CoStar Real Estate Manager vs Microsoft Power BI

Likelihood to Recommend

Gen-Y and younger will have no problem learning how to use CoStar but its not very intuitive for the older generations (they have to hunt and peck for what they are looking for and have no idea how to manipulate the reporting features)

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Amanda Kraft

Client Services Specialist

CBREReal Estate, 10,001+ employees

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[Microsoft] Power BI seems to sit slightly in the middle of the road as a data aggregation and visualization tool. It has the look and feel of an old tool that should be mastered by now, but it's output does not seem to match that. Our team had to constantly fix errors and bugs, which is not what you are looking for from a tool coming from Microsoft. On the other side, it isn't as user friendly or pretty as a tool like Domo. It somewhat lies in the middle on both functionality and user experience.

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Alex Brielmann

Sales Operations Manager

CongaComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

CoStar Real Estate Manager

Microsoft Power BI

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

CoStar Real Estate Manager

Microsoft Power BI

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

CoStar Real Estate Manager

Microsoft Power BI

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

CoStar Real Estate Manager

Microsoft Power BI

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

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

CoStar Real Estate Manager

Microsoft Power BI

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

CoStar Real Estate Manager

Microsoft Power BI

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

CoStar Real Estate Manager

Microsoft Power BI

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Pros

For my role within the company, I find CoStars database of historical information very helpful. Previous users, owners, financing lien holders, tax information and county data are things I look for on a daily basis.

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Amanda Kraft

Client Services Specialist

CBREReal Estate, 10,001+ employees

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Excel integration, allowing users more familiar with Excel to transition over with relative ease.
Inexpensive license model, compared to Tableau which can get very expensive depending on your needs.
Updates, by far Power BI is one of the most updated apps currently. With monthly releases of new features and fixes.

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David Shi

Manager, Data Visualisation

Commonwealth Bank of AustraliaBanking, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

In our market (Portland, OR), not enough users implement the tools that could make CoStar so much better. For example, I specialize in medical but brokers and owners don't take the time to mark medical as an approved use in their buildings so I have to search much longer and cross-reference the data by contacting the brokers directly.
I find it really annoying that when I download documents CoStar doesn't use smart technology to automatically name my files. It is especially irritating since every piece of marketing we post to CoStar has a relevant file name yet when we download the same file we have to rename it.

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Amanda Kraft

Client Services Specialist

CBREReal Estate, 10,001+ employees

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For on-prem users of Power BI Report Server, it would be useful if Desktop included a compatibility level that could be set rather than having to manage desktop installs, particularly with the app-based installation option.
Formatting options can be uneven between different visuals.
Formatting for tables based on queries seem to randomly be reformatted to being difficult to read.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Architecture & Planning Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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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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jim paroly

Freelance Photographer

j. paroly photoGraphic Design, 1-10 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Microsoft Power BI 8.3

Based on 41 answers

I give Power BI an 8 out of 10 because it is very intuitive and flexible. It gets the job done while complimenting the rest of your applications. I wish some of the subscription capabilities were more dynamic as one example of the desired enhancement, but I'm confident in the future development of additional features. Also, since it's a Microsoft product, you can bet on the security and ongoing supportability of the product.

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Bryan Goodyear

Program Director

dentsuMarketing & Advertising, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Microsoft Power BI 8.3

Based on 37 answers

Microsoft are very fast to reply to any queries and if the query is hard to implement they provide resources to help you and facilitate solutions to problems. Also, there is a lot of online material to self-serve any bugs or errors you might have to deal with - even if the IDE of [Microsoft Power BI] is already very helpful and user friendly.

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Ilektra Skepetari

Senior Forecasting Analyst

Sainsbury'sRetail, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

One of our landlords requested we try VTS but we didn't continue because it was such a small portfolio it too more time to update the database than we wanted to spend

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Amanda Kraft

Client Services Specialist

CBREReal Estate, 10,001+ employees

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Microsoft Power BI has enabled me and the entire team for excellent data analysis and visualization against the above [software]. Data security and integrity is one of the finest feature[s] of this application. Installable [a] PC and handset and can be accessed from anywhere within a click only. It has helped the organization developing the talents in terms of business analysis and shaping them as a business leader.

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Md. Robiullah

Leaf Buying Manager

BATTobacco, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Since CoStar has linked with LoopNet we have had fewer bad data calls. By which I mean old data from LoopNet that was available to the general public is now more regularly updated through CoStar so we have less confusion with our clients.

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Amanda Kraft

Client Services Specialist

CBREReal Estate, 10,001+ employees

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Management can keep a track of key metrics in real time which enables them to act proactively.
Helps teams in Root Cause Analysis to identify the source of problem so that it can be avoided in future.
People not well versed with coding and ML algorithms can also quickly create accurate sales forecast and prediction models leading to better planning.

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Annie Jain

Consultant

Tata Consultancy ServicesInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

CoStar Real Estate Manager Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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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

Pro	$9.99¹

Per Month

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Rating Summary

CoStar Real Estate Manager

Microsoft Power BI

CoStar Real Estate Manager

Microsoft Power BI

CoStar Real Estate Manager

Microsoft Power BI

CoStar Real Estate Manager

Microsoft Power BI

Likelihood to Recommend