GoodData.AI vs. Microsoft Power BI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GoodData.AI
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
GoodData is an analytics platform used by organizations to deliver real-time, governed insights, embedded into products, customized for users, and integrated into any data environment.N/A
Microsoft Power BI
Score 8.5 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.
$14
per month (billed annually) per user
Pricing
GoodData.AIMicrosoft 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
GoodData.AIMicrosoft Power BI
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPower 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
GoodData.AIMicrosoft Power BI
Considered Both Products
GoodData.AI
Chose GoodData.AI
We did our investigation years ago and I wasn't the one leading it but what I do remember was that GoodData had the best balance of price compared to infrastructure demand while not compromising on the power of available features around insight and dashboarding
Chose GoodData.AI
GoodData has good cost to value ratio but we are currently transitioning to another tool that provides more options to visualize the data.
Chose GoodData.AI
Looker, Microsoft Power BI and Copperleaf Enterprise Decision Analytics
Chose GoodData.AI
GoodData is easier to understand and designed to detail critical data within a dashboard system. Visualization is essential, and the filters are quite varied. Metrics are also easy to use, so users only need to think a little more carefully about setting up the SQL required for …
Chose GoodData.AI
We evaluated several business intelligence and analytics platforms, including Tableau, Power BI, before selecting GoodData.
Chose GoodData.AI
Embedding flexibility was the main reason we chose GoodData. Interactivity, customization options, and programmatic ability were all very important to us and GoodData's embedding via React SDK offers exactly that. Implementation time was 50% shorter with GoodData than with …
Chose GoodData.AI
GoodData seems less user friendly and doesn't provide that many visualization options so we are slowly moving to other solution in part of the company. There are still teams that plan to continue with GoodData and use React code in orther to supply missing functions.
Chose GoodData.AI
I was not a part of the process to choose GoodData. From other teammates: the ability to really control the look of pixel perfect dashboards was important.
Chose GoodData.AI
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.AI
GoodData is much more focused on our use case of embedding into an existing web product, and their licensing was far more suitable for this.
Chose GoodData.AI
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.AI
GoodData comparing to other platform is very easy to use, customer support and on-boarding support. Set of features, speed of integration in our platform. Also great benefit for us was very competetive pricing.
Chose GoodData.AI
All of the tools have their plusses and minuses. The one thing that stands out with Qlik is that it allows for two-way API integrations with Salesforce. This means that analytics reporting results can interact with the Salesforce application.
Chose GoodData.AI
The primary reasons GoodData was selected was data modeling capability, ability to standardize complex metrics, quality of viaualization and multi-tenancy
Chose GoodData.AI
GoodData has been cost effective and flexible.
Chose GoodData.AI
GoodData cloud has been on an upward trend in terms of speed of improvements and new features. It is easier to maintain and mange than most other products in terms of the behind the scenes updates etc however the hosted nature of the dashboards does reduce the flexibility to …
Chose GoodData.AI
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.AI
N\A, I wasn't the one comparing the possibilities between the different products.
Chose GoodData.AI
Microsoft Power BI, Tableau Cloud and Looker
Chose GoodData.AI
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.AI
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.AI
Tableau is fantastic for visuals, and Zoho Analytics is user-friendly, but GoodData takes the cake with its seamless integration and powerful analytics. It stacks up well because it's not just about pretty graphs but it's about making data work for you. It's the perfect fit for …
Chose GoodData.AI
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 …
Microsoft Power BI
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Tableau having pure visuals, we can't make custom visuals. Power BI costs around $10 per month, but Tableau costs around $30-$40 per month, so comparing with Power BI it is costly. Using Power BI is very easy for everyone (technical/non-technical), but tableau is only can …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Plotly has been used to create time-series charts that we are hosting internally. Sometimes, it hasn't been easy for us to set up a data gateway. (for security) To get an internal report, we used Plotly instead of Power BI. Plotly does require some JavaScript knowledge to …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Power BI has more templates and the control panel for modifying data visualizations is more powerful with more choices of line charts, bar charts, maps/scatter points than Google sheets, which is limited to simple bar charts and pie charts.
