Chartio (discontinued) vs Microsoft Power BI | TrustRadius

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Score 7.6 out of 10

Based on 51 reviews and ratings

Score 8.4 out of 10

Based on 916 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Chartio (discontinued)

Microsoft Power BI

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

Chartio (discontinued)

Microsoft Power BI

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

Chartio (discontinued)

Microsoft Power BI

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

Chartio (discontinued)

Microsoft Power BI

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

Chartio (discontinued)

Microsoft Power BI

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Chartio (discontinued)

Microsoft Power BI

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Chartio (discontinued)

Microsoft Power BI

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

Direct linkage to our databases. Abstracts away the visualization layer so we can focus on the data and the queries.
Host of graphs and tools that permits all types of data visualizations.
Haven't quite used this yet, but there is a new embedding feature that will be very helpful so that we can embed the charts into a company central dash.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Engineering

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Using features like Power Query, which is in itself like a tool like Excel, you can clean and preview data before using it for analysis purposes. If you have used Excel in the past, Power Query will, for the most part, be a cakewalk for you.
The predominant feature one comes to Power BI is the ability to create automated formidable dashboards that everyone refers to before or during meetings to encourage and substantiate decision-making.
If required, based on specific data points, reports are triggered automatically to certain people as well.

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Marketing Associate

Mercer-MettlInformation Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

There is not a last full month date range option. You can still get the range that you need, but the dashboards will have to be manually updated to exclusively display one whole month.
When building a chart, the area which displays your tables and fields is finite. You can't adjust the size to make it easier to see. They do allow a mouse-over to see the entire name of your table/field, but I would prefer to adjust the width.
Once you modify a query in the Custom Query tab, there doesn't seem to be a way to go back to using the U.I.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Retail Company, 51-200 employees

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Since it's a complex system, need a technical team or administrator to manage.
I don't like being locked out. Make it easier to stay log[ged] in and not fill in password.
SSO login would be huge! This would save a lot of time and improve security.

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Senior Customer Success Manager (Strategic Accounts)

TipaltiFinancial Services, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Chartio (discontinued) 8.0

Based on 24 answers

Great customer support: You will receive an answer by email usually within 20-30 minutes. Not only that but our CSMs for Chartio go out of their way to help, they have even created charts for some of the less experienced users that wanted an example to work from. We have had nothing but great experiences with this team.

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User Researcher

WorkivaFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Microsoft Power BI 10.0

Based on 1 answer

I find it helpful and easy to use

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Freelance Photographer

j. paroly photoGraphic Design, 1-10 employees

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Usability

Chartio (discontinued) 7.6

Based on 6 answers

I really like using Chartio. I use it on a daily basis for pulling data from different sources and combining data (the explore tab was a great idea for this use). I think I would give it 8/10 because there needs to be more documentation or maybe blog posts about things people are doing with it. I only have my own ideas about what to do /how to graph things. I know there are some articles, but it would be awesome to have a section on the neat dashboards people are building or how they show data in different ways. Another complaint is how much time it takes to load. I know our databases aren't set up precisely for Chartio and I have been creating data stores. But the data stores have so many more limitations that adds a whole new layer of frustration. Love the product, keep up the good work and the fast fixes.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Microsoft Power BI 8.4

Based on 57 answers

I think using Microsoft Power BI can be somewhat intimidating as you kind of get everything in one go and with lack of good tutorials or trainings within the system it could be difficult to navigate and that is probably a big limitations that doesn't allow more people to adopt the platform and thus improve their decision making.

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Team Lead in Manufacturing

Semiconductors Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Microsoft Power BI 8.4

Based on 53 answers

Microsoft's support is great most times, they will respond fast and make everything to come to a solution. Also, the software is very well documented, so many times there is no need to contact the support because the documentation may have a solution right away

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Nadyan Pscheidt

Developer

BPlus Tecnologia Ltda.Computer Software, 11-50 employees

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Online Training

Chartio (discontinued) 8.2

Based on 1 answer

I use self learning materials. Pretty helpful. I find myself having to go back to the "drilldown" instructions though, and have a hard time finding hidden variables on a dashboard, so perhaps there is room for intuitive improvements (or maybe I'm just being lazy)

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Director in Other

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Chartio so far has been the easiest BI tool to setup and has also been the most affordable. There are some other, great, BI tools out there but they were a bit to heavy handed for what we needed. Also - despite the high cost per user in Chartio, the other tools were still more expensive.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Engineering

E-Learning Company, 11-50 employees

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[Microsoft] Power BI is practical and effective, like a hammer for a nail, it is easy to use and produces very quickly the results that in most cases are urgently required by clients (nice reports to share on the web). To start using [Microsoft] Power BI you need a business email address, with that you create an account in Power BI Service and in less than 1 hour you will have installed Power BI Desktop, a report will have been created and it will have been published on the web .

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Lead Consultant - Solutions Architect - Software Engineer

Ghia & Associates Engineering and Consulting GroupComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Scalability

Chartio (discontinued) 6.8

Based on 2 answers

Chartio has worked well as our datawarehouse has rapidly expanded, and the usability/performance hasn't seemed to have suffered. What we haven't yet realized is additional savings from additional users. We have some dashboard needs for users who truly just view of a few charts, and the licensing structure hasn't yet been structured in a way that would support that type of approach...having 50 "core" licenses, and then potentially several hundred view only licenses for partners that would use the application infrequently.

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Director of Sales and Marketing

VetSourceVeterinary, 51-200 employees

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No score

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Return on Investment

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It helps us track and achieve company goals.
It shows us [our] performance in areas we could not previously track and allows us to see and work on how to improve their performance.
Quick easy access for executives to use in helping teams and addressing issues.

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christian Maxwell

Process Manager

Okland ConstructionConstruction, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Chartio (discontinued) Editions & Modules

Edition

Starter	$40¹
Professional	$60¹
Organization	Contact sales team

per user/per month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Microsoft Power BI Editions & Modules

Edition

Power BI Pro	$9.99¹
Power BI Premium	$20.00¹
Power BI Premium	$4,995.00²

Per User/Per Month
Per Capacity/Per Month

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

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