We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power BI and Zoho Analytics 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."In my opinion, Microsoft BI is a low-cost solution, and it could be an interesting solution for a tourism company."
"SSRS and the Tabular server/Vertipaq engine/DAX are probably the two most valuable components."
"It works well with SSAS, which we use to generate all different kinds of trending and analytics reports. Sometimes we use Power Query and DAX to build some aggregations on the Power BI side as well."
"Microsoft BI was very helpful for me because I had a huge variety of connections. It is very convenient to build reports, even if somebody has no experience using BI tools or data visualizations. Additionally, the performance is very good when generating reports."
"Two valuable most features are the ability to create columns and create measures."
"Initial setup was very straightforward. Users can get up and running reporting on databases within minutes."
"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 most valuable feature of Microsoft Power BI is the drill-through feature that takes you to a details page the users want to see."
"The most valuable feature of Zoho Analytics is its connectivity with ERP systems and the functionality to set up different fields for leads."
"Scheduling of reports and dashboards is the most valuable feature of Zoho Analytics."
"The solution’s dashboard is very good."
"The integration interface is very easy to use and allows you to directly connect to a variety of APIs."
"Ask Zia is a great feature that I use to quickly decide what improvements I need to make in order to present the data that I want to show."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It's a very strong analytics tool."
"Zoho Analytics's most valuable feature is the ability to provide excellent analytics through a single platform."
"Real-time updating needs improvement."
"If you need data in real-time, it's not an ideal solution."
"The solution doesn't integrate well with third-party tools."
"The solution could benefit by allowing deeper data analytics."
"Power BI's drillthrough feature could be improved. I didn't like drillthrough and those options much, but I did like it in MicroStrategy."
"I find the solution to be 70 percent stable."
"The challenge of this product is in truncating the table data."
"The solution could improve the mobile application design. It is difficult to use compared to the desktop version."
"The solution does not provide call center facilities for customer support."
"There is a limitation that we cannot create more than 300 columns in a worksheet on Zoho Analytics."
"The customer service and support for this solution could be improved by faster response times."
"I like the solution's Query Table feature which helps me write SQL queries. We can get data from different tables and then use it to create reports."
"In terms of improvement, they have a limited number of graphs available in their store. They should come up with more graph style forms. They should have more charts and at the same time, you can't create panels like with Microsoft BA."
"The solution's tasks and project management tools are weaker than those of its competitors."
"The hourly pricing needs improvement."
"The tool needs to improve analysis and add more features."
Microsoft Power BI is ranked 1st in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 297 reviews while Zoho Analytics is ranked 12th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 24 reviews. Microsoft Power BI is rated 8.0, while Zoho Analytics is rated 8.2. 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 Zoho Analytics writes "An easy-to-set up solution that helps in the scheduling of reports and dashboards". Microsoft Power BI is most compared with Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, KNIME, Domo and Oracle OBIEE, whereas Zoho Analytics is most compared with Apache Superset, Tableau, Looker, Qlik Sense and Amazon QuickSight. See our Microsoft Power BI vs. Zoho Analytics report.
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