Power BI and Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.4
    80 Ratings
    Oracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    7.5
    9 Ratings
    REST API8.072 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Javascript API9.956 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    iFrames8.055 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Java API8.046 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.163 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.444 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft Power BIOracle Discoverer (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    9.0
    (21 ratings)