Jet Reports vs. Microsoft BI (MSBI)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Jet Reports
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Jet Reports is a business intelligence software now offered by insightsoftware, inc since the company's 2019 acquisition of Jet Global Data Technologies.N/A
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
Score 8.5 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
Jet ReportsMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Power BI Pro
$9.99
per user/per month
Power BI Premium
4,995
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Jet ReportsMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Jet ReportsMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Jet ReportsMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Jet Reports
6.7
5 Ratings
19% below category average
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.7
48 Ratings
7% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports6.04 Ratings9.041 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.04 Ratings8.048 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates6.05 Ratings9.046 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Jet Reports
7.0
5 Ratings
14% below category average
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.7
48 Ratings
8% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.05 Ratings9.043 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.05 Ratings8.048 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages5.03 Ratings9.038 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings9.048 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Jet Reports
8.2
5 Ratings
1% below category average
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
9.0
47 Ratings
8% above category average
Publish to Web8.03 Ratings9.043 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.05 Ratings9.043 Ratings
Report Versioning8.05 Ratings9.039 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.05 Ratings9.042 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.02 Ratings9.023 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Jet Reports
7.7
2 Ratings
3% below category average
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
9.0
47 Ratings
12% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.02 Ratings9.046 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.02 Ratings9.043 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.02 Ratings9.041 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
Jet Reports
8.3
5 Ratings
3% below category average
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
9.0
48 Ratings
6% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)7.05 Ratings9.045 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.05 Ratings9.042 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.05 Ratings9.045 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.01 Ratings9.027 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Jet Reports
8.3
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.5
38 Ratings
7% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings8.035 Ratings
Mobile Application7.01 Ratings8.026 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.03 Ratings10.035 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Jet Reports
6.8
2 Ratings
14% below category average
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.8
20 Ratings
11% above category average
REST API7.02 Ratings9.018 Ratings
Javascript API6.02 Ratings9.018 Ratings
iFrames7.02 Ratings9.017 Ratings
Java API7.02 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)7.02 Ratings9.017 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.02 Ratings8.016 Ratings
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User Ratings
Jet ReportsMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(5 ratings)
8.9
(72 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(25 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(1 ratings)
8.9
(14 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(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
Jet ReportsMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
Likelihood to Recommend
Insightsoftware, Inc
Jet Reports is better suited if you have a specific population set you are looking at and less suited when querying or summing large pools or data, records, etc. I use a combination of Jet & SQL syntax when performing the latter because it allows me to harness the speed of our SQL server. Jet allows more for more customization when bodes better for users.
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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
Insightsoftware, Inc
  • Integrated reporting
  • Customizable reports
  • Easy to use
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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
Insightsoftware, Inc
  • Tips and tricks
  • Sharing best practices from other companies
  • Online user forum
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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
Insightsoftware, Inc
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
Insightsoftware, Inc
Because it is not the costliest tool in this category but it serves the purpose. It is easy to use, cost effective, and works really well with the data stored on cloud. It has wide range of dashboard templates which go really well with different types of data sets. I would love to use it agains and again
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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
Insightsoftware, Inc
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
The product has been reliable.
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Performance
Insightsoftware, Inc
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
Insightsoftware, Inc
I hinestly have not used the support a lot but i have always had to way for longer durations to get a response on my emails. I have tried calling them a few times and the wait time was a little more than what i expected. They were able to answer my queries nonetheless
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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
Insightsoftware, Inc
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
Insightsoftware, Inc
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
Insightsoftware, Inc
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
Insightsoftware, Inc
Jet Reports is light weight and has a minimal barrier to entry for new users. Tableau has a higher learning curve and is more cost prohibitive
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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
Insightsoftware, Inc
  • Prediction analysis has helped the business to make future plans
  • Report scheduling has eliminated a lot of manual work
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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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