Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts Component vs. Microsoft BI (MSBI)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts Component
Score 10.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts is a component for interactive pivot reports that can be inserted into a web page or a web application. It’s a JavaScript tool that enables a user to visualize their business data. This solution supports Microsoft Analysis Services OLAP cubes, Mondrian, icCube, JSON, SQL (MS SQL, MySQL and others) databases or static JSON or CSV files. According to the vendor, this solution allows users to work extremely quickly with really large data…
$0
Annual SaaS Subscription
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft BI is a business intelligence product used for data analysis and generating reports on server-based data. It features unlimited data analysis capacity with its reporting engine, SQL Server Reporting Services alongside ETL, master data management, and data cleansing.
$9.99
per user/per month
Pricing
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts ComponentMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
Editions & Modules
Pivot Table for SQL/CSV/JSON Unlimited
$0
Annual SaaS Subscription
Pivot Table for Pentaho Mondrian
$0
Annual SaaS Subscription
Pivot Table for MS Analysis Services
$0
Annual SaaS Subscription
Pivot Table for SQL/CSV/JSON Basic
$299
Annual subscription
Pivot Table for Pentaho Mondrian
$799
Annual subscription
Pivot Table for SQL/CSV/JSON Unlimited
$799
Annual subscription
Pivot Table for MS Analysis Services
$799
Annual subscription
Power BI Pro
$9.99
per user/per month
Power BI Premium
4,995
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts ComponentMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Top Pros
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Features
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts ComponentMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
BI Standard Reporting
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Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts Component
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.6
49 Ratings
5% above category average
Report Formatting Templates10.01 Ratings8.947 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings9.042 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.049 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts Component
9.5
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.7
49 Ratings
7% above category average
Formatting capabilities9.01 Ratings8.049 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration10.01 Ratings8.949 Ratings
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.944 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.939 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts Component
10.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.9
48 Ratings
6% above category average
Publish to PDF10.01 Ratings8.944 Ratings
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.944 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.940 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.943 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.924 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts Component
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.5
39 Ratings
7% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access10.01 Ratings8.036 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.027 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.936 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts Component
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Ratings
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.9
48 Ratings
10% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.947 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.944 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.942 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts Component
-
Ratings
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.9
49 Ratings
3% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.946 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.943 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.946 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.928 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts Component
-
Ratings
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.8
21 Ratings
10% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.919 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.919 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.918 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.917 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.918 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
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User Ratings
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts ComponentMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(73 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(25 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.9
(14 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.9
(15 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(3 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(7 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts ComponentMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
Likelihood to Recommend
Flexmonster
Fantastic product to embed in any SaaS solution for reporting and data exports. Excellent performance, ability to customize fields and tons of other features out of the box that makes it a well-rounded tool that is easy to use. To top it off their support is amazing for answering technical questions quickly and they provide great examples to learn how to interact with the code. We are very happy with our choice to use Flexmonster!
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Microsoft
Microsoft BI is well suited for Stream analytics, easy data integration, report creation and UI/UX designs (limited but what all available are great ones) Microsoft BI may be less appropriate for handling huge number of datasets and difficult queries. It may also be difficult for a company with heavy data.
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Pros
Flexmonster
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
  • Comparatively easy to use compared to other data analytics solutions, collaborating with other colleagues on data work is simple.
  • Using Visual Studio for database, ETL, reporting, and analytics development save time and money.
  • Transfer of data from one application to another via Excel and comparison of data attributes between applications
  • Dashboard functionality, as well as Python support, are available, allowing you to add additional charts and graphs.
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Cons
Flexmonster
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
  • The race to perfect gathering of Non-Traditional datasets is on-going; with Microsoft arguably not the leader of the pack in this category.
  • Licensing options for PowerBI visualizations may be a factor. I.e. if you need to implement B2C PowerBI visualizations, the cost is considerably high especially for startups.
  • Some clients are still resistant putting their data on the cloud, which restricts lots of functionality to Power BI.
