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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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.

    $168

    per year per user

    Microsoft Sentinel

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Sentinel (formerly Azure Sentinel) is designed as a birds-eye view across the enterprise. It is presented as a security information and event management (SIEM) solution for proactive threat detection, investigation, and response.

    $2.46

    per GB ingested

    Sisense

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ASisense is a BI software and analytics platform. With what the vendor calls their In-Chip™ and Single Stack™ technologies, users have access to a comprehensive tool to analyze and visualize large, disparate data sets without IT resources.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft Power BIMicrosoft SentinelSisense
    Editions & Modules
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Azure Sentinel
    $2.46
    per GB ingested
    100 GB per day
    $123.00
    per day
    200 GB per day
    $221.40
    per day
    300 GB per day
    $319.80
    per day
    400 GB per day
    $410.00
    per day
    500 GB per day
    $492.00
    per day
    More than 500 GB per day
    $492.00 + $98.40
    per day/plus each additional 100 GB increment
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Power BIMicrosoft SentinelSisense
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPower BI Desktop is the data exploration and report authoring experience for Power BI, and is available as a free download.—Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Power BIMicrosoft SentinelSisense
    Considered Multiple Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    We have used Microsoft Power BI for almost seven years. When looking for a reporting platform, remember that you are about to make a long-term choice. Moving reports to another system isn't easy. If you have, for example, more than 100 reports, the move to a different platform …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Cost-effective but has a lot of features to offer. The perfect tool to build reports and dashboards with a large amount of data and complex data modeling. End users do not require much knowledge to get used to the tool. Regular updates from Microsoft to add new features and has …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft BI tool does a better job than most of the other software. The reason is excellent visualizations and its capability to connect with various other software and data sources. Tableau does a better job when it comes to tutorials and being more user-friendly. Also …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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    Sisense Ltd
    Chose Sisense
    Each tool has strengths, but Sisense stands out for its ease of use, scalability, and robust data integration. We chose Sisense for its balance of robust functionality and ease of use. We are happy that it can handle complex data integrations that aligned perfectly with our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sisense
    Sisense truly stacks up against Power BI, Domo or Tableau as one of the most accurate data analysis applications that offers an intuitive approach to data exploration. You can use its web-based interface to tap the expertise of your data analytics team. They can build and share …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sisense
    Sisense does very well against most of the tools in the market. We chose this tool because of its great visualizations and easy to deploy procedures. The reports are very easy to generate and distribute them across departments and organization. It provides a great interface to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sisense
    I've used a few different analytical engines over the last few years and none have the efficient ability as both a data manager and a dashboarding tool - usually, other platforms excel in one area or another. To expand further, tools that succeed in data management and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sisense
    Sisense can't compare to any tool for the ease of user, intuitive interface and "time to data". I gave been working with both large enterprise and small SMB's using Sisense, and it is amazing to see how small companies quickly learn how to use it and how practical and efficient …
    Incentivized
    Chose Sisense
    Before purchasing Sisense and began recommending it as a solution to our clients, we tested four other BI visualization tools. All four of these ranked high on the Gartner Magic Quadrant. We researched Domo, Looker, MS Power BI and Tableau. Looker could be a better solution if …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
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    99%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    103 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    59 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    112 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    71 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    73 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Microsoft Power BIMicrosoft SentinelSisense
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Sentinel and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.1
    198 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Microsoft Sentinel
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    9.7
    47 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.1169 Ratings00 Ratings10.037 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.6197 Ratings00 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.7180 Ratings00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Sentinel and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    196 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Microsoft Sentinel
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    8.8
    47 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.4193 Ratings00 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.7193 Ratings00 Ratings9.047 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.4143 Ratings00 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.2191 Ratings00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Sentinel and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    189 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Microsoft Sentinel
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    10.0
    46 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Publish to Web8.1179 Ratings00 Ratings10.036 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.7174 Ratings00 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.7145 Ratings00 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.3148 Ratings00 Ratings10.039 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.9111 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Sentinel and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.7
    189 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Microsoft Sentinel
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    9.5
