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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft BI (MSBI)

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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.

    $14

    per month per user

    OCI

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracles's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform which combines the utility of public cloud with the granular control, security, and predictability of on-premises infrastructure.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)OCI
    Editions & Modules
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)OCI
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)OCI
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Oracle
    Chose OCI
    OCI is the first cloud technology I have used.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    119 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    111 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    117 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    76 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    104 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)OCI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    53 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.546 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.653 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.951 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    53 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.548 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.253 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.342 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.953 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    52 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web9.348 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.547 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.426 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.7
    52 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.651 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.748 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.745 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.3
    53 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.449 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.347 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.949 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.431 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.0
    42 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.239 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.839 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    24 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    -
    Ratings
    REST API9.221 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API8.821 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.718 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.319 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Microsoft BI (MSBI) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    7.9
    138 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.6133 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.4133 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.2122 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings6.9122 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings7.3133 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings7.6120 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings7.4132 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings8.3134 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings7.996 Ratings
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)OCI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (77 ratings)
    8.2
    (150 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    9.2
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (19 ratings)
    8.7
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (28 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (20 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (11 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)OCI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft BI has a lot of features and is a very powerful tool, especially if you have folks on your team that know how to utilize all of its capabilities. To truly unlock all that it can do, it does require people to have a deep understanding of its capabilities. That's where the software really shines. If you are looking for a simpler, more basic reporting tool, there are other programs available that do not require such a steep learning curve.
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    Oracle
    As per our usage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for almost 6 years hosting 500 + customers I can say its well suited application for any small scale to larger scale application as it can handle that capacity and provide more reliable cloud service only if you need any messaging service like pub/sub or sqs better to consider other services.
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    Pros
    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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    Oracle
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has a generous free tier, moreso than other hyperscalers, with an always-free tier that guarantees certain products are always free
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure allows you to size VMs with differing combinations of CPU and RAM, which is contrary to other hyperscalers that have specific pre-defined combinations only
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regularly provides free certification exam offers
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • MSBI designs can work on increasing data processing capabilities enough to handle the huge datasets etc.
    • It would be a lot better if it is a little low on cost.
    • it needs to create opportunities little more than they do regarding customization of some very unique visualization effects
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    Oracle
    • Navigating the UI takes lots of getting used to. It reminds me of older GCP (just to get used to where everything is).
    • Permission for different things always seemed to be more difficult than it really needed to be. Once you got them set up you were good but updating anything or creating new permissions for just about anything took longer than I thought it should.
    • Based on how the buttons were laid out, it was pretty easy to delete all of your DNS records, and backing them up was not as intuitive as I'd like with the UI, but it was easy to do using a script.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Oracle
    Reliability: Very dependable and stable OCI services have been for the business operations.Performance: The speed and efficiency of OCI in meeting their computing and storage needs.Scalability: The ease and effectiveness of scaling resources up or down to accommodate changing demands.Security: The robustness and effectiveness of OCI's security features in protecting their data and applications.
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    Usability
    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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    Oracle
    The services & products in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure needs more improvement to beat other Cloud service providers. The price is good & Security processes are good. We are requiring to put more effort in supporting this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure than other Cloud service providers. Probably better ways are there but is not super easy to find or not super available
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    The product has been reliable.
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    Oracle
    Yeah sometimes we had to face unplanned outages due to underlying infrastructure issues, so not every time,e but once in a while we face issues with availability. But the good thing is we have redundancy with DR setup and multi region so we can manage.
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    Performance
    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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    Oracle
    From the start, I was surprised by response times and image quality accessing windows VMs with RDP. GCP, Azure and -many offerings in AWS- don't perform this speed. Also, that's evident in the quality of Infrastructure Management Team, because I just received one warning regarding a region failure, what confirms that's a mature platform.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    MSBI natively has a site that allows you to vote on user enhancements and bug fixes. This allows the largest nagging issues to float to the top and the development team can prioritize accordingly. As mentioned earlier, the large community base of MSBI developers assist technical resources in handling technical questions.
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    Oracle
    Overall it is amazing, there is always room for improvement. We have weekly updates that tend to slow the program used more and more. We had to change some reports within Oracle because the others wouldn’t load. This is tied to our payroll and the delays are causing many time constraint issues and panic. We have to create a new report when one breaks. Otherwise awesome!
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    This training was more directed toward what the product was capable of rather than actual programming.
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    Oracle
    Effective training provided, much data productivity while doing training
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    Online Training
    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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    Oracle
    detailed and easy to understand.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Oracle
    Very much satisifed with the Oracle Support team during the implementation and Migration of applications
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Oracle
    We used Microsoft Azure and Docker earlier and faced some difficulties like Microsoft Azure and Docker. Occasionally, the generation of large images can delay deployment. It is also necessary for me to admit that Microsoft Azure and Docker have a somewhat steep learning curve. Proper paperwork needs to be there. Docker has issues with performance on a number of platforms. On the other hand, OCI is easy to deploy and easy to understand.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    was not part of initial purchase team. Anyways, i think unit pricing and billing frequency is good compared to other Cloud service providers, when it comes to Cloud Capital expenditure & Operational expenditure. Would be more interested in exploring more options where customers can get more cost relaxations on trying out new cloud services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for example a new App or a feature
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    We have hosted around 500 + customers on this cloud so till day not faced any major issues, so we can use it for any kind of products and it can hold the load and easily scale based on need.
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    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Services & Infra wise is ok to use & host applications & services. Security wise also good for a Cloud service provider. It is a interesting area to explore & using it for day to day needs can be further improvised in future probably. Modern day Services like AI and Machine learning could be improved
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Oracle
    • Oracle Cloud helps us build and deploy apps quickly, getting our products out the door faster.
    • With real-time insights from Oracle Cloud, we can give customers personalized experiences that boost satisfaction.
    • Migrating to Oracle saves us cash on hardware and maintenance, which we can use for innovation and growth.
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