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Microsoft Power BI

1,906 Reviews and Ratings

Tableau Public

288 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

    Tableau Public

    Score9.7 out of 10
    		N/ATableau Public is a free edition of the Desktop product. With this edition, data can only be published to the Tableau public website and does not allow work to be saved or exported locally.

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft Power BITableau Public
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Power BITableau Public
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    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 BITableau Public
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Tanner Ingalls
    Data Product Manager & Data Scientist in Product Management at REDX (Real Estate, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI is easier to learn, a lot of examples on YouTube, internet documentation books helps to the implementation and personalization of the dashboards easier to use than other platforms.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Due to microsoft user and all the data into excel it was found more feasible from the organization to get Microsoft Power BI. Also due to access of microsoft licence we don't need to survey other vendors and feasibility. Also price wise it was more competitive then Tableau.
    Incentivized
    Gabriel Chiararia
    Marketing Consultant in Marketing at Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business (Consumer Electronics, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI is usually the cheapest solution and most user-friendly for most people (since we are all used to the Microsoft Suite). However the connectivity to non-Microsoft soft tools (databases and data analysis tools) are somewhat limited, especially when compared to its …
    Incentivized
    Arlex Guzman
    VICEPRESIDENT in Product Management at EYEMAR EXPRESS (Airlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Tableau is a solution with more tools; is more robust, able to handle large volumes of data, but Power BI has a cost-benefit ratio superior to other existing solutions in the market. It gives you what you need at a very low cost, even free.
    Incentivized
    Tableau
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Public
    The determining factor in us deciding to go with Tableau Public over Power BI Free was the ease of Tablueau's ability to easily process larger datasets in comparison to Power BI Free's limitations.
    Incentivized
    Suryaprakash Mishra
    Senior Data Analyst, Research, Insights and Evaluation, Road Safety Division at Transport Accident Commission (TAC) (Insurance, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Tableau Public
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    Incentivized
    Leah Jakaitis
    Senior Data Analyst in Marketing at Tulco Labs (Marketing and Advertising, 5001-10,000 employees)
    Chose Tableau Public
    Tableau Public is most similar to Google Data Studio in terms of being freely available for public use. However, its capabilities and sophisticated visualizations are far and beyond anything offered by Data Studio: Tableau is ideal for creating professional caliber workbooks …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Tableau Public
    Tableau's core competency is to create a singular analytics platform and while Google and Microsoft provide viable alternatives, they don't quite match up. Tableau delves deeper into categories than Google and thus doesn't supply deep enough information. Microsoft on the other …
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    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 BITableau Public
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    12 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.5120 Ratings9.710 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.0140 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.0128 Ratings9.712 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    Tableau Public
    9.7
    12 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.0139 Ratings9.812 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.0138 Ratings9.712 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.0103 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.0135 Ratings9.811 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    Tableau Public
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.0129 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.0122 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.0102 Ratings9.89 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.0104 Ratings9.69 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.074 Ratings8.17 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Public
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    Tableau Public
    9.8
    11 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.0131 Ratings9.811 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.0122 Ratings9.811 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.0102 Ratings9.79 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 Tableau Public
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    127 Ratings
    Tableau Public
    -
    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 Tableau Public
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.0
    117 Ratings
    Tableau Public
    -
    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 Tableau Public
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.4
    80 Ratings
    Tableau Public
    -
    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
    User Ratings
    Microsoft Power BITableau Public
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)