Chose Microsoft Power BI
We were able to bundle Power BI with other Microsoft products we rely on heavily. This and the customization options were the main sellers for us.
Chose Microsoft Power BI
All others apps are enablers and Microsoft Power BI is the visual that end user sees which often adds more value to the end user to make strategic decisions from this. All are equally great but Microsoft Power BI is the end result
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Power BI vs. Tableau Power BI cheaper and works well with Microsoft tools. Tableau has better visuals but is costly. Microsoft Power BII vs. Looker Looker is good for big data, but Microsoft Power BI is easier to use. Microsoft Power BI vs. Qlik Qlik is fast for big …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Power BI provide a user friendly in many ways to analyse the data and visualization of the data .Stacking makes the works easier easily attach the table ,chart row and column through the various available tool ..it also reduces the work part and manpower mechanically …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Power BI is more flexible and it requires less effort in order to create a working environment. The results have an attractive and customizable display. The model is a star schema therefore it do not require specific database adaptation. Excel and csv files could be …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
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 …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Same need to be large scale.
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Power BI is easier to learn, a lot of examples on YouTube, internet documentation books helps to the implementation and personalization of the dashboards easier to use than other platforms.
Chose Microsoft Power BI
While excel can be useful for a very quick data dump, Microsoft Power BI is able to bring that data to life, and show trends and the actual story of what is happening. Microsoft Power BI is the ultimate display tool, and allows us to share information quickly to the CORRECT …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Compared to this tool, Microsoft Power BI doesn't involve heavy coding and provides user friendly interface to visualize data. Microsoft Power BI reports can be shared and published without exposing your source code. Also, the reports are interactive providing drill down …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Power BI is much simple to use, and more modern than BusinessObjects, which has now been discontinued. It costs much less to license than Tableau which is perhaps more niche and designed better. It is also much more powerful for data analysis than excel, smartsheet, airtable, …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Some of the strengths are 1. User-Friendliness 2. Self-Service BI (Caters to all levels of the employees 3. Cost-effective. 4. Easy integration with Microsoft Suits. 5. DAX Calculations 6. Familiar Interface like traditional Excel. 7. Easier Self-Service platform for …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
It's got a larger user base and seems better supported. Personally it feels like alot more work getting comparable results from Tableau. Microsoft Power BI will be WAY easier to work with all your various data sources, if you are working in an environment with M365 already. …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
After several years using Google Looker Studio and BigQuery, Microsoft Power BI is a step-up in terms of visualizations. It is also much more powerful, leading to less errors and has a more intuitive interface. Looker studio has a focus on google analytics whereas Microsoft …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
NA - did not use any other software, yet. Happy with the services and features provided by Microsoft Power BI which helps us navigate through the client requests on a daily basis while also providing actionable insights / solutions with maximum efficiency and that too in a …
Chose Microsoft Power BI
It's the most widely used tool in most organizations
Chose Microsoft Power BI
Each has a different function. I think Microsoft Power BI is easier to use than Tableau and cheaper but SQL and databricks have so much more versatility
Chose Microsoft Power BI
We use Microsoft Power BI in addition to other software.
Chose Microsoft Power BI
I prefer Power BI because of its affordability and fewer complicated tools than Tableau. It's easy to use and compatible with other Microsoft products, which are mostly used in the IT industry. It's not limited to only one platform like Looker Studio, which is mostly used in …
Features
GoodData.AIMicrosoft Power BI
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GoodData.AI
8.1
Ratings
12% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.2
Ratings
0% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.90 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.90 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.30 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
GoodData.AI
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
7.9
Ratings
1% below category average
Drill-down analysis7.70 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.60 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.90 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
GoodData.AI
7.9
Ratings
2% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.60 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.60 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.40 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
GoodData.AI
8.0
Ratings
5% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
8.3
Ratings
2% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.90 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.60 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)6.60 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
GoodData.AI
8.3
Ratings
14% above category average
Microsoft Power BI
7.6
Ratings
2% below category average
REST API8.40 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Javascript API8.30 Ratings7.40 Ratings
iFrames8.30 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
GoodData.AI
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
8.0
Ratings
2% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
GoodData.AI
-
Ratings
Microsoft Power BI
7.9
Ratings
2% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Usability
9.2
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Availability
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Performance
10.0
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Support Rating
10.0
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10.0
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In-Person Training
9.0
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Online Training
8.0
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Implementation Rating
6.0
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Configurability
8.0
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Ease of integration
7.2
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Product Scalability
10.0
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User Testimonials
GoodData.AIMicrosoft Power BI
Likelihood to Recommend
If you have consistently formatted data, that you want regular reports on, plus flexibility to let end users build their own reports, GoodData is perfect. Especially if your end users are less technical. If you want to be able to embed your reporting into your app, GoodData excels, though the start up process can be involved. If your data structure varies, it could be more challenging to integrate. It may also not be worth the integration if you have people who can already run their own SQL queries.
