We performed a comparison between Microsoft BI and Oracle OBIEE based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Microsoft BI is the clear winner in this comparison. It is easy to set up, has good customer support, and is reliable and easy to use. In addition, it has an impressive ROI and is less expensive than Oracle OBIEE.
"Microsoft BI is scalable."
"In my experience the scalability is good. You are able to increase users and add more data."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility, how many ways you can interrogate the data, and the the graphical visualization."
"The most valuable feature is shareability, where we can publish work to the cloud and share it with team members."
"The scalability overall has been quite good."
"Its connection to every database: Whatever and wherever it is."
"The most valuable feature of Power BI is its ability to provide customized visualizations and insights tailored to specific business needs."
"There are some great new features in the latest version."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to set up the automated delivery of reports."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"It doesn't have many frills and is definitely older technology, but it is undeniably a workhorse."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...The solution's initial setup was straightforward."
"The technical support services are good."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE is its ability to handle large volumes of data and provide traditional BI functionalities that developers can easily understand."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the various scenarios the product offers and its stability."
"Compared to other applications, like Tableau, Microsoft BI doesn't have as many functions that allow you to do more in-depth analysis and represent the findings."
"I would like to see integration with Excel."
"In an upcoming release, the solution could be simplified and have a more complete product package rather than a suite of products that we have to put together."
"There's always room for improvement for Microsoft Power BI, especially for the UX and the menus to make it more accessible to business users."
"At times, I feel that the system needs improvement in single sign-on, especially for the on-premises side of the tool."
"Microsoft BI has its own challenges in terms of user interface and how quickly somebody can learn how to use it."
"here are still better UI designs they can go through. I'm assuming they are focusing more on capabilities rather than look-and-feel designs."
"The UI looks awkward once the graphs have been generated in the console. This is what Microsoft can work on."
"It needs a better security management system."
"We were not satisfied with the support, because we could not obtain answers or solutions."
"In the on-premises version, the feature for connecting and selecting the data between the databases looks a bit cumbersome, but I am not sure. The person who is using it takes a lot of time to design a data warehouse. When I ask him why is it taking this long, I get a response that this is something that he has to design, and there are different tools that are available. He has to write the ETL and design the warehouse according to the customer's requirement, which takes a lot of time. Its visualization should be enhanced, and there should be a feature where you can easily create your custom data warehouse."
"For a beginner, this is a product that is difficult to learn. You cannot learn it quickly."
"BI Server"
"n the beginning it had it's stability issues, but it became stable."
"It crashes when many people login simultaneously."
"They should develop greater visualization because their visualization isn't industry leading at the moment. The way you pull the data and see the data compared to other platforms, they're lagging a little bit behind. Also, their cost. I've got Oracle account managers trying to persuade me every day to purchase these licenses. Once you purchase OBIEE, then you have to purchase the virtualization and then you have to purchase the mobile license to operate on the mobile. It's really expensive."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in Reporting with 297 reviews while Oracle OBIEE is ranked 3rd in Reporting with 154 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while Oracle OBIEE is rated 7.8. 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 Oracle OBIEE writes "A solution that is easily accessible, scalable and requires a straightforward initial setup process to get started". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and MicroStrategy, whereas Oracle OBIEE is most compared with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, IBM Cognos, Tableau, Oracle Analytics Cloud and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. Oracle OBIEE report.
See our list of best Reporting vendors and best BI (Business Intelligence) Tools vendors.
We monitor all Reporting reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
When comparing Power BI with OBIEE, it is evident that OBIEE emerges as the winner in the data management aspect, while Power BI scores drastically above OBIEE in the self-service and data visualization aspects.
Power BI and OBIEE make a strong pair in the Analytics landscape by complementing the weaknesses of one with the strengths of the other!
Therefore, it is good to leverage the best of both OBIEE and Power BI, by connecting them seamlessly and securely through BI Connector.