Microsoft Power BI

Pros

The easy way to build visible smart charts, starting from the excel file.

Cons

The update function with excel files could be easier.

Pros

Incredibly easy to use, has fantastic integrations with a wide range of products and the web portal makes it incredibly easy to access for both staff and clients. Highly recommend

Cons

The main issue i would say is speed of the desktop app, it's very slow and can cause your laptop to use the majority of CPU to run it.

Pros

Holds a lot of information, able to look at data as charts ans graphs

Cons

Slow, often times out when in the program

Pros

I love power query and the many options which are available for report customization. I really like how intuitive it all was for me especially merging complex data sets. The DAX code allows complex functions when processing data to divine advanced insights.

Cons

My least favourite thing about power bi is definitely the formatting options. In terms of making things the same size and auto aligning correctly it can sometimes be quite a hassle.

Pros

Ease and convenience of use . Flexible to develop

Cons

Pricing element and the dependence on Microsoft often

Pros

Good tool for standardising the presentation of data and simplifying access to it

Cons

Not particularly intuitive to use. Maybe this is inevitable given the complexity of the package. However I find it confusing at times to use filters and reset them as there seem to be several different ways in which filters can be applied.

Pros

Quick at processing data, able to connect using multiple sources

Cons

The necessity of DAX, steep pricing of the platform

Pros

Th ease of use and the various features of the tool.

Cons

The tool is difficult to navigate for first time users.

Pros

Very functional and has plenty of view options

Cons

Sometimes it can get a bit overwhelming as there's alot of data to view

Pros

Its an easy to use tool that allows you to analyze data like a pro. The tool has many features and capability such as statistical analysis, data cleaning, reporting and data visualization. It offers seamless integration with Microsoft ecosystem.

Cons

There is nothing that was so odd with the tool.

Pros

Coming from a business background I found Power Bi easy to access, learn and ultimately master. It combines the best of both worlds: easy access and powerful capabilities.

Cons

There’s a few (isolated) things where competitive solutions may have a better capabilities : maps are one of them.

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I really like the profusion of learning media for PBI (webinar, forum, microsoft learning experience and LinkedIn Learning). You can learn at your pace. Quickstarting is easy. Becoming proficient require a bit more patience but is relatively easy for people using other microsoft tools (Excel).

I like that the product is deployed in many company. The competencies are transferable.

I like the well defined working environnement (Query -> BI -> Viz) and the provided editor that are really enabling for people like me that are not developper by trade.

Automation of import, analysis and viz is also a real game changer for people that were dependant on Excel before.

Cons

I dislike the lack of userfriendly info for more complex developpement.
I feel not guided enough regarding more technical information regarding the product.

Pros

Microsoft Power BI is a wonderful cloud-based business intelligence tool that helps us to visualize data from multiple sources.
As per my view, it turns ugly numbers into amazing reports and visualizations and it doesn't require any prior high programming or technical knowledge.

Cons

We may experience some performance degrade when we work are working with big dataset. No. of data refresh is limited per day!

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With the right data backing it, the dashboards can be adjusted and augmented quickly, sometimes right in the browser, to glean new insights.

Cons

When manipulating data, the language and structures needed are clunky and proprietary. For example, to display a date in a new format conditionally, a new measure needs to be built, written with functions and syntax specific to Power Bi.

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Pros

We used to use Excel but switched over to Power BI for the more advanced features. And they've been very very handy for us. The data cleaning works a lot better, there's tons more cutomization options, and some integrations have been made much easier compared to just Excel.

Cons

The imterface isn't the best to be honest, especially compared to stuff like Tableu. But gets the job done nonetheless.

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Pros

Ease to creating visualizations; excellent integration with other Microsoft applications and Google sheets. Support document is effective and easy to get.

Cons

The use of AI in the visualizations and reports need to be improved.

Pros

Power BI enables users to work together and share dashboards and data with other people. Reports and dashboards can be shared by email, social media, and web publishing, among other methods available to users.
To ensure that sensitive data is protected, Power BI contains robust security features. In addition to controlling access to data, reports, and dashboards, users can create rules for preventing data loss.

Cons

Data that Power BI can ingest is limited in size. The free version must be extended to the paid version if I want to import data bigger than 2GB. It can also crash while processing huge datasets with complicated measurements, which makes using Power BI stressful at times.

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Pros

What I like most about Microsoft Power BI is its comprehensive suite of features that streamline the entire data analysis process, from data integration to visualization and advanced analytics. Its user-friendly interface, extensive connectivity options, and robust capabilities empower users to derive valuable insights and make data-driven decisions effectively.

Cons

While Power BI offers extensive capabilities, its pricing structure can be complex, and some advanced features may require additional licenses, potentially limiting access for smaller organizations or individual users.

Pros

The most user-friendly analytics program is Power BI. Among all the data visualization applications on the market, it has the most user-friendly interface. It offers nearly every kind of graph, chart, and visual aid required for analytics. Data transformation on-the-go is made easier using Power BI's (Power Query) data transformation feature.

