GoodData vs. Microsoft Power BI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GoodData
Score 8.4 out of 10
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GoodData is a cloud-based data and analytics platform, bringing data-driven decision-making to organisations and helping customers to make data analytics available to end users via real-time, self-service data insights right at the point of work. GoodData’s platform is built around four key pillars: simplicity, flexibility, productivity, and scalability. It enables companies of all sizes, from SMBs to enterprises, to: Empower users to autonomously explore data and…N/A
Microsoft Power BI
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft 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.
$10
per month per user
Pricing
GoodDataMicrosoft Power BI
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GoodDataMicrosoft Power BI
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
GoodDataMicrosoft Power BI
Considered Both Products
GoodData
Chose GoodData
GoodData is much more customisable in our case so we choose this. Also when it comes to pricing part GoodData is the best economically as well and in terms of features and functionalities. As compared to others similar products I believe that GoodData is much more reliable with …
Chose GoodData
GoodData has been proven best for us as it has given the most accurate analytical insights on our data. I've used other tools too but no one has been this good in terms of reporting, handling data, decision making.
Using GoodData for almost every organisational decision and …
Chose GoodData
We chose gooddata compared to other products because gooddata is easier for ordinary people like me to use. Apart from being easy, gooddata also has many features which are more than enough to help my work and costs incurred by gooddata are lower than when I use other products. …
Chose GoodData
The hosted GoodData platform is simple to set up and provides a clean dashboarding experience that can be shared with users easily. Other products can often try to fill the self-service and dashboard roles in one interface which can be a bit full on.
Chose GoodData
GoodData provides the largest amount of OOB features that meet our end-user needs. It means a lot that we don't need to perform development on our own. At some point, it may make sense to take items in house, but its hte best current fit.
Chose GoodData
I have used all softwares in my past 10 years of experience. GoodData stands out with its seamless data integration, advanced predictive analytics, and collaborative features. Unlike Tableau and Power BI, GoodData offers scalable solutions with a user-friendly interface for …
Chose GoodData
Choosing between GoodData and other platforms was clear for me as the superiority of GoodData over others due to our needs. GoodData stands out for its awesome dashboards, robust predictive analytics, reports, and analysis. Data integration helps us for business intelligence …
Chose GoodData
GoodData is best among every other platform I used because it's a cloud based platform and way to easy to use. Its robust predictive analytics and unified data view set it way apart. While Power BI and Tableau excel in visualization, GoodData's focus on comprehensive business …
Chose GoodData
GoodData's advantage in real-time data processing compared to Power BI can be attributed to several factors:
  • Immediate Data Insights
  • Better Handling of High-Velocity Data:
Chose GoodData
Looker and GoodData are both powerful BI platforms, but they have distinct strengths. Looker offers seamless integration with Google Sheets, enabling easy data import and analysis. On the other hand, GoodData excels in data modeling, providing a user-friendly interface for …
Chose GoodData
GoodData has the perfect mix of usability, power, and price that made it the desirable choice vs the competitors.
Chose GoodData
GoodData can handle the large data sets without the use of a Data Warehouse. But it is expensive compared to its competitors. We also use and like Power BI and TARGIT dashboards as well.
Chose GoodData
All platforms have great features and strengths, but I particularly enjoyed the ease of use of the GoodData platform. Most tools like Tableau and Power BI have a bit of a learning curve, but GoodData was simple and easy from the start.
Chose GoodData
GoodData had the best price to value ratio
Chose GoodData
Each one of the above players had an interesting platform. Ultimately, GoodData beat them based on our need for a customizable user experience, ability to embed, affordable license that is NOT on a per user basis (because if you want adoption, you shouldn't directly tie cost …
Chose GoodData
Power BI happens to be very basic and customization is limited at best. Fine for basic dashboards but not particularly good if you need to get more complex data insights.
GoodData gives you the functionality of customized dashboards and is also very scalable. The price might be …
Chose GoodData
Logical data modelling and XAE (MAQL) are reasons why I like using GoodData for projects where I need to connect small chunks of data from multiple sources and enable holistic analysis across the whole company quickly for everyone. With PowerBI or Qlik Sense you need 5 times …
Microsoft Power BI
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Power BI performs quite well in comparison to it's competitor's products. We compared it mainly to GoodData and Tableau. Power BI has a great pricing. It's affordable and efficient with mid-sized datasets. Hence many companies go for it. Competitive products like Tableau are …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft BI tool does a better job than most of the other software. The reason is excellent visualizations and its capability to connect with various other software and data sources. Tableau does a better job when it comes to tutorials and being more user-friendly. Also …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
GoodDataMicrosoft Power BI
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
8.3
63 Ratings
16% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
6.8
138 Ratings
18% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports8.347 Ratings6.1118 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.863 Ratings7.3138 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.752 Ratings7.0126 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
8.1
62 Ratings
3% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
6.8
139 Ratings
17% below category average
Drill-down analysis8.260 Ratings6.5138 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.362 Ratings6.1137 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.158 Ratings7.0134 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.7102 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
7.7
59 Ratings
1% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
6.8
135 Ratings
15% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.057 Ratings6.8130 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.648 Ratings6.9121 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.435 Ratings6.7101 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.715 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
8.0
63 Ratings
6% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.1
126 Ratings
5% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.163 Ratings7.6120 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.756 Ratings8.9102 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.161 Ratings8.8110 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.039 Ratings8.394 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
8.6
41 Ratings
13% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.4
80 Ratings
7% above category average
REST API8.735 Ratings8.072 Ratings
Javascript API8.631 Ratings9.956 Ratings
iFrames8.534 Ratings8.055 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.046 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.163 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
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Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
7.5
133 Ratings
10% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings7.7128 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.5121 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.2101 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.8103 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings6.173 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
GoodData
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
7.9
117 Ratings
0% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.0111 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.693 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.6112 Ratings
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Reveal
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Reveal
Reveal
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
GoodDataMicrosoft Power BI
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(91 ratings)
7.4
(140 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(15 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(70 ratings)
9.0
(56 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(7 ratings)
7.4
(52 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GoodDataMicrosoft Power BI
Likelihood to Recommend
GoodData
Honestly, I described everything in the first question. Key for us was easy to use and very fast setup and integration to our platform. I can really appreciate all support and guidance provide by GoodData team on the begining and even continuosly when we need some help or we need to resolve some issues.
