We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and XLCubed based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle and others in Reporting."Its visualization capabilities are pretty good. It is very easy to use. You can easily make your dashboard."
"The solution's initial setup isn't too complicated."
"It is in the cloud, which makes it easy for mobile access of reports and data."
"The most valuable feature of Power BI is its ability to provide customized visualizations and insights tailored to specific business needs."
"Key features are its dashboard functionality and ease of integration with various data sources."
"When we are introducing Microsoft BI to our clients, if they're familiar with Excel, the transition phase will be much easier for them. They can easily switch from Microsoft Excel to Microsoft BI. The core foundation or the base technology is the same in both tools. There are a few limitations in Microsoft Excel, and this is where Microsoft BI comes in."
"The capability to add custom visuals and create Power BI apps. You can package datasets, synchronization details, and dashboards into a single app."
"In the early stage of an implementation, it not only helps decision making, but it allows people to have insight into problems with data so that they can go and get it corrected."
"I am looking forward to testing their full graphics that are available, as they looked very interesting in the demo."
"Great capability, performance, flexibility, visuals, and the solution is also very cost effective."
"It would be better if they had some video tutorials. Most people from an Excel background may struggle with measures in Microsoft BI."
"When I create measures, sometimes the error messages aren't clear. It makes me spend more time searching for solutions. I need the error messages to be more specific. So, I would like clearer error messages when creating measures."
"The product could have better analytics capabilities."
"A few features available in Tableau are not available in Power BI. For example. Tableau has the ability to make up the physical layer and all other stuff at runtime. In Power BI, we have to develop a proper physical layer to connect it. The limitation that we normally face is related to the direct query mode. When it comes to the direct query mode, most of the functionality is not working, which is an issue for us. We have to use the direct query mode frequently because the client needs real-time data. They should work on this limitation. There are a lot of other technical things that need to be improved. I am also following the Power BI platform and Microsoft Support Center platform on the web where users have put their requirements. Microsoft is also working on improving this solution. In every update, they add new features to this solution."
"People without private emails cannot publish and, frankly, this doesn't allow for easy training."
"It's not user-friendly; more tutorials, training, and better documentation would be helpful."
"Defining a relationship was very confusing. There were circular directions for which I had to do a lot of adjustments in the data. They can do something to make it easier."
"here are some limitations with the data models needed to build the report."
"Would like the ability to be able to benchmark."
"There should be a better or an easier way to establish that connection to external sources."
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Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in Reporting with 297 reviews while XLCubed is ranked 26th in Reporting. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while XLCubed is rated 7.6. 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 XLCubed writes "Cost effective with great capability, performance, flexibility and visuals". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE, whereas XLCubed is most compared with Tableau.
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