Cons

This is the one limitation I see in PowerBI, users need be somewhat proficient in writing SQL queries and the DAX language, which is used to produce the calculated columns and measurements.

However, little technical knowledge is needed for paginated reports.

Pros

I enjoyed the natural availability of Microsoft Power BI within SharePoint lists. It made quick dashboards and quick visuals easy, without having to navigate between different programs, I could just do it all in the same browser window.

Cons

The licensing and sharing was confusing and frustrating to begin with, but I guess any product has to make money somehow. We can't get everything for free.

Pros

In data analytics, the insights are only important if one can understand them and for that i like how Microsoft Power BI offers easy to understand data visualization tools which makes it easy to read and understand the insights about the business. It allows easy creation of reports which we use to demonstrate how our business is performing as well as understanding areas in our business which needs improvement. The data analysis tools uses AI and drag and drop technology which makes it easy for anyone to use it for the analysis.

Cons

Nothing at all from me. Using Microsoft Power BI has been so simple and it has very responsive features.

Pros

The highlight of Microsoft Power BI in analyzing our business has being how simple it makes it for us to analyze our business data from across multiple platforms which we use, discover the insights and visualize them in easier to read and understand forms like graphs. You don't need to be a coding guru to learn how to use it since everything is pretty straightforward and has no complexities of lines codes.

Cons

Microsoft Power BI capabilities in data analytics has always been so evident to us and it has never given any reasons to doubt it.

Pros

One of the best things we have experienced with Microsoft Power BI is the use of AI tools to analyze our business since this gives us an upper hand in the accuracy of the insights we receive. With the accurate reports from Microsoft Power BI, we are able to have a better awareness of the direction our business is taking and make decisions to try improve and make things better.

Cons

All the features available in Microsoft Power BI are very impactful and the best thing is that they are easy to interact with and use.

Pros

It is a clear way of visualizing complicated and complex data.

Cons

It can be a little clunky at times when loading the data into the system.

Pros

I've used various data tools, but Power BI is easier.

Cons

The program might be slow when handling large datasets, which is aggravating.

Pros

Microsoft Power BI has very advanced dara analysis features that allows us to dissect our data in depth to discover useful insights. It also offers very interactive data visualizations that help us to create easy to read visuals for our insights. Microsoft has a user-friendly friendly interface that makes it easy to navigate and engage with the available features. It has AI powered features that allows us to get very accurate insights from our data. Microsoft Power BI also has a reporting function that help us to create well documented reports from the generated insights for easier sharing and referencing.

Cons

Everything about Microsoft Power BI has been intriguing so far. There has been nothing to hate about it.

Pros

1. User-friendly interface: Its intuitive design makes it accessible to users with varying technical expertise.
2. Interactive visualizations: Creates engaging and interactive dashboards and reports.
3. Customizable reports: Enables users to tailor reports to their specific needs.

Cons

Dependency on Microsoft ecosystem: Relies heavily on Microsoft products and services.

Pros

It is a combination of all you need: visuals, analysis, data cleansing in one place, which has lots of native connectors.

Cons

Power BI is not the most efficient tool in terms of operatinal memory, and it lacks some features which you would expect it to have.

Pros

My favorite feature of Microsoft Power BI is its intuitive interface, which makes it simple to create visually appealing and interactive reports. Connecting to various data sources and gaining access to real-time insights has greatly enhanced decision-making and quicker business processes.

Cons

Power BI sometimes fails to update in real-time as expected, which is one feature I dislike. Waiting for the most recent data to appear can be annoying, especially if dealing with larger datasets or slower refresh rates.

Pros

Microsoft Power BI has top-notch tools for analyzing business data which help gain deep insights about our business performance. It has simple visualization boards making it easy to visualize insights in a more easier to understand way. Microsoft Power BI allows customization which allows us to use it to analyze different types of data.

Cons

Nothing has ever gone wrong with Microsoft Power BI so no cons to comment on.

Pros

Microsoft Power BI has offered me a wide range of visualizations, as it has charts that help present data or information accurately. Additionally, its ease of use has made it easy for me to adopt this tool quickly.

Cons

I have found the subscription to be a bit expensive; however, it does have a free version, which I find impressive.

Pros

The ease of use allows for daily access of the stores information. It give us the opportunity to compare numbers to the previous year and see any trends

Cons

The charts created can be easier to read. The x and y axis aren’t usually labeled so if we are looking at the chart without knowing what info it is charting it can be confusing

Pros

Microsoft Power BI is an easy-to-use analytical tool that provides a convenient self-service data reporting and visualization solution for the average and non-technical business users. The desktop app and online service support data extraction, transformation, and visualization from various file types and offer built-in Power Platform integrations. The web service's rich AppSource marketplace provides apps and templates that help users design better dashboards more efficiently. Power BI's well-organized navigation menus make it seamless to integrate with other Microsoft solutions like Azure SQL database, virtual machines, and various Fabric Platform services for data science and data warehousing workflows. The Power BI community forums and user tutorials are helpful for new and experienced users alike.

