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Microsoft BI (MSBI)

934 Reviews and Ratings

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

844 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft BI (MSBI)

    Score7.2 out of 10
    		N/AMicrosoft BI is a business intelligence product used for data analysis and generating reports on server-based data. It features unlimited data analysis capacity with its reporting engine, SQL Server Reporting Services alongside ETL, master data management, and data cleansing.

    $14

    per month per user

    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

    Score6.5 out of 10
    		N/AThe SAP® BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence Platform provides users with ad hoc queries, reporting, data visualizations, and analysis tools. Its integrated, unified infrastructure aims to offer scalability from one-to-many tools and interfaces on-premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid approach.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Editions & Modules
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Verified User
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Each of the solutions has their pros and cons, but Microsoft's BI offerings provide the best "bang for the buck." Few solutions available offer the breadth of feature functionality in a single package, with BI and database generally being sold as separate offerings. However, …
    Incentivized
    Hrishikesh Kardile
    Logistics Analyst in Corporate at Jack Cooper Transport & Logistics (Logistics and Supply Chain, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Microsoft BI is much cheaper.
    Incentivized
    Shelby Bowden
    Graduate Research Assistant in Research & Development at Western Kentucky University (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Specific data displays are some of the strongest aspects of Microsoft BI when compared to alternate programs. It also does a superior job in compatibility with many programs, especially those from Microsoft. Since my company primarily uses Office 365 and other Microsoft …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Our company's implementation of Business Warehouse was abhorrent. It was so clunky and unreliable we couldn't get any real reporting information from the warehouse itself. It wasn't sleek at all and everything had to be manually downloaded and plugged into an offline …
    Incentivized
    Mashhood Syed
    Business Intelligence Specialist in Information Technology at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 501-1000 employees)
    Chose Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -Tableau is clearly more cutting edge when it comes to data visualization and connecting to multiple data sources (support for MongoDB, Hadoop, etc).
    -Assuming your data is not that sophisticated, Microsoft BI is a great product. I would say its a good "all around" BI tool. It …
    SAP
    Verified User
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    We currently have implementations of both Microsoft BI and SAP Business Objects so our enterprise has found reasons for both. Some users prefer BI over SAP and it depends on the department they are working for. SAP was chosen for the more complex tasks that require large data …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    SAP BO BI is very similar to Microsoft Power BI. However, SAP BO BI is much stronger in terms of analytics and document management while Power bI is stronger in data visualization and big data integration. SAP BO BI is a great tool within its ally, which is performance analysis …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Crystal Reports has the most features that we need for our custom and purpose built reports.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Analysis Services and Oracle Discoverer are more developer oriented than true self service tools and their development capabilities as well as their content delivery is limited. The Symantec layer sets BO apart in that regard. Heavy development is also possible and custom …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    We selected SAP Business Objects in the previous instance because we were implementing SAP ERP and the choice of Business Objects was favorable from an integration and cost perspective. We did not choose SAP Business Objects most recently because of the predicted long …
    Incentivized
    Nathan Patrick Taylor
    Quality Informatics Manager in Research & Development at DirectorySpot (Hospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees)
    Chose SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
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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 BI (MSBI)SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.7
    48 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    8.2
    51 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.041 Ratings8.646 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.048 Ratings7.747 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.046 Ratings8.347 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.8
    48 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis9.043 Ratings7.147 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.048 Ratings8.347 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.038 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.048 Ratings8.647 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.9
    48 Ratings
    Publish to Web9.043 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.043 Ratings7.446 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.039 Ratings6.742 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.042 Ratings8.447 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.023 Ratings7.726 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.2
    43 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.046 Ratings6.941 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.043 Ratings6.939 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.041 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.01 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    9.2
    48 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.045 Ratings9.048 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.042 Ratings9.646 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.045 Ratings9.045 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.01 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.027 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    38 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    5.8
    34 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.035 Ratings6.733 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.026 Ratings3.928 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.035 Ratings3.930 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.8
    20 Ratings
    SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    7.1
    24 Ratings
    REST API9.018 Ratings6.721 Ratings
    Javascript API9.018 Ratings7.319 Ratings
    iFrames9.017 Ratings7.318 Ratings
    Java API9.016 Ratings7.122 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)9.017 Ratings7.321 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.016 Ratings6.720 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (72 ratings)
    7.7
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    7.6
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    8.2
    (45 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    8.3
    (45 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)