Microsoft BI (MSBI) vs. Oracle Analytics Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Oracle Analytics Cloud
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
The Oracle Analytics Cloud service is a public cloud service that provides a full set of capabilities to explore and perform collaborative analytics.
$16
per month per user
Pricing
Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics Cloud
Editions & Modules
Power BI Pro
$9.99
per user/per month
Power BI Premium
4,995
per month
Professional - BYOL
$0.3226
OCPU per hour
Enterprise - BYOL
$0.3226
OCPU per hour
Oracle Analytics Server for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
$1.75
OCPU per hour
Professional
$16.00
per month per user
Enterprise
$80.00
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics Cloud
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—OCPUs represent physical CPU cores. Most CPU architectures, including x86, execute two threads per physical core, so 1 OCPU is the equivalent of 2 vCPUs for x86-based compute. The per-hour OCPU rate customers are billed at is therefore twice the vCPU price since they receive two vCPUs of compute power for each OCPU.
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Community Pulse
Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics Cloud
Considered Both Products
Microsoft BI (MSBI)

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Oracle Analytics Cloud
Chose Oracle Analytics Cloud
Oracle Analytics Cloud is a much more robust and true enterprise-level product on the cloud. The great support and documentation behind this product are amazing.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics Cloud
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.6
49 Ratings
5% above category average
Oracle Analytics Cloud
8.4
25 Ratings
2% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports9.042 Ratings8.123 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.049 Ratings8.825 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.947 Ratings8.325 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.7
49 Ratings
7% above category average
Oracle Analytics Cloud
8.3
29 Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis8.944 Ratings9.128 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.049 Ratings8.228 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.939 Ratings7.822 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.949 Ratings8.325 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.9
48 Ratings
6% above category average
Oracle Analytics Cloud
8.5
26 Ratings
2% above category average
Publish to Web8.944 Ratings8.024 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.944 Ratings9.125 Ratings
Report Versioning8.940 Ratings8.224 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.943 Ratings8.723 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.924 Ratings8.519 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.9
48 Ratings
10% above category average
Oracle Analytics Cloud
8.5
25 Ratings
5% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.947 Ratings8.625 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.944 Ratings8.521 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.942 Ratings8.220 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.9
49 Ratings
3% above category average
Oracle Analytics Cloud
9.7
22 Ratings
12% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)8.946 Ratings9.921 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.943 Ratings9.021 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.946 Ratings10.022 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.928 Ratings10.018 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.5
39 Ratings
7% above category average
Oracle Analytics Cloud
9.7
18 Ratings
20% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.036 Ratings10.016 Ratings
Mobile Application8.027 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.936 Ratings9.917 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.8
21 Ratings
10% above category average
Oracle Analytics Cloud
9.6
17 Ratings
19% above category average
REST API8.919 Ratings9.914 Ratings
Javascript API8.919 Ratings8.913 Ratings
iFrames8.918 Ratings9.97 Ratings
Java API8.917 Ratings9.913 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)8.918 Ratings8.913 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.017 Ratings9.98 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(73 ratings)
8.7
(33 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(15 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
6.9
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.6
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft BI (MSBI)Oracle Analytics Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Oracle
Oracle Data Visualization is very effective if used in an enterprise context with huge volumes of data coming from different systems. It supports dashboard and reporting capabilities and is easy to scale. It also allows you to leverage machine learning capabilities to extract hidden data trends. Visualization capabilities are powerful but not so various if compared to other solutions on the market. If you want to present a dashboard to an executive audience and you want to make your dashboards beautiful you must adapt them through PowerPoint.
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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
  • Available without of the box connectors for Salesforce and oracle Saas Cloud. This is a huge plus for our business since we don't need another middleware solution just for this sake.
  • We are able to connect to our on-prem SQL Server database where we have our RMA database and other applications seamlessly without writing custom APIs.
  • OAC writes directly into ADW which is another advantage for loading Excel files into ADW after dataflow transformations.
  • OAC allows replication of the database from fusion ERP and lets us create subject areas using the data modeler.
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Cons
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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Oracle
  • Reports that output data to portable and mobile devices should be in a better and more appropriate form and improved.
  • In the beginning, the initial settings take some time, which I think requires a smart wizard to set up and get started.
  • Must add mores diagrams and graphs
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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
No answers on this topic
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
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Microsoft
The product has been reliable.
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Oracle
No answers on this topic
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
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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Oracle
Oracle Analytics Support team is very proactive and I have never had a situation where I had to wait for more than a day or two to get my issues resolved. This is a very big help for us and we appreciate Oracle and its team for guaranteeing that experience.
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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
No answers on this topic
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
No answers on this topic
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
No answers on this topic
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
Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service (OBICS) does well in terms of handling data, creating joins, managing database relationships, and data integration from multiple sources. However, the visualisation features on Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service (OBICS) are limited when compared to other business intelligence tools like Looker or Tableau. Again, the choice of tool depends on your specific requirements. Both provide different features and both are good at what they offer.
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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
  • ROI is better than average; the product pays for itself in the long run
  • Ease of use, which is very important in today's busy environments.
  • Can be costly based on the amount of user licensing, which is a flat cost per user.
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