We performed a comparison between ibi WebFOCUS and Microsoft Power BI based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Predictive Analytics solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It's highly scalable and can handle significant data volumes."
"The most valuable feature is building ad hoc reports."
"The solution can read and write 500 different types of outputs."
"It stands out for its ability to work across different platforms, support mainframe data, offer cloud integration, automate report scheduling, and provide a robust scripting language."
"The DAX coding language is good for creating formulae."
"I like data modeling. You can connect with your database, which is quite useful for me. It is a good tool if you have a large amount of data and you want to gather different data and interconnect it. The Power Query functionality is quite an interesting feature. If you have a query in Excel, you can also copy your query and run it in Power BI. Its dashboard is also very nice and not complicated. You don't need to be a developer to be able to use it. I am not an IT guy, and it is quite easy to use for somebody who is not an IT person."
"It provides good visibility."
"I like the flexibility it offers."
"I have found the most valuable feature of this solution is the Natural Language tool."
"Its ease of use is most valuable."
"The user interface is easy to work with."
"I also find connecting to different data sources is quite simple. Other solutions we were using before were complicated."
"The challenge lies not in what the tool can do but in how you use it and understand the data."
"If there were to be any improvements right now, their documentation needs to get in sync with their product."
"The solution can be improved by adding more automated options for reporting."
"When it comes to customer support, we don't always reach the right person. Sometimes, we get junior-level reps who aren't as knowledgeable as we are."
"here are some limitations with the data models needed to build the report."
"For someone who is new, I think that Power BI can be a little complicated."
"Powerpoints are not available in the report server."
"They can improve the user interface a little bit to make it more user-friendly. When creating a dashboard, it is not very user-friendly. You have to click on a certain style and use your keyboard keys to move it. You cannot drag and drop it."
"I am a SAP user and I would like this tool to have more connectors - and to more easily connect to - the ERP or SAP environment."
"In my opinion, the software is a little bit limited in terms of the flexibility it offers, with regard to the design of the visualization."
"These licenses are in US dollars. With a long-term license, the client is unaffected when the exchange rate goes up. However, if the exchange rate goes down, you don't get refunded from the excess money you've paid. I guess that is a risk you take in business."
"It seems that the solution could use more analytics to help users draw more contextual business insights. Right now, you need other solutions for that."
ibi WebFOCUS is ranked 6th in Predictive Analytics with 18 reviews while Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews. ibi WebFOCUS is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ibi WebFOCUS writes "A flexible mainframe product with unique file features and a rock solid scheduling feature". On the other hand, 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)". ibi WebFOCUS is most compared with Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Alteryx, Databricks and Amazon QuickSight, whereas Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. ibi WebFOCUS report.
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