We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and Yellowfin 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."Its connectivity with other Office applications, mostly with Excel, and the ability to deploy it very easily are the most valuable features. It comes sort of bundled with the cloud, so you don't need to set up a server and a standalone infrastructure. So, getting into the system or building something that you can deploy is very easy and very cheap. With other systems, you need to have a server, and you need to have a license for the server. The initial setup is very costly."
"The capability to add custom visuals and create Power BI apps. You can package datasets, synchronization details, and dashboards into a single app."
"We have found the product very stable and reliable."
"The product is user-friendly."
"Power BI is more powerful than other tools because it is new for us. Each new version has more capabilities, and we're expecting AI and ML features in the next version."
"It allows individuals to do the analysis themselves."
"It's a pretty scalable product."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft BI is its visualization and its ease of use."
"It is able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout."
"It is a central source of up-to-date data and information."
"It reduces time to reproduce reports, provides easy access to organisational data, and has the ability to generate a wide range of reports and analysis."
"The UI looks awkward once the graphs have been generated in the console. This is what Microsoft can work on."
"The initial setup is a little bit technical."
"It should have more report outputs. They should expand the report outputs. Its documentation should also be better."
"Sometimes while developing, the front end is not easily customizable and it has limitations. We cannot go and do any UI we want. We have to stick to the limitations of the product."
"This solution's performance when handling big data could be improved. Right now, if you're handling big data, the application becomes slow and the performance is very low."
"SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is not user friendly."
"Areas for improvement would be the construction of reports and the dashboard budget."
"This solution needs integration with SAS and more deep analysis functionality."
"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."
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Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews while Yellowfin is ranked 37th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while Yellowfin is rated 8.0. 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 Yellowfin writes "Very scalable design and easy to implement. It can reside alongside more complex enterprise systems". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE, whereas Yellowfin is most compared with Apache Superset and 9 Spokes. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. Yellowfin report.
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