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Microsoft
In operations we use the tool for many different topics, from factory quality systems to high level reviews. We have created kind of an internal "App Store" based on Power BI where you have a lot of different dashboards for different solutions (cost, cash, health and safety, sales, factories, distribution centers...) and you as an user just need to get in that "App Store" and enter in whatever tool can be useful for you. It is open to all the operations employees and can use on demand. Also it has raised the imagination of our colleagues, as they are not only working by themselves creating new reports, but also raising fantastic ideas that can be extended for the usage of all the community.
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Pros
GoodData
  • GoodData provides advanced analytics for predictive modeling. This assists in identifying potential issues before they arise, and making proactive decisions.
  • GoodData prioritizes data security and compliance, providing features that help IT firms like ours adhere to regulatory requirements.
  • GoodData gives high customization dashboards, allows us professionals to create tailored view of KPI.
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Microsoft
  • Quickly filter and view granular data sets with easily configurable reporting figures.
  • The ability to quickly switch between tabs allows for historical data comparisons and progress tracking.
  • It's helpful to dive into the data and break it down from high levels to small.
  • Achieve actionable insights faster by using real-time data. It's incredible to have online access to reports.
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Cons
GoodData
  • Good Data is already have certain customizable options. However, having more flexibility in customizing reports and dashboards & control over the visual aspects would enhance the overall user experience.
  • To make Good Data even more powerful tool, improving the speed and responsiveness of the tool, especially during data-intensive tasks, would be a significantly helpful.
  • For new users, the interface can be made more user friendly which would promote easy navigation through features of tool.
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Microsoft
  • The desktop app is great but needs a lot of performance improvements
  • No MacOS Version for the Desktop app, this is a big limitation for business since executives prefer Macs
  • Premium Cloud Version of Power BI is awfully expensive
  • On-Premise Version of the Power BI Reports Server is bundled only with SQL Server Enterprise License and cannot be purchased separately and requires Software Assurance Subscription
  • On-Premise Power BI Report Server doesn't support ADFS, AzureAD or any Claims-Based authentication platform, a sad disadvantage for enterprises
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Likelihood to Renew
GoodData
Because gooddata really helps us in processing data to make reports or dashboards. So we are very satisfied when we use it. What we like is the flexible use of charts. We change at will the use of charts to display in reports or dashboards. Thank you Gooddata for helping companies like us who need flexibility in usage
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Microsoft
I find it helpful and easy to use
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Usability
GoodData
GoodData provided us with strong overall usability and provided us a platform for various business analytics. Its user-friendly and insightful reports and also the dashboards. Me and my team really appreciate the platform's ability to streamline decision-making processes. However, there is a learning curve during initial setup as I mentioned before. Continuous improvements in the onboarding could further enhance GoodData's usability as well.
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Microsoft
At this point, I think we all know who has taken the lead in the business intelligence and analytics market worldwide. With fresh new updates every other day on top of an already robustly built product with all features that one can dream of is a no brainer, I feel. Microsoft will invariably be synonymous with quality and professionalism.
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Reliability and Availability
GoodData
We are approximately one month since go-live. There has been one short outage.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Performance
GoodData
Performance on refreshing metrics works well.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
GoodData
Support team has been highly responsive and helpful from our first initial deployment to present day. They engage and work with us. know when to escalate for more challenging problems. They also follow up. Overall have had a very good experience with support
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Microsoft
I can't really speak to the support overall, [but] I will say that in the almost three years I have used the system, I have only needed to contact their support team once. I think the team was helpful, but it did take some time for us to resolve the issues/ request that they had. I guess the good news is that the system is pretty stable, and I personally have rarely needed to contact their technical support team.
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In-Person Training
GoodData
Petr was a rock star - patient, knowledgeable, clear and easy to work with.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Online Training
GoodData
GoodData implementation team was professional and courteous
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
GoodData
Thorough, professional and on time.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
GoodData
GoodData was more cost effective and did not necessitate additional spend on internal resources. The end user interface was easy to use and did not require additional set up or customization. The clients required little support from the Prometric staff to use the product
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Microsoft
[Microsoft] Power BI is practical and effective, like a hammer for a nail, it is easy to use and produces very quickly the results that in most cases are urgently required by clients (nice reports to share on the web). To start using [Microsoft] Power BI you need a business email address, with that you create an account in Power BI Service and in less than 1 hour you will have installed Power BI Desktop, a report will have been created and it will have been published on the web .
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Return on Investment
GoodData
  • We have been able to quickly go to market with a feature-rich version of our application.
  • The licensing costs are manageable but make our offering more expensive than alternatives.
  • The possibility to horizontal scaling with Kubernetes is a bright outlook for our business.
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Microsoft
  • It helps us track and achieve company goals.
  • It shows us [our] performance in areas we could not previously track and allows us to see and work on how to improve their performance.
  • Quick easy access for executives to use in helping teams and addressing issues.
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