--- description: Review of Power ON Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Power ON | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Business Intelligence Platform](/directory/4336/bi/software) > [Power ON](/software/424796/power-on) # Power ON Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/424796/power-on Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/424796/power-on?page=2) > Power ON solves Power BI's biggest limitation - you can view data but can't work with it. We add real-time editing, planning, and collaboration directly to your dashboards, keeping the Excel interface everyone already knows. While others spend months on custom solutions that miss the mark, our Quick Planning Application builds professional planning apps in hours. Get enterprise features without the complexity: security, workflows, version control, and AI that analyzes your planning data instantly. > > Verdict: Rated **4.3/5** by 10 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.3/5** | 10 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: insightsoftware - **Location**: Raleigh, US - **Founded**: 2018 ## Commercial Context - **Target Audience**: 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Chromebook (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: British Virgin Islands, Canada, US Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - "What If" Scenarios - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Planning - Activity Tracking - Ad hoc Reporting - Budgeting/Forecasting - Charting - Collaboration Tools - Consolidation/Roll-Up - Customisable Branding - Customisable Reports - Dashboard - Dashboard Creation - Data Import/Export - Data Management - Data Mapping - Data Visualisation - Drag & Drop - Expense Management ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support ## Category - [Business Intelligence Platform](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4336/bi/software) ## Related Categories - [Business Intelligence Platform](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4336/bi/software) - [Business Performance Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4579/business-performance-management/software) - [Strategic Planning Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/3854/strategic-planning/software) - [Business Budgeting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/265/budgeting-forecasting-software/software) - [Data Visualization Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/400/data-visualization/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Battery consumption > > It's my best plug for managing work flows and approval. I enjoy using power ON because it makes my work seamless. ----- ### "Perfect for Excel-like planning within Power BI" — 5.0/5 > **Jaykishan** | *4 June 2025* | Sporting Goods | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: User-friendliness, Excel-like features and simplified integration in relational databases are the most liked things in our organization. > > **Cons**: It has a learning curve as a developer but it gets easier with time. For performance, we have to limit screens to 3000 rows at once. > > Very much liked by the demand planners as it provides excel-like features embedded into Power BI and it's easy to adapt. ----- ### "Great Solution for Interactivity and Customization in BI Solutions" — 4.0/5 > **Ben** | *17 September 2025* | Food Production | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: PowerON offers a great suite of tools to bring extra interactivity and functionality to your BI dashboards. It has eliminated the need for manual tracking in spreadsheets and has created a better user experience for several different use cases. The team at InsightSoftware is extremely responsive and supportive in helping you build out new solutions with their tools. > > **Cons**: At times, we've had slight issues with performance and speed of the solution, but that is to be expected with any direct query style visuals that have as much capability as these visuals. > > Overall, as a 5+ year customer of PowerON, the toolset has really met our team's needs and brought a level of functionality to our dashboards that we were unable to find anywhere else in the marketplace. I would recommend using PowerON's tools if you are looking to bring an extra aspect of functionality, customization, or interactivity to your BI solutions. ----- ### "Power On allows a multitude of ways to tailor data." — 4.0/5 > **Thomas** | *9 May 2024* | Civil Engineering | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I liked the relative ease of use and the multitude of capabilities that it has. Power XL being my favorite feature. > > **Cons**: Buggy features in PowerXL. The total row not displaying aggregates after a save. > > Power ON has allowed me to create a companywide Forecast and Budget with the MS Excel platform that gives users the power to add their own inputs for analysis. ----- ### "Pretty useful tool for business" — 5.0/5 > **Aswini** | *29 September 2025* | Oil & Energy | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Our business has been using this product for quite sometime now. Main highlight is their customer support. Over the years, we've had issues with application use, new installation etc. and they have responded quickly to all the queries. They even connected remotely and walked me through error resolution in their visual planner product, which we use for Power BI dashboard developing and reporting, even when we were on different time zones. The tool is easy to use once installed and avoids high maintenance as opposed to other applications for the same purpose. > > **Cons**: The application we use (Visual Planner) sometimes lags when dealing with large data. The load time of visuals is also high if the table has huge data. > > Overall, I've had excellent experience with Power ON. Recently, we even had to migrate from on prem to azure installation . The associate involved was knowledgeable and walked me through (step by step) to configure the settings at our part. Even when the azure resources on our company side were not readily available, power on folks rearranged their schedules to work with us and complete the installation at the earliest. Once installed, the visuals are pretty useful to interact with databases so you don't have to develop a separate application for viewing and entering the data to backend. Definitely recommend the tool for dashboard development and reporting. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/424796/power-on?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/424796/power-on) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data