    45 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.3183 Ratings00 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.1168 Ratings00 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.2138 Ratings00 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.339 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Sentinel and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.3
    180 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft Sentinel
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    10.0
    45 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.6169 Ratings00 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.1148 Ratings00 Ratings10.044 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.1160 Ratings00 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.149 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.5141 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Sentinel and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    162 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft Sentinel
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    9.7
    40 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.6152 Ratings00 Ratings10.040 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.5133 Ratings00 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.8155 Ratings00 Ratings10.034 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Sentinel and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.6
    116 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Microsoft Sentinel
    -
    Ratings
    Sisense
    -
    Ratings
    REST API7.7104 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API7.485 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.055 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API6.769 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.391 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.444 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Sentinel and Sisense
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Sentinel
    8.5
    34 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Sisense
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings9.134 Ratings00 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings8.835 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings8.435 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings8.333 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings8.933 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings8.435 Ratings00 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings8.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings9.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings8.733 Ratings00 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings8.232 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings7.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings8.733 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
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    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
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    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Power BIMicrosoft SentinelSisense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (199 ratings)
    8.5
    (74 ratings)
    10.0
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    6.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (115 ratings)
    8.2
    (27 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    -
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    9.1
    (47 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    -
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    9.2
    (47 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
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    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Power BIMicrosoft SentinelSisense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Has significantly improved collation of data and visualisation especially with business across Europe. Has given me the ability to see the Site availability at the click of a button to see which Site is in the "money" and seize opportunities based on Market data
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    What has really impressed me is how Microsoft Sentinel delivers centralised security monitoring across multiple data sources in our enterprise. It has reduced cost of handling large security logs by collecting and analyzing data without friction of managing traditional SIEM infrastructure. It is easy to work to integrate with Azure logs for quick data analysis.
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    I believe Sisense is perfectly suited for any organization of any size that have access to the proper resources, as the tool is very expensive. The data connectors come in all shapes and sizes out of the box, which allows a great deal of data control within the ElastiCubes. Additionally, while the platform only runs on Windows platforms, the web application can be accessed on any client: mobile, Apple, Windows, etc. This allows a much more flexible user experience, resulting in data and dashboards reaching further than any other tool.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Options for data source connections are immense. Not just which sources, but your options for *how* the data is brought in.
    • Constant updates (this is both good and bad at times).
    • User friendliness. I can get the data connections set up and draft some quick visuals, then release to the target audience and let them expand on it how they want to.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • The visual presentation of data is terrific, so including what we had prior to Microsoft Sentinel, it presents data in a much more usable way, so that's been quite refreshing. It's not quite as complex to understand what you're looking at.
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    • Customization - lots of supported and community plugins available. Users can also adjust the look and feel through JavaScript.
    • Innovation - Sisense is continuing to push the envelope by developing new features through Sisense Labs.
    • Customer support - the commitment to excellent customer service and ensuring organizations get the most out of their investment.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • One feature that I would like to see improved is probably the log parsing. I think one of the big things that Splunk does better than Microsoft Sentinel is that it makes it easy to bring in new log streams of arbitrary formats and parse them out into columns and tables. Microsoft Sentinel is a lot more involved, though. It takes a lot more manual work to bring in different log sources and parse them out.
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    Sisense Ltd
    • The usability of the application on mobile devices needs some improvement, especially navigation and filtering.
    • Dashboards that are created by multiple users can be a bit of a hassle to share by Admins.
    • If you need to embed dashboards into your website, you are require to buy a license separate from the user and platform license. This is a norm on most BI visualization tools, but Sisense can seem a bit on the high side, cost-wide.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    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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    Microsoft
