Microsoft Power BI vs. Panorama Necto

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Power BI
Score 8.6 out of 10
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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
Panorama Necto
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Panorama Necto is a business intelligence solution that provides enterprises with new ways to collaborate and create unique contextual connections. Some key features include: Workboards/Dashboards, Advanced Analytics, and Contextual Discovery.N/A
Pricing
Microsoft Power BIPanorama Necto
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Microsoft Power BIPanorama Necto
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Microsoft Power BIPanorama Necto
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.8
Ratings
8% above category average
Panorama Necto
7.3
Ratings
11% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.50 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.2
Ratings
2% above category average
Panorama Necto
8.0
Ratings
1% below category average
Drill-down analysis7.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.90 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.6
Ratings
4% above category average
Panorama Necto
7.2
Ratings
14% below category average
Publish to Web8.00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Report Versioning9.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.7
Ratings
9% above category average
Panorama Necto
7.7
Ratings
3% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Predictive Analytics9.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.6
Ratings
1% above category average
Panorama Necto
7.6
Ratings
11% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
Panorama Necto
7.0
Ratings
12% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Mobile Application7.70 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.70 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI
8.4
Ratings
7% above category average
Panorama Necto
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Ratings
REST API8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API9.90 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
Microsoft Power BIPanorama Necto
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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8.0
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Likelihood to Renew
9.0
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8.0
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Usability
8.0
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8.2
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Support Rating
10.0
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7.1
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Implementation Rating
9.0
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6.7
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User Testimonials
Microsoft Power BIPanorama Necto
Likelihood to Recommend
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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How efficient is the tool for error handling capabilities? - In this case Panorama Necto has a unique feature of exceptional error handling capability and conditional error alerts that can be sent to stakeholders via email. An important question to ask while selecting any BI tool is, how good is the support? Panorama Necto has a group of highly knowledgeable and responsible support team members. The online video tutorials are very helpful and it's easy to learn this tool. This tool is very cost effective.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Comes with lot of option to modify and build the smart infographic. Uses innovative pictures and charts to create the dashboards
  • Helps you identify why you are succeeding and where you should shift your focus to.
  • The maps are amazing and they just don’t act as control points rather you can populate various measures on them making it really efficient to understand the business in geographical info graph
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Cons
  • 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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  • Panorama Necto does not have support for Linux or commodity hardware.
  • The big data technology support is very limited.
  • I would also appreciate if there was a personal edition that I could install on Windows home edition for my client to access the product.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Some features are very basic and sometimes you can't add your own SQL query for custom reports. For Macs and Blackberry users this application is not helpful. Non-languages are not supported in info-graphics. They need to improve their forecast analysis. Report sharing is limited among the portal users only
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Usability
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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It provides all the features that are required and some that are not the basic requirements, but they represent a great additional capabilities, not available within the similar products
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Support Rating
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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Support provider are very attentive.
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Implementation Rating
It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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Everything went smoothly, we didn't have any unexpected issues
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Alternatives Considered
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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In comparison with Pentaho Business Analytics, Panorama Necto 14 is providing similar features where it is distinguished through its provision of a suggestive analytics feature. This is fairly unique to the Panorama Necto 14 software where it analyzes information from various data sources and recommends solutions based on historical review
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Return on Investment
  • 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

Microsoft Power BI Screenshots

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