Apache ORC vs. Microsoft Power BI
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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Apache ORC | N/A | N/A | A solution presented as the smallest, fastest columnar storage for Hadoop workloads. | $0 |
Microsoft Power BI | Score8.5 out of 10 | N/A | Microsoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security. | $168 per year per user |
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
| Additional Details | — | Power BI Desktop is the data exploration and report authoring experience for Power BI, and is available as a free download. | ||||||||||||||
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | No answer on this topic |
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No answers on this topic | 96% Would buy again 110 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 97% Delivers good value for the price 103 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 97% Happy with the feature set 112 Answers | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
No answers on this topic | 99% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 69 Answers | |
| Implementation went as expected | ||
No answers on this topic | 95% Implementation went as expected 73 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | Cyfe Score4 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | Cloudera Manager Score9.9 out of 10 | Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense) Score8.2 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | ![]() Apache Spark Score8.9 out of 10 | Jaspersoft Community Edition Score7 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | - | 8.6 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 9.6 |
| Usability | - | 8.3 |
| Support Rating | - | 10.0 |
| Implementation Rating | - | 9.0 |
| Data Sharing and Collaboration | - | 8.5 |
| Data Sources | - | 9.0 |
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| ScreenShots | Microsoft Power BI Screenshots |