    it does the job reasonably well
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    Sisense Ltd
    I think the business and myself as a user has come to rely on SiSense as a dashboarding and quick ad-hoc reporting tool. I am hoping to integrate SiSense dashboards into more parts of the business in the future. We have reduced our report turn-around time for the most part from hours/days to minutes and in some cases almost the speed of thought. Reports are also easier on the eye and more easily distributed. I would also like to say that the support and professionalism from the SiSense team has been excellent.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Automating reporting has reduced manual data processing by 50-70%, freeing up analysts for higher-value tasks. A finance team that previously spent 20+ hours per week on Excel-based reports now does it in minutes with Microsoft Power BI's automated Real-time dashboards have shortened decision cycles by 30-40%, enabling leadership to react quickly to sales trends, operational bottlenecks, and customer behavior.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Mirosoft sentinel is easy to use once the inital setup is completed.The dashboard and centralized alerts make it simple to monitor security events and investigate incidents.Integration with other microsoft security tool is also helpful.Some advanced features and configurations can take time to understand, but overall it provides good, user-friendly security monitoring.
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    New V5 is ground floor of an exciting collection of possibilities. Weekly Sisense developers come up with new functionality that they share with us in their forums. The move to HTML5 has been pleasing in that widgets auto size themselves into appropriate forms in the board but everyone of them can be popped out to full page size to be looked at in more detail
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Sisense Ltd
    There are very few situations when there is unexpected downtime. Mostly during development, new dashboard implementation and during upgrades. other then that there were very few crashes.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
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    Microsoft
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    Sisense Ltd
    SiSense is usually performing better then other solutions even if going for complex reports/dashboards(of course within reasonable frames). I haven't noticed any bad influence on other systems, usually if something happens it stays within SiSense.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft support is one of the highest rated on the market. It has global and multilingual support. Calls can be made over the phone and the solution is virtually instantaneous with the help of Microsoft engineers. It's great!
    Incentivized
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    Sisense Ltd
    SiSense's support ninjas are very knowledgeable and are exceptionally responsive. So far, all of the issues we ran into were resolved within minimum time. My sense of dealing with the support staff at SiSense is that they are very focused on not just answering your immediate question, but also to delve into the cause of the matter.
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
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    Microsoft
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    Sisense Ltd
    Easy and free training that allowed us quickly understand basics in SiSense and start using them. More advanced features requires some browsing through SiSense forums, but there is always support to help, and SiSense support is one of the best whith which I worked so far.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
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    Sisense Ltd
    Many examples, videos and scenarios which you try on your own right away. This combined with in-person training gives you enough to utilize most of SiSense's power.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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    Microsoft
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    Sisense Ltd
    Remember to migrate the plugins. The documentation however is pretty straight forward.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    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 not pay for Tableau or Sigma anymore. Not worth it at all.
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    Microsoft
    Compared to platforms such as Splunk, LogRhythm, and Devo, Microsoft Sentinel’s cloud‑native, consumption‑based pricing model and reduced infrastructure overhead tend to offer better overall cost efficiency. This is especially true for organizations already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, where Sentinel can deliver strong capabilities with a lower total cost of ownership.
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    Sisense Ltd
    1) Easy to use, really, there is nothing too much to say. The set up is easy and not confusing. You can use it internally or externally.
    2) Customer Service, having spoken to various product reps from similar industry. Sisense rep provides you with the best support to get started, and it is really appreciated.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
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    Sisense Ltd
    Product is quite easily scalable. The whole installation can be easily moved to stronger machine if needed.
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    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Did not use professional services
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    Sisense Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Power BI usage reduced the effort of analytical reports creation by about 80%
    • Empowered all the level of employee to be more vigilant of the data and business insights, gained the profit of 8% overall.
    • AI-powered predictive analytics improved forecasting accuracy by 17%, that topped the overall sales.
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    Microsoft
    • It's probably neutral. We see value, but it's, again, tick that kind of expense stuff. We're getting more insight and value into what is going on in that cloud workspace, but just noting the cost. So it's probably neutral. I'm not directly responsible, so the full kind of return on investment kind of cycle, that's someone else's problem. I'm like the end user. It's my team that will look at the data and look at the output of Microsoft Sentinel. So the ROI, someone else can worry about that.
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    Sisense Ltd
    • Report development time is reduced from 2~3 days to 2~3 hours.
    • Report querying time is improved from 0.5~10 mins to 2~30 seconds.
    • A 2-staff team delivers 10 times the BI output that we did on the old system.
    • We were able to deliver BI and data analysis for all business functions instead of a very limited group of users
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    Microsoft Power BI Screenshots

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    Microsoft Sentinel Screenshots

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