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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DataHero

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADataHero is a self-service Cloud BI tool, which uses a drag-and-drop interface to import and analyze data. DataHero integrates with Salesforce, HubSpot, Google Analytics, Dropbox, Strip, Excel and others. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco.

    $59

    per month

    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/APower BI for Office 365 allowed users to model and analyze data, and query large datasets with complex natural language queries. It has been discontinued in favor of other editions of Power BI going forward.N/A
    Pricing
    DataHeroPower BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $59
    per month
    Premium
    $99
    per month
    Team
    $250
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DataHeroPower BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    DataHeroPower BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of DataHero and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    DataHero
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.0
    11 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Customizable dashboards10.01 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of DataHero and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    DataHero
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Drill-down analysis10.01 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.01 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of DataHero and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    DataHero
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Publish to Web10.01 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.01 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings9.64 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of DataHero and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    DataHero
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    10.0
    11 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.01 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics10.01 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of DataHero and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    DataHero
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.8
    10 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.01 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.01 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of DataHero and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    DataHero
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.01 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of DataHero and Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Feature
    DataHero
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Power BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    1% above category average
    iFrames10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DataHeroPower BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DataHeroPower BI For Office 365 (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    DataHero
    DataHero ensures every business user in my organization is up to date on key performance metrics and insights through robust data analytics and a configurable data dashboard.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    If you're already using Office 365, Power BI for O365 is an easy choice. Start playing around with the free version and then easily add individual Pro licenses with little risk. However, if you anticipate using this with many users, it can get expensive quickly.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    DataHero
    • Collecting data from on-premise and cloud data repositories.
    • Availability of drag and drop chart creation improves data visualization.
    • It makes it effective to share insights with KPI dashboards.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Easy to make visual dashboards from SQL queries. Previously we had to use a third party application that had to run on a web server that was so complex to setup and run. PowerBI removes all that.
    • Ability to control who/which group has access to each dashboard or report. Ties in well with the rest of the Office 365 ecosystem.
    • Has many connectors to allow pulling data from various systems, both onsite (via gateway) or external (via APIs), and join the data to create a report/dashboard.
    • Ability to show data but also export the data, if permitted.
    • Easy to show PowerBI dashboards on SharePoint or on other websites via embedded code.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    DataHero
    • Collecting data from on-premise tools like Concur Invoice was overwhelming, but we were able to partner with external service providers.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Licensing: Currently, Microsoft has a fixed pricing model for Office 365 users, regardless of role/function of the user. Most organizations have a small number of "power users" that create usable content and many more "consumers" that simply view/run reports created by power users. Microsoft does not differentiate between these users, and thus the pricing limits organizations from large deployments of the software.
    • Version incompatibility: Excel 2010 and 2013 workbooks are compatible with each other. However, workbooks created in 2010 that include PowerPivot databases must be upgraded to 2013 format to run in 2013. Subsequently, you cannot open these upgraded PowerPivot workbooks in 2010. This requires ALL users to be on the same version.
    • Visualization: Excel charting with PowerPivot workbooks is adequate for many users. Power View also contains a number of GREAT visualizations, including animated bubble charts and a very flexible dashboard/report design canvas. However, compared to some of the other self-service BI solutions, it is still limited in its visualization capabilities.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    DataHero
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    I will continue to recommend this suite to folks looking for a reporting and analytics solution, as I find in MOST cases, it's great at meeting almost every requirement I've been given by a multitude of clients across a range of industries. I've built Capacity Planning solutions that allowed end user input which was then submitted to SharePoint, Executive Dashboards, custom applications, simple analytical tools for teams to easily slice and dice data, and super simple reports as well as some very complicated ones. If you haven't seen the demos online, do a search, and see for yourself - this is a great BI suite! (I do not work for Microsoft, although I do consult out there from time to time. I do occasionally make a recommendation for a different BI reporting tool, but in general, find Excel can accomplish quite a bit for less money and in less time.)
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    Usability
    DataHero
    DataHero has intuitive and easy to use user interface making it easy to navigate features.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    We are satisfied with the functionality and capabilities of Power BI. Product is cost effective and full-fill the reporting requirements of the organization. You can perform most of the report level complex analysis with the help of DAX which makes Power BI very powerful analytic tool. Power BI for Office 365 has gone away and Power BI is the next evolution of it. Power BI comes with your Office 365 E5 subscription or you can purchase licensing for it separately.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    DataHero
    I haven't interacted with DataHero support, but they must be knowledgeable and responsive regarding how they have documented the features on this tool.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    as of now there is strong community for Power BI, you can get solution for most of your problems from there. Also you can send your error to Microsoft as well. After every 15 days they release updates to overcome all the issues of defects.
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    Alternatives Considered
    DataHero
    Both DataHero and Excel4apps are great business intelligence tools, but the latter don't offer room for growth due to unavailability of large and global enterprises BI tools.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Oracle was nice, super expensive to implement if it's not in use already. JobDiva is choppy and heavy on the system while does not give great reports. Salesforce is good; remote access is good however their support is terrible
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    DataHero
    • Seamless insight sharing across teams in different departments increase productivity.
    • DataHero keep us updated by getting insights across all datasets.
    • No stale data or manual procedures when reporting with DataHer.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • As a Microsoft Partner implementing Business Intelligence solutions, Power BI has removed the barrier for our clients to begin the "BI journey". So often, projects get hung up in that early phase of procuring and installing/configuring expensive hardware and software. Just simply getting started and designing a beginning solution has allowed our clients to see results in 1-2 weeks using their data that might have taken months to achieve otherwise.
    • One significant ROI example is process improvement. In many cases, individuals or teams are spending days each month gathering data from multiple sources for reporting to their constituents. We are reducing these times to minutes by automating many of the data collection and integration processes that were previously manual.
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    ScreenShots

    DataHero Screenshots

    Screenshot of Connect with 40+ common 3rd party servicesScreenshot of Automatic data warehouse, ETL, and classification. Schedule Automated updates.Screenshot of Create charts with drag-and-drop easeScreenshot of Customize with branding, color schemes, etc.Screenshot of Create custom dashboards you can easily share