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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/APower BI for Office 365 allowed users to model and analyze data, and query large datasets with complex natural language queries. It has been discontinued in favor of other editions of Power BI going forward.N/A

    Tableau Desktop

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ATableau Desktop is a data visualization product from Tableau. It connects to a variety of data sources for combining disparate data sources without coding. It provides tools for discovering patterns and insights, data calculations, forecasts, and statistical summaries and visual storytelling.

    $75

    per month

    Pricing
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)Tableau Desktop
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Tableau
    $75
    per month per user
    Tableau Enterprise
    $115
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)Tableau Desktop
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—All pricing plans are billed annually.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)Tableau Desktop
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    One main competitor of Power BI is Tableau. Tableau has been around longer than Power BI so it can feel a little more refined in areas, however Power BI is catching up quickly. Tableau can be more expensive than Power BI. If you want more features and more refinement, and don't …
    Incentivized
    Chose Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Tableau Desktop is a more mature product with more features but the price is what has stopped me going down this path.
    Incentivized
    Chose Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Pricing and functionality. Tableau Desktop is a very capable self-service business intelligence and analytics solution. The very rich visualization capabilities are far superior to that of Excel and Power BI. However, the pricing for the Power BI desktop is extraordinary. If …
    Chose Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Much less expensive, particularly if your already an Office 365 customer.
    Incentivized
    Chose Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    When you look at the whole MS BI stack, it is far and away the best solution. But if you are solely looking at PowerBI.com (Power BI for Office 365), it's features are limited to creating graphs and visualizations. For example, you create cubes and data models in Cognos, but …
    Incentivized
    Chose Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Tableau and Qlikview are both faster and have easier many-to-many relationships. However, for the average user, Power BI is much easier as a true Self-service BI. Besides, the cost for Power BI is lower.
    Incentivized
    Tableau
    Chose Tableau Desktop
    I've worked with Tableau and Power BI and would say that Power BI has come a long way in the past 2 years and is an equal matchup. Power BI pulls ahead with its integration with Office 365 and MS Power Apps.
    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
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)Tableau Desktop
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.0
    11 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.3
    167 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.010 Ratings8.8139 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.011 Ratings8.4166 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.08 Ratings7.8145 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    164 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis9.011 Ratings8.6159 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.011 Ratings9.2162 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages10.06 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.011 Ratings9.2157 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.1
    158 Ratings
    Publish to Web10.011 Ratings7.3149 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.010 Ratings7.9149 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.06 Ratings8.2116 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.64 Ratings9.2123 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.73 Ratings8.073 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    10.0
    11 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.4
    156 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.010 Ratings9.0154 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.011 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics10.08 Ratings8.6126 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.8
    10 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.7
    142 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.010 Ratings9.0139 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.08 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.09 Ratings8.8129 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.05 Ratings8.877 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    8.0
    135 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.010 Ratings8.2124 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.09 Ratings7.097 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.09 Ratings8.8117 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued) and Tableau Desktop
    Feature
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    Tableau Desktop
    9.0
    64 Ratings
    REST API9.02 Ratings9.256 Ratings
    Javascript API8.02 Ratings9.051 Ratings
    iFrames8.01 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Java API8.01 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.02 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.02 Ratings8.446 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)Tableau Desktop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    8.7
    (194 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    8.9
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (63 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (56 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.4
    (115 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    7.9
    (115 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)