Cons

Managing user permissions can become a bit complex when dealing with a large number of users and varying report access levels within the same workgroup and department. Also, the increasing number of options available in the user interface can sometimes feel overwhelming.

Pros

Power BI Desktop is free to start with, so you can build reports right away. You can pull data from a nearly unlimited list of sources including straight off of websites. The tool has a lot of power, which can be a pro or a con. Tool development is ongoing.

Cons

The tool is complex. The different functionality at the different Pro and Premier levels can be tricky as well as using the On Premises Gateway.

Pros

It is one of the best analytics tool and the cloud storage enhances its ease of use. Also it is easy to collaborate on reports and other stuff.

Cons

There is no bottlenecks in the tool but sometimes it slows down a bit when handling very large datasets.

Pros

The number of ways we get to show the data is the visualization part.

Cons

The DAX query can be simplified like Excel would be more helpful.

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Microsoft Power BI is far more dependable and performs higher over a long period compared to most of the other BI tools out there. It's performed very well in our security tests, and we very very rarely see any issues with it (mainly issues with fetching data from other tools.)

Cons

There isn't anything that'd lead us to start looking for another tool, but I guess my one concern would be the aging interface. It's a lot easier to use as we all know the familiar design elements, but I think it's starting to lag behind their competitors a bit.

Pros

Data processing speed and rich functionality covering any possible reporting request. Desktop version is free.

Cons

Since Power BI is a part of Microsoft suite it might be a bit hard to integrate Power BI with different platform.

Pros

I can see the performance of my team easily, live and historical

Cons

No real cons although it took me a little while to get used to

Pros

We used to be on Excel which was pretty good by itself, but Power BI takes it to a whole another level. It has tons of advanced features like better data connectors, embedded reports, better dashboards and worklows, the ability to handle bigger data, and more.

Cons

It would be good to have more dashboard and report templates to work off of, and we've had issues with cloud syncing in the past that caused us a lot of headache.

Pros

Ease of use and Data visualization- Power BI lets you turn data into insights with ease. No coding is needed, just drag and drop. Beautiful charts and graphs highlight trends and patterns you wouldn't see in spreadsheets, making data exploration a breeze, even for beginners. Analyze faster, understand deeper, and make informed decisions - all thanks to Power BI's user-friendly magic.

Cons

Sometimes it is slow and especially when dealing with large datasets or complex queries.

Pros

Allows real time updates and integration with microsoft tools

Cons

Some users habe note that there ir a learning curve, especially for those who are new to the tool or have no prior data analysis experience.

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Power BI is very robust! There's no report that we cannot get out of it with the right integrations.
I love that its customizable and integrates with a lot of other programs.

Cons

Steep learning curve especially if you have to create dashboards from scratch.
We also sometimes experience problems with the way data translates across different platforms.

Pros

Microsoft Power BI became the leader of data visualisation and exploration with wide range of functionality

Cons

Some "simple" functionality is not yet implemented in Power BI comparing to other tools (e.g. sorting by specific measures)

Pros

Power BI combines the abilities of power query and data modelling to create beautiful visualizations. It's easy to use and quite powerful, does not take much reasources/

Cons

DAX is something that is not very easy to learn and its quite essential to make custom measures and columns

Pros

I think the dashboard creation is one of its best aspects. It has all the functionality needed to create the dashboard infrastructures of several departments that also update in real time. The visual customizations are pretty decent and there are a lot of charting options.

Cons

The embed feature needs to be improved in my opinion. It sometimes takes too long for embedded charts to load, and sometimes it just crashes when the data is too big

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Pros

Microsoft Power BI has very powerful data analysis tools which allows us to get very accurate and in-detail insights about our business performance. The reporting tool works so excellently and is very easy to use. It provides all our data and information with optimum security which helps us avoid loosing sensitive information.

Cons

No dislikes about Microsoft Power BI. There is nothing challenging about it to comment about.

Pros

For a tool to be this powerful and complete at this price level really does make it almost impossible to beat. If you have any experience with the Microsoft Power Query platform such as in Excel then Power BI is a natural next step for upping your BI and reporting game. The integration with the Microsoft Office system is seamless and it makes querying external data sources a doddle.

Cons

It can feel a bit clunky and slow if you do not have a high powered client - but the deployed dashboards take this issue away from everything except development. The only other issue I have encountered is in deploying this to a non-Microsoft environment but the tools are available to make it work, it just adds an overhead that you need to be aware of when evaluating the tool. Even with this overhead we have found Power BI to still be preferable to other options native to our non-Microsoft infrastructure and that is really impressive!

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Pros

Powerful software, improving all the time.

Cons

No much to dislike :), this software is excellent

Pros

With Microsoft Power BI, we are able to run full analysis on our entire business and this keeps us on the light about how every part and department of the company is performing. The reports we get are easy to read and understand and with the visualization options available like graphs, we get to capture insights easily from them. It has well defined and dynamic security functions which guarantee the security of all our business data by making sure thag we are the only ones with the access to these confidential information.

Cons

Am yet to experience the downside of Microsoft Power BI and there has been nothing that has ever gone wrong with it.