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Microsoft Power BI

1,906 Reviews and Ratings

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362 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

    Workday Adaptive Planning

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    		Workday Adaptive Planning streamlines planning workflows, using AI and real-time data integration to improve collaboration and provide predictive forecasts for better strategic analysis.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft Power BIWorkday Adaptive Planning
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Power BIWorkday Adaptive Planning
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Power BIWorkday Adaptive Planning
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Verified User
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI stacks up robustly on a visuals standpoint. It has great slicer tools and visuals that are stunning. Content is fresh, easy to transmit and the design of a new dashboard is easy. Power BI is useful in identifying outliers in your data (even data integrity issues). …
    Incentivized
    Lenny Wu, MBA, MA, CPA, CGA
    Management Reporting Analyst (Senior Level) - previsouly Analyst, Financial Reporting in Finance and Accounting at Seaspan Ship Management Ltd., subsidiary of Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW) (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Much better than Adaptive Discovery, which takes months if not quarters to improve/upgrade. The latter is improving itself though.
    Incentivized
    Josh LaSov
    VP Consulting Services in Corporate at Tactical Cloud LLC (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Better yet, here is a blog explaining how this solution far surpasses iCharts: https://www.tacticalconnect.com/single-post/2017/03/24/How-Tactical-Connect-far-surpasses-iCharts-for-NetSuite-in-every-possible-way
    Incentivized
    Workday
    Verified User
    Chose Workday Adaptive Planning
    In my opinion, Spreadsheet Server is not even in the same game as Workday Adaptive Planning. While it is flexible in Excel, it still requires a lot of back and forth for analysis.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Workday Adaptive Planning
    Our previous platform was patchwork tools and unintegrated. We were clunky and poorly organized. The system was slow and difficult to use, and it was either overhaul it or start over. We evaluated our options holistically and went with Workday. It works better and faster, and …
    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 BIWorkday Adaptive Planning
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.5120 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.0140 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.0128 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.0139 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.0138 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.0103 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.0135 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Power BI and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    Publish to Web8.0129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.0122 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.0102 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.0104 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.074 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Power BI and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.0131 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.0122 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.0102 Ratings8.01 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 Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    127 Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.0121 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.0102 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.0111 Ratings9.01 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 Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.0
    117 Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.0111 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.793 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.7112 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft Power BI and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.4
    80 Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    -
    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
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Microsoft Power BI and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    9.6
    187 Ratings
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings9.5173 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings9.7184 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings9.6179 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings9.6170 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings9.5184 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Microsoft Power BI and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    6.8
    152 Ratings
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings5.7115 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings5.475 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings7.987 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings5.368 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings5.240 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings9.8102 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.7127 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Microsoft Power BI and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    9.0
    175 Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings9.7154 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings9.6170 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings9.4169 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings9.6146 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings6.928 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.9
    144 Ratings
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.5126 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings9.3105 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings9.5117 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.8119 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.9101 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings8.170 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Microsoft Power BI and Workday Adaptive Planning
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.8
    165 Ratings
    Flat file integration00 Ratings9.0129 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings8.8158 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings8.7120 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft Power BIWorkday Adaptive Planning
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    9.0
    (216 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.6
    (43 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    8.9
    (122 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    8.2
    (33 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (27 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    7.5
    (17 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    7.6
    (17 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (12 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (4 ratings)