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    DataRobot

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AThe DataRobot AI Platform is presented as a solution that accelerates and democratizes data science by automating the end-to-end journey from data to value and allows users to deploy AI applications at scale. DataRobot provides a centrally governed platform that gives users AI to drive business outcomes, that is available on the user's cloud platform-of-choice, on-premise, or as a fully-managed service. The solutions include tools providing data preparation enabling users to explore and…

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    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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.

    $168

    per year per user

    Pricing
    DataRobotMicrosoft Power BI
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DataRobotMicrosoft Power BI
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Power BI Desktop is the data exploration and report authoring experience for Power BI, and is available as a free download.
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    Community Pulse
    DataRobotMicrosoft Power BI
    Considered Both Products
    DataRobot
    Chose DataRobot
    We've just had an intro but DataRobot is much more specialized in predictive analytics. Dataiku seems for me a platform that aims to cover a little bit all the steps or processes of a D&A team and with this approach, you may be doing a trade-off in quality and power
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    Its the best by far
    Incentivized
    Chose DataRobot
    The ease of use has been one significant factor and productionizing is the second one that stands out. Comparision across various models
    Incentivized
    Chose DataRobot
    Easy of use, use cases were getting met. Support was good.
    Incentivized
    Chose DataRobot
    We selected DataRobot for its "Automated" Machine Learning. Automation allows us to easily and quickly create machine learning models. The deployment process is simple, which was another key decision factor in choosing DataRobot over other platforms. We were pleasantly …
    Incentivized
    Chose DataRobot
    Many products tend to offer a sort of baseline interface with statistical models and call it AI. These are things like linear regression formulas being built into BI platforms (Tableau, PowerBI). The problem with these types of platforms is often the depth and accuracy of the …
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    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
    110 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    48 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    103 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    112 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    46 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    73 Answers
    Features
    DataRobotMicrosoft Power BI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of DataRobot and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    DataRobot
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.1
    199 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.0170 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.5198 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.7181 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of DataRobot and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    DataRobot
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    197 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.4194 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.6194 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.4144 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.0192 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of DataRobot and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    DataRobot
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    190 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.0180 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.6175 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.6146 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.9112 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of DataRobot and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    DataRobot
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.7
    190 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.3184 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.2169 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.0139 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.239 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of DataRobot and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    DataRobot
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.3
    181 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.6170 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.0149 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.1161 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.150 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.5142 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of DataRobot and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    DataRobot
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.8
    163 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.5153 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.4134 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.7156 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of DataRobot and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    DataRobot
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.6
    117 Ratings
    2% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings7.7105 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings7.586 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.055 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings6.870 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.291 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    DataRobotMicrosoft Power BI
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    Saturn Cloud
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DataRobotMicrosoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (59 ratings)
    8.6
    (200 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.3
    (4 ratings)
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (116 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DataRobotMicrosoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    DataRobot
    DataRobot can be used for risk assessment, such as predicting the likelihood of loan default. It can handle both classification and regression tasks effectively. It relies on historical data for model training. If you have limited historical data or the data quality is poor, it may not be the best choice as it requires a sufficient amount of high-quality data for accurate model building.
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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
    DataRobot
    • DataRobot helps, with algorithms, to analyze and decipher numerous machine-learning techniques in order to provide models to assist in company-wide decision making.
    • Our DataRobot program puts on an "even playing field" the strength of auto-machine learning and allows us to make decisions in an extremely timely manner. The speed is consistent without being offset by errors or false-negatives.
    • It encompasses many desired techniques that help companies in general, to reconfigure in to artificial intelligence driven firms, with little to no inconvenience.
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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
    DataRobot
    • The platform itself is very complicated. It probably can't function well without being complicated, but there is a big training curve to get over before you can effectively use it. Even I'm not sure if I'm effectively using it now.
    • The suggested model DataRobot deploys often not the best model for our purposes. We've had to do a lot of testing to make sure what model is the best. For regressive models, DataRobot does give you a MASE score but, for some reason, often doesn't suggest the best MASE score model.
    • The software will give you errors if output files are not entered correctly but will not exactly tell you how to fix them. Perhaps that is complicated, but being able to download a template with your data for an output file in the correct format would be nice.
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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
    DataRobot
    DataRobot presents a machine-learning platform designed by data scientists from an array of backgrounds, to construct and develop precise predictive modeling in a fraction of the time previously taken. The tech invloved addresses the critical shortage of data scientists by changing the speed and economics of predictive analytics. DataRobot utilizes parallel processing to evaluate models in R, Python, Spark MLlib, H2O and other open source databases. It searches for possible permutations and algorithms, features, transformation, processes, steps and tuning to yield the best models for the dataset and predictive goal.
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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
    DataRobot
    No answers on this topic
    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
    DataRobot
    As I am writing this report I am participating with Datarobot Engineers in an complex environment and we have their whole support. We are in Mexico and is not common to have this commitment from companies without expensive contract services. Installing is on premise and the client does not want us to take control and they, the client, is also limited because of internal IT regulations ,,, soo we are just doing magic and everybody is committed.
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    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
    DataRobot
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    Microsoft
    It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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    Alternatives Considered
    DataRobot
    I've done machine learning through python before, however having to code and test each model individually was very time consuming and required a lot of expertise. The data Robot approach, is an excellent way of getting to a well placed starting point. You can then pick up the model from there and fine tune further if you need.
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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
    DataRobot
    • We have been able to cut costs by not buying leads that we will not be able to sell on
    • We have been able to deploy loan eligibility reporting which brought in new business
    • We have been able to improve the performance of our credit providers and our partners which has helped to retain business
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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

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    Screenshot of Decision FlowsScreenshot of No Code App BuilderScreenshot of AI AppsScreenshot of Automated Time SeriesScreenshot of MLOpsScreenshot of Model Insights

    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