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Microsoft Power BI is great for sales tracking, financial reporting, and real-time operations monitoring. It integrates data from multiple sources, creating interactive dashboards for better decision-making. However, it's less ideal for real-time big data processing, offline access, or when deep customization is needed. It works best for structured reporting but struggles with highly complex data models.
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Pros
  • GoodData helps in simplifying complex data into easy-to-understand visuals. We can create personalized dashboards & tailor them as per requirements. This data can be used from an executive level employee to a team lead employee in the business
  • GoodData is a very user friendly platform. The collaborative features simplify sharing and discussing reports among team members which promotes a culture of data-driven decision-making.
  • GoodData connects with various data sources and consolidate information from multiple platforms. This flexibility proves invaluable for businesses dealing with data spread across different systems as they can access large amount of data on a single platform.
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  • It is great at taking in large amounts of data and housing it all.
  • Microsoft Power BI is so user friendly and it's dashboards are very easy on the eye.
  • The ease of sharing dashboards makes it great for use across a large company.
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Cons
  • would be nice to be able to add the same filter to a multi-tab dashboard once instead of having to do it for each tab; tedious and time consuming
  • Variable use is kind of clunky and would like to be able to hide/show easier
  • The newer insight based dashboard method does not have the flexibility classic does
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  • 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
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 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
From my experience, overall usability of GoodData platform is great very easy to use, but there is still few features as GoodData platform and interface continuosly evolves, which are not yet available within user interface, but only available via API. For regular users all main and key features and tools are perfect, well defined and very easy to use.
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Takes a little bit to get used to it. Not natively intuitive but fairly straight forward to pick up. Also docking it a few points because you can create a really clean, simple UI in Claude very quickly that's faster than building all of this yourself in Microsoft Power BI.
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Reliability and Availability
We are approximately one month since go-live. There has been one short outage.
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Performance
I'm generally impressed with how fast it reflects so much data.
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Support Rating
The fast and comprehensive responses we got from GoodData regarding the doubts we had experienced while starting to use the products and metrics were of great help in ensuring the metrics we were obtaining were accurate to what we wanted to know about our customers' experience and our product areas of opportunity.
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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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In-Person Training
Petr was a rock star - patient, knowledgeable, clear and easy to work with.
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Online Training
GoodData implementation team was professional and courteous
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Implementation Rating
Implementations are hard and we had limited technical resources. We relied too heavily on GD care team. When we found technical gaps, they weren't simple to overcome
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It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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Alternatives Considered
We did our investigation years ago and I wasn't the one leading it but what I do remember was that GoodData had the best balance of price compared to infrastructure demand while not compromising on the power of available features around insight and dashboarding
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All others apps are enablers and Microsoft Power BI is the visual that end user sees which often adds more value to the end user to make strategic decisions from this. All are equally great but Microsoft Power BI is the end result
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Scalability
We now have hundreds of customers on multiple product lines. It's very flexible and we can troubleshoot ourselves.
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Return on Investment
  • I personally pushed our management to get GoodData implemented, and there on we have been making much more profits than we ever did!
  • Last month we made a decision using the platform and withing a short span of time our ROI gets 7X.
  • We also made a marketing spend of $100,000 every quater using the insights and metrics, and we are really happy with the returs.
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  • We're still early in the adoption process at this company, but we've illustrated how bad data keeps us from being more productive. ~25% of a team's work week was dedicated to effectively cleaning up entries, but it was always seen as a normal to them.
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