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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

    Numetric

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ANumetric is an easy-to-use BI tool for non-experts. It can handle data centralization, data cleaning, as well as analysis and publishing.N/A

    Salesforce CRM Analytics

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce CRM Analytics (formerly Tableau CRM) is a cloud-based business intelligence solutions and analytics software. It provides users with automated data discovery, CRM-connected analytics, top-down views of data, augmented analytics, predictive insights, and customizable data visualization tools.

    $125

    per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft Power BINumetricSalesforce CRM Analytics
    Editions & Modules
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month (billed annually) per user
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    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Power BINumetricSalesforce CRM Analytics
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    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.
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    Considered Multiple Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    We were able to bundle Power BI with other Microsoft products we rely on heavily. This and the customization options were the main sellers for us.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Same need to be large scale.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Each has a different function. I think Microsoft Power BI is easier to use than Tableau and cheaper but SQL and databricks have so much more versatility
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI excels against its competition in being a great combination between feature set and scalability. Tableau is more integrated with Salesforce but it has a high starting price point whereas Microsoft Power BI can start out with a single license for less than $20 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    With Microsoft Power BI it is easy to load the data and transform it, with its competitor product Tableau, an enterprise would need a separate tool known as Tableau Prep.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Again, I would say [Microsoft] Power BI stacks up right in the middle against their competitors. It gets the job done in terms of data aggregation and visualization, but it lacks user experience and ease of building. Most sales reps I spoke with didn't like the tool because it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI is, in my opinion, the overall best visualization tool on the market today. While there are niche areas where others may have small advantages, the overall feature/functionality, approachability, and value proposition that Power BI provides give it the edge. Cost is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Microsoft Power BI is part of the MS product family, and since we are a Microsoft shop (Office365, Azure, SQL DB) it fits into our environment with centralized management/administration. This alone justified additional costs (licensing). Tableau and SAP Business Objects are …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI performs quite well in comparison to it's competitor's products. We compared it mainly to GoodData and Tableau. Power BI has a great pricing. It's affordable and efficient with mid-sized datasets. Hence many companies go for it. Competitive products like Tableau are …
    Incentivized
    Numetric
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
    Chose Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Tableau CRM is capable of providing powerful data visualization and analytical insights into your data set. Also, it produces a simple and understandable graphical representation of data. When compared to PowerBI, If you are an enterprise Microsoft user, there may be a clear …
    Incentivized
    Chose Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Tableau CRM no doubt has best GUI compare to any other existing BI tools we are currently working on. We are already using Salesforce as a CRM tool for sales/services/marketing and Tableau CRM has easy connectivity and development with Salesforce data. After demo the sample …
    Incentivized
    Chose Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Salesforce Einstein Analytics is the leader in the CRM industry when it comes to capturing and understanding the relative date. Therefore, many sales leaders and professionals are accustomed to utilizing the tool. Because of this factor, there is a more exceptional …
    Incentivized
    Chose Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Tableau is more of a developer tool and for non-technical workers, it is hard to learn. The product is superior to Einstein Analytics, but if the first goal is to get this out to an entire company, then Salesforce is the way to go. For the technical workers, the limitations of …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
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    73%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
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    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69 Answers
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    73 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Power BINumetricSalesforce CRM Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Numetric and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.1
    198 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Numetric
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.1169 Ratings8.01 Ratings7.541 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.6197 Ratings8.01 Ratings8.548 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.7180 Ratings8.01 Ratings7.546 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and Numetric and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    196 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Numetric
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.8
    49 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Drill-down analysis8.4193 Ratings10.01 Ratings8.548 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.7193 Ratings8.01 Ratings7.548 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.4143 Ratings00 Ratings7.537 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.2191 Ratings10.01 Ratings7.546 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Power BI and Numetric and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    189 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Numetric
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.1
    47 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Publish to Web8.1179 Ratings00 Ratings9.037 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.7174 Ratings00 Ratings7.044 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.7145 Ratings00 Ratings8.543 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.3148 Ratings00 Ratings8.540 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.9111 Ratings00 Ratings7.534 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Power BI and Numetric and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.7
    189 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Numetric
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.4
    45 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.3183 Ratings10.01 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.1168 Ratings10.01 Ratings6.540 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.2138 Ratings00 Ratings7.042 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.339 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft Power BI and Numetric and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.3
    180 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Numetric
