Ayasdi Core vs. Microsoft Power BI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ayasdi Core
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Ayasdi Core is a business intelligence software offering from Ayasdi.N/A
Microsoft Power BI
Score 8.5 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.
$10
per month per user
Pricing
Ayasdi CoreMicrosoft Power BI
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Ayasdi CoreMicrosoft Power BI
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Ayasdi CoreMicrosoft Power BI
Features
Ayasdi CoreMicrosoft Power BI
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Ayasdi Core
7.3
1 Ratings
11% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.4
193 Ratings
3% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports9.01 Ratings8.3164 Ratings
Customizable dashboards7.01 Ratings8.8192 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates6.01 Ratings8.0175 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Ayasdi Core
7.0
1 Ratings
14% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
7.9
191 Ratings
2% below category average
Drill-down analysis7.01 Ratings8.2188 Ratings
Formatting capabilities6.01 Ratings7.7188 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.01 Ratings7.3140 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.01 Ratings8.5186 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Ayasdi Core
7.6
1 Ratings
8% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.1
184 Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web9.01 Ratings8.3174 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.01 Ratings8.2169 Ratings
Report Versioning7.01 Ratings7.7141 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.01 Ratings8.3144 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.01 Ratings7.9107 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Ayasdi Core
7.3
1 Ratings
8% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
7.8
184 Ratings
2% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings8.2178 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.01 Ratings8.1163 Ratings
Predictive Analytics5.01 Ratings7.4133 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.434 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Ayasdi Core
7.5
1 Ratings
13% below category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.6
175 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.01 Ratings8.8165 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.01 Ratings8.5143 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.01 Ratings8.4155 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.01 Ratings8.7137 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Ayasdi Core
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
8.0
157 Ratings
2% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.8147 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.7128 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.0150 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Ayasdi Core
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
7.8
113 Ratings
1% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.2101 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings7.682 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.055 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.967 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.588 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Ayasdi CoreMicrosoft Power BI
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(195 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(111 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(52 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Ayasdi CoreMicrosoft Power BI
Likelihood to Recommend
Ayasdi
Well suited: 1. If data set is not yet well organized. 2. Hypothesis is not yet established. 3. Need to visually explore to find patterns of data (often when analysts have no good understanding of data) 4. When [you need] to analyze events with a timeframe (specifically a sequence of events as a transaction) Less appropriate 1. If a data set is very large, such as Hadoop data, it becomes hard to manage data pipeline and process to feed the data into Ayasdi. To be feed into Ayasdi, data should be aggregated or organized to some level.
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Microsoft
Has significantly improved collation of data and visualisation especially with business across Europe. Has given me the ability to see the Site availability at the click of a button to see which Site is in the "money" and seize opportunities based on Market data
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Pros
Ayasdi
  • Ayasdi Core provides an easy way to get some insight on data. Typically analytics may require having a model or hypothesis before starting to look into the data, but Ayasdi lets you just feed the data first then start seeing what the data looks like.
  • Ayasdi Core's topological network visualization is quite unique. It allows you to explore patterns and potential relations between multiple data elements. A user can also dynamically navigate data with different aspects on the web.
  • The Web version of Ayasdi is easy to use, stable, and fast. It hasn't crashed even when we feed it a lot of data sets, although it took time.
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Microsoft
  • Options for data source connections are immense. Not just which sources, but your options for *how* the data is brought in.
  • Constant updates (this is both good and bad at times).
  • User friendliness. I can get the data connections set up and draft some quick visuals, then release to the target audience and let them expand on it how they want to.
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Cons
Ayasdi
  • Use of Python SDK is required to feed data into Ayasdi, but it lacks training materials or sample codes for a novice to get started.
  • Although Web UI of Ayasdi is looking good, often it freezes when the user runs an analysis. It doesn't crash but the web page needs to be refreshed to see the progress of analysis.
  • Algorithms provided by Ayasdi, such as metrics types, lens types need to be explained (what they are and what their strengths and weaknesses are). We had to Google or do research on our own to understand what they are.
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Microsoft
  • It would be easier for users could Microsoft Power BI and Excel used the same programming languages.
  • Would like to see the online version of Microsoft Power BI be as powerful as the desktop version.
  • Publishing a Microsoft Power BI file online and then having to save the file is somewhat redundant.
  • Would like to export each page or chart as an image.
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Likelihood to Renew
Ayasdi
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Microsoft
Microsoft Power BI is an excellent and scalable tool. It has a learning curve, but once you get past that, the sky is the limit and you can build from the most simple to the most complex dashboards. I have built everything from simple reports with only a few data points to complex reports with many pages and advanced filtering.
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Usability
Ayasdi
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Microsoft
Automating reporting has reduced manual data processing by 50-70%, freeing up analysts for higher-value tasks. A finance team that previously spent 20+ hours per week on Excel-based reports now does it in minutes with Microsoft Power BI's automated Real-time dashboards have shortened decision cycles by 30-40%, enabling leadership to react quickly to sales trends, operational bottlenecks, and customer behavior.
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Support Rating
Ayasdi
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
It is a fantastic tool, you can do almost everything related with data and reports, it is a perfect substitutive of Power Point and Excel with a high evolution and flexibility, and also it is very friendly and easy to share. I think all companies should have Power BI (or other BI tool) in their software package and if they are in the MS Suite, for sure Power BI should be the one due to all the benefits of the MS ecosystem.
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Implementation Rating
Ayasdi
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Microsoft
It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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Alternatives Considered
Ayasdi
We had a working group that has been using R studio for the general purpose of statistical analysis in our organization. Although it is a great tool that provides enriched function sets, it is time-consuming for our clinical analysts to learn the tool to see the first result. R is somewhat of a developer-oriented/friendly tool. Ayasdi is friendly to a domain analyst or end users. Plus, support and consulting from Ayasdi were excellent so that we could get knowledge from them immediately whenever we needed.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would not pay for Tableau or Sigma anymore. Not worth it at all.
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Return on Investment
Ayasdi
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Microsoft
  • Power BI usage reduced the effort of analytical reports creation by about 80%
  • Empowered all the level of employee to be more vigilant of the data and business insights, gained the profit of 8% overall.
  • AI-powered predictive analytics improved forecasting accuracy by 17%, that topped the overall sales.
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ScreenShots

Microsoft Power BI Screenshots

Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Turns insights into impact for business usersScreenshot of Power BI integrates easily with Microsoft 365Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - AI-Powered CapabilitiesScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Copilot can be used to create reportsScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Data HubScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Scales as organizational needs grow