We performed a comparison between Microsoft BI and MicroStrategy based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Users gave Microsoft BI higher ratings. Compared to MicroStrategy, Microsoft BI has slightly better features, and users were happy with the ROI.
"It's easy to create reports and it's easy to download the data from the corresponding report."
"I like that I can use Power BI to upload data. That is very important for me. The visualization is also convenient and easy to use."
"It's similar to Excel, but it's much more powerful than Excel."
"It is useful for bringing visualization to data. It calculates counts, ratios, etc."
"I like how the Query Editor lets me manipulate the data, and the available visuals are good. You can do everything using the UI."
"What's most valuable in this tool is that it gives its users detailed error messages. It's a very stable data analytics tool, and it offers good scalability."
"We like the drag and drop interactability visualization. We really like that. It's user-friendly."
"Provides a full platform (database, ETL, reporting, analysis, and so on)"
"The most valuable features are drill down, dashboards, documents, bringing everything under one roof, and visualizations."
"On our mobile solution you can deploy up to 100,000 users. In our case, we're up to about 10,000 active users, and MicroStrategy's server technology behind the scenes, the Intelligence Server and the Mobile Servers, are very robust and they can handle the workload."
"I haven't come across any bugs."
"The solution is ideal for enterprise-level companies or corporations."
"Our primary use case is to deliver all data insights to our company."
"The most valuable features are the Visual Insights and the visualizations."
"Workstation and Desktop on the client side will speed up some development activities."
"It plays a vital role in establishing a connection with predictive continuous improvement."
"Areas for improvement would be the construction of reports and the dashboard budget."
"The solution could use a faster speed on certain interactions and a refresh of the dashboards."
"You need to purchase upgraded support separately."
"There are some other visuals that are available in the Microsoft marketplace, however, you need to use them via trial and error. There needs to be a write-up about how to use them with a quick guide describing the visual."
"The cost of the solution can get high."
"Microsoft BI lacks some of the scheme features. It would be beneficial if there were a way to show how we move values in a different way."
"Their technical support can be better. They normally take too long to escalate and resolve a case."
"Its setup and support should be improved. We would like to see more material for developers that provides clear explanations about how we can do data mining by using Microsoft BI. It would also be good if we can connect a feature to other customized machine learning solutions."
"Currently, the client view looks completely different depending on what you are building."
"We haven't invested in the mobile platform. We want to invest, but the problem is the security. We are in the health domain, so we have PHI data."
"The learning curve is quite steep."
"The graphs available for the new dashboard of version 10 are weak."
"Getting our data to work with the tool is where we are having issues."
"The product is designed for enterprise. A lightweight version would be easier for a smaller workgroup."
"Scalability is something which will need to be improved when it goes to a bigger audience."
"I would like to see the enterprise version available in a demo or as a trial version."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews while MicroStrategy is ranked 9th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 155 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while MicroStrategy is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power BI writes "A complete ecosystem with an builtin ETL tool, good integrations with python and R, and support of DAX and Power Query (M languages)". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MicroStrategy writes "A robust solution for powerful data analytics". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and SAS Visual Analytics, whereas MicroStrategy is most compared with Tableau, IBM Cognos, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Qlik Sense and Oracle OBIEE. See our MicroStrategy vs. Microsoft Power BI report.
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