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.6169 Ratings10.01 Ratings9.046 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.1148 Ratings00 Ratings8.546 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.1160 Ratings00 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.149 Ratings00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.5141 Ratings00 Ratings9.541 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft Power BI and Numetric and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.9
    162 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Numetric
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    6.7
    45 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.6152 Ratings00 Ratings7.543 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.5133 Ratings00 Ratings7.034 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.8155 Ratings00 Ratings6.539 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft Power BI and Numetric and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    7.6
    116 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Numetric
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.2
    33 Ratings
    6% above category average
    REST API7.7104 Ratings00 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Javascript API7.485 Ratings00 Ratings8.529 Ratings
    iFrames8.055 Ratings00 Ratings8.525 Ratings
    Java API6.769 Ratings00 Ratings8.528 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.391 Ratings00 Ratings7.528 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.444 Ratings00 Ratings8.527 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (199 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (51 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (115 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (41 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (41 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Power BINumetricSalesforce CRM Analytics
    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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    Numetric
    It is very well suited to manipulate large quantities of data.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    For us it really comes down to that book management and next best contact for our advisors. When we're thinking about a book of business that may range, depending on the advisor, from 400 clients to a thousand clients, how do they really optimize their time? Who do they call next? Who do they work with to make sure not only they're keeping those clients engaged, they're not leaving the firm going to other advisors who they haven't talked to in a while who might need their attention. That's really where that CRM analytics is really proven pretty powerful for us.
    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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    Numetric
    • It gives me all of the available data for a particular roadway and allows me to define the filters I need to search for particular crash types on that roadway.
    • I like the map or satellite views of the maps. This is very helpful in being able to see the terrain when I have identified a particular crash of interest.
    • There is a graphic display for every type of crash data that is entered from the police report.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Interactive Dashboards, it [consists] of wide variety of charts
    • Data from different sources can be easily integrated with it
    • Security, it provides easy way to secure and share the information with the users
    • Support actions like opening hyperlink etc
    • Almost everything can be done from configuration
    • Data can easily be managed from dataflow.
    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
    Read full review
    Numetric
    • I would like to print a PDF of the map showing the crash locations. Currently, I use the snipping tool to create an image of the map.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Salesforce
    • Implementation takes time and resources. It is a heavy lift to implement and at first, it can take a little bit of time to understand what you are looking at. But once it's implemented it's easy to get started.
    • Without any BI expertise or resources available to your organization, the implementation of this is difficult. If you aren't used to BI tools and don't have an expert in house, the terminology can be difficult to understand at first.
    • Their support is not on hand to help you if you encounter any issues, at least not on all the plans or the basic plans. Real-time support service is an add-on, so you'll need to be patient if you require help or pay extra money.
    • More functionality for the tool is needed to compete with other heavyweights in the arena like Tableau, Qlik, and Microstrategy. Still lacks the robustness, functionality, and flexibility other competing products possess.
    Incentivized
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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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    Numetric
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Read full review
    Numetric
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    For someone who don't have coding background, this could be a useful tool and fairly easy to learn and use given the good support. However, if you know other open source tools, it would be much easier to use the other tools and the knowledge is more transferable in the future.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Numetric
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    I was not able to be in interaction much with Salesforce support team since every feature works the way it should be working. So far I have not experienced any bug or major glitches that would delay the result of my work and performance. There is also a hotline in our company for Salesforce issue but so far I have not used it.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
    Incentivized
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    Numetric
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    An implementation partner would certainly result in greater output in a more efficient amount of time. However, I have found implementation partners to be extremely expensive for the output received (at least working for a non-profit company they are frequently unaffordable). Internal implementation does help with usable output though since internal knowledge would better know the data architecture and business processes
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Numetric
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Tableau is the absolute top of the class when it comes to business intelligence, but it doesn't make sense for every business case. In our case, we needed a simple data visualization platform for our CRM platform and sales pipeline. Salesforce Analytics, while nowhere near as robust, did the job we needed it to do perfectly in a significantly more cost-effective manner.
    Incentivized
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Numetric
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    • I would say it's been positive just because as a company, anyone that has access to it can go in there and pull any company information and we're very up to date then on all of our client base. So I would say it's been a very positive impact.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Turns insights into impact for business usersScreenshot of Power BI integrates easily with Microsoft 365Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - AI-Powered CapabilitiesScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Copilot can be used to create reportsScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Data HubScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Scales as organizational needs grow