Microsoft Power BI vs Talend Data Integration | TrustRadius

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Score 8.4 out of 10

Based on 905 reviews and ratings

Score 7.8 out of 10

Based on 57 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Microsoft Power BI

Talend Data Integration

Pixel Perfect reports

Customizable dashboards

Report Formatting Templates

Microsoft Power BI

Talend Data Integration

Drill-down analysis

Formatting capabilities

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Report sharing and collaboration

Microsoft Power BI

Talend Data Integration

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Report Versioning

Report Delivery Scheduling

Delivery to Remote Servers

Microsoft Power BI

Talend Data Integration

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Predictive Analytics

Microsoft Power BI

Talend Data Integration

Multi-User Support (named login)

Role-Based Security Model

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Microsoft Power BI

Talend Data Integration

Responsive Design for Web Access

Dedicated iOS Application

Dedicated Android Application

Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Microsoft Power BI

Talend Data Integration

REST API

Javascript API

iFrames

Java API

Themeable User Interface (UI)

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

Microsoft Power BI

Talend Data Integration

Connect to traditional data sources

Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL

Microsoft Power BI

Talend Data Integration

Simple transformations

Complex transformations

Microsoft Power BI

Talend Data Integration

Data model creation

Metadata management

Business rules and workflow

Collaboration

Testing and debugging

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Microsoft Power BI

Talend Data Integration

Integration with data quality tools

Integration with MDM tools

Pros

Using features like Power Query, which is in itself like a tool like Excel, you can clean and preview data before using it for analysis purposes. If you have used Excel in the past, Power Query will, for the most part, be a cakewalk for you.
The predominant feature one comes to Power BI is the ability to create automated formidable dashboards that everyone refers to before or during meetings to encourage and substantiate decision-making.
If required, based on specific data points, reports are triggered automatically to certain people as well.

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Marketing Associate

Mercer-MettlInformation Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees

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The speed of migration is very good for a Free ETL tool.
The amount of components or connectors we have is impressive.

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Verified User

Employee in Corporate

Chemicals Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Since it's a complex system, need a technical team or administrator to manage.
I don't like being locked out. Make it easier to stay log[ged] in and not fill in password.
SSO login would be huge! This would save a lot of time and improve security.

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Senior Customer Success Manager (Strategic Accounts)

TipaltiFinancial Services, 201-500 employees

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Syncing with Git should be made easier
Can face issues with certain big data spaces
Support find it difficult to resolve complex issues

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Engineer in Information Technology

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Microsoft Power BI 10.0

Based on 1 answer

I find it helpful and easy to use

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Freelance Photographer

j. paroly photoGraphic Design, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Usability

Microsoft Power BI 8.4

Based on 55 answers

I think using Microsoft Power BI can be somewhat intimidating as you kind of get everything in one go and with lack of good tutorials or trainings within the system it could be difficult to navigate and that is probably a big limitations that doesn't allow more people to adopt the platform and thus improve their decision making.

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Team Lead in Manufacturing

Semiconductors Company, 10,001+ employees

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Talend Data Integration 9.0

Based on 1 answer

We use Talend Data Integration day in and day out. It is the best and easiest tool to jump on to and use. We can build a basic integration super-fast. We could build basic integrations as fast as within the hour. It is also easy to build transformations and use Java to perform some operations.

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Employee in Corporate

Chemicals Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

Microsoft Power BI 8.4

Based on 51 answers

I did not have a ton of interaction with the Power BI support team. When we ran into some minor issues my co-worker was the one who was working with support to get that resolved and get our questions answered. From his experience it seemed like the process went well and the support team was responsive and helpful.

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christian Maxwell

Process Manager

Okland ConstructionConstruction, 501-1000 employees

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Talend Data Integration 5.8

Based on 5 answers

Good support, specially when it relates to PROD environment. The support team has access to the product development team. Things are internally escalated to development team if there is a bug encountered. This helps the customer to get quick fix or patch designed for problem exceptions. I have also seen support showing their willingness to help develop custom connector for a newly available cloud based big data solution

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

[Microsoft] Power BI is practical and effective, like a hammer for a nail, it is easy to use and produces very quickly the results that in most cases are urgently required by clients (nice reports to share on the web). To start using [Microsoft] Power BI you need a business email address, with that you create an account in Power BI Service and in less than 1 hour you will have installed Power BI Desktop, a report will have been created and it will have been published on the web .

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Lead Consultant - Solutions Architect - Software Engineer

Ghia & Associates Engineering and Consulting GroupComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Talend is much versatile in assimilating various different business use cases. It covers more functionality and is packed with tons of features to explore. It has the ability to fine tune to each project, and not be a one-fits all solution. Problems with Excel, is that it is not suited for large projects, collaboration work. Alteryx is a very costly alternative.

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Sanket Bharaswadkar

Process Analyst

HoneywellWarehousing, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Allowed for data dumps that we used for our weekly board reports
Was our main repository for all data, allowed us to combine from multiple sources
We had a lot of breaks in our coding, which ate up a lot of time for our engineers to be fixing the process rather than improving upon in

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Sales Operations Manager

CongaComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees

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Easy to build complex data transformations.
Licensing model isn't that flexible.
Memory mangement for huge volumes of information. You have to modify ETL designs to handle it properly.

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Josep Coves Barreiro

Freelance computer engineer

Relational ConsultingComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Microsoft Power BI Editions & Modules

Edition

Pro	$9.99¹

Per Month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Talend Data Integration Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

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