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Likelihood to Renew
Flexmonster
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Microsoft BI is fundamental to our suite of BI applications. That being said, Northcraft Analytics is focused on delighting our customers, so if the underlying factors of our decision change, we would choose to re-write our BI applications on a different stack. Luckily, mathematics are the fundamental IP of our technology... and is portable across all BI platforms for the foreseeable future.
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Usability
Flexmonster
Checks all the boxes! Easy to use, great out of the box feature set and fantastic support team
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Microsoft
The Microsoft BI tools have great usability for both developers and end users alike. For developers familiar with Visual Studio, there is little learning curve. For those not, the single Visual Studio IDE means not having to learn separate tools for each component. For end-users, the web interface for SSRS is simple to navigate with intuitive controls. For ad-hoc analysis, Excel can connect directly to SSAS and provide a pivot table like experience which is familiar to many users. For database development, there is beginning to be some confusion, as there are now three tool choices (VS, SSMS, Azure Data Studio) for developers. I would like to see Azure Data Studio become the superset of SSMS and eventually supplant it.
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Reliability and Availability
Flexmonster
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
The product has been reliable.
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Performance
Flexmonster
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) can drag at times. We created two report servers and placed them under an F5 load balancer. This configuration has worked well. We have seen sluggish performance at times due to the Windows Firewall.
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Support Rating
Flexmonster
Quick response to questions and feedback, excellent documentation for learning about the product and tons of examples to leverage.
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Microsoft
While support from Microsoft isn't necessarily always best of breed, you're also not paying the price for premium support that you would on other platforms. The strength of the stack is in the ecosystem that surrounds it. In contrast to other products, there are hundreds, even thousands of bloggers that post daily as well as vibrant user communities that surround the tool. I've had much better luck finding help with SQL Server related issues than I have with any other product, but that help doesn't always come directly from Microsoft.
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In-Person Training
Flexmonster
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
This training was more directed toward what the product was capable of rather than actual programming.
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Online Training
Flexmonster
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
I have used on-line training from Microsoft and from Pragmatic Works. I would recommend Pragmatic Works as the best way to get up to speed quickly, and then use the Microsoft on-line training to deep dive into specific features that you need to get depth with.
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Implementation Rating
Flexmonster
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
We are a consulting firm and as such our best resources are always billing on client projects. Our internal implementation has weaknesses, but that's true for any company like ours. My rating is based on the product's ease of implementation.
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Alternatives Considered
Flexmonster
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
We have used the built in ConnectWise Manager reports and custom reports. The reports provide static data. PowerBI shows us live data we can drill down into and easily adjust parameters. It's much more useful than a static PDF report.
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Return on Investment
Flexmonster
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
  • As a SaaS provider we see being able to provide self-service BI to our client users as a competitive advantage. In fact the MSSQL enabled BI is a contributing factor to many winning RFPs we have done for prospective client organisations.
  • However MSSQL BI requires extensive knowledge and skills to design and develop data warehouses & data models as a foundation to support business analysts and users to interrogate data effectively and efficiently. Often times we find having strong in-house MSSQL expertise is a bless.
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ScreenShots

Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts Component Screenshots

Screenshot of Pivot Component supports the printing of the Pivot view. Additionally users can export the reports into a variety of formats.Screenshot of Pivot Table Component helps you to create interactive pivot tables and charts reports for web and Flex applications. Pivot Component will provide your customers with an extremely intuitive end-user experience while creating and analyzing reports.Screenshot of Pivot Charts provide an alternative, interactive way to visualize data.Screenshot of The component will connect to any database: MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL - using simple script generating CSV output to enable real-time business analysis. Pivot Component is full browser-side component, thus you can use any desired server-side to generate CSV data.Screenshot of Pivot Table Component can connect to OLAP cubes via XMLA protocol. XMLA is XML for Analysis - an industry standard for data access in analytical systems, such as OLAP and Data Mining.Screenshot of Start mobile business reporting with the Flexmonster mobile application. It can be downloaded to your tablets from Google Play or Apple App Store.