Microsoft Power BI Embedded vs. Zoho Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
A solution from Microsoft to provide customer-facing reports, dashboards, and analytics in applications by using and branding Power BI as one's own. Designed to reduce developer resources by automating the monitoring, management, and deployment of analytics, while getting full control of Power BI features and intelligent analytics.N/A
Zoho Analytics
Score 8.4 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Zoho Analytics (formerly Zoho Reports) is a self-service BI and analytics platform that allows users to analyze their business data and create reports and dashboards. It is designed to help users create and share reports quickly, without IT assistance.
$30
per month 2 users
Pricing
Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedZoho Analytics
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$30
0.5M rows, 2 users
Professional
$30
per user per month billed annually
Standard
$60
1M rows, 5 users
Premium
$145
5M rows, 15 users
Enterprise
$575
50M rows, 50 users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedZoho Analytics
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThere is a 20% discount for all plans if subscribed yearly. Customers can buy add-on rows and users, in addition to the plans listed above.
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Community Pulse
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Chose Microsoft Power BI Embedded
Microsoft Power BI Embedded is a lot more robust compared to Zoho Analytics. It offers more customization options in terms of color and fonts. You can use python in Power BI Embedded which is more commonly used language these days, which is still not possible with Zoho …
Zoho Analytics

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Features
Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedZoho Analytics
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.8
135 Ratings
8% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.9106 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.7135 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.3
137 Ratings
4% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.3131 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.8136 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.8137 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.7
129 Ratings
6% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.6108 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.6127 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.7112 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.2
84 Ratings
3% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.480 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.872 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.466 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.6
129 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.8127 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.972 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.8122 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.830 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.674 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Zoho Analytics
7.2
97 Ratings
8% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.871 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings5.973 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.086 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Power BI Embedded
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Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.4
65 Ratings
9% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.261 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.653 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedZoho Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(11 ratings)
8.0
(139 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(83 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.3
(18 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(71 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Power BI EmbeddedZoho Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
This product is very convenient to use and implement and is considered a "de facto" standard in the Business Intelligence sphere. First of all, it contains numerous features in terms of visualization, data provisioning, data source integration which makes it a perfect tool for the development of BI analytics. Secondly, it provides great capabilities for the development of data markets for the whole development team. Thirdly, the sharing capabilities of dashboards that are updated in a real-time manner provides great incentives for end-users
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Zoho
Zoho Analytics is the best way to consume data created by Zoho products . It's robust and quick build formula libraries and auto generated reports. A data source can be integrated and be ready for consumption within minutes. This gives a well developed baseline for organizing to develop advance analytics. It's mobile dashboards are very intuitive and useful for leaders who are on the move.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • It is very easy to connect multiple data sources for a single report. You can use CSV, Excel, database integration, etc.
  • Power Bi supports Python as well, which makes it a lot easier for us as it is known by most of our team.
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Zoho
  • Zoho Analytics’ predictive analytics capabilities can help forecast future trends, allowing for proactive planning and risk management.
  • Performance Monitoring: We can track key performance indicators (KPIs) across departments, such as sales, marketing, finance, and HR. This aids in identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
  • Decision making regarding resource allocation.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Similar to how Excel has VBA, Microsoft Power BI uses PowerQuery (M/DAX). Though DAX is similar to Excel in terms of how it is written, I just think it's something that would be difficult for new users to figure out.
  • Something I would like to see done differently in Microsoft Power BI is the ability to have presets for sorting/arranging of visualizations. Though it is nice to arrange the dashboard freely, it would also be nice to have preset arrangements based on visualizations (for those of us bad at making dashboards look appealing).
  • With Microsoft Power BI, it is hard to show others your dashboard using the free platform (unless you show them from your computer/account). This can cause issues if your firm is trialing Microsoft Power BI before purchase.
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Zoho
  • I'm guessing it's out there somewhere but I really could have used a 'quick start guide' or guided start.
  • Once I figured it out, it makes sense how to make sure the right data is provided in order to make dashboards quite flexible--- but without examples, I found it quite a challenge
  • The initial organization of Analytics is NOT intuitive. Once in context, the organizational features make sense, but (at least initially) it would have been most useful if the organization of Analytics reports in Zoho Analytics had saved me a lot of time.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Zoho
I'd give this an 11 if I could! As our business moves forward we hope to use Zoho Analytics more then we do now. Creating better reports and dashboards for our management team to evaluate the health of our business and to provide more insightful reports for our customers. The possibilities are endless with this tool
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Usability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Zoho
For an end user, Zoho Analytics is pretty easy to use and very easy to access the dashboard. Linking data from multiple sources is very convenient. Multiple people can work on preparing and publishing the dashboards simultaneously, which helps delegate tasks.
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Reliability and Availability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Zoho
ZOHO is a very reliable company/product. We never had any issues with downtime or inaccessibility to our data. Any type of maintenance that they had to perform was clearly communicated and never an issue. We use a lot of external hooks and we've never had any issues with getting ZOHO to communicate with any of those hooks.
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Performance
Microsoft
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Zoho
ZOHO has obviously invested a lot of time effort and money in to creating a reliable infrastructure with high availability. We've never had any issues with performance and all of our data crunching small to large has always been well within reason. We have come to appreciate the performance of ZOHO and will continue to use it for all of our data needs.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Zoho
The support team is honestly not that great. At times, it seems as if members of our own team know more about the product than the support team. They must not have a lot of training or the turnaround is quick
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Zoho
If your external data sources are previously organized and correlated (e.g.: in your datawarehouse or database) your implementation will be easier. Of cource some not previously predicted correlation would be necessary to be done during the implementation, but if your organization let it to be all done into Zoho Analytics, it will take more time from your team.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
I haven’t used any other software that can be compared to this and that is a good thing as this means that this software is the best one on the market. Tough other apps may exist we only use Microsoft Power BI because it is simply the best app out there.
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Zoho
Zoho Analytics has the best UI and user friendly to create reports and dashboard along with features like Zia Assistance that guide in creating reports and dashboard and also help in the forecasting of the data based on the past records.
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Scalability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Zoho
As far as I know, Zoho Analytics has been able to fulfill every need we've had for it. Our reports have gotten better and more detailed with pretty much every new issue of our magazine. It just keeps getting better, and we keep feeding it more data to digest and present to us.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Saved a significant amount of time for reporting current rollout status to project stakeholders
  • Project stakeholders were able to view the live dashboards at any time so felt they had a better understanding of the rollout status
  • Project stakeholders found it beneficial that they were able to set their own filters. For example, to view rollout status for their own departments.
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Zoho
  • Analytics has been the foundation of my role. I manage 2000 accounts myself, so I need analytics to help me know whom to serve first.
  • Analytics provides a lot of visualization options that I need to serve my customers.
  • Analytics has excellent options for accountability with our training team to know where each account is in their customer journey.
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ScreenShots

Zoho Analytics Screenshots

Screenshot of Zia Insights, which provides contextual intelligence with detailed diagnostics.Screenshot of where OpenAI's large language models (LLMs) are leveraged within Ask Zia to build complex queries, construct metrics and formulas, and discover public datasets.Screenshot of key metrics with KPI charts.Screenshot of streaming data, which is available for real-time insights. Users can process streams from Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, PubNub and APIs.Screenshot of reports accessed from iPad and Android tablets.Screenshot of custom machine learning models, available with a no-code assistant.