Amazon QuickSight vs. Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon QuickSight
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$24
per month per user
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
A solution from Microsoft to provide customer-facing reports, dashboards, and analytics in applications by using and branding Power BI as one's own. Designed to reduce developer resources by automating the monitoring, management, and deployment of analytics, while getting full control of Power BI features and intelligent analytics.N/A
Pricing
Amazon QuickSightMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
Editions & Modules
Reader
$3
per month per user
Author
$24
per month per user
Reader Pro
$24
per month per user
Author Pro
$50
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon QuickSightMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsProspective buyers can also purchase a set number of sessions or questions in lieu of a monthly subscription.
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Amazon QuickSightMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
Features
Amazon QuickSightMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
20% above category average
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
22% above category average
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Drill-down analysis10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
8.4
6 Ratings
2% above category average
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Publish to Web8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
22% above category average
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
10.0
6 Ratings
16% above category average
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
3.9
4 Ratings
66% below category average
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application3.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.84 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Amazon QuickSight
6.0
3 Ratings
25% below category average
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
REST API6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API6.62 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon QuickSightMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
8.7
(11 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon QuickSightMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
Amazon Quicksight is a truly cloud-based solution so it works perfectly fine and saves a lot of expense in terms of hardware and maintenance. We can maintain it by ourselves by giving commands on UI. If you have connectivity issues then it can cause headaches because it's a cloud platform and it's a bit costly as compared to other services
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Microsoft
This product is very convenient to use and implement and is considered a "de facto" standard in the Business Intelligence sphere. First of all, it contains numerous features in terms of visualization, data provisioning, data source integration which makes it a perfect tool for the development of BI analytics. Secondly, it provides great capabilities for the development of data markets for the whole development team. Thirdly, the sharing capabilities of dashboards that are updated in a real-time manner provides great incentives for end-users
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Easily to set up for data sources, already supports quite a few of AWS and non-AWS data sources
  • Cost friendly since users are charged only for basis of usage
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Microsoft
  • It is very easy to connect multiple data sources for a single report. You can use CSV, Excel, database integration, etc.
  • Power Bi supports Python as well, which makes it a lot easier for us as it is known by most of our team.
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • It is still immature as a cloud-based BI tool.
  • Its functionality is about 40-50% of its competitor's products.
  • Application is still a little buggy and non-intuitive at times.
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Microsoft
  • Similar to how Excel has VBA, Microsoft Power BI uses PowerQuery (M/DAX). Though DAX is similar to Excel in terms of how it is written, I just think it's something that would be difficult for new users to figure out.
  • Something I would like to see done differently in Microsoft Power BI is the ability to have presets for sorting/arranging of visualizations. Though it is nice to arrange the dashboard freely, it would also be nice to have preset arrangements based on visualizations (for those of us bad at making dashboards look appealing).
  • With Microsoft Power BI, it is hard to show others your dashboard using the free platform (unless you show them from your computer/account). This can cause issues if your firm is trialing Microsoft Power BI before purchase.
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Usability
Amazon AWS
It was helping us a lot as per our business needs. Reporting is way easy with QuickSight that helps us to understand the performance of campaigns effectively and so does the performance of sales individual. We can analyze the data and create a new strategies effectively. Setup and maintenance was way easy
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Microsoft
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
They provide proper support when needed. They are always ready to provide the box solution and make things easier for users.
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Microsoft
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
All of the other reporting platforms my organization has used previously were within our CRM and not a standalone program. In that we were very limited in being able to slice and dice the data the way that we wanted to
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Microsoft
I haven’t used any other software that can be compared to this and that is a good thing as this means that this software is the best one on the market. Tough other apps may exist we only use Microsoft Power BI because it is simply the best app out there.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Cost Effective
  • Easy setup and maintenance
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Microsoft
  • Saved a significant amount of time for reporting current rollout status to project stakeholders
  • Project stakeholders were able to view the live dashboards at any time so felt they had a better understanding of the rollout status
  • Project stakeholders found it beneficial that they were able to set their own filters. For example, to view rollout status for their own departments.
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