Conga Grid vs. Microsoft Power BI Embedded

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Conga Grid
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Conga Grid is a productivity tool within Salesforce that allows users to view, sort, and manage data batches from a single screen. It helps users to find and manage the information and insights needed with fewer clicks and less screen switching. Conga Grid helps its users to save time, improve data quality, get a clear view into needed data, and create a more productive workplace in Salesforce to drive growth across the organization. Using…N/A
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Score 8.0 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
Conga GridMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Conga GridMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Conga GridMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
Features
Conga GridMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Conga Grid
7.0
3 Ratings
11% below category average
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
7.3
1 Ratings
7% below category average
Report sharing and collaboration7.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Conga Grid
8.5
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Predictive Analytics8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Conga Grid
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
7.5
2 Ratings
4% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Conga Grid
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
8.0
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Conga Grid
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
7.0
1 Ratings
3% below category average
REST API00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Conga GridMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(10 ratings)
8.7
(11 ratings)
Usability
7.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Conga GridMicrosoft Power BI Embedded
Likelihood to Recommend
Conga
If a user has to perform a specific update over many records, don't use a List view... use Grid. It allows users to quickly track their work, set additional formatting preferences and avoid constantly tracking work outside of Salesforce which leads data discrepencies and errors.
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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
Conga
  • A specific strength of Conga is the ability to easily produce cross-object displays where you can take information like open Opportunities and layer on information such as Activities, Orders, Opportunity Products with all related information being accessible when individual lines are selected. The reading pane functionality is a huge timesaver for reps working lists of records.
  • Another strength is Conga's ability to allow mass edit/update - for example, you can have a list of leads assigned to you, check the ones you met at a conference, and update a field on their record or assign a task or do an email send right from the list. At the same time, you can select other records, and do the mass update or mass create of tasks that are relevant for them.
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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
Conga
  • Sometimes Conga goes slower when using it at a high volume
  • Being able to pull more data through LinkedIn and Indeed
  • Job match function
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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
Conga
It could be easier to create views or there could be additional training with step by step examples in conga community
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Microsoft
It's easy to use for what is presented in the reports that have been developed and presented. It's not so easy to customize those reports, "make them your own" and save them for later reuse.
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Support Rating
Conga
In general, Conga is a strong company with a depth of talent in its support team. However, when new releases occur, the changes can be somewhat jarring to users as the interface does not offer the ability to hide or show messages related to the changes - all users get the same messaging from Conga around changes to their tool.
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Microsoft
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Alternatives Considered
Conga
I've only used Salesforce before and am now using Conga ActionGrid. Although Salesforce is great, it is only used to log candidate information and then log actions that have been performed. With Conga ActionGrid, we are able to log more specific details about candidates, activities and follow up items. Conga ActionGrid provides more tools that would benefit many departments
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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
Conga
  • It has benefited us positively, as I stated earlier- it allows us to filter down results of 65,000+ candidates to a search of 1-100 candidates.
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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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ScreenShots

Conga Grid Screenshots

Screenshot of a simple grid view. This makes Salesforce data easier to see & fast to update.Screenshot of Excel-Like Functionality, where data can be edited inline, just like in a spreadsheet.Screenshot of a single view for all data. This displays data across objects on a single screen.Screenshot of conditional formatting, which drives attention to key data.Screenshot of the interface to mass edit and view related records. Related records can be displayed and edited from the same screen.Screenshot of reporting, which groups and subtotals data.