Microsoft Power BI the best dashboard creation tool for data scientists
February 24, 2025

Microsoft Power BI the best dashboard creation tool for data scientists

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Power BI Desktop

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Power BI

We use Microsoft Power BI for generating quick and eficient dashboards so we can check data quality, model quality, and the main KPI we want to check with business. As we are mainly data scientist this is a very powerful tool for this quick prototiping + it is easy to connect with the databases we use.

Pros

  • Easy to learn
  • Quick to deploy
  • Easy to interconnect with other systems

Cons

  • More customization for the plots
  • More robust data model
  • From taking months to deploy in Qlik to days in Microsoft Power BI
  • Not having the capacity to manage large quantities of data in excel to manage it easily
It is easy to learn to anyone that already knows something of excel at a basic level. You can quickly create a beautiful dashboard in a few hours with a very tangible impact on business. You can also connect it to SQl Server, Snowflake or any other database without any problem
In the case of Tableau or Google Charts, thay have a lack on customization and on the options they have. For Qlik Sense, you need to spend too much time on the data model for doing quick tests or data validation when comparing it to Microsoft Power BI. Also, Microsoft Power BI is faster and easier to share within the company

Do you think Microsoft Power BI delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Power BI's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Power BI live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Microsoft Power BI go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Power BI again?

Yes

It is very useful for quick prototiping, creating proofs of concepts, making sure your data is matching in different sources.

It can be less useful when trying to create very big and complex data models, when sharing it via the desktop app for people that is not used to the app.

Microsoft Power BI Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
7.7
Pixel Perfect reports
8
Customizable dashboards
8
Report Formatting Templates
7
6.5
Drill-down analysis
9
Formatting capabilities
6
Integration with R or other statistical packages
5
Report sharing and collaboration
6
6.6
Publish to Web
7
Publish to PDF
6
Report Versioning
4
Report Delivery Scheduling
10
Delivery to Remote Servers
6
8.3
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
10
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
6
Predictive Analytics
10
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
7
Not Rated
Multi-User Support (named login)
Not Rated
Role-Based Security Model
Not Rated
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
Not Rated
Report-Level Access Control
Not Rated
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Not Rated
6.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
6
Mobile Application
5
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
7
Not Rated
REST API
Not Rated
Javascript API
Not Rated
Java API
Not Rated
Themeable User Interface (UI)
Not Rated

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