We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and Sigma based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It offers a lot of information and is very flexible and interactive."
"Previously we used Excel, which took a long time - two or three weeks - to bring the data into a uniform format, whereas BI can do the same job in a day."
"My understanding is that the initial setup is pretty easy."
"Microsoft BI is better than most solutions we have. It's pretty easy to conduct analysis with it."
"The most valuable features in Microsoft BI are the analysis using the feature drag and drop function. It's very easy to load and use different data sources."
"Microsoft BI allows us to connect to any database or any dataset."
"Considering that it's Microsoft, it can be integrated with the Power Platform, which is also Microsoft-based, like SharePoint, Power apps, Power Automate, and Power BI, which is the most user-friendly."
"It's pretty easy to set up the product."
"The tool's interface is easy to use. The functions listed as a part of the menu items are easy to use."
"Sigma is a great software for non-technical business users. If someone's familiar with pivot tables or Excel or Google Sheets, they should be able to pick up Sigma pretty quickly. There is a very low bar for onboarding."
"The most valuable aspect for me is having real-time data."
"The solution could be quicker at rendering data."
"SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is not user friendly."
"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."
"It could have more of a hold on big data. Manipulating big data on this solution complicates things. This needs to be improved."
"SSMS & SSRS."
"The visualization aspect, while being the most visible to business users, also happens the be the weakest point in the entire Microsoft BI stack."
"More connections with other systems should be added, which would allow for other integrations."
"I have been doing trial and error to figuring out how to do the data analyzing and modeling. There could be some improvement to simplify it."
"I would like to see better visualization options. That would allow me to build out more visually pleasing dashboarding in Sigma."
"The product's roadmap regarding introducing new features in the solution or new versions of the tool can be made better in the future."
"The only minor area for improvement lies in handling highly complex visualizations."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews while Sigma is ranked 18th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 3 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while Sigma is rated 9.4. 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 Sigma writes "Streamlines reporting; like Excel on steroids ". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE, whereas Sigma is most compared with Tableau, Apache Superset, Hex, Amazon QuickSight and Domo. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. Sigma report.
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The two are similar, it is cars but of different brands; I ask 1-) the users use Windows 2-) you have Office 365 3-) They will use Excel for the data. If you answer yes to the 3, better BI due to integration, and learning is easier for the user. If they are non-Microsoft databases, investigate on the provider's side, for example, SAP, IBM, etc. I have trained end users in Power BI. I know that Power BI has the majority of connectors. I hope my comment is helpful. Regards