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.
"It's user-friendly and provides data abstracting capabilities. We are also able to share reports with our colleagues very easily."
"There is a feature in Microsoft BI that allows JSON data to SQL on the dashboards effectively and quickly."
"We like the drag and drop interactability visualization. We really like that. It's user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft BI are its intuitiveness and ease to use."
"It's a straightforward setup."
"It is easy to work with and very chic."
"We've used Microsoft BI for the general use cases around reporting and dashboarding."
"The initial setup is relatively simple."
"The technical support services are good."
"I think the most valuable features are the ability to drill down, the graphs, and the scheduling for the reports to be received in Excel on a daily basis. Users like Excel, so it's good for them that they receive the reports by email, that they don't have to specify the schedule."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE is the security of the solution."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the various scenarios the product offers and its stability."
"We do you use Oracle support. We've been paying for an Oracle support subscription for four or five years, and not one ticket has ever been logged. When I came in, I've encouraged the team to ask Oracle questions. They do get back quite quickly. Their support is good. Working with our account managers, if I need to escalate anything, I can speak to them and they escalate the call. I've got that ecosystem working quite well. That does work for us."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly set of tools that the customer can use to develop their own business dashboards."
"The main features of this solution are that it is easy to use, intuitive, and user-friendly. When I retrieve the data from the database it is in a very raw form, then when I use the Oracle Report Builder it has advanced intelligence features to allow me to view and make changes to the data easily."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle OBIEE is interactive reporting because it allows better analysis versus conventional reporting, especially on the data warehouse side."
"I would like to be able to use SQL properly within the reports and allow multiple people to work on the same report at the same time. If one person is working on it, then it causes issues for anyone else wanting to make reports."
"I would like to see more AI capabilities in future releases. There's a strong interest in AI, including technologies like GPT, which facilitate real-time interactions."
"I'm looking for something that can make it much easier to incorporate Power BI visuals or dashboards into, let's say, Power Apps – custom Power Apps or anything like that. The most important thing would be to seamlessly embed reports in applications. For example, to have buttons that can be navigated through multiple solutions – from Power Apps to Power BI to SharePoint – via links or something like that."
"The smart phone application could be improved, along with better graphics and faster updating."
"It would be better if they had some video tutorials. Most people from an Excel background may struggle with measures in Microsoft BI."
"The setup took a lot of tinkering with InfoSec to allow us to do stuff."
"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."
"The initial setup is a little bit technical."
"From the point of view of strategic management, I would like to have a feature, perhaps a form after we get to the KPI dashboard, to be used to note if something unusual happens in the operations. That way we could record extreme KPI situations, and track why a number is very low or too high."
"We needed some technical expertise during setup."
"It is not a good product for data visualization."
"It needs a better security management system."
"We were not satisfied with the support, because we could not obtain answers or solutions."
"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."
"The pricing model could be improved. Right now, it's quite confusing. Many customers have this feeling that it's a super-expensive option."
"The functionality to customize and modify reports has been removed, and it would be beneficial to reinstall it, as it allows greater customization and flexibility in creating reports